There’s more than just sushi, sake and Hello Kitty over in Japan!  Japanese cuisine is known for its fresh, seasonal ingredients, delicate flavors, and stunning presentation.  Learn how to make classic homemade dishes and discover the joy of authentic Japanese comfort food.  Go beyond sushi and learn the real deal, the stuff your okaasan and obaasan would make (if you had a Japanese mama or grandma, that is).

Japanese is part of The Hutong’s Global Kitchen series, which is designed to teach you the basics and beyond. Each workshop will bring you new flavors, new recipes, new stories, new friends. Take a gastronomic tour of the world in our Global Kitchen, one cuisine at a time. And learn more than another dish. Learn about another culture.

Cost: 249 RMB, 199 for members + 1 RMB lolly bill (click here to find out more).

Click here to visit our calendar and to sign up for Japanese.

Our 6 Week Summer Special will be held on 6 consecutive Sundays:

• Sunday July 1st, 11:00 – 2:00: Local Culinary Market Tour and Supermarket Tour
• Sunday July 8th, 11:00 – 2:00: The Basics of Chinese Cuisine
• Sunday July 15th, 11:00 – 2:00: Tastes of China
• Sunday July 22nd, 11:00 – 2:00: Sichuan Cuisine
• Sunday July 29th, 11:00 – 2:00: Yunnan Cuisine
• Sunday August 5th, 11:00 – 2:00: Hook N Cook Cooking Competition

Weeks 3, 4 and 5 will contain a “Deconstruct the Dish” kickoff: each class will begin with participants tasting a dish and discovering and discussing what ingredients and cooking techniques have been used – a method we believe to be very helpful in understanding and remembering the nature and secrets of a recipe. The cooking class will then commence (and will include cooking the “Deconstructed Dish” from scratch).

Make-up classes: if you miss any of the sessions during the series, you can take a regularly scheduled cooking class anytime before 2013.

The Hutong’s Chinese Kitchen series is designed to teach you the basics and beyond. Each of our cooking workshops covers wok and cutting techniques, tips on how to combine spices and provides the Chinese names of ingredients. You’ll learn how to make best use of fresh seasonal produce and prepare balanced Chinese meals for your friends and family. Take a gastronomic tour of China’s regions in our Chinese Kitchen. Only at The Hutong. Sharing Culture. Sharing Knowledge.

Cost: 1100 RMB, 1000 RMB for members (limited to 12 participants).

Food, Film and Friends: Global Cuisine and World Cinema

Sunday, May 27, a Spanish cooking class followed by a Spanish film screening.

Join The Hutong’s Spanish Chef Marta and learn Spanish cuisine that is rustic, traditional and comes from the heart.

VOLVER

Dir: Pedro Almodóvar, SP, 2006, 121mins

Two sisters learn that the bonds of family don’t always end after death in this gentle, observational comedy drama that marks celebrated Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar’s 16th feature. The story explores the interactions between three generations of women in a Spanish family. Raimunda (Penélope Cruz) was born and raised in the apocryphal village of Alcanfor de las Infantas, in La Mancha, Spain. But she now resides in Madrid, where she works as a janitor. She is married to Paco (Antonio de la Torre), an unemployed layabout, and looks after her daughter, Paula (Yohana Cobo). Raimunda’s mother, Irene (Carmen Maura), died several years back (along with her father) in a house fire. Raimunda’s younger sister, Sole (Lola Dueñas), also lives in Madrid and works as a hair stylist, while their aunt Paula (Chus Lampreave) still makes her home in La Mancha, with occasional help from neighbor Agustina (Blanca Portillo). The story takes an unusual and mystical twist when Agustina mentions that Irene has begun reappearing in ghostly form – a fact questioned by Raimunda and Sole. After a murder and an unexpected family tragedy, Paula’s story is indeed corroborated by the appearance of Irene’s spirit (who has come to comfort her family), and Sole must decide how to respond to the long-dead mother’s strange, enchanting presence.

Food, Film and Friends is done in partnership with Electric Shadows. Electric Shadows hosts a variety of events in Beijing and beyond, including a short film showcase on the first Sunday of every month, practical experimental film workshops and an amorphous film club. For more information: electricshadows.bj@gmail.com/ 136 6135 9749

Screenings are open to those who don’t wish to participate in the class (fees and starting times above), but registration on The Hutong’s website is greatly encouraged as seating is limited.

Click here to register for our May edition of Food, Film and Friends.

Cost: Cooking class + Screening, 249 RMB, 199 for members + 1 RMB lolly bill (click here to find out more).

Screening Only: 7:30pm, 30RMB.

Click here to find out how to become a member, and click here to find out about our Year of The Dragon 6 Course Card, and here for information on our MonthLong Card.

Last not but not least, if you are a photography enthusiast click here to learn how you can win a voucher for 2 for a free cooking class, by entering our Culinary Photo Competition.

Take a culinary journey through the seemingly simple cookie and visit a pojangmacha in Seoul, a cukiernia in Warsaw, and a trip back in time to your elementary school cafeteria. The Hutong’s Cookie Story takes the world’s most cherished flavors and time-honored recipes, and turns them into the treat we all love. From Mexican Hot Chocolate cookies to Bingtanghulu cookies, we have the globe covered, one cookie at a time.

Our cookie cast includes – but is not limited to – the following cookie characters:

• The Shizuoka – Matcha cookie with red bean filling
• The Canadian Thanksgiving – pumpkin cookie with chestnut filling
• The Hawaiian Picnic – purple sweet potato cookie with pineapple filling
• The PB & J – peanut butter cookie with jelly filling
• The Bungeoppang – sugar cookie with red bean filling
• The Super Ultra Ultimate Chocolate – chocolate cookie with chocolate filling
• The Kanom krok – corn cookie with coconut cream filling
• The Baklava – honey cookie with nut filling
• The Sernik Krakowski – butter cookie with ricotta and blackcurrant filling
• The Fried Banana – brown sugar cookie with banana cream filling
• The Kaya Toast – butter cookie with coconut pandan filling
• The Mocha Frappuccino – coffee cookie with chocolate filling
• The Swedish Chef – gingerbread cookie with lingonberry filling

A Cookie Story is part of The Hutong’s Global Kitchen series, which is designed to teach you the basics and beyond. Each workshop will bring you new flavors, new recipes, new stories, new friends. Take a gastronomic tour of the world in our Global Kitchen, one cuisine at a time. And learn more than just how to make a cookie. Learn about another culture.

Cost: 280 RMB, 220 for members.

Click here to visit our calendar and to sign up for A Cookie Story.

Click here for directions to The Hutong, and here for our Live Long and Prosperous Map.

Click here to find out how to become a member, and click here to find out about our Year of The Dragon 6 Course Card, and here for information on our MonthLong Card.

Last not but not least, if you are a photography enthusiast click here to learn how you can win a voucher for 2 for a free cooking class, by entering our Culinary Photo Competition.

If you have any special requests, please contact us with your cookie creation at info@thehutong.com.

Sunday, April 22nd, a Vietnamese cooking class followed by a Vietnamese film screening.

Food, Film and Friends is done in partnership with Electric Shadows. Electric Shadows hosts a variety of events in Beijing and beyond, including a short film showcase on the first Sunday of every month, practical experimental film workshops and an amorphous film club. For more information: electricshadows.bj@gmail.com/ 136 6135 9749

Screenings are open to those who don’t wish to participate in the class (fees and starting times above), but registration on The Hutong’s website is greatly encouraged as seating is limited.

Click here to register for our April edition of Food, Film and Friends.

Cost: Cooking class + Screening, 249 RMB, 199 for members + 1 RMB lolly bill (click here to find out more).

Screening Only: 7:30pm, 30RMB.

Click here to find out how to become a member, and click here to find out about our Year of The Dragon 6 Course Card, and here for information on our MonthLong Card.

Last not but not least, if you are a photography enthusiast click here to learn how you can win a voucher for 2 for a free cooking class, by entering our Culinary Photo Competition.

This July, The Hutong and The Linden Centre are thrilled to bring you “South of the Clouds,” a five-day culinary excursion in Yunnan, a region not only known for its blue skies and lush nature, but being home to the most diverse number of Chinese ethnic minorities, Yunnan boasts the broadest variety of delicious exotic cuisines.  Each day will bring you new flavors, new recipes, new stories, new friends.

The Hutong’s Executive Chef Sue Zhou will accompany you on the excursion to lead a series of cooking classes that will teach you how to bring Yunnan cuisine to life. Chef Sue will teach you the basics and beyond. You will go back home with memories of Yunnan’s mountainous landscapes, of the old rural village surrounded by its rice crops, of the vibrant colors of ancient Dali town and you will be able to recreate a slice of heavenly Yunnan back in your home kitchen.

The Linden Centre is Yunnan’s most exclusive and treasured accommodation. More than just a hotel; it is rather a living museum of Chinese art and history floating in the rice and bean fields of a functioning, centuries’ old village, and housed in one of southwest China’s most important cultural relics – the Yang Family Courtyard. A nationally protected building, the Centre has been converted into one of China’s most unique bases of learning and relaxation and has been selected as the No. 1 Hotel in China on Trip Advisor for two years in a row from 2010-2012.

Click here for the full itinerary, and click here to sign up for this exclusive culinary experience.

The Hutong and Yoga Yard are thrilled to present the first in a series of co-created workshops, designed to give you informative and enjoyable ways to cultivate a healthy balance between how you feel, eat and live. The Art of Nourishment ~ Springtime! is a yoga and culinary workshop incorporating the seasonal qualities and foods of Spring.

The workshop will begin at Yoga Yard with a yoga session designed to align with and balance the energetic qualities of Spring. The practice will guide you to open and strengthen your body and breath, while exploring the seasonal themes of vision and growth. The session will conclude with a deeply nourishing restorative yoga practice, where you can fully relax, restore, and arrive back to a feeling of rejuvenated energy, and clarity of mind. The yoga session will be led by Robyn Wexler.

We will then take a trip to The Hutong Kitchen, where you will learn to create tasty and nourishing dishes with a healthy and lean nutritional profile. The menu focuses on seasonal dishes that will fuel you with energy, and bring comfort to your soul. After learning and cooking together, we will enjoy our delicious meal! Our spring menu is:

Pea soup with lettuce and boiled quail egg, topped off with sesame seed and homemade infused oil.
Grilled marinated tofu with pea shoots salad
Rice noodle salad with snow peas, shiitake mushrooms and spring onions with teriyaki dressing and roasted peanuts
Sticky Red Date cake with Butterscotch sauce

The Art of Nourishment is an ongoing series of events brought to you by The Hutong and Yoga Yard. Each event will guide you in a holistic approach to exploring ways to cultivate and enjoy a healthy lifestyle.

Cost: 500 RMB  (pre-registration is required, payment in full is required to confirm your space as reserved; payment to be made at Yoga Yard)

The Art of Nourishment is part of The Hutong’s Global Kitchen series, which is designed to teach you the basics and beyond. Take a gastronomic tour of the world in our Global Kitchen, one cuisine at a time. Each workshop will bring you new flavors, new recipes, new stories, new friends. And learn more than just another dish. Learn about another culture.

Yoga Yard is a dedicated center for yoga and wellness. With more than 50 classes offered per week (classes are organized by level), Yoga Yard also regularly runs special workshops and trainings featuring top teachers from throughout the world, as well as from within China.

Click here for directions to The Hutong, and here for our Live Long and Prosperous Map.

Click here to find out how to become a member, and click here to find out about our Year of The Dragon 6 Course Card, and here for information on our MonthLong Card.

Last not but not least, if you are a photography enthusiast click here to learn how you can win a voucher for 2 for a free cooking class, by entering our Culinary Photo Competition.