New Orleans: Local Food Tour with Creole and Cajun Tastings
ID: GYG624448-1041656
Category:
Country: United States
Duration:
03:30 hours
Description
Savor the flavors of New Orleans on a guided food tour. Try regional favorites such as chargrilled oysters, gumbo, and beignets, and learn about the city's food scene from a 6th-generation local.
Meet your guide, a local with a family that's been in the local food industry since the early 1800s. Start your tour at the French Market, where your guide's great-great-great-grandpa got his first job after immigrating from France.
Work up an appetite after trying local dishes at the French Market and cross over into the Faubourg Marigny to check out Frenchmen Street, known for its live music. Walk from the Mississippi River to Jackson Square to see the St. Louis Basilica, Presbytere, Cabildo, and Cafe du Monde.
Seize the chance to try the muffuletta, Po-Boys, chargrilled oysters, crawfish, gumbo, beignets, and pralines throughout your tour. End your journey right on Frenchmen Street, where you can find locals in the evening hours enjoying live jazz, soul, funk, zydeco, and brass bands out on the street.
Highlights
- Savor the flavors of New Orleans on a food tour with a guide
- Try local favorites like chargrilled oysters, gumbo, and beignets
- Learn about the city's food scene from a local with a 200-year history
- Discover the French Market, where your guide's great-grandfather worked
- Become immersed in the vibrant atmosphere of Frenchmen Street
Guiding languages
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Meet at the Monument to the Immigrant by the Mississippi River in the French Quarter, near the steamboat.
When should I book?
To guarantee availability book as soon as possible. Early booking is worth consideration especially if you planning the trip during high season like public holidays or weekends.
Cancellations
This excursion you can cancel with no cost up to 24 hours before the start of the trip. If you cancel it after 24 hours or not show up on the excursion you will still be charged the full price of the activity. Being late on pick-up or departure will be considered as not showing up.
