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Curated food adventures for serious eaters, showcasing the dishes, restaurants and traditions that define Beijing's culinary identity.

❋ Beijing Through Local Eyes

A decade of eating, exploring and researching the city.
Discover Beijing's food culture with Sean. He has spent years uncovering everything from legendary institutions and hidden neighbourhood favourites to the stories behind the dishes themselves.

❋ For You, Not Others

Designed around your interests.
Whether you're searching for the city's best dumplings, historic Muslim eateries or a deep dive into hutong food culture, every tour is tailored to your tastes, curiosity and appetite.

❋ Beyond the Guidebooks

Experience the city through its food.
Skip the tourist checklist and explore the markets, restaurants and local specialities that reveal how Beijingers really eat, gather and celebrate.

❋ For Serious Food Fanatics

Designed for your occasion.
Small-scale supper clubs that can be shaped around private groups, special events or visiting guests, with menus and themes adapted to your needs.

Tours are only available upon request. Each tour is tailored to your interests - be that Beijing street snacks, Northern Chinese food, the wheat traditions or something else - designed for you to experience exactly what you want.


To hear more or to arrange a private Tea & Oranges’ tour for your own group, please get in touch.

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"To share food is to share life."

Chinese Proverb

Private Tours

How to Build a Tour

3 hours · Full day · Multi-day experiences · From RMB 1,000+ per person

Private tours are designed for those who want to explore Beijing through food in a more personal and unhurried way. These experiences are fully bespoke—shaped around your interests, pace, and curiosity.

Over the years, I’ve worked with visiting chefs seeking inspiration, journalists and writers uncovering hidden corners of the city, and long-term residents wanting to understand their own home more deeply through food.

If you’re looking for a more personal way to experience Beijing’s food culture, a private tour offers complete flexibility in how the city is explored.

Build Your Tour

To begin designing your experience, please share a few details:

  • What interests you most about Beijing’s food culture?

  • Are there specific dishes, regions, or ingredients you’d like to explore?

  • How adventurous would you like the experience to be (traditional / mixed / off the beaten path)?

  • Do you have any dietary preferences or restrictions?

  • How long would you like the tour to be (3 hours / full day / multi-day)?

  • Is this your first time in Beijing, or are you returning with specific places already in mind?

  • What kind of pace do you prefer (relaxed / structured / intensive)?

Once I have this, I’ll design a route and experience tailored specifically for you.

Supper Club 2

A Beijing Banquet

4 courses · 19 dishes · shared banquet-style  · 3 hours · RMB 899

An evening exploring the tradition flavours of Beijing's hutongs. This is the food of festivals, family gatherings and Sunday lunches - not imperial cuisine, but the dishes that generations of Beijingers have shared around the family table.

The menu may evolve throughout the year to reflect the seasons but will always be rooted in Beijing cuisine.

Highlights may include:

  • Zhajiangmian

  • Kao Rou (Beijing-style roast lamb)

  • Qianlong Cabbage

  • Fried Sticky Meatballs

  • Dough Drop Soup

Beijing is one of the world’s great food cities and yet its everyday cooking remains largely hidden. This Supper Club is the chance to discover something new. 

Supper Club 3

A Chun Bing Lunch

2 hours · RMB 499

You might know ‘spring rolls’ (or chun bing) as a Chinese takeout favourite, deep-fried and served as a starter. But the inspiration came from Beijing’s steamed and paper-thin wheat pancakes, peeled one by one, stuffed at the table with whatever you like - braised meats, veggies, sharp pickles and stir-fries.

Put the chopsticks down and get stuck in with hands. This is casual, Beijing-style eating at its most fun.

Dishes may include:

  • Pot-cooked pork & soy-pickled radish

  • Stir-fried pork with scallions

  • Seasonal stir-fried vegetables

  • Shredded green beans with garlic

  • Egg with ‘grandma’s pickles’

  • Shredded tofu with sesame dressing

Served with unlimited chun bing pancakes and all the sides for wrapping, folding and sharing.

Supper Club 4

A Tea Salon

2 hours · RMB 399 per person

A guided exploration of Chinese tea culture with our visiting tea master.

Over the course of the afternoon, you will move through four teas from across China, each one paired with small pastries and seasonal snacks chosen to reflect its character. The perfect introduction to the complex world of Chinese tea.

Includes:

  • Guided tea tasting led by a visiting tea master

  • Four teas from across China (white, green, oolong, pu’er)

  • Light pastries and seasonal snacks

The Tea Master’s Selection (Optional Add-On)

A rare opportunity to go deeper into the world of fine tea.

An additional hour guided by our tea master, featuring three premium or rare teas selected on the day according to season, harvest and availability. Each tea is chosen to highlight exceptional examples of Chinese tea craftsmanship.

+ RMB 499 per person · 1 hour extension