Tantalizing One’s Taste Buds with Food Tours
To tantalize their taste buds in Thailand, international travelers can learn from their first-hand experience when they try pleasant-tasting local dishes while exploring the culinary culture in different cities. Prior to traveling to Thailand, information online and consulting experts are helpful when it comes to planning a foodie trip to the country.
Food tours can make a massive difference in providing insight into the local dining scene not fully revealed to foreigners. Local guides often come up with fascinating new angles to the world of Thai cuisine that you’ve never seen before.
In main travel destinations like Bangkok, Chiang Mai, and Phuket, food tour services are not hard to find. Some agencies own a network covering most of the tourist cities, while some choose to specialize in the area where they are based.
Here are some fabulous food tour programs in major cities in Thailand to spice up your gastronomy journey.
Bangkok's Best
Bangkok Best Eats Midnight Food Tour by Tuk Tuk
There’s nothing better than exploring the City of Angel’s dining scene at night! With the travel modes by foot and Tuk-Tuk, this 4-hour tour guarantees to be a thrilling experience. The fun trip by Bangkok Food Tours starts at Sam Yan MRT subway station, close to Chulalongkorn University, and takes you to different stops, including a northeastern Thai restaurant, the renowned flower market, a bar, and Bangkok’s best Pad Thai.
Happy Veggies – Vegetarian Food Tour in Bangkok by Tuk Tuk
This 4-hour 45-minute tour catered towards non-meat eaters will uncover some of the best vegetarian restaurants under the tourists’ radar around Yaowarat and nearby neighborhoods. Tastings vary from papaya salad and sushi to mushroom curry and mango with sticky rice.
The above-mentioned tours are arranged by Bangkok Food Tours.
Telephone: +6695 943 9222
Email: info@bangkokfoodtours.com
Website: https://www.bangkokfoodtours.com
Bangkok Street Food Tour
This 2-hour 30-minute program by Bangkok Street Food Tour around Yaowarat is for those who have limited time to spend yet prefer nothing short of an extraordinary experience. Tourists are led to hidden corners of Bangkok by foot and a public bus like a local. Some dishes you’d get to try to include pork buns, chicken satay, flaming morning glory, Thai basil chicken, and dim sum.
Bangkok Street Food Tour
Telephone: +6685 918 6324
Email: contact@bangkokbikeadventure.com
Website: http://www.bangkokstreetfoodtour.com
Gordon Ramsay’s Favorite 10 Thai Tastings Tour
To eat like one of the world’s most famous chefs, book this tour with Withlocals and enjoy the 3-hour journey to please your palate with 10 food tastings. You’ll also have a chance to wander through one of the world’s best fresh markets, the Or Tor Kor, for a wide variety of local products.
Taste the Flavors of Bangkok: Spicy Food Tour
This tour isn’t for those who aren’t ready to challenge themselves with something spicy and fiery. This 2-hour 30-minute private tour will introduce you to Thailand’s hottest northeastern dishes, from spicy salad to steamy soups in the buzzing streets of the Sathorn District. Have your water close by and your handkerchief ready.
Withlocals
Telephone: +31 20 2440 076
Email: hello@withlocals.com
Website: https://www.withlocals.com/experiences/thailand/bangkok/tours/food-tours/
Chiang Mai’s Cuisine Charms
The Rose of the North is the city of cuisine charms and each of the following tours will allow you to explore their culinary culture thoroughly.
Chiang Mai Food & Daily Life
This 5-hour tour allows foodies to discover Chiang Mai and its culinary world through the eyes of the locals. You’ll get to explore the most famous market, Warorot, known as Kad Luang to locals, and the nearby flower market, with plenty of tastings and sightseeing along the way.
I Day Trip
Telephone: +662 641 6063
Email: hello@idaytrip.com
Website: https://www.idaytrip.com/tour/chiang-mai-food-daily-life/
Chiang Mai Night Food Tour by Motorbike
Full of small roads and alleyways, Chiang Mai’s inner city is best explored by a motorcycle. This tour offers a full-flavored experience on a motorbike through small and secret sections of the streets. Tastings include Northern Thai traditional delicacies, Thai-Chinese dishes with local twists, a contemporary Thai cuisine, and a Thai craft beer in a secret bar to end the journey on a high note.
Chiang Mai Food Tours
Telephone: +662 641 6063
Email: info@chiangmaifoodtours.com
Website: https://www.chiangmaifoodtours.com/
The Evening Foodie Tour
Go where the locals go, eat what the locals eat! This slogan by Chiang Mai Foodie Tours explains why their programs involve the local way of living. This 4-hour tour starts at 4pm and includes stops at Warorot Market, Wat Chedi Luang, and Chang Pheuk Gate, where the food market awaits your visit. Northern sausage, Hunglay curry, Larb Moo, and the award-winning herbal salad are some of the mouth-watering dishes to whet your appetite.
Chiang Mai Foodie Tours
Telephone: +6680 494 8080
Email: info@chiangmaifoodietours.com, cmfoodietours@gmail.com
Website: http://cm.chiangmaifoodietours.com
Chiang Mai’s Favorite Food Tour: 10 Tastings
Everybody has a preference when it comes to eating. This tour includes 10 of the best dishes that contribute to Chiang Mai being known as a food heaven. Get prepared to feast your senses as you explore the authentic flavors of this beloved city. There seems to be something for everyone, from som tam and Pad Thai to the northern sausage, khao soi, and a nice cold Chang beer. It’s truly unique experience of tasty treats and local sights.
Withlocals
Telephone: +31 20 2440 076
Email: hello@withlocals.com
Phuket’s Prime Programs
The Pearl of Andaman wasn’t selected as the City of Gastronomy by UNESCO in 2017 for nothing. As the melting pot of Thai, Malay, Burmese, and Chinese cuisine, Phuket confirms that southern Thai food is sublime and second to none. These food tours showcase some of the magical tastes Phuket has to offer.
Phuket Food Tour
A Chef’s Tour was founded to create and curate food experiences good enough for chefs. The tour delves into the sumptuous cuisine of Phuket and provides the historical and cultural background of Old Town Phuket. With a local guide who knows about local food and cooking, this guarantees an adventurous 4-hour lunchtime you don’t want to miss.
A Chef’s Tour
Telephone:
Email: info@achefstour.com
Website: https://achefstour.com/tour/phuket-old-town-food-tour
Phuket Local Food: The Tastiest Foodie Adventure
This full-day foodie tour takes off at 8am and ends around 10pm, during which you will get to taste five scrumptious meals in unique eateries. With breakfast at a local curry noodle shophouse with 10 different kinds of curry and lunch at a restaurant serving crispy noodles with gravy sauce, pork satay, and steamed coconut custard, everything sounds about right as the tastiest foodie adventure. With a relaxing Thai massage during the day and a bowl of grass jelly with ice to beat the heat, the tour comes to a perfect end at a local eatery known for its tasty dry rice porridge.
Take Me Tour
Telephone: +6683 076 1452
Email: support@takemetour.com
Website: https://www.takemetour.com
Phuket Night Food Tour & Old Town’s Magical Lights & Old Town Phuket & Peranakan Food Trail
These two private group tours combine sight-seeing and food tastings to highlight Phuket as the magical tourist destination and gastronomic heaven any foodies should be fond of. With different itineraries, each tour guarantees to be a feast for both the eyes and senses.
Phuket Food Tours
Telephone: +6695 943 9222
Email: info@phuketfoodtours.com
Website: https://www.phuketfoodtours.com/phuket-night-food-tour/, https://www.phuketfoodtours.com/old-town-phuket-and-peranakan-food-trail/
https://www.phuketfoodtours.com/old-town-phuket-and-peranakan-food-trail/
Food Tours in Other Cities
Bangkok Food Tours (+6695 943 9222, info@bangkokfoodtours.com) organizes food tours in Ayutthaya as well. For details, log on to https://www.bangkokfoodtours.com/ancient-ayutthaya-food-and-history-tour/.
For any food tour in Chiang Rai, check out the peer-to-peer platform Backstreet Academy at https://www.backstreetacademy.com/chiang-rai/870/chiang-rai-food-tour.
Samui visitors can enjoy the similar food tour experience arranged by Samui Island Explorer (+6689 027 3827, info@samuiislandexplorer.com). For details, go to https://www.samuiislandexplorer.com/tours/thai-food-tour-by-foot/.
Isan Explorer organizes the food tour in Khon Kaen, log on to https://www.isanexplorer.com/taste-of-isan-food-tour.html for information.