Food Discovery Tour
Discover the best places to eat and shop for fresh Asian food
DATE
Booking is now open
TIMES
Morning tour & lunch: 10.00am until 1.30pm
Afternoon tour & dinner: 4.00pm until 7.00pm
LOCATION
Meet your host, Tony Ching, in the main mall in the seating area outside Kmart, Sunnybank Plaza.
Taste and experience the unique flavours of Sunnybank
Sunnybank can be challenging to navigate, even for a local. The hugely diverse neighbourhood is home to Brisbane’s largest Asian population and sometimes you just need a little know-how when exploring the area’s vibrant eateries, supermarkets and food stores. For more than three hours, tour guide and professional chef Tony Ching, will show you the best places to eat and shop for fresh Asian food.
You will dive into the history, culture and the cuisine that makes up some of the world’s oldest cultures. Along the way he’ll give you loads of hints and tips about choosing the best produce and advice on the key ingredients needed in your favourite dishes.
Those booking for our lunch time tour will enjoy Yum Cha at our famous Landmark restaurant, while our afternoon tour will conclude with a progressive dinner visiting several of our vibrant restaurants. Plus each participant will also take home a bag of goodies valued at over $25. There are so many stories to be heard and incredible dishes to be devoured at Sunnybank Plaza.
Bonus: You will take home a bag of goodies valued at over $25!
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Meet Tony Ching, the fascinating tour guide and professional chef who leads visitors through the authentic, local tastes of Sunnybank.
When Tony speaks, you can’t help but listen and be enthralled by his knowledge of food and the stories from his childhood.
As a child Tony Ching still remembers helping his mother in the kitchen, while his two older brothers played outside. Even at an early age he had a passion for cooking. It was a passion so strong, he’d later made a 34 year career out of it. These days, Tony splits his time between hosting Sunnybank Plaza’s Food Tours and Cooking School, teaching at a hospitality school, cooking at private functions and consulting.
When it comes down to it, I’m in this industry because I love it. I really enjoy what I do
Tony Ching
Tony said his parents were both very young when they moved from China to New Zealand where he was born. “My parents were a huge influence and really encouraged my love for cooking”
Experience and learn how to shop for authentic Asian groceries
On the tour, you will explore the bustling and vibrant fresh food supermarkets at Sunnybank Plaza. It is at these diverse grocers where Tony will help you expand your knowledge about the flavours, culture, and history of Chinese cooking. Great Asian food isn’t all about eating out, so Tony will give you the tools to make your favourite dishes at home.
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Choosing the freshest Asian produce for your home cooking
Know what a lotus root looks like? Tony will give you advice and tips about choosing fresh Asian produce from Sunnybank Plaza’s grocers. From crisp asian greens to unique root vegetables, you’ll discover how to pick the right vegetables for your cooking, while getting insight into traditional Chinese cuisine.
Stock up on the best traditional Asian ingredients on the food tour Stock up on the best traditional Asian ingredients on the food tour
Stock up on the best traditional Asian ingredients on the food tour
Know what a lotus root looks like? Tony will give you advice and tips about choosing fresh Asian produce from Sunnybank Plaza’s grocers. From crisp asian greens to unique root vegetables, you’ll discover how to pick the right vegetables for your cooking, while getting insight into traditional Chinese cuisine.
Taste and experience the unique flavours of Chinese meats Taste and experience the unique flavours of Chinese meats
Taste and experience the unique flavours of Chinese meats
Know what a lotus root looks like? Tony will give you advice and tips about choosing fresh Asian produce from Sunnybank Plaza’s grocers. From crisp asian greens to unique root vegetables, you’ll discover how to pick the right vegetables for your cooking, while getting insight into traditional Chinese cuisine.
Explore the interesting food stores
While walking through Sunnybank Plaza, Tony will show you numerous shops and stores where you can experience and taste authentic Asian cuisine. Once stop is at Hot Cake House where you can watch staff create impeccably presented sweets and even taste the Taiwanese hot cake or two.
Enjoy Yum Cha lunch at Brisbane’s beloved Landmark Restaurant
At the end of the tour, you can indulge in handmade dumplings, steaming pork buns, crispy skin duck and flowing jasmine tea at Landmark restaurant. Known across Brisbane for serving some of the city’s best Yum Cha, the Sunnybank institution is the perfect end to the tour.
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Once seated, you’ll see wait staff pushing carts filled with dim sum to each table – this is when Tony will help pick and choose the dishes that appeal to you and the group. We guarantee that your curiosity will peak whenever the bamboo lids are lifted. Must tries are the prawn dumplings, traditional Shanghai-style buns and chicken feet (they’re delicious – trust us). Finish your yum cha experience with Landmark’s famous egg tarts.
Make a Booking
Those booking for our lunch time tour will enjoy Yum Cha at our famous Landmark restaurant, while our afternoon tour will conclude with a progressive dinner visiting several of our vibrant restaurants. Plus each participant will also take home a bag of goodies valued at over $25.
special offers
- Make a booking for 6 or more people for a Food Discovery Tour, and receive a discount! For bookings please phone Sunnybank Plaza Centre Management on 07 3345 7500.
Booking Inquiry
For more information or to register a place click below or call Sunnybank Plaza Centre Management
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