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Shanghai Dine At A Local Familys Home With English Speaking hosts
Shanghai, Eastern China, China
$50
This is an experience gift voucher. The recipient will book the experience after
they redeem the gift voucher.
Overview
Most Shanghai food experiences are built around a chef, a studio, or a script. These are built around a family. +1 Chopsticks is China's first home dining marketplace — we personally curate local host families and connect them with international travelers who want more than another restaurant meal.
The food is seasonal and made from scratch. The conversation is genuine. And the home you're sitting in is exactly that — someone's actual home, not a staged set. No two dinners are the same because no two families are the same.
The hosts each bring something different to the table. A Jiading Ayi who has been welcoming international guests since 2016 and grows her own vegetables in a backyard garden. A Guizhou-born host who spent a decade in the US and bridges both cultures fluently. A Shanghai family who will teach you to fold dumplings before you sit down to eat.
The food is seasonal and made from scratch. The conversation is genuine. And the home you're sitting in is exactly that — someone's actual home, not a staged set. No two dinners are the same because no two families are the same.
The hosts each bring something different to the table. A Jiading Ayi who has been welcoming international guests since 2016 and grows her own vegetables in a backyard garden. A Guizhou-born host who spent a decade in the US and bridges both cultures fluently. A Shanghai family who will teach you to fold dumplings before you sit down to eat.
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Shanghai Dine At A Local Familys Home With English Speaking hosts
Tour guide
Language: English
Human tour guide
Duration: 3 hours
- Pre-visit dietary check-in — vegetarian, halal, non-mammalian and more accommodated
- Directions, phone number and WeChat — step-by-step instructions so you arrive without stress
- Tea and water throughout the meal
- Home Dining Cheat Sheets — cultural primer on Chinese dining, sent 2 days before your visit
- Dumpling-making session (please indicate if you would like to make dumplings)
- Full home-cooked meal — appetizers, mains, staples, and dessert
- Alcohol (available on request at some hosts for an additional cost)
- Transportation to and from the host's home
Meeting point
Travelers will be given the host's address and instructions (public transport or didi) to arrive. We'll make sure you have the host contact number and WeChat
Return details
Travelers will be given the host's address and instructions (public transport or didi) to arrive. We'll make sure you have the host contact number and WeChat
You've eaten at Shanghai's restaurants. Now come eat where locals actually eat — at someone's kitchen table, sharing a home-cooked meal with a real Shanghai family.
+1 Chopsticks connects international travelers with personally curated local host families across Shanghai. Each host cooks the food their family actually eats at home — seasonal, fresh, and made from scratch. Depending on your host, you may make dumplings together before sitting down to eat, or simply arrive, relax, and let the meal come to you.
Every experience includes a pre-visit dietary check-in so your host knows exactly what you can and can't eat, step-by-step directions to the home, and the Home Dining Cheat Sheets — a cultural primer on Chinese dining sent two days before your visit so you arrive curious rather than confused.
Hosts include a Jiading Ayi who grows her own vegetables in a backyard garden, a Guizhou-born host who spent a decade in the US, and a Shanghai family who will teach you to fold dumplings before dinner.
All hosts are English-speaking or have English support arranged.
+1 Chopsticks connects international travelers with personally curated local host families across Shanghai. Each host cooks the food their family actually eats at home — seasonal, fresh, and made from scratch. Depending on your host, you may make dumplings together before sitting down to eat, or simply arrive, relax, and let the meal come to you.
Every experience includes a pre-visit dietary check-in so your host knows exactly what you can and can't eat, step-by-step directions to the home, and the Home Dining Cheat Sheets — a cultural primer on Chinese dining sent two days before your visit so you arrive curious rather than confused.
Hosts include a Jiading Ayi who grows her own vegetables in a backyard garden, a Guizhou-born host who spent a decade in the US, and a Shanghai family who will teach you to fold dumplings before dinner.
All hosts are English-speaking or have English support arranged.
How it works?
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You choose from 10,000+ experience gifts
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We deliver the eVoucher or the Physical box to the recipient
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Recipient books the experience and creates unforgettable memories!
Shanghai Dine At A Local Familys Home With English Speaking hosts
Shanghai, Eastern China, China
$50
This is an experience gift voucher. The recipient will book the experience after
they redeem the gift voucher.
How it works?
01
—
You choose from 10,000+ experience gifts
02
—
We deliver the eVoucher or the Physical box to the recipient
03
—
Recipient books the experience and creates unforgettable memories!