"I want to try it all." As a chef or a chef's guinea pig, this is your mantra. As a chef, you will like to make or try every dish you lay your eyes upon. You want to taste it and see whether you can add your signature twist to it. As guinea pigs, we simply like to eat.
For both categories of food lovers, there are other ways of getting access to eating and cooking apart from making all the arrangements ourselves. Have you ever heard of a culinary tour?
Culinary tours allow you to see, smell, learn about, and often taste different meals. You get to immerse yourself in culture through food. You should fit one such tour into your next trip; it's a blissful experience. Are you going to Rome, London, or Paris anytime soon? Even if you are not, here's a list of 10 culinary tours you should go on.
For both categories of food lovers, there are other ways of getting access to eating and cooking apart from making all the arrangements ourselves. Have you ever heard of a culinary tour?
Culinary tours allow you to see, smell, learn about, and often taste different meals. You get to immerse yourself in culture through food. You should fit one such tour into your next trip; it's a blissful experience. Are you going to Rome, London, or Paris anytime soon? Even if you are not, here's a list of 10 culinary tours you should go on.
1. Rome Street Food Tour With Local Guide
This one is better suited to us tasters, but we guess it works for everyone. On this culinary tour of Rome, you get to eat your way through the streets.
The tour lasts for two hours and thirty minutes, and you get to taste most of Rome's iconic street foods like suppli, pizza, and pastries. Also, you learn as you eat.
2. The Roman Food Tour in Trastevere
The price of this tour is a bit on the higher side compared to the street food tour. This difference in price makes sense when you consider that you'll also be tasting wine along the way.
The Roman Food Tour in Trastevere takes about four hours. You will also taste lots of traditional food on this tour, including pasta, cheese, and cured meat. It smells like heaven!
3. Trevi Fountain, Pantheon, and Campo Dei Fiori Market Food and Wine Tour
Although this tour also takes about four hours, it is cheaper than the one in Trastevere. The tour is focused on Italian specialties like pizza, gelato, and cheese.
As you may have guessed, you will also visit the Trevi Fountain and Pantheon on this tour. You will also grace the Campo Dei Fiori Market tour with your presence.
4. Pasta & Tiramisu Lovers Workshop
This is the last culinary tour in Rome we will be looking at today - the Pasta & Tiramisu Lovers Workshop. This tour is more about learning than eating, but rest assured you will do both.
The tour is also quite specific about what kinds of food they cook and eat. It is perfect for pasta lovers who want to learn how to cook.
5. Le Marais Paris The Original District Food and Wine Tasting Tour
The Le Marais Paris Tour is a food walking tour on the streets of Le Marais. Not only do you get to enjoy the local food and interact with the vendors, but you also get to soak in the culture.
While sampling delicious wines, cheeses, and chocolates, you will also enjoy the sights of enchanting buildings like the Hotel de Ville.
6. Bateaux Parisiens Seine River Gourmet Dinner & Sightseeing Cruise
It gets fancier from here. While the price of this tour is a bit higher than that of the Le Marais Tour, the difference is not by much. This goes to show that everything is a matter of preference and budget while vacationing.
This tour happens on a cruise ship where you enjoy a full gourmet meal. Intentionally fancy!
7. Paris Montmartre Walking Tasting Tour
This walking food tour takes approximately three hours. It explores Montmartre- one of many enchanting streets in Paris.
It is focused on snacks and sweets. So, expect lots of macarons, croissants, and eclairs.
8. London East End Food Tours
On this tour, you get to feel like a local under the guidance of your escort. You will enjoy many traditional meals that seem only to be made on those streets.
The delectable bacon sandwiches at St John Bread and Wine are a must-have on this tour.
9. Twilight Soho Tour
Yes, it is under twilight, which makes it unique. This tour is made to enjoy the nightlife of Soho while savoring the area's tasty dishes.
You will be let in on the secret of hidden precious cafes and restaurants serving heavenly meals.
10. London Indian Food Tasting Tour
It may sound confusing, but it sure is tasty. You don't have to be in India to have delicious Indian cuisine, which is a rule that several restaurants in London's East End seem to live by.
You get to taste all the curries, sweets, and bread that are known to India on this tour.