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China's Top-Ranked Food Tour Operator

Created in 2010 to help newcomers to China discover authentic, delicious local cuisine, UnTour Food Tours offers localized food tours to showcase the best and most authentic eats in Shanghai & Beijing. Thanks to consistently high customer feedback, UnTour Food Tours are rated the #1 food tour in Shanghai and Beijing by the users of the popular online travel community, TripAdvisor. Over the past si

x years, they have explored the city’s best food streets and holes-in-the-wall with more than 10,000 guests.

16/01/2025

We love a restaurant that gives back! If you’re in Shanghai and looking for a jianbing, try out Bian Jie Pancake (locations below).

At this street food stall, you can treat yourself and someone else to a feel-good meal. In front of their shop, they have a sign that says:

“Free Bing! If you’re in Shanghai and have no income or are facing difficulties, you’re welcome to visit our shop. Just let the staff know you’d like a “pay-what-you-can-meal”, enjoy it, and leave. No need to pay and no need to feel embarrassed. We hope that in the future, when you’re able, you’ll lend a helping hand to someone else in need. Thank you!”

In addition to the good vibes, Bian Jie offers double egg jianbings and pizza-inspired toppings (“supreme king”, “carnivore”, etc). What’s not to love!

Bian Jie Pancake 卞姐煎饼

162 S. Shaanxi Rd. near Changle Rd.
陕西南路162号近长乐路

680-2 Weihai Rd. near Maoming North Rd.
威海路680号-2近茂名北路
  #煎饼 #煎饼果子

14/01/2025

Nothing warms you up on a cold winter night like sitting around a steaming hotpot!

Head into the hutongs with us and cozy up to the copper steamboat at the first stop on our Old Beijing Dinner tour. You’ll find out how the capital’s now ubiquitous dip-boil cooking style used to fuel the armies of Genghis Khan over 800 years ago.

To see available spots on our calendar, go to https://untourfoodtours.com/calendar or click the link in our bio ( ). We look forward to eating with you!

#火锅 #涮羊肉

09/01/2025

Looking for Shanghai’s best ? One of our favorite neighborhood shops for the wok-fried soup dumpling is Dong Tai Xiang (address and ordering recs below).

All the dumplings are handmade on site, and it’s so busy during peak meal times that you’ll always get a piping hot dumpling straight off the wok.

Don’t miss the wontons or the glutinous rice balls (only available during the autumn and winter months) while you’re here. The below spread fed three quite happily and cost less than RMB 120/US$16. An absolute steal!

Order: pure pork shengjianbao (特色生煎包), pork with shrimp shengjianbao (虾肉生煎), Shanghainese small wontons (虾肉小馄饨), scallion noodles (葱油拌面), black sesame glutinous rice balls (黑芝麻汤圆), cold pork & shepherd’s purse wontons in a peanut-sesame sauce （冷馄饨）.

📍309 South Shaanxi Rd, near Jianguo West Rd. 陕西南路309号近建国西路. Hours: 6:30am-8pm.

#生煎包 #东泰祥

07/01/2025

Today is the 8th day of the 12th lunar month, known as La Ba Festival (腊八节, làbā jié), marking the beginning of the Chinese New Year period. On this day, families across northern China fill large glass jars with a year’s worth of peeled garlic cloves and cover them in rice vinegar (米醋, mǐ cù).

Kept in a cool place, after only about a week, a reaction between the vinegar and the amino acids in the garlic turn the garlic a vibrant blueish green, said to be like jade. The result is La Ba Garlic (腊八蒜, làbā suàn), a fragrant garlic vinegar in which to dip your dumplings and milder pickled garlic cloves that can be eaten along with the dumplings.

La Ba Garlic can be kept indefinitely and pulled out of the pantry whether you’re making dumplings or bringing them home from a restaurant. And don’t forget, it’s a must to eat Chinese dumplings on Chinese New Year’s Eve, which is still a few weeks away, so you still have time to grab a jar, some garlic and some rice vinegar, and try northern China’s favorite condiment.

#🥟 #腊八节 #腊八 #腊八蒜

03/01/2025

Looking for Shanghai’s best Sichuan snack shop? Our go-to spot for noodles and Sichuan wontons is Liu Tang Men (六趟门), and by go to, we mean at least once a week.

419-1 Xinhua Rd, near Dingxi Rd. 新华路419-1号近定西路.

#碗杂面 #抄手 #红油抄手

01/01/2025

Almond tofu ( #杏仁豆腐) is a delicious jelly made of almond milk thickened with rice flour, served with osmanthus syrup and pieces of hawthorn jelly. Lightly sweet and very refreshing, it a favorite among our guests on the Beijing Hutong Breakfast Tour (link in bio to book).

26/12/2024

Traveling into or out of Shanghai for the holidays? Hot tip: China Eastern has really upped their noodle game at both Pudong and Hongqiao airport lounges. Highly recommend making yourself a scallion noodle ( #葱油拌面) and topping it with spicy pork mince (辣肉). Worth arriving extra early for a flight!

24/12/2024

Long before tang hulu ( #糖葫芦) took TikTok and Instagram by storm, it was a simple snack of hawthorn fruit coated in toffee. But while it may be the most famous hawthorn snack around, it is far from the only one on offer if you know where to look. This store on Lama Temple Street loved hawthorn before it was famous and sells everything from hawthorn juice and hawthorn jelly to hawthorn fruit leather and, of course, original hawthorn .

Old Beijing’s Hawthorn Specialty Shop 山楂常老北京山楂坊. 60 Yonghegong Dajie 雍和宫大街60,号about 200m south of the Lama Temple and 200m north of Beixinqiao Subway Station Exit B.
 

19/12/2024

The saying goes that if you eat dumplings on Winter Solstice, your ears won’t freeze. Solstice falls on December 21 this year, so you still have a few days to plan. Check out our link in bio to find the best dumpling shops in Beijing and Shanghai! These beautiful rainbow ones pictured are from Baoyuan Jiaozi Wu (宝源饺子屋) in Beijing.

#饺子 #🥟 #宝源饺子屋

12/12/2024

Another happy customer from our Old Beijing Dinner Tour! Katie from Edinburgh said:

“Great tour with Jesus! We were a group of 8 and lovely company for the evening as we wandered the hutongs eating and drinking. Jesus was an enthusiastic and super friendly knowledgable. Guide with just the right amount of detail on each place. We ate Mongolian hotpot; yoghurt; donkey in crispy bread; chicken wings; noodles; sampled rice wine (& beer!); had some tasty bimbi and more. The 3 plus hours flew in and highly recommended.”  Looking to book a tour with us? Click the link in bio ( ) or just got to https://untourfoodtours.com/calendar.

We look forward to eating with you!

10/12/2024

We think we may have found Beijing’s best aiwowo ( #艾窝窝), the traditional Hui Muslim delicacy of red-bean-stuffed mochi rolled in coconut that was on palace menus in the Ming and Qing dynasties. Made each day from scratch by a family in our neighborhood, we couldn’t resist adding them to our Beijing Hutong Breakfast Tour (click the link in bio to book ).

05/12/2024

The temperature has finally dropped in Shanghai, which means the leaves are changing colors and the jianbing are steamy again!    #煎饼果子 #煎饼

03/12/2024

Technically, hairy crab season ended on Sunday (Dec 1 - the start of the 10th lunar month), but we‘re still sneaking a few more morsels before the end of the year. Check out the comments for the address of Kong Yi Ji, our favorite Shaoxing restaurant that does an *excellent* hairy crab menu every year, paired with a flight of Shaoxing wine, of course! Got to keep your qi in check as we head into the cold winter months.

#大闸蟹

22/11/2024

Haipai cuisine, like the “Paris of the Orient” itself, mixes Eastern and Western traditions to create something wholly Shanghainese. Originating in the swinging 1930s, these delicious Shanghainese fried pork cutlets will make you think of Austria’s famous Wiener schnitzel, and they are served dipped Shanghainese Worcestshire sauce, translated more directly as “spicy soy sauce”. This crossover of Austrian, British, and Chinese flavors can be found at nostalgic Shanghainese restaurants around the city.

#炸猪排

14/11/2024

Lay’s has launched 12 new flavors based on popular Chinese snacks, and we couldn’t resist a taste test, including stinky tofu, donkey burger, Lazi Ji (Sichuan’s fried chicken), Zibo BBQ and more. Click the link in our bio ( ) to find out which flavor reigned supreme!  

12/11/2024

Thinking about booking our Old Beijing Dinner Tour? Don’t take our word for how good it is! Traveler1968 rated it five stars on TripAdvisor, saying:

“We went to 5 sitdown places and stopped to try a couple of street food options as well. We only went to small off the beaten track establishments and all the dishes we tried were Beijing specialties. Overall an excellent experience and I’d highly recommend the tour!!”

Looking for more info on our tours? Click the link in bio ( ) where you will find tour descriptions, pictures, reviews, and how to book!

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A regional Dongbei (Northeastern Chinese) feast! Featuring “散搂子”, which in Dongbei dialect means a more “grassroots” style baijiu that typically comes in less adorned packaging. This particular brand, called 东北高粱王 Dōngběi gāoliang wáng, came in a large, plastic bottle.   #untourfoodtours #chinesefood #baijiu #白酒 #dongbeifood #东北菜 #白酒 #baobaoxiong #city不city

葱油饼cōngyóubǐng, or scallion oil pancakes, are a simple but delicious grab-and-go snack you can find all over Shanghai. The only thing to complain about is how quickly they’re gone! Try them on our Shanghai Street Eats Breakfast tour (link to book in bio @untourfoodtours ).   #untourfoodtours #untourshanghai #chinesefood #chinesestreetfood #shanghaistreetfood #congyoubing #scallionpancake

Jidan guan bing, flatbreads filled with beaten eggs, are a favorite on our Beijing Hutong Breakfast Tour. Join us for a morning stroll through Old Beijing to try these and more than 10 other great Beijing breakfast items (link in bio @untourfoodtours to book!). #untourfoodtours #beijingfood #beijingeats #streetfood #chinesestreetfood #beijingstreetfood #beijingeats #beijingfoodtour #鸡蛋灌饼 #chinesebreakfast #beijingbreakfast #untourbeijing

This week features a collab with our guide Paul (aka 保保熊 @bao_bao_xiong_ ). Qinghai (青海) is the largest province in China (excluding autonomous regions) but has the third smallest population. The cuisine is heavily influenced by the country’s high altitude and minority cultures, predominantly featuring lamb, milk, and yogurt. Paul tasted his way through the province and particularly loved the Qinghai milk tea (青海奶茶 Qīnghǎi nǎichá), a sweet style in which barley powder is mixed. #untourontheroad #city不city #baobaoxiong #保保熊#qinghaifood #qinghaieats #milktea #chinesefood #qinghai

Hangzhou’s Longjing (龙井) or Dragon Well tea was granted the statue “imperial tea” by the Kangxi emperor in the Qing Dynasty. Fresh shoots in March and April are the highest grade quality, and they are pan fired and hand rolled as seen here! #chinesetea #dragonwell #dragonwelltea #longjingtea #hangzhoutea #untourfoodtours

This is “Dragon’s beard candy” or 龙须酥 (lóng xū sū). Similar to candy floss, the dessert is sweet and chewy with a melt-in-your-mouth texture. This vendor pops up occasionally on Yuyuan Road near Jiangsu Road (愚园路近江苏路) to make the traditional treat in the classic style by hand. #untourfoodtours #shanghaifood #chinesefood #chinesedesserts #shanghaistreetfood #chinesestreetfood #shanghailife

One of our Shanghai guides is sharing mini vlogs about the little joys he finds living in China - featuring plenty of food, obviously! Check him out at @bao_bao_xiong_ #untourfoodtours #untourshanghai #shanghaifood #shanghaifoodtours #jianbing #jianbingguozi #chinesefood #shanghailife

Spring produce is arriving in the markets! Come explore our neighborhoood wet market with us and see what’s in season... #untourfoodtours #untourshanghai #shanghailife #wetmarket #wetmarkets #seasonaleating #seasonalfood #shanghaifoodtours #chinafoodtours #foodtours #travelchina #chinatravel #travelshanghai

The family that smokes meats together… erm… stays together… to eat them because they’re delicious! #untourontheroad #untourfoodtours #chinesefood #yangshuo #yangshuofood #guangxi #smokedmeat #chinatravel

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