A Taste of the World-Neighbourhood Bicycle Tours & W

Specialties

Unearthing Toronto’s hidden quirky gems on neighbourhood Foodies, Literary Detective and Ghost walks with long-​time Toronto residents, inquistive newcomers and adventurous visitors since 1993.

Annual Special Food Events:

* Chinese Lunar New Year Dinner Banquets

5 Culinary/​Foodies Walks:

. Lost First Chinatown Foodies

. Second Chinatown Foodies

. Kensington Foodies Roots

. Broadview Gateway to 4 Cultures

. Foodies Gaslite Stroll — Rosedale & Yorkville

2 Literary Detective Walks:

* In Footsteps of Charles Dickens: 1842

* Swansea & LM Montgomery

4 Spine-​Chilling Ghost Walks:

. Ghosts, Greasepaint & Gallows

. Haunted Kensington, Chinatown & The Grange

. Haunted Yorkville, U of T & Queen’s Park

. Phantoms, Players & Pundits

History

Established in 1993.

Culinary Historian, Shirley Lum, also Founder/​Owner/​Guide extraordinaire went off-​the-​beaten-​path while travelling solo ²¹⁄₂ months in Europe on her bicycle in 1988, and decided to welcome all walks of life to the different ways of exploring her own unique city called Toronto. Her motto is reflected by Marcel Proust’s quote about learning new things: «The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new lands, but in seeing with new eyes». Every Foodies, Literary Detective and Ghost walks kicks off with that beautiful quote.

Meet the Business Owner

Shirley L.

Business Owner

You might find her voice familiar if you’ve tune in to Ontario Today, CBC Radio 99.1 FM in February & July 2010, or her face is familiar if you attended various Pan Asian cooking demonstrations she hosted at the inaugural Fortune Cooking Food Festival, August 21 – 22, 2010. She has been featured in Lonely Planet book, Frommer’s Around Toronto With Kids, National Geographic Traveler magazine and more.

A Taste of the World-​Neighbourhood Bicycle Tours & W also recommends

Carousel Bakery

109

reviews

Sandwiches

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Bakeries

Shirley L. says,

«Guests enjoy amazing pastries along Ghosts, Greasepaint & Gallows plus In Footsteps of Dickens walks. Media tours made easier thanks to great service»

Taste of China

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reviews

Chinese

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Seafood

Shirley L. says,

«Hosted several corporate dinners, Chinese New Yr banquets & dinner party with chef Martin Yan of Yan Can Cook Shows (he went back on his own!)»

The Coffee Mill Restaurant — CLOSED

23

reviews

Coffee & Tea

Shirley L. says,

«Great coffee cake, coffee & setting for storytelling on Haunted Yorkville, U of T & Queen’s Pk walks. Fab goulash a fixture on Foodies Gaslite Strolls»

Moonbean Coffee

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reviews

Coffee & Tea

Shirley L. says,

«We’ve work w/​them since 1995. They’ve been offering quality drinks & food on our Kensington Foodies Roots walks plus our Haunted Kensington walks.»

Akram’s Shoppe

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Middle Eastern

Shirley L. says,

«Akram & wife Hiyam take immense pride in daily creation of Mid Eastern food i. e unique 3-​beans falafel, vegan lentil soup & stews. On tours since 1995»