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Taste Vancouver Food Tours
Category: Hotels & Travel Tours Tours [Edit]
403 West Cordova StVancouver, BC V6B 1E5
Neighbourhoods: Downtown, Gastown
(604) 724-3500
3 reviews for Taste Vancouver Food Tours
3 reviews in English
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Review from Vincent N.
Vancouver, BC
12/25/2011
I would say that this is more of a 4.5 experience.
I think most of the previous reviewers of this place give it a good description of what you're going to eat, so I don't want to repeat the information, so I'll focus on service and entertainment.
The service was fantastic from our hosts. They helped me with my ear piece, opened doors for us while we entered and exited, and even cleaned their tables. You can tell that they really wanted us to have a great time.
"Gassy Jack" was entertaining and told some great cheesy jokes and was able to share a lot of information about Gastown that I never even knew before. It's always so nice to be able to feel like a tourist in your own time. Something that makes it feel so fun.
The value is great, since the price of a meal around Gastown is like $25 bucks, so why not spend the time for 2 hours to find out which place is haunted in Gastown, while eating some yummy food. -
Review from Dee d.
Burnaby, BC
12/7/2011
Before I continue, I want to make it clear that I did not pay for this food tour and was compliments of Taste Vancouver Food Tours.
We started the afternoon off at the Starbucks in Pan Pacific Hotel. While we were putting on our sound equipment (an ear piece and a receiver), Jewel came around and gave us cranberry bliss bar and eggnog latte samples provided by Starbucks. We also met Doug, the mastermind behind the tours and also 'Gassy Jack' who would be our tour guide for the day.
Today was their first day of the Christmas Culinary tour they do around Gastown. I noticed that the group was mostly tourists. After a couple blips with the sound equipment, we were on our way.
Gassy Jack provided interesting information about the sites we visited and gave a mini-tour of the Waterfront area including Waterfront Station and the Province building.
After that, we went to our first stop, Rogue Kitchen & Wetbar located in the Waterfront Station. To be honest, I walk by here a lot and I never had the chance to go in - I must say the decor in this place is beautiful and I'll have to come back to admire it some more.
Here we were served a sample of their Lobster Mac n'Cheese. Jewel was telling us that a normal size is served in a skillet (much like Mac Shack) and with a side salad. The mac and cheese was creamy and very heavy- like good mac and cheese SHOULD be. The parmesan sprinked on top provided a crispier texture. My only gripe - I had no lobster in my mac and cheese!
We then got up and made our way across the parking lot to Steamworks Brewing Company. We went underground to their brewing area to learn a little about the brewing process. We were then given the Belgian Triple Style beer to try. It was a little sweet but mostly dry. I'm not a big beer drinker, but this wasn't so bad.
From here we walked next door to Rogers' Chocolates, Canadian Maple Delights (where we learned how to make Taffy!).
We walked through some other points of interest on the tour - things I never really noticed about Gastown like how some of the architecture of the buildings were originally from San Francisco or how Hudson House was selling Liquor and Tobacco before they became the Hudson Bay Company.
We stopped also at Brioche for homecooked pasta, Trees Organic for a sample of their Sin and Cinnamon cheesecake, the SteamClock, Water Street Cafe (crab cakes!), Smart Mouth Cafe, John Fluevog, Peckinpah (to sample their pulled pork) and Apres-Midi Teahouse.
I spoke with Jewel briefly after the tour and she was saying that the tour company started in September and that this was their first Christmas tour.
I thought for $39 per person, this tour was worth it. It was pretty entertaining with Gassy Jack and you can't beat food around Gastown. For a local, it's interesting to learn things you never knew about your city but the tour is probably best suited for tourists and guests visiting from out of town. Or even a good Christmas present for budding foodies!
[for the complete review check out: http://gastrofork.ca/2... ] -
Review from Darian K.
Mount Pleasant, Vancouver, BC
12/6/2011 1 photo
I tasted Lobster Mac n' Cheese, drank "Blitzen" Ale, sampled Crab Cakes, Chocolate Orange Cheesecake, Italian tortellini, 18-hour Carolina-style smoked Pulled Pork, traditional Quebec Pulled Maple Taffy, "Empress Square" Chocolates, Market Spice Tea and melt-in-your-mouth Shortbread cookies. I learned about Gastown's colourful history and culture while I visited 10 of Gastown's trendy eateries. The tour starts with Egg Nog Lattes and pastries served up by Starbucks.
The tour accommodates up to 16 persons and each guest receives their own audio equipment so they won't miss a word of Gassy Jack's tales. By the end of the tour I was well fed and well informed. I came hungry, and left happy!
