Sichuan Cuisine Museum

    Name in Chinese: 川菜博物馆  Chuān Cài Bó Wù Guǎn  [tsuæ tsai bɔ: wu guæ]

    Duration of Tour: Half a Day

    Location: No.8, Ronghua North Road, Pidu District, Chengdu, Sichuan Province

    Highlight: A Cookery Course of Sichuan Dishes

    Reputations: A National Three-star Scenic Area, A Cookery Museum Absolutely Unique in the World

    Sichuan Cuisine Museum was founded in 2007. It focuses on spreading the Sichuan cookery to the world. The museum covers an area of 2.6 hectares(6.6 acres), and houses over 6,000 antiques related to the local food culture. It consists of six parts, namely the Exhibition Hall, the Shrine of Kitchen God, the Garden, the Flavoring Preservation Ground, the Cooking Classrooms and the Dining Rooms.

    Chengdu is well-known as a gourmet city. To learn about a city, visitors should walk with their own feet, observe with their own eyes, and feel with their own heart, but for such a special city, they can not completely appreciate it until they have tasted with their own tongues. As one of the top four Chinese cooking styles, Sichuan Cuisine is legendary in China for its diversity and sophistication. It boasts over 5,000 various dishes. Among the dishes, Kung Pao Chicken is the favourite of foreigners. The cooks teach foreigners how to cook their favourite Sichuan Dishes, like Kung Pao Chicken and Mapo Tofu. Visitors will receive a certificate to show their attendance at the trailing course.

    The cooking course is given by the museum. It comprises six parts.

    Part 1, Learn about the History of Sichuan Cuisine

    Visitors may pay a visit to the Exhibition Hall. The cooks working in the museum speak both English and Chinese. They work as both museum guides and cooking trainers. It takes about half an hour to learn about the history of Sichuan Cuisine.

    Part 2, Visit the Flavoring Preservation Ground

    Visitors can spend half an hour at the Flavoring Preservation Ground, where is placed many pottery jars. Those are containers for making and holding Sichuan chilli sauce, soy sauce, vinegar and so on.

    Part 3, Take a Break in the Garden and Eat Some Local Snacks

    The museum is absolutely unique in the world where visitors can eat and try to cook. The snacks offered by the museum are free of charge. A variety of local snacks are provided, such as dumpling, glutinous rice ball, and Dandan noodle.

    Part 4, Try to Cook Sichuan Dishes

    The part 4 is a group activity. Visitors are divided into groups. Each has maximum 10 members. It takes about one hour to cook dishes. The trainers usually teach foreigners to cook the famous Kung Pao Chicken and Mapo Tofu.

    Part 5, Have Dinner and Be Issued with a Certificate

    The dishes which the trainees cook will be offered to themselves. A certificate is issued to the trainees by the museum.

    Opening Hours:

    9:00 A.M.---6:00 P.M.

    Related Articles:

    Chengdu Travel Guide

    Sichuan Travel Guide

Author: Tina Luo

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