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Experience real food and wine of Australia
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A
tour in Australia without a proper food and wine
tasting would not be a complete travel experience. At A
La Carte Australia Tours we strive to bring you the
most typical foods  and wines of Australia.
Your
driver-guide assists you at all times and is also at-hand
when you have breakfast, lunch or dinner so you can be
properly informed about the curiosities and peculiarities of fine Australian cuisine.
No
large group tour can offer you such a thorough and enjoyable
approach to this authentic part of modern heritage of Australia.
Our
suggested tour itineraries on this website include
- continental
breakfasts
- light
lunches (quiche, soup, sandwich), so we can fully use
the daylight for sightseeing
- dinners
in typical restaurants (upmarket establishments, but also
typical cafés, most of them award-winning) and you choose freely three
items off the menus
- best available local
wine at dinner (half a bottle per person)
Of
course, we will look after your specific requirements and
diets. Just let us know what they are at the time of booking,
and we will be delighted to adapt the tour to your specific
personal needs.
Australian cuisine is a unique mix of traditional Aussie favourites and modern multicultural influences. Maybe you’ve heard of some Aussie classics, such as the lamington? How about vegemite? And we’re all familiar with the famous Australian expression to “throw another prawn on the barbie”. And while it’s true that all of these foods are fair dinkum Aussie classics, these days Australian food and wine has taken on a more sophisticated style. Australian cuisine mixes the classic Aussie dishes with influences from European, south-east Asia and the Middle East.
Modern Australian Cuisine
The warm weather in Australia means that Aussies love their BBQs. Whereas once upon-a-time all you would find on an Aussie BBQ was the standard sausage and steak, these days modern Australian cuisine takes advantage of more exotic local produce: don’t be surprised to find seafood, prawns, pork – and even animals such as kangaroo being grilled to mouth-watering perfection. The unique flavours of local meats are even better once they’ve been thrown on top of a roaring open grill.
Australian vs. American Dishes
Visiting Australia will give you the chance to sample the best of Australia’s locally grown and produced produce. Because of the hotter climate, Australian food tends towards fresh, light, healthy food with plenty of flavour. The tropical parts of Australia means that fresh exotic fruits can be grown all year around, resulting in lots of interesting dishes and flavour combinations. Australian food tends to be lighter than American food, with lots of fresh fruits, salads, a large variety of tasty seafood, and lots of tender lean meat.
Australian Wine
During the day Australians love nothing more than sitting back with a cuppa, but when evening comes round it is time to enjoy some of the country’s finest wines. Australia is well known for its many wine valleys and wineries which produce some of the globe’s finest drops. The southern states of Australia are home to some of the world’s best wine regions, being well-known for their chardonnays, rosés and Rieslings, amongst others.
With a wide range of unique flavours, fresh local produce and world class wineries, Australia is positioning itself as a leader in food and wine.
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