Boston Chinatown Market Tour

Our guide, Jim Becker, was superb. I wasn't a particular China afficionado, but he certainly is--and now I could be, too. His knowledgeable talks on food, Chinese medicine, history of Chinatown and the Chinese in America, and the local customs were fascinating. I could take the tour ten times and still learn something. I particularly appreciated Jim's navigation of the dim sum puzzle. Reassuring and delicious!

Our guide, Jim, was very knowledgable. The tour was just the right pace and length of time. I have been to China Town many times on my own, but this helped me to learn about the history of the area, and to find some new places to go back to. I particularly liked the fact that our guide gave us a written list of the places we visited, as well as others he recommends.

Our family had an excellent experience! Getting to sample traditional foods with such a knowledgable and friendly guide was great. We always wondered so much about the food, culture, and the district. Now we feel so informed. We were able to go back on our own and feel very comfortable. We love Asian food and now we know what's truly authentic. I can't praise this tour enough. It was our favorite event of the entire trip!

Tour was well paced, guide was enthusiastic & very informative. we learnt about the history of Chinatown, some basic geography of China & the different varieties of food, We toured and tried samples at 2 Chinese bakeries, a bbq shop, a Chinese herbalist and visited a large Chinese supermarket where different ingredients and their uses were explained to us. The culmination of the tour was a fabulous dim sum lunch, where our guide chose a variety of different dishes and explained them to us. She even gave us a gift of Chinese sweets for dessert! Definitely recommended!

We had a great time on this tour. The guide was very knowledgeable, clear, and friendly. Although the tour focuses on food, it also included a substantial amount of information about the neighborhood and Chinese herbal medicine. People who are especially squeamish about animals as a food source may be put off by the butcher shops with whole animals. A few folks on the tour were non-adventurous eaters and seemed to not enjoy as much of the food as we did, though they still seemed happy with the tour. Overall, a great experience.

we toured the north end with jim and was pleasantly surprised when he also was the guide for this tour. he is very knowledgeable in both the foods of chinatown and the history of china and it's people.

From the beginning to the end Jim gave us a ton of interesting facts. Not only about Chinatown but about the history of Boston. His knowledge about the food was unbelievable. We had a great time.

I wondered how 3 hours could be filled up with in such a small district, but no worries! The tastings were good, the guide was knowledgeable and interesting and the lunch was delicious!

We thoroughly enjoyed ourselves--the tour was very informative, interesting, and fun. We would highly recommend it (and the North End tour, which we have also done!).

Our guide was very knowledgeable about the food, customs and culture of the area. Getting to try the various baked or BBQ'd items was so much better than just seeing them.