Overview
Cook Naxi specialties in a local home — yak-meat dumplings, mountain-mushroom hot pot, and Tibet-style butter milk tea. Market visit included.
Itinerary
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Lijiang: Naxi Home-Cooking Class & Local Market Tour with Tibet Milk Tea
An immersive food half-day in a real Naxi home. Meet your host, a Naxi grandmother and her granddaughter, at the Lijiang Zhongyi Wet Market. 30-minute market walk: pick fresh yak meat from the highland-cattle stall, choose 4 kinds of wild mountain mushrooms (matsutake in season), gather seasonal herbs, and select fresh yak yogurt. Then drive 10 mins to the family courtyard. Hands-on cooking session: hand-fold yak-meat dumplings with butter pleating technique, prepare the Naxi mountain-mushroom hot pot over a clay stove, and learn to butter-churn Tibet-style suyou cha (yak butter milk tea). Eat your creations together with the family. Recipes provided to take home.
Cook Naxi specialties in a local home — yak-meat dumplings, mountain-mushroom hot pot, and Tibet-style butter milk tea. Market visit included.
Meeting & Pickup
Lijiang Old Town Hotel Pickup
📍 Lijiang Old Town, Gucheng District, Lijiang, 674100, CN
What's Included
✓ Included
Market guide and grandma-host for 4 hours; All ingredients; Hands-on cooking session; Full meal of dishes you cooked; Recipe cards in English
✕ Not included
Hotel pickup (meet at market — easy taxi from Old Town, $3); Tipping the host (optional); Gratuities
Cancellation Policy
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