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The Hutong
Who We Are

Who We Are

The Hutong is Beijing’s culture exchange center in the heart of the Chinese capital. A retreat for expats, foreigners and locals to meet and connect. Our mission is to provide exceptional cultural experiences in a fun learning environment, and we welcome you to click on the links below to find...
The Hutong Kitchen

The Hutong Kitchen

At The Hutong we offer a wide range of cooking classes from within and beyond China’s borders. Experience how to prepare and create delectable dishes from Southern Asia and the Sub-Continent. Our Asian cuisine cooking classes include: Asian Tapas, Burmese, Caribbean, Indian, Indonesian, Malaysian, Pakistani, Southeast Asian, and Thai. Visit our calendar to see what’s...
The Hutong Corporate

The Hutong Corporate

The Hutong Corporate Events with a cultural twist! Our private parties, team-building programs, charitable endeavors, corporate gifts, tours and retreats offer professional yet creative alternatives to basic company events.
Hutong Membership

Hutong Membership

Becoming a member is easy - 200 RMB for a year of discounted programs, special events and more. As a small enterprise, we hope to continue in our efforts to serve your needs first as best we can. Thank you for continuing to support our community center. We look forward...
Travel Beyond The Sights

Travel Beyond The Sights

Special Interests, Extraordinary People! From Desertification in Inner Mongolia, to Luxury Homestays at The Great Wall, to our Pu'er Bicycle Challenge, we specialize in trips with a difference. We organise tailor made tours for schools, special interest groups, corporations or families ...
Go With The Flow

Go With The Flow

At The Hutong we offer a variety of healthy courses that allow you to have fun, exercise and break free from the stress of daily life – and also make new friends in our cozy traditional hutong surroundings. Kick start your way to health one of our healthy habits courses,...
Tea Journeys

Tea Journeys

At The Hutong we don’t just drink tea, we take you on a journey. We know the lands where our teas come from, the people who grow them and the ways they cultivate them. We want to bring you as close as possible to the way of tea. Click on...
Creative Pursuits

Creative Pursuits

At The Hutong we offer a variety of creative pursuits that allow you to have fun, unwind from the pressure and stress of the daily routine, and make friends in our cozy traditional Hutong surroundings. Pick up a new hobby or follow your passion and expand your skills. Classes include...
Coming Up At The Hutong

Coming Up At The Hutong

Click on the link above to find out what's coming up at The Hutong - from Beijing's best cooking classes to its most unique charity events to theatrical hutong tours, interactive tea workshops, private events and more ...
Youth Education

Youth Education

At The Hutong we offer a range of interactive, educational, unique, and fun activities to students and school groups. Our interactive programs are designed to broaden participants’ understanding of Chinese culture and allow them to experience the authentic Beijing. We offer programs for schools and groups of all different ages. This...
How To Find Us

How To Find Us

Warning: we can be hard to find if it is your first time here - you will need to print our map! We are located at Beixinqiao, just south of Dongzhimen Nei - about halfway between Sanlitun & Houhai. The easiest way to find us is to Take Taxi or...
What's Coming Up
Pies and Ales Night at The Hutong

Pies and Ales Night at The Hutong

Pies and Ales: Bringing you freshly home-baked pies and great imported ales – it’s a simple menu with delicious results! Join us at The Hutong as we heat up our oven at the end of a long Beijing winter.  In addition to a heaping helping of music and merriment, we will be serving Homemade Aussie Pies...
Photography with Mitchell Masilun

Photography with Mitchell Masilun

The Beginning Digital Photography Workshop will teach you how to really use your camera and understand its functions. This is key to capturing photographs that will last a lifetime. If you have a camera, love to take pictures, and would like to understand all the tools it has to offer, if you are unclear about...
Spring Festival Cinema Showcase

Spring Festival Cinema Showcase

Come join us for The Spring Festival Cinema Showcase - done in partnership with Time Out Beijing and Electric Shadows - and explore the Chinese New Year via cinema and cuisine. Start the Year of The Dragon with a series of quintessential Chinese films and learn to cook your own traditional New Year Delights!
Hutong Membership and Price Adjustments

Hutong Membership and Price Adjustments

Here at The Hutong, we are also subject to the economic effects of China’s speedy economic growth. As good as this may be for the profitability of enterprising small businesses, one of the downsides is rising raw product prices. Our new 2012 pricing structure is a reflection of this, as our cooking classes will go...
Shooting Fireworks Workshop

Shooting Fireworks Workshop

This one day intensive workshop will cover both basic and advanced techniques involved with getting unique results while shooting at night. We’ll meet at The Hutong first to cover concepts regarding night photography, as well as gear and how to use it. After that, we’ll walk around The Hutong to capture the night. A follow-up...
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