Festival Taiwanese Banquet Class

Gather and celebrate around the table! Learn to make a banquet of Taiwanese dishes that are festival favourites.


Cristina Chang
Cristina Chang
5.0 (30)
100% recommend

3 hours Class size 1 to 6 guests       $180
In Taiwan, food is our love language.
Join us for a one-of-a-kind, hands-on cooking experience celebrating the Dragon Boat Festival (端午節), where tradition meets warmth in an intimate setting. In this thoughtfully curated class, you’ll learn to make five Taiwanese dishes — including the iconic Zong Zi, a glutinous rice dumpling wrapped in bamboo leaves and filled with savoury delights like marinated pork belly, salted egg yolk, shiitake mushrooms, and peanuts.
Led by your expert instructor Cristina, this small-group class offers a rare opportunity to dive deep into the rich flavours, ingredients, and stories behind Taiwanese cuisine — in a way you won’t find anywhere else in Melbourne.
Come ready to get your hands dirty, meet like-minded food lovers, and gain skills you can take home — along with your very own bundle of Zong Zi.
Sample Menu:
  • Zong Zi: Savoury glutinous rice dumplings wrapped in bamboo leaves
  • Ginger and sesame chicken
  • Bean shoot salad (小菜)
  • Wakame seaweed salad (小菜)
  • Marinated black tea eggs
What You’ll Love:
Learn the foundations of Taiwanese flavours, cooking techniques, and cultural significance
A warm, bespoke class experience — no more than 6 people per session
Expert guidance in mastering festive, home-style dishes
A rare opportunity to learn the intricate art of wrapping Zong Zi
Share a communal meal and take home your creations
Need-to-Know:
Recipes can be tailored to suit vegetarian, gluten-free, or dairy-free diets — just let us know in advance.
Class duration is approximately 3 hours, but may vary slightly depending on group dynamics. Please allow a little flexibility in your schedule.
What you'll get
  • Guidance from an expert cooking teacher
  • All materials and ingredients provided
  • Complimentary drink pairings
  • Learn how to make a range of festive Taiwanese dishes
  • Easy-to-follow recipe cards so you can recreate the dishes at home for friends and family!
Knowledge required
All skill levels are welcome.
What to bring
Just yourselves and close-toed shoes
Add-on available for this class
  • Taiwanese Pantry Staples (4 items used in class) ($40)
You can add this when you book (optional).
Location

Reservoir, VIC

Exact location is masked for privacy. You'll automatically get the specific address after booking.

Festival Taiwanese Banquet Class location
Your teacher

Cristina Chang
Cristina Chang

5.0 (30)
100% recommend

Food is a love language. We eat, we cook, we share and we tell stories.
As a registered teacher based in Melbourne, Cristina prides herself in creating engaging and safe spaces for learning new skills. Her Taiwanese-inspired cooking classes bring together her desire to showcase her Taiwanese culture with others, and her love of good food, cooking and doing so in an environmentally conscious way.
Cristina studied Food Nutrition and Health in Vancouver, where she grew up, and enjoys sharing her nutrition knowledge in all of her classes. But as a kid to two chef parents, it comes down to cooking food that you want to eat over and over again! Sign up to one of her classes, and you are guaranteed one (or 10) recipes that you'll add into your cooking repertoire straight away.
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