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Amsterdam: International Food Tour with Local Chef

By Amsterdam Explorers
Free cancellation available
Price is AU$53 per adult

Features

  • Free cancellation available
  • 2h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Selective hotel pickup
  • Multiple languages

Overview

  • Savour a variety of international flavours on a guided food tour
  • Learn about Amsterdam's multicultural society through its food
  • Enjoy tastings from multiple global cuisines, including Surinamese
  • Discover the history and migration stories behind each dish
  • Explore areas where these communities live, cook, and gather

Activity location

    • Amsterdam
    • Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands

Meeting/Redemption Point

    • Amsterdam
    • Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands

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What's included, what's not

  • Inclusions
    Guided food tour by a local chef
  • Inclusions
    Explanations about ingredients, cooking techniques, and cultural background
  • Exclusions
    Transport to and from the meeting point
  • Exclusions
    Personal expenses
  • Exclusions
    Additional food and drinks not included in the tastings

What you can expect

  • Meet your guide, a local chef, and set off on a flavourful journey through the multicultural soul of Amsterdam. Discover how food reflects centuries of trade, colonial history, migration, and modern global influences.

    Visit carefully selected, authentic eateries and food spots representing the many cultures that coexist in Amsterdam today. Each stop is paired with explanations about ingredients, cooking techniques, traditions, and how these cuisines became part of daily life in the city.

    Taste a wide range of flavours, including Surinamese cuisine shaped by Afro-Caribbean, Javanese, Indian, and Chinese influences. Sample Indonesian food, rooted in colonial history and deeply woven into Dutch culture.

    Try rich, soulful dishes from the Caucasus with ancient traditions, and traditional Dutch food, local classics, and comfort flavours. Enjoy Turkish and Moroccan cuisine, reflecting labour migration and vibrant street food culture, and Mexican flavours, modern additions bringing spice and creativity.

    Savour African cuisine, diverse, bold, and community-driven, and Indian and South Asian influences, spices, techniques, and shared culinary heritage.

    Between tastings, walk through areas where these communities live, cook, and gather. Learn how recipes adapt to local ingredients, how food travels across borders, and why Amsterdam became a place where so many culinary traditions meet.

Location

Activity location

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    • Amsterdam
    • Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    • Amsterdam
    • Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands