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Authentic Local Food Tour in Central Shanghai

By Shanghai Foodie
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Exceptional
Free cancellation available
Price is €69 per adult
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Features

  • Free cancellation available
  • 3h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Multiple languages

Overview

Taste a dozen traditional Shanghainese dishes in 3 hours during this culinary tour of Huangpi Road, the old border between the former French Concession and Shanghai residential areas. Sample soup dumplings with black vinegar, parched chicken, steamed buns, scallion oil noodles, and much more. You'll see how immigration brought prosperity and a vast diversity of cultures to this fast-changing city. This tour offers multiple departure times throughout the day.

This tour is currently running late night special tour session at 8:30PM. During this late night session, you will be able to see the night Shanghai, to taste of some craft beers or desert with some fresh hand-pulled beef noodles and lamb kabab.

Activity location

  • Xintiandi
    • Lane 181, Taicang Road, Huangpu District,
    • 200021, Shanghai, Shanghai Region, China

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • 333 Huai Hai Zhong Lu
    • 333 Huai Hai Zhong Lu
    • 200021, Huang Pu Qu, Shang Hai Shi, China

Check availability

Night tour - 6:30PM

  • Activity duration is 3 hours3h
    3h
  • English

A 3-hour Shanghai foodie Tour. Please meet your tour guide at Exit 2 of South Huangpi Road Metro Station (Line 1) on time.

Starting time: 18:30
Price details
€68.87 x 1 Adult€68.87
Total
Price is €68.87

Morning Tour - 9AM

  • Activity duration is 3 hours3h
    3h
  • English

A 3-hour Shanghai foodie Tour. Please meet your tour guide at Exit 2 of South Huangpi Road Metro Station (Line 1) on time.

Starting time: 09:00
Price details
€70.62 x 1 Adult€70.62
Total
Price is €70.62

Afternoon Tour - 1PM

  • Activity duration is 3 hours3h
    3h
  • English

A 3-hour Shanghai foodie Tour. Please meet your tour guide at Exit 2 of South Huangpi Road Metro Station (Line 1) on time.

Starting time: 13:00
Price details
€72.36 x 1 Adult€72.36
Total
Price is €72.36

Late Night Special - 8:30PM

  • Activity duration is 3 hours3h
    3h
  • English

A 3-hour Shanghai foodie Tour. Please meet your tour guide at Exit 2 of South Huangpi Road Metro Station (Line 1) on time.

Starting time: 20:30
Price details
€80.21 x 1 Adult€80.21
Total
Price is €80.21

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's included
    Food and drink tastings (enough for breakfast, lunch or dinner)
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Local guide
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Local beer or desert for late night session
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Hotel pickup and drop-off

Know before you book

  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transport options are available nearby
  • Transport options are wheelchair accessible
  • All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • Children must be accompanied by an adult
  • Children under 3 are free of charge
  • Please advise any specific dietary requirements at time of booking
  • Vegetarian option is available, please advise at time of booking if required
  • Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
  • Please wear comfortable walking shoes
  • In accordance with EU regulations about consumer rights, activities services are not subject to the right of withdrawal. Supplier cancellation policy will apply.
  • This activity is provided by a professional trader (a party acting within their trade, business or profession).

Activity itinerary

Xintiandi

  • 45m
Meet your guide at the Huangpi Nan Road metro station and depart on foot for the Xintiandi area of Shanghai. Start with a taste of notable soup dumplings and learn from your guide about their construction, including the savoury meat filling and flavourful broth.

Former French Concession

  • 50m
Afterwards, its a 15-minute walk to Yunnan Road, where you'll sit down alongside local residents catching up with their friends at three traditional restaurants and one dessert shop. On the way, notice French lane apartments of the French Concession give way to Chinese stone houses, called shikumen, and observe daily life among the street vendors, office workers, and mahjong players.

People's Square (Renmin Guang Chang)

  • 50m
Sample authentic Shanghainese dishes, such as parched chicken, red-braised pork, scallion oil noodles, roasted duck, candied lotus rice, and spring rolls. Between food stops, you're offered green or black tea while your guide shares insights and anecdotes about Shanghai.

Location

Activity location

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    Xintiandi
    • Lane 181, Taicang Road, Huangpu District,
    • 200021, Shanghai, Shanghai Region, China

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLE
    333 Huai Hai Zhong Lu
    • 333 Huai Hai Zhong Lu
    • 200021, Huang Pu Qu, Shang Hai Shi, China

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