Sydney Safaris 2008

There's absolutely no doubt that Sydney is the best food city on earth! Where else do you find so many varied cuisines represented...and not just that, the food available is sometimes better than in its country of origin as our Australian produce is the best in the world.

Sydney has a number of distinct "villages" around which the people of particular nationalities have settled - the Italians in Haberfield, the Turkish around Auburn, the Lebanese in Punchbowl, the Greeks in Marrickville, the Vietnamese in Cabramatta....These villages are full of different sights and sounds that you may even feel like you're in that particular country. We aim to take you behind the secret door, to give you some knowledge of the culture as well as the cuisine and send you home with loads of great food finds, recipes and a desire to return.

In 2008 we are continuing with our successful World in a Day tours, and we now have more scheduled on a Saturday!  Or come and join us on our new safaris - French Regional Lunch at Apres, Italy on Wheels safari, World in a Day - Middle East, French Safari on Wheels and due to popular demand we will be running another Spanish Paella  lunch. We're also continuing our Sweet Indulgence Safaris. Spend the day discovering some of the best sweets and chocolates in Sydney. So come and join us to celebrate great food and good company.

All safaris are led by experienced guides.
All Gourmet Safari Tours are subject to minimum numbers.
PAYMENT IN FULL IS REQUIRED AT TIME OF BOOKING


Wine Selectors

Gourmet Safaris are proudly sponsored by Wine Selectors.

Looking for accommodation when coming to Sydney for a safari?  Click here for the Roamfree accommodation website

 

french tarts

Gift Certificates

And don't forget, if you're stuck for that special gift, we have Gourmet Safari Gift Certificates available.

They are valid for 6 months, can be used on any of our safaris and are valued from $90. 

Please call the office on 02 9960 5675 to arrange your gift certificates.


Click here for a calendar of events
for February - July 2008 >>


Selection of Sweets

 olives
Starts 10.30am
Cost: $90.00
Tour Code: GRK

GREEK WALKING TOUR OF MARRICKVILLE 

Dates:Saturday 30th August - Sorry, now fully booked
 Saturday 20th September - Sorry, now fully booked
 Saturday 4th October - Sorry, now fully booked
 Saturday 18th October
 Saturday 15th November - Sorry, now fully booked
 Saturday 6th December

Start with a Greek coffee and some wonderful freshly baked biscuits and pastries from one of the best bakers in Sydney. This is a find tucked away in Marrickville. Then we drive to colourful bustling Illawarra Road to visit a number of family owned Greek businesses including a butcher with some of the best lamb and louganika (Greek sausages), taste and learn about the range of olives and fetta cheese, discover the best Greek bread shop in town and pop in to a spice merchants and deli before settling into traditional banquet style lunch at our favourite Greek restaurant.

Cheeses

Starts 8.30am
Finish 5.00pm
Costs: $120.00
Tour Code: WID

NEW!!!  FRENCH SAFARI ON WHEELS

Dates:Wednesday 15th October - Sorry, now fully booked
 Wednesday 5th November - Sorry, now fully booked
 Wednesday 3rd December - Sorry, now fully booked

Climb aboard a comfortable bus and have someone else drive us to some of the best French finds in Sydney - discover great coffee, croissants and pastries, delicious chocolates, cheeses, pate, great cooking utensils and enjoy a special two course lunch...huge fun, loads of treats and tastes and great shopping.

Tour Departs from Central Station

prosciutto at Pino's La Dolce Vita Butchery

Starts 9.15am
Finish 5.00pm
Costs: $105.00
Tour Code: WID

WORLD IN A DAY - Southern Suburbs

Dates: Monday 24th November

Climb aboard a luxury bus and have someone else drive us to some of the hidden finds of Sydney - those far flung places that are hidden gems...discover great coffee, a middle eastern emporium, greek cypriot cakes, italian butcher, indian samosa and  chutneys plus more ...huge fun, loads of treats and tastes and great shopping.

Tour Departs from Central Station

Baklava

Starts 9.15am
Finish 5.00pm
Costs: $105.00
Tour Code: WID

WORLD IN A DAY - Middle West

Date:Friday 10th October


Climb aboard a luxury bus and have someone else drive us to some of the hidden finds of Sydney - those far flung places that are hidden gems...discover a great Lebanese sweets palace, Indian warehouse, Maltese Pastizzi maker, South American butcher, have a delicious lunch at an Iraqi restaurant plus more...huge fun, loads of treats and tastes and great shopping.

Tour Departs from Central Station

five_dock_butcher
Starts 8.30am
Finish 4.00pm
Costs: $105.00
Tour Code: WID

WORLD IN A DAY - Italy on Wheels

Dates:Saturday 6th September - Sorry, now fully booked
 Saturday 4th October - Sorry, now fully booked
 Saturday 1st November - Sorry, now fully booked
 Friday 5th December - only 3 places left

Climb aboard a luxury bus and have someone else drive us to some of the finds of Inner West Sydney - places that are hidden gems...discover great coffee, a big deli selling beautiful prosciutto and cheeses, an italian butcher, try some delicious Sicilian biscuits and cakes, have a light lunch of wood fired pizza with a glass of wine and end the day with a palate cleansing gelato...huge fun, loads of treats and tastes and great shopping.


Tour Departs from Central Station

Delicious portuguese charcoal chicken
Starts 10.15am
Finish 2.45pm
Costs: $90.00
Tour Code: POR

PORTUGUESE WALKING TOUR OF PETERSHAM 

Dates: Sunday 31st August - Sorry, now fully booked
 Sunday 28th September - Sorry, now fully booked
 Sunday 19th October - Sorry, now fully booked
 Sunday 9th November - Sorry, now fully booked
 Sunday 23rd  November - 4 places left
 Sunday 7th December

Start with a coffee and an explanation of Portuguese cuisine from one of its founders in Sydney, Fatima Barroso. Then visit the home of the best custard tarts in Sydney (we visit two top bakers), sample smoked chourico sausage, flattened chicken with peri peri sauce and visit a well-stocked deli and the local wine store, which stocks a large range of wines and ports from Portugal and finish with a banquet lunch.

moroccan_table_from Ambience
Starts 9.15am
Finish 5.00pm
Costs: $105.00
Tour Code: WID

WORLD IN A DAY - Earlwood / Inner West

Dates: Monday 29th September - 2 places left

Climb aboard a luxury bus and have someone else load up the shopping and drive us to some of our favourite places in Marrickville and Earlwood - everything from a boutique chocolate maker who also does a great coffee to the makers of the best chicken chilli chourico sausage, a quick Moroccan mint tea in a beautiful emporium, one of the friendliest and best stocked Greek emporiums, Greek olive bread to die for, souvlaki and if there's time, stock up on your Indian spices and sandalwood soap. Generous tastings and drinks during the day. Great fun!

Tour departs from Central Station

beautiful lebanese dips
Starts 8.30am
Finish 3.30pm
Costs: $105.00
Tour Code: WID

WORLD IN A DAY - Middle East

Dates:Saturday 18th October - Sorry, now fully booked
 Saturday 6th December - only 1 place left

Come on board our comfortable bus and let us take you into a world of exotic spices, of meats cooked over charcoal, the freshest salads and dips and luscious desserts. Journey past glittering minarets and beautiful mosques into the best places to shop and find all the ingredients you need to make simply delicious food-immerse yourself in emporiums full of wonders, visit bakers, butchers and palaces of sweets...and learn about the food of Lebanon and Turkey. For a day of discovery, endless tastings including bus transport to from and to Central Station.

(Please note, some places visited are included on the Lebanese & Turkish Gourmet Safaris)

Tour departs from Central Station

 

 real_turkish_delight1
Starts 9.30am
Finish 4.00pm
Cost: $105.00
Tour Code: IND

WORLD IN A DAY - Indulgence Safari - for those with a sweet tooth!

Dates:Saturday 29th November - Sorry, now fully booked 

Climb aboard a luxury bus and let us take you to the best sweets places in Sydney.  Try Portuguese custard tarts - pasteis de nata, Turkish delight, great chocolates, icecream plus more....huge fun, loads of treats and tastes and great shopping - this is the safari for those who love their sweets!

Tour departs from Central Station

photo_gallery_sydney

Starts 10.00am
Costs: $90.00
Tour Code: ITA

ITALIAN WALKING TOUR OF HABERFIELD

Dates:Saturday 30th August -  1 place now available
 Saturday 13th September - Sorry, now fully booked
 Saturday 20th September - New Date - 10 places now available! 
 Saturday 27th September - Sorry, now fully booked
 Saturday 11th October
 Saturday 25th October
 Saturday 8th & 22nd November
 Saturday 6th & 13th December

Visit delis full of beautiful olives, cheeses, small-goods, oils, pasta and sauces, bakeries famous for bread, fresh pasta makers, expert cheese and chocolate makers, some of the best Italian fruit and vegetables - all at friendly family-run businesses. Indulge in some great homemade pasta and wood-fired pizza followed by a visit to a beautiful pasticceria and then onto the bottle shop for a taste of limoncello.

pizza_making 
Starts 10.00am
Costs: $80.00
Tour Code: PIZ

PIZZA MAKING CLASS AT NAPOLI IN BOCCA

DatesSaturday 1st November                                      
 Saturday 29th November

Ever wanted to make beautiful traditional pizza at home? It's easy with the right recipe and technique...learn the secrets of perfect home-cooked pizza in this fun 90 minute class in one of the temples of great pizza, Napoli in Bocca Restaurant in Haberfield. Hands on class, recipes, plus your own pizza to take home. Numbers strictly limited.
  

 cabra fruit shop
Start
s 10.30am
Costs: $95.00
Tour Code: VIE

VIETNAMESE WALKING TOUR IN CABRAMATTA

Dates:Sunday 14th September - Sorry, now fully booked
 Sunday 21st September  - Sorry, now fully booked
 

Sunday 19th October  - Sorry, now fully booked

 Sunday 2nd November - only 1 place left
 Sunday 16th November - Sorry, now fully booked
 Sunday 30th November - only 1 place left
 Sunday 7th December

Start with tea and Vietnamese sweets and then learn about the various ingredients and the many herbs used in this cuisine. Then take a guided walk through colourful and vibrant central Cabramatta and explore the shops before settling in to a light lunch at one of the top Vietnamese restaurants.

fresh_nuts
Starts 8.00am
Finish 4.30pm
Costs: $105.00
Tour Code: WID

WEEKEND WORLD IN A DAY - Mediterranean

Dates:Saturday 11th October - Sorry, now fully booked
 Saturday 25th October - Sorry, now fully booked
 Saturday 8th November - New tour date!
 Saturday 29th November - only 1 place left
 Saturday 13th December - Sorry, now fully booked

At last! The visits to some of the best "finds" that we offer on weekdays, is now available on Saturdays. Come aboard the Gourmet Safaris bus and be transported to our favourite Greek baker, Middle eastern spice and nut emporium, souvlaki king, have lunch at a beautiful Iraqi restaurant and then stock up on Italian deli and grocery items.

Tour departs from Central Station

turkish Coffee at Mado Cafe 
Starts 10.30am
Costs: $90.00
Tour Code: TUR

TURKISH TOUR OF AUBURN

Dates:Saturday 6th September - 8 places left
 Saturday 4th October
 Saturday 1st November
 Saturday 13th December

Start with a Turkish coffee or tea in a beautiful Aladdin's cave of a café and learn about Turkish food and ingredients then discover some of the riches of this vibrant suburb - the Afghan bread shop, emporiums filled with spices and delicacies and implements including pretty tea glasses for Turkish apple tea, Real Turkish Delight, great bakeries and butchers, followed by a generous lunch and a visit to the inspiring Gallipoli mosque.

  Guide Judy Saba with Maeve
Starts 10.30am
Costs: $85.00
Tour Code: LEB

LEBANESE WALKING TOUR OF PUNCHBOWL

Dates:Saturday 11th October - Sorry, now fully booked 
 Saturday 22nd November

We're joined by fabulous Lebanese homecook Judy Saba to explore some of the most delicious Lebanese food and ingredients in Punchbowl.  Discover nut roasters, pizzas made with fragrant zaatar - the spice mix of sumac, sesame seeds and dried oregano, coffee roasters, spice emporiums filled with great finds…Have a banquet lunch followed by some amazing sweets.

paella 
Starts 11.30am
Cost per person:
$90.00
 

Spanish Paella & Sangria Lunch

Dates:Saturday 20th September - Sorry, now full booked.
 Saturday 15th November - New date !

Those of you who watched and loved Food Safari Series 1, would remember the dynamic Carlos Lopez with his fabulous paella recipe... we decided it would be a wonderful Saturday lunch idea to have Carlos demonstrate how easy paella is to make, give you the opportunity to visit one of the best Spanish delis just a stone's throw away and then come back and settle in for sangria and paella and some other goodies.

Located in Sydney city, includes Lunch, class, tastings, sangria and wine with lunch

maeve & chef hassan from out of africa
Starts 12.30pm
Cost per person:
$95.00
 

Moroccan Long Lunch at Out of Africa Restaurant

Dates:Sunday 2nd November                                                      

Continuing with this very popular safari, we are again heading to Out of Africa Restaurant in Manly for a fantastic long lunch.  You may have seen Hassan M'souli on Food Safaris late last year, and now you have the chance to meet him and learn the secrets of preserved lemons, how to use a tajine and couscousier, taste the fragrant traditional mint tea, have your hands painted with henna and indulge in the most delicious mix of dishes from chef Hassan and his team.


Starts 12.00pm
Cost per person:
$95.00
 

Sicilian Lunch at Elio in Leichhardt

Dates:Sunday 26th October - Sorry, now fully booked

This lunch is a sellout every year. The wonderful team at Elio Restaurant in Leichhardt will again host a fantastic lunch, this time featuring a menu of Sicilian specialities.  A beautiful three course meal accompanied by matching wines.  Don't miss out!  Numbers are limited.