A Taste of the World's
Multicultural Fall Bounty Experiences:
Multicultural Fall Bounty Experiences:
The Foodie in me always rejoice in Toronto's local, seasonal bounty. As a matter of fact, Toronto, the Meeting Place lives up to its name as it become increasingly multicultural in its Fall harvest. This time of the year, I'm always excited to be able to share the diverse Fall bounty in the form of multi-ethnic comfort food on food tours within the Kensington Market and Toronto's Second Chinatown neighbourhoods. As you stroll through either areas with a culinary historian like myself, you come away with a deeper appreciation of the layers of food history while all your senses are awakened...
Event: KENSINGTON FOODIES ROOTS WALK
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| Fresh dates! |
Celebrate Fall bounty connected with 200 years of immigration waves within multicultural Kensington Market/ residential quarters past and present with culinary historian Shirley Lum! We will pay homage to the founding family with a cheese from that area (as well as artisanal cheeses to give you a true cross-Canada tasting). There will be equal portions of food for thought and the palate! NOTE: Do NOT eat breakfast prior to the tour for the fullest enjoyment of this food tour! NOTE II: I'll be winding down in the month of November but stay tuned for the holiday food tours in December.... Yes, the ever popular Kensington Festive Foodies Roots Walk returns on December 1, 8, 15, 2012 and we will celebrate ALL the Festival of Lights holidays - Diwali, Winter Solstice, Channukah, Christmas and Kwanzaa. Stay tuned!
Dates & Time: Sat. OCT 20, NOV. 3, 2012 9:30 AM-1:00 PM
Fees ($CAD: incl pre-ordered food & drinks): Adult $45 SR/ST $40 Child $30
Meet: Red Pole with Black Cat, 350 Spadina Ave/St Andrew St (1 bl N of Dundas St W)
Pre-register: (416) 923-6813 or info@TorontoWalksBikes.com
Event: SECOND CHINATOWN FOOD TOURS
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| Dessert - a feast for the eyes & palate! |
Celebrate and savour the Fall harvest! Go behind-the-scenes with culinary historian Shirley Lum! Sit back and enjoy hosted dim sum, complete with Chinese Horoscope Book plus review of chopsticks and tea pouring etiquettes. After this treat for all the senses, we head off to an Asian grocery store for a tour complete with a bi-lingual shopping list we provide to our guests. Ever wondered where's Toronto's 1st Chinatown? Find out at the finale in one of the oldest Chinese bakery as we sip hot tea and delicious traditional and contemporary pastries.
Fees ($CAD; incl pre-ordered food & drinks): Adult $45 SR/ST $40 Child $30
Meet: Lucky Moose Statue, 393 Dundas St W/Beverley St
Pre-register: (416) 923-6813 or info@TorontoWalksBikes.com
A Taste of the World's 12th annual
Toronto Hall❍ween Experiences:
Time flies by when you're having fun scaring the daylight out of big and little kids! The Ghostologist in me loves donning the period costumes to lead the eerie and spine-chilling Toronto Halloween Week experiences! It's hard to believe that 12 years ago, Spring 2000, I launched three unique neighbourhood ghost walks: Ghosts,Greasepaint & Gallows Walk; the Haunted Kensington, Chinatown & The Grange Walk; and Haunted Yorkville, U of T & Queen's Park Walk! Pretty soon folks went on all three of them, and there was increasing requests for another Toronto neighbourhood ghost walk. During Halloween Week 2003, I obliged by launching Phantoms, Players & Pundits Walk as an "Invitation Only" to repeat guests who experienced paranormal activities on all three previous tours with us. We were not disappointed that evening. Each year our Halloween Week ghost walk experiences gets better since then. Why? The already eerie tales from inaugural tours get spookier over time with the cumulative accounts of past guests' paranormal experiences over the years... So look out for the Grey Lady or perhaps that's your tour guide transformed by her period costume... We dare you to find out if Toronto is the Meeting Place for the Living... or... the Dead? Our ghost walks are not for the faint of heart... but definitely for those who loves a mystery or two... 
Limit: 13 spots each night
SAT OCT 20, 27, 2012 6:30-9:00 PM
Fees ($CAD: incl snacks): Adult $25 SR/ST $18 CHILD $15
Meet: Red Pole with Black Cat, 350 Spadina Ave/St Andrew St (1 bl N of Dundas St W)
Pre-register: (416) 923-6813 or info@TorontoWalksBikes.com
Fees ($CAD: incl pre-ordered snacks): Adult $25 SR/ST $18 CHILD $15
Meet: St Lawrence Market's middle door, 93 Front St E.
Pre-register: (416) 923-6813 or info@TorontoWalksBikes.com
Limit 13 spots each night.
Fees ($CAD: incl snacks): Adult $25 SR/ST $18 CHILD $15
Meet: ROM, steps between the 2 Marble Lions, 100 Queen's Park Circle
Pre-register: (416) 923-6813 or info@TorontoWalksBikes.com
Limit 13 spots each night
Fees ($CAD: incl pre-ordered snacks): Adult $25 SR/ST $18 CHILD $15
Meet: Old City Hall, front steps, 60 Queen St W/Bay St.
Pre-register: (416) 923-6813 or info@TorontoWalksBikes.com
Ignorance can be bliss...
You'll never look at Toronto again the same way
after a spooky ghost walk or a foodie tour ....
So join fellow foodies &/or ghostologists!
So join fellow foodies &/or ghostologists!
Stay tuned as we wrap-up in December 2012
and then gear up for our
20th anniversary celebrations in 2013!