Team & Group Activities

Street Food & Wine Paring in Beijing Hutongs

What you’ll do

3 Hours 10

An evening exploring Beijing’s hutongs through the street foods we love — paired with carefully selected wines from China and around the world.

This experience blends local street food, wine tasting, and real neighbourhood exploration into one curated journey. You’ll walk through hidden hutong alleys, stop at spots we personally go to, and experience how different flavours interact through intentional pairings.


🍷 What You’ll Experience

  • 4 street food stops in Beijing hutongs
  • 4 wines paired with each dish (including wines from China and other countries)
  • A mix of classic Beijing favourites and lesser-known local bites
  • Guided introduction to each wine, region, and pairing
  • A relaxed walking route through local neighbourhoods

🥟 The Concept

This is not a traditional food tour or a formal wine tasting.

It’s a guided pairing experience built around contrast, flavour, and flow — combining:

  • Rich, savoury street foods
  • Fresh, crisp wines
  • Deeper, structured reds
  • A final sweet contrast to finish

Each stop is designed to show how food and wine can elevate each other in unexpected ways.


🍇 Why This Experience Works

  • Street food brings bold, real flavours
  • Wine adds balance, contrast, and depth
  • Hutongs create an authentic, social setting
  • Small group format keeps it personal and interactive

You’re not just tasting — you’re understanding why flavours work together.


📍 Where It Takes Place

This experience runs through the hutongs of central Beijing, the historic alleyways where local life still happens every day.

You’ll explore:

  • Hidden backstreets
  • Local food spots
  • Neighbourhood corners most visitors never find

🍷 Chinese Wine Focus

Part of the experience includes 2 wines from Ningxia (宁夏) — one of China’s most exciting wine regions.

Located along the Yellow River near the Helan Mountains, Ningxia’s dry climate and long sunlight hours create ideal conditions for growing grapes, especially reds like Cabernet Sauvignon and Syrah.


👥 Who This Is For

Couples, small groups, and teams

Travellers looking for fun unique things to do in Beijing

Food lovers who want more than just eating

Wine enthusiasts curious about Chinese wines

Details

Meeting location
Beixinqiao

Where do we go?
This adventure takes you around the ancient communities we call home, to enjoy the foods we eat paired with wines selected from our friends at CHEERS

Duration
3 hours

Prices:
Standard Price = 800 CNY per person
Partner Price = 640 CNY per person


Group size & privacy
5-10 people


Partner price
You might qualify for partner pricing!
How to get Our Beijing Partner Prices

What’s included

Street Foods
4 street foods from across China

Wine
4 wines to pair with each street food

Drinks to stay refreshed
Soft drinks & local lagers

Add-ons

More food! – If you’re still hungry and want some more tasty treats
Price
: Pay as you go

Wine to go
If you’d like to purchase wine to take home as a gift or perhaps enjoy on your China adventure elsewhere, then please let us know in advance if you’d like to take away that day, or you can tell us on the experience and if we have some available we can supply for you 🙂

Are you a coffee lover?
Take some beans home from Yunnan in South West China – We have sourced our own beans – Cloud Coffee


Our customers reviews

An Amazing Wild Wall Hike!

I went on a Wild Wall hike in April led by Dom from Our Beijing and it was amazing! I organized the hike because my brother was visiting Beijing and really wanted to see the Great Wall and not just […]

Emmet

U.S.A.

Happy kids, happy parents!

Dom taught a group of my daughter’s middle school-aged friends and their parents how to make jian bing over the CNY holiday. It is a fun mid-day activity that sets you up with a full belly and the know-how for […]

Jessica

Amman

A must do tour

A fab tour! Well organised and incredibly easy for the new bike drivers. Dominic was knowledgeable and fun with patience to listen to all the children’s stories and replied to all their questions. We are now applying all the knowledge […]

Sara

Spain

Super way to see Old Beijing

I really enjoyed this experience! Dom was a great, knowledgeable host who helped us navigate the hutongs safely. We would have never seen some of the things we did under our own steam and were grateful to have seen this […]

Rose

Kuala Lumpur

Great experience

Dom and his team have that great ability to make anything from a hutong tour or visit to the great wall both fun and informative. We headed out to the great wall in Gubeikou – a stunning section of the […]

Philippe

France

Incredible Journey

This has definitely been my favorite experience and adventure in China! It is a very unique, fun, enlightening, and enjoyable way to learn about the culture here in China. The beauty that you will see in the Hutongs is incredible! […]

Kjirsten

Ireland

Great with kids, highlight of our trip to Beijing!

Best of our stay in Beijing. We had 3 ebikes, one had a little child seat in front, which was perfect for our 4 years old daughter. My son, 14 could go on the ebike by himself. Our guide totally […]

Hanneke

Netherlands

The perfect end to our Beijing holiday

This E-Bike tour around the Hutongs ended up being my favourite activity I did while I visiting Beijing. Dom our tour guide couldn’t have been better, he was super friendly and chatty. He made us feel super comfortable when it […]

Louisa

Glasgow

An Amazing Wild Wall Hike!

I went on a Wild Wall hike in April led by Dom from Our Beijing and it was amazing! I organized the hike because my brother was visiting Beijing and really wanted to see the Great Wall and not just […]

Emmet

U.S.A.

Happy kids, happy parents!

Dom taught a group of my daughter’s middle school-aged friends and their parents how to make jian bing over the CNY holiday. It is a fun mid-day activity that sets you up with a full belly and the know-how for […]

Jessica

Amman

A must do tour

A fab tour! Well organised and incredibly easy for the new bike drivers. Dominic was knowledgeable and fun with patience to listen to all the children’s stories and replied to all their questions. We are now applying all the knowledge […]

Sara

Spain

Super way to see Old Beijing

I really enjoyed this experience! Dom was a great, knowledgeable host who helped us navigate the hutongs safely. We would have never seen some of the things we did under our own steam and were grateful to have seen this […]

Rose

Kuala Lumpur

Great experience

Dom and his team have that great ability to make anything from a hutong tour or visit to the great wall both fun and informative. We headed out to the great wall in Gubeikou – a stunning section of the […]

Philippe

France

Incredible Journey

This has definitely been my favorite experience and adventure in China! It is a very unique, fun, enlightening, and enjoyable way to learn about the culture here in China. The beauty that you will see in the Hutongs is incredible! […]

Kjirsten

Ireland

Great with kids, highlight of our trip to Beijing!

Best of our stay in Beijing. We had 3 ebikes, one had a little child seat in front, which was perfect for our 4 years old daughter. My son, 14 could go on the ebike by himself. Our guide totally […]

Hanneke

Netherlands

The perfect end to our Beijing holiday

This E-Bike tour around the Hutongs ended up being my favourite activity I did while I visiting Beijing. Dom our tour guide couldn’t have been better, he was super friendly and chatty. He made us feel super comfortable when it […]

Louisa

Glasgow

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