Gain an insight into authentic, home-made Thai food and enjoy a rural farm life experience at a home style cooking school just 20 minutes from central Chiang Mai.

With help from a professional culinary team, this cooking session will teach you how to turn fresh ingredients into traditional dishes. This cooking class has all the right ingredients for a fun-filled and educational half-day out.

Xi’an’s vibrant Muslim Quarter and Great Mosque are a memento of a time when the city was the eastern terminus of the Silk Road and attracted cultures whose religions and art changed the country forever.

Chengdu is an official UNESCO City of Gastronomy, awarded in recognition of its outstanding cuisine which has a diverse taste based on the five elements of sweet, sour, bitter, spicy and salty.

While many residents have called this area home for generations, it is also sprinkled with signs of contemporary life, with trendy bars, cafes, restaurants and boutiques lining the pedestrianised streets.

Balinese cuisine features in the religion and traditions of Bali as well as in daily life. Beautifully crafted, a Balinese feast represents a combination of creative culinary arts and food culture.

The hutong alleys are the best place to see and feel Beijing’s authentic culture and these narrow lanes also hide many culinary treasures.

Beijing’s markets stock everything from fruit and vegetables to fresh meat and seafood, all on open-air display. You will also find a myriad of herbs and spices that give Chinese cuisine its distinctive flavours.

Beijing started life as a provincial backwater before becoming a junction for traders and travellers journeying between Manchuria and Mongolia. As China’s capital city, these days it attracts people from all over the world.

The inhabitants of Hong Kong are obsessed with food! Whether at steaming street food stalls, in family-run eateries or in Michelin starred restaurants, you’ll always find the locals eating delicious-smelling dishes and snacks.