Home cooking participation
Join Sophie in the kitchen and learn selected steps from her Sichuan and Guangzhou home cooking.
¥150 per group
Sophie
Cuisine: Sichuan-Cantonese fusion home cooking
Location: Nansha District, Guangzhou
Price: ¥300 per person
Group size: 1–5 guests
Meet Sophie
About me
Hello, I'm Sophie.
I'm originally from Sichuan, one of China's great food regions, and I've spent the last ten years building a life in Guangzhou. I've seen this city from both sides — as a newcomer who understood nothing, and now as a local with a family, a neighbourhood, and strong opinions about where to buy fish.
That double perspective is what I most enjoy sharing. I know what it feels like to arrive somewhere and not quite understand how things work, and I know how much difference it makes when someone invites you in.
Outside the kitchen I love exploring the city's food scene, finding new places, and meeting people from other countries. As your host, I want you to leave feeling like you've eaten with a family rather than at a venue.
Travel Experience
I've always been curious about how other people live, and Southeast Asia is where most of that curiosity has taken me.
I lived in the Philippines for over a year — long enough to stop being a visitor and start understanding daily life there. I've travelled to Thailand many times, and spent time in South Korea, Malaysia, Cambodia, Vietnam and Laos.
Those years taught me to pay attention to how food works in different cultures: what people eat at home versus what they serve guests, and how much a shared table can say when the language doesn't fully work yet.
That's what I try to bring to my own table now — my travels abroad, combined with ten years of local knowledge, so guests get the Guangzhou I actually live in.
Optional add-on activities
¥150 per activity, per group — not per person. Your first selected activity is complimentary when you book today; each additional activity is ¥150 per group.
Sample menu
Signature dish
Red-oil wontons (红油抄手) — my hometown signature, folded by hand
Here are the sample dishes
Appetizers
- Red-oil wontons (红油抄手) — my hometown signature, folded by hand
- Sichuan cold dishes with house dipping sauces
Mains
- Braised pork trotter, slow-cooked until it falls off the bone-
- Twice-cooked pork (回锅肉)
- Whole braised fish in chili bean sauce
- Crispy fried pork ribs
- Water-boiled beef in chili oil (水煮牛肉)
- Snow peas stir-fried with pork belly
- Tiger-skin peppers (虎皮青椒)
- Dry-fried green beans
- Shredded potato with vinegar and chili
Cantonese touches
- Garlic stir-fried seasonal greens
- Steamed egg custard
- Tomato and egg soup
Rice and staples
- Steamed rice
- Seasonal fruit to finish
A typical meal is five to six dishes plus soup and rice. Spice level adjusted to taste — from mild to properly Sichuan. Dietary requirements accommodated with advance notice.
Also available on request: home hotpot — a shared pot at the table with sliced beef, shrimp, mushrooms and garden vegetables.
Dietary accommodations
Spice level adjusted to taste — from mild to properly Sichuan. Dietary requirements accommodated with advance notice.
Getting There
Nansha District, Guangzhou
- ≈ 60 min from Canton Tower
- ≈ 65 min from Beijing Road
- ≈ 40 min from Guangzhou South Station
Sichuan roots, Guangzhou kitchen — where spice meets subtlety