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Your tour guide, Shirley Lum.


Famous meeting place for Kensington Foodies Roots Walks and also Haunted Kensington, Chinatown and Grange walks.


Celebrating Chinese New Year on Second Chinatown Foodies walk is extra fun & lucky when the Lion Dancers comes to your dim sum table! Copyright © 2009 by Ruth Lor Malloy. All rights reserved. See additional images at personal web-site: http://www.china-travel-
guide.com as well as the web-site for the Toronto Chinatown story http://www.VisualTravel
Tours.com


Not your tour guide!
One of Toronto's famous literary visitors, Charles Dickens.

 

 

YOUR DOORWAY TO TORONTO'S OFF-BEAT HAUNTS,
LOCAL LEGENDS, AND CUISINE

"Life is a feast! Come celebrate with us as together we unearth Toronto's hidden delights! Whether you're a long-time Toronto resident, an inquisitive newcomer or a seasoned visitor eager to rub shoulders with locals, you'll experience Toronto with new eyes, but also a new palate and refreshed senses."
          - Shirley Lum, Founder, Guide & Foodie

Are you eager to exercise your mind, body and spirit while awakening all your senses? Since July 1993, A Taste of the World has been offering intimate and interactive walking tours in Toronto's various multi-cultural neighbourhoods. We specialize in tours for the passionate Foodie, the Literary Detective & Ghost Hunter!

Be sure to visit our Media page to read the rave reviews of the tours offered by A Taste of the World!

"Walk and be happy.
Walk and be healthy."
- Charles Dickens, American Notes, 1842

If you're a Torontonian - Come! Don't wait until you have guests in town to book a tour. Walk with us!

If you just moved to Toronto - Welcome! Come along for a wonderful orientation of our ever-rapidly growing and evolving city of diverse neighbourhoods. Explore with us!

If you're a seasoned visitor to Toronto - Welcome back! You're in for a pleasant surprise as you'll get a chance to rub shoulders with locals while discovering the quirkier side of Toronto. Unearth some best-kept local secrets with us!

Featured on Toronto.com
One of the Top 25 things to do in Toronto!
 


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For Foodies…

Chinese Lunar New Year in Toronto's Second Chinatown
January 17, 18, 24 SOLD OUT, 25, 31, February 1, 7, 8, 2009

Second Annual Chinese New Year 10-Course Banquet
January 24, 25, 2009

Multi-Ethnic Spring Bounty in Kensington Market
March 21 – June 13, 2009

Qing Ming Festival in Toronto’s Lost First Chinatown
April 5, 2009

Dragon Boat Festival in Toronto’s Lost First Chinatown + Second Chinatown
May 24 & 31, 2009

Multi-Ethnic Summer Bounty in Kensington Market
June 20 – Sept. 12, 2009

Lotus Festival in Toronto’s Lost First Chinatown + Second Chinatown
July 12 - 19, 2009

Harvest Moon Festival in Toronto’s Lost First Chinatown + Second Chinatown + Broadview Gateway
September 20 – October 4, 2009

Multi-Ethnic Harvest Season in Toronto’s Kensington Market
September 19 – November 28, 2009

Gaslight Stroll: Autumn Flavours in Rosedale & Yorkville Village
Sept. 26, Oct.17, 2009

Multi-Ethnic Fall Flavours along Broadview Gateway
Sept. 27 & Oct. 18, 2009

Celebrate All The Winter Holidays in Kensington Market
Dec. 12, 19, 2009

For Literary Detectives…

Happy 197th Birthday, Charles Dickens!
Thurs. February 12, 2009

What the Dickens! 175th Anniversary of Toronto’s Incorporation
Sat. March 7 – Sat. May 2, 2009

74th Anniversary of Lucy Maud Montgomery’s last home!
Thurs. March 19, 2009

167th Anniversary of Charles Dickens' Toronto Visit
Sat. May 2, 2009

Happy 135th Birthday, Lucy Maud Montgomery!
Sat. November 28, 2009

For Ghost Hunters …

Ghostly March Break Walks
Fri. March 13 – Wed. March 18, 2009

Qing Ming – Chinese Ghost Festival
April 5, 2009

May Equinox Ghost Festival
April 27 – May 1, 2009

Chinese Hungry Ghost Festival
Aug. 15-22, 2009

Halloween Week Special
Oct. 23 – Nov. 1, 2009

 
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