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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

Exercise your mind, body and spirit while awakening all your senses!

Since July 1993, A Taste of the World has been offering intimate, educational yet interactive and entertaining walks in Toronto's various multi-cultural neighbourhoods. We specialize in tours for the passionate Foodies, Literary Detectives and Ghost Hunters!

If you're a long-time 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'll love rubbing shoulders with locals while discovering the quirkier side of Toronto. Unearth some best-kept local secrets with us!

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

"Life is a feast! Come celebrate with us as together
we unearth Toronto's hidden delights! Experience Toronto
with new eyes, but also a new palate and refreshed senses."
- Shirley Lum, Founder, Culinary Historian, Guide & Foodie

2011 - Year of the Rabbit is associated with culture and personal development.  Guests will experience plenty of both with Culinary Historian and Tour Guide Extraordinaire, Shirley Lum!  The year kicks off with the popular Annual Chinese Lunar New Year tours and the 4th Annual Chinese Lunar New Year’s Eve and Day Banquets.

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One of the Top 25 things to do in Toronto!
 


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For Foodies…

Chinese Lunar New Year in Toronto's 2nd Chinatown Tours
January 23, 29, 30, February 5*, 6*,12, 13, 14, 2011 (* SOLD OUT)

Fourth Annual Chinese New Year’s Eve 11-Course Banquet
Wed. February 2, 2011  SOLD OUT!

Fourth Annual Chinese New Year’s Day 11-Course Banquet
Thurs. February 3, 2011

Multi-Ethnic Spring Bounty in Kensington Market
March 19 – June 4, 2011

Qing Ming Festival in Toronto’s 2nd Chinatown
April 3, 2011

Dragon Boat Festival: Toronto’s Lost First Chinatown + Second Chinatown
June 5, 12, 2011

Multi-Ethnic Summer Bounty: Kensington Market
July 2 – Aug. 20, 2011

Lotus Festival: Toronto’s Lost First Chinatown + Second Chinatown
July 10 & 17, 2011

Harvest Moon Festival: Toronto’s Lost First Chinatown + Second Chinatown + Broadview Gateway
August 21 - September 18, 2011

Multi-Ethnic Harvest Season: Toronto’s Kensington Market
September 3 – October 22, 2011

Gaslight Stroll: Autumn Flavours in Rosedale & Yorkville Village
Sat. September 10 & October 1, 2011

Multi-Ethnic Fall Flavours along Broadview Gateway
Sept. 18, 2011

Celebrate All The Winter Holidays in Kensington Market
Dec. 3, 10, 17, 2011

For Literary Detectives…

Happy 199th Birthday, Charles Dickens!
Sat. February 5, 2011

76th Anniversary of Lucy Maud Montgomery’s last home!
Mon. March 12, 2011

169th Anniversary of Charles Dickens' Toronto 1842 Visit
Sat. May 7, 2011

Happy 136th Birthday, Lucy Maud Montgomery!
Sat. November 26, 2011

For Ghost Hunters …

Ghostly March Break Walks
Tues. March 16 – Fri. March 18, 2011

Qing Ming – Chinese Ghost Festival
April 5, 2011

May Equinox Ghost Festival
April 26 – May 6, 2011

Chinese Hungry Ghost Festival
August 12-26, 2011

Halloween Week Special
October 22– November 1, 2011
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