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Our mission is to improve mental wellbeing through our workshops and experiences. We curate our teachers and hosts carefully to ensure that they are of high quality.
That's why we provide a money-back guarantee*: If you're unsatisfied with this experience, just leave it at least 20 minutes before it ends, and tell us (the ClassBento team) the reason for your dissatisfaction within 4 hours of that time, and we'll provide you with a refund.
* We may choose to limit our refund per customer at £1000. In some rare cases, we may also require you to show us your photo ID before we process the refund.
Are you a DimSum lover? Learn to make them yourself at this fun cooking class in London! Guided by expert Chinese cooking teachers, Hanna and Simon, you'll learn to make steamed prawn dumplings and eat them at your class or take them home to share with friends and family.
You will be in a spacious air-conditioned shop and small class, often private class if booked in weekdays. You will get full attention from chef tutors and answer all your questions.
The steamed prawn dumplings, aka Har Gaw/HauKau/Ha Gow in Cantonese, Chinese Mandarin is XiaJia. They have a transparent pastry topping, typical of premium Chinese DimSum. This kind of dumpling is ideal to cook for special occasions!
As part of this hands-on London cooking class, you will learn to:
Make the dumpling pastry from scratch.
Prepare your fillings.
Wrap your dumplings.
Cook your creations to perfection.
Eat them all (or take them home!).
Your tutor will explain all the techniques you need to make your delicious dumplings. This cooking class requires some prior knowledge of dumpling making. If you fancy learning some basic skills first, check out your teacher's beginner classes.
After this London cooking class, you will have a batch of delicious dumplings to eat or take home.
Add-on Class
All Add-ons are in the same class. It is to save your time and make the class more fun. Please allow extra time, 30 minutes to 1 hour. You can always contact us before booking to find out more details.
Strongly suggesting you join a dumpling making class first. You will need be confident to make dumplings before learning this steamed ones. You can find the class by searching Simon Wang in ClassBento.
You can book add-on dumpling class with this Har Gow class together. It is cheaper than book them separately.
You can also add Advanced Dimsum. You will learn to make colourful dumplings. See the photo of pink flower dumplings.
You can also learn how to sharpen your kitchen knives. Bring one in if safe to do so.
Allergy information:
Gluten is necessary. WHEAT starch is required to mix with rice flour to make the pastry.
Pork lard is used in the fillings of these dumplings. This element of the recipe can be removed if required. Let your teacher know if you require this when you book. However it might affect the presentation.
No egg used in the class.
Sesame can be avoided.
Prawn is an essential ingredient in the classic dumplings made in this cooking class.
It is possible to make vegetarian fillings. However it is somehow more difficult than the classic prawn filling.
If you have any other allergies or dietary requirements, let your teacher know when you book.
Please note:
If you have long nails, you may need to trim them in advance of your cooking class to ensure you're able to wrap your dumplings with ease.
This class can be held online as well as at client site. Please send a message to the teacher to discuss the details.
Notice
Please do not bring your own drinks or food to the class.
Refund and Reschedule
Please book the date you definitely can attend to help other customers' bookings.
There is no refund for cancellation.
Later than 15 minutes to agreed time will see booking cancelled with no refund or reschedule.
Possibility of Reschedule is very limited and will be charged £50 per booking.
Thank you for your understanding.
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Some dumpling making skills are helpful but not essential. You can choose add-on to learn making normal dumplings in the same class. It will give the step-by-step progress to the special ones.
Children under 18 are welcome as long as with paid adults. Every one requires a ticket. Children are learning better when parents participate.
A person under 18 cannot attend the class alone. We will ask for valid IDs if you look very young. You class will be cancelled without refund if failed to provide proofs. It is for your safety and required by insurance policy. If we don't follow it, this class will not be allowed to carry on. Thank you for your understanding.
What you'll get
All the dumplings you've made to eat or take home with you.
Plenty knowledge to take home as well.
Compliment tea throughout the whole class.
Purchase ingredients in the shop.
What to bring
Suitable containers if you'd like to take your food home with you.
We are a wife-and-husband team running a small shop called Oriental Food in North London.
We started offer cooking classes to commercial clients since 2012. Then it is soon became very popular in general public as well.
Currently we have more than 20 different cooking classes focus on authentic and traditional Chinese, Japanese and Korean food. Also have more than 5 different tasting sessions. The sessions let customers explore the traditional style of dishes before deciding which class to learn.
Come along and let us share with you our authentic cooking techniques as well as modern culinary trends. That's right, you can make the perfect Chinese, Japanese and Korean food too!
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Freddy Johnson•
Sep 2023
Very friendly tutor Hanna welcome us with free drinks. She introduced the class then explained the ingredients and steps planned for the class.
We followed her instructions and feel confident making steamed prawn dumplings from scratch.
Very comfortable shop and we can sit down to eat all the dumplings we made.
Love the class very much. Thank you very much to Hanna.
Teacher's
response
Thank you very much, Freddy, for your wonderful review.
We are thrilled to hear that you had a great experience in our cooking class. It's fantastic that Hanna made you feel welcome and provided free drinks to start off the session. We're glad that she took the time to introduce the class and explain the ingredients and steps involved in making the steamed prawn dumplings from scratch.
Please have a look our long list of cooking classes and tasting sessions, classbento.co.uk/t/simon-and-hannas-foodie-kitchen
and we look forward to seeing you again soon.
James •
Jul 2023
This is a great cooking class and experience.
Now we understand the difference between so many types of DimSum. We also had deep knowledge in Dumpling or JiaoZi in Chinese.
Simon and Hannah are very patient as we started with mess. With their help, we made good progress and had delicious steamed prawn dumplings at the end.
Teacher's
response
Thank you, James, for your wonderful review!
We're thrilled to hear that you had a great experience in our cooking class and enjoyed learning about the different types of DimSum and dumplings. We're glad we were able to help you make progress in your cooking skills.
It's fantastic that you were able to create delicious steamed prawn dumplings in the class. We strive to provide a fun and educational cooking experience, and we're delighted that you had a successful outcome.
Thank you for choosing our cooking class and we look forward to seeing you again soon for another culinary adventure! Remember to send us photos when you make again at home.
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