Guilty Pleasures Gourmet Tour

Highlights / General details

The Guilty Pleasures Gourmet Tour showcases the best foods of Vancouver! We take you to forbidden gourmet treats you just have to taste before you die! You are served enough food for lunch, ensuring that your taste buds have energy to savor each stop of the tour. Our gastronomic adventure begins with savoring dim sum from none other than Kirin Chinese Restaurant – Winner of Vancouver’s Best Dim Sum for sixth consecutive years by Vancouver Magazine. You'll visit Vancouver's gourmet specialty grocer where you will taste award winning cheese and chocolate paired with a local wine. We then take you on a short stroll along Vancouver’s gourmet restaurant street and trendy shopping neighborhood before relaxing with a glass of Award Winning 100-Mile BC Wine paired with local nibbles. Then we hop across the street to Hubbub, creator of one of Vancouver’s Pulled Pork Sandwich and beer pairing. You’ll learn how this amazing sandwich is made and experience firsthand the magnetic appeal of this majestic sandwich. We'll share with you the city's culture and architecture before stopping to enjoy a glass of Vancouver Artisan Sake Maker’s Junmai Sake paired with a writhingly fresh Wild Sockeye Salmon Tartar. You’ll then be presented with an agedashi tofu canape that’ll have you wondering why you aren’t a tofu-lover already. Our Culinary Guide will then take you on a stroll along Granville, Vancouver’s founding street, and share with you how just decades ago, Granville Street had the highest concentration of large neon signs in the world. Finally, happy bellies are treated to a sweet ending with the best gelato and sorbetto on the continent at Bella Gelateria, winner of North America’s best gelato.

Enjoy 5 of the following tasting locations: Kirin Restaurant 1. Steamed Prawn and Pork Dumpling Topped with Flying Fish Roe (BC and Asia) 2. Sticky Rice with Pork and Dried Scallop Wrapped in Lotus Leaf (BC and Asia) 3. Chinese Jasmine Green Tea Urban Fare 1. Fromage Frais Berry with Raspberry in Phyllo Pastry, Vancouver Island 2. Mission Hill Cabernet Merlot 2010, Okanagan Valley, VQA 3. Vermeer Cheese, Holland 4. Caramel Pecan with Fleur de Sel Dark Chocolate Ganache by Thomas Haas Chocolate, Vancouver Market by Jean-Georges 1. Market Truffled Burger (Alberta) 2. Salmon Sashimi on Crispy Rice (BC) 3. Ginger Margarita (BC) Italian Kitchen 1. Arugula Salad (Vancouver, BC) 2. Burrata & Proscuitto on a Crostini (California and Itality) 3. Signature Meatball (BC) 4. 2012 Tinhorn Gewurztraminer (BC) Hubbub Sandwich Bliss 1. Slow Roasted Pulled Pork Sandwich (Alberta) 2. Locally brewed beer (BC) ShuRaku Sake Bar and Bistro 1. Wild Sockeye Salmon Tartar with tempura seaweed chips (Vancouver, BC) 2. Agedashi Tofu (Vancouver, BC) 3. Artisan Sake Maker's Junmai Nama, Granville Island (Vancouver, BC) Bella Gelateria 1. Salted Caramel Gelato (Burnaby, BC) 2. Organic Coconut Milk Gelato (Burnaby, BC) 3. Seasonal flavour (Burnaby, BC)

Inclusion

Guided tour 14 tastings including three optional drink pairings. Enjoy creations by world-class chefs, award-winning sake maker, and the greatest gelato artisan in North America. 5 course tasting menu and educational anecdotes meticulously designed around our passion for creating the best possible gourmet experience. Meet chefs, owners, and food artisans during the tour.

Exclusion

Hotel pick up / drop off Gratuity Drinks (unless specified drink package is purchased)

Hours of operation

Tour is available Friday - Monday. Departs at 1:45pm

Duration

Tour is 3 hours and 15 minutes

Location Meeting location: Kirin Restaurant, 1172 Alberni Street (& Bute), Vancouver Drop off location: 1001 West Cordova Street (& Burrard), Vancouver

Redemption instructions Present voucher to representative at the departure location.

Additional information What to Wear: Comfortable clothing and shoes, rain gear depending on weather Weather Conditions: Tours run rain or shine

Location

Meeting location: Kirin Restaurant, 1172 Alberni Street (& Bute), Vancouver Drop off location: 1001 West Cordova Street (& Burrard), Vancouver

Redemption instructions Present voucher to representative at the departure location.

Additional information What to Wear: Comfortable clothing and shoes, rain gear depending on weather Weather Conditions: Tours run rain or shine

Policies Guests are responsible for their own transportation to and from the departure and drop off location. This tour requires a minimum of 2 passengers to operate. Most dietary restrictions can be accommodated. Tasting locations are subject to change without notice.

All information requested must be supplied or booking is subject to automatic cancellation