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2025 Chinese Lunar New Year Day Dinner Hand Made Dumpling Making Philly
February 23 @ 11:00 am - 2:00 pm
Event Address: Near Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, PA 19131. The address will be disclosed prior to the event.
Contact us at (267) 213-6787 or info@FiveSpicePhilly.com
We are extremely excited to bring the Holiday Season/Chinese Lunar New Year Hand Made Dumpling Event back to Philadelphia this year! We cordially invite you, your families, and your friends to attend a fun DIY Dumpling + Tangyuan/or Wonton Soup cooking experience. Tangyuan (汤圆), also known as yuanxiao, is a ping-pong sized traditional Chinese desert, taking its name from a Chinese homophone for union (tuányuán). This glutinous rice ball is only offered around Chinese New Year, and symbolizes togetherness and completeness; as well as being super tasty! Everyone will learn a new cooking skill – making dumplings + Tangyuan (汤圆)!*
Come learn to make your own dumplings at the Dumpling Academy – Home of the Dumpling Queen – at our new location in Center City, Philadelphia! Wheel chair accessible and easy parking!
-Parking, easy, free street parking!
At this dumpling making party, you will enjoy a hands-on adventure: make-your-own dumplings! You’ll be guided and taught by Yin, a dumping making expert who will teach you how to fill and shape your own pot stickers in a candidly authentic way.
A quick overview:
-First, we will learn how to prepare the dumpling filling. Then, with either pre-made wrappers or wrappers we made ourselves, we will then learn the proper ways to cook dumplings; Everyone will learn well-rounded dumpling making skills. Finally, we will feast together on the dumplings we made – delicious!
Dumplings are the singular best food to make for (and with) a crowd: They’re easy, fun, beginner-friendly, and cook super quickly. The more hands we have on deck, the quicker the dumplings come together and the faster we can get to eating.
Bonus – You will sample assorted Chinese dim sum/snacks at your arrival!
Come join us for a sincere and splendidly-authentic experience, unique for you and your family!
*Chinese Tangyuan is only offered in the sessions around Chinese New Year. If we do not make Tangyuan in the class, we will learn to make and have Wonton soup!
We are accepting private party reservations now! There is a minimum of 10 guests.
Proudly first in Philadelphia – Breaking Through Culinary Experience and Innovative Therapeutic Recreational Services Through the Art of Dumpling Making!
While we host dumpling making classes for the general public, we are determined to make a social impact by primarily offering dumpling making workshops to seniors (nursing homes, assisted living, personal care homes and senior centers), intellectually disabled, people who suffer mental illness, and of course, children, families, and corporation teams). The Google form also lists more class dates available. However, other platforms may charge a processing fee if your registration is made on their platform. https://forms.gle/MhUAd618NH1KGsd67