ChinaTours.com now launches a new service aiming to give tourists a better travel experience. Our clients are able to have a better Chinese gourmet experience by ordering from a menu (also called a la carte), by which you could choose dishes you like in popular local restaurants we carefully select. This special service will be added during your journey to the following cities to enrich your China tour experience. Such an arrangement provides lots of fun you may not enjoy in average tours. We don’t use restaurants catering to tourists. Instead, we use popular fine local restaurants where locals love to dine. Each local restaurant is inspected to ensure it provides genuine and fine Chinese foods. Each restaurant we choose for you features different food style. That is to say, during the whole journey, you will have chance to enjoy kinds of Chinese cuisines. It is a good chance for you sitting with local people and enjoying authentic Chinese foods to get close to Chinese people, culture, and customs, which will leave you a magic memory.foods to get close to Chinese people, culture, and customs, which will leave you a magic memory.

Our clients can enjoy a la carte service in two popular restaurants in Beijing. When travelling the Great Wall, you will be driven to a local restaurant specialized in Sichuan cuisine. Presently this restaurant is used only for our luxury tours attendees. The recommended dishes at this restaurant are Sea Bass Balls, Stewed Eel in Gravy, Quick-Fried Prawn with Sauce and Crispy Durian Cake. The other restaurant is famous for its home-style cuisine. Before visitors leave Beijing to the next city,you could enjoy the authentic Chinese foods which are often cooked in ordinary Chinese families, such as Roast chicken, Sautéed Potato, Green Pepper and Eggplant, Sautéed Sliced Pork, Eggs and Black Fungus, Stewed Baby Cabbage in Broth, Fried Sweet and Sour Tenderloin (Lean Meat), Four-Joy Meatballs (Meat Balls Braised with Brown Sauce), Sweet and Sour Fish and Steamed Grass Carp.

After visitors arrive in Xi`an, you will have an a la carte of Cantonese cuisine at the second day visiting Terra-cotta Warriors. For many traditional Cantonese cooks, the flavor of a finished dish should be well-balanced, and never greasy. The recommended dishes are Spare Ribs with Bitter Melon, Roast Goose, Whelks and Cucumber, Sea Moss with Sauce, Seafood Noodles in Abalone Sauce, Black Mushrooms and Sea Cucumbers en Casserole and Braised Abalone and Seafood en Casserole. On the day to see the lovely pandas, there will be an a la carte of Sichuan cuisine. This famous restaurant is located in Southern Xi`an. It is convenient for you to have meal after seeing Pandas in Zhouzhi County which is west to Xi’an downtown. The recommended dishes here are Steamed Chicken with Chili Sauce, Kung Pao Chicken, Hot and Sour Fern Root Noodles and Steamed Spare Ribs with Sweet Sticky Rice.

On the day visiting Shanghai downtown, tourists will have an a la carte l unch of Shanghai cuisine. The preference restaurant is located in People Square, which is famous for its Shanghai cuisine and popular in locals. Besides we select another wonderful restaurant located in West Nanjing Road in case the former one is fully booked. Both of them are near the bustling city center, convenient for travelers to buy some souvenirs or just sightsee after meal. Shanghai cuisine often features the use of sugar, especially on the combination with soy sauce. The dishes famous in these restaurants are Braised Pork, Stir-Fried Two Taste Shelled Shrimps, Beggars Chicken (Baked Chicken), Stewed Crab Roe and Tofu, and Sautéed Shelled Shrimps.

On the day you pay a visit to Guilin, an a la carte meal will be served at a restaurant near a pedestrian mall at city center. This restaurant features Cantonese cuisine and has gained high reputation in this city. The dishes here are mostly porridges, with various vegetables and a wide variety of meats. The recommended dishes here are Minced Pork Congee with Preserved Egg and Sampan Congee.