On this Vienna food tour, we'll join a local food writer or chef for an in-depth exploration of traditional Austrian foods and new trends in this exciting gastronomic destination. We'll dive into specialty food shops, enjoy some tastings, and learn how Austrian food today is evolving with an eye to tradition.

• Led by local food anthropologist and gastronome
• Sample regional specialties like Kaiserschmarrn and Sacher Torte
• Features tastings of local Viennese products, such as cheese, sausage, and baked goods

Vienna Food Tour

This weekday walk will usually start by sampling regional specialties in a local Greislerei: a modern take on a dry-goods mercantile and delicatessen that offers everything from gourmet mustards and pestos to honey and cordials. The small-batch products, often organic and always high quality, are sourced primarily from local farms and focus on traditional methods. Among the succulent canned fruits, jars of pickled vegetables, and bottles of fragrant oils and kinds of vinegar, you'll experience the ingredients that elevate Austrian cooking to world-class heights.

Traditional Tastes

Our next visits vary from day to day, depending on appetites. Stops may include: a local cheese specialty shop to sample a variety of cheeses, from silky and mild to full and complex; savory snacks or sausages at a local cafe; a bakery for hearty breads or pastries; or a street food stand, to relish hearty favorites like Leberkäse - a type of sausage popular throughout Europe’s German-speaking nations. While walking the sidewalks of Vienna, we'll develop a sense of the role that gastronomy plays in the everyday lives of Austrians and of the important relationship between a city and its gastronomic traditions.

Sampling Some Sacher Torte

We'll finish our sensory tour over a coffee and sweet treat in a local pastry shop or cafe, where we can dive into helpings of traditional and decadent Kaiserschmarrn or selections from an array of desserts. Mouthfuls of layered cake, Sacher Torte, fruit cake, apple strudel, sweet dumplings, or a seasonal offering will complete our tasting journey.

At the end of this walk, we’ll have a greater understanding of how the contemporary food scene in the city converge with tradition and how culinary craftsmanship has shaped the way of life - and we will have indulged in true Viennese fashion.