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Delicious Food Trail: Explore Sowcarpet Market's Culinary Delight

By Wonder tours
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Free cancellation available
Price is CA $68 per adult* *Get lower prices by selecting more than 2 adults
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  • Free cancellation available
  • 2h 30m
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation

Overview

This is a food walk in the Sowcarpet, to introduce you to the traditional cuisine of south India.Chennai’s tourist menus won’t give you a true perspective on the everyday foods enjoyed by locals. Step forward this small-group walking tour of the Sowcarpet Market: where a multitude of stalls serve the staples that keep Chennaites sustained. Let a guide navigate the market so you don’t get lost, taste popular foods at tried-and-trusted stands, and get the full lowdown on local delicacies that you wouldn’t hear on your own.

Discover Chennai’s street foods on a Sowcarpet Market food walking tour

Find and hear about dishes with a guide for insight, tips, and navigation

Taste snacks such as savoury chaats, and hear food trivia you’d miss alone

All-you-can-eat street food tour, limited to 10 for personalised feel

Activity location

  • Sowcarpet
    • Chennai (Madras), India

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Joonus Sait & Sons
    • 36 Rattan Bazaar Road
    • 600003, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

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Group walk without pickup
  • Activity duration is 2 hours and 30 minutes2h 30m
    2h 30m
  • English

Group walk without pickup

Language options: English
Price details
CA $68.08 x 1 AdultCA $68.08
Total
Price is CA $68.08
Until Sat, Mar 28
Private Food Trail in Sowcarpet Market
  • Activity duration is 2 hours and 30 minutes2h 30m
    2h 30m
  • English

private tour without pickup

Language options: English
Price details
CA $95.86 x 1 AdultCA $95.86
Total
Price is CA $95.86
Until Sat, Mar 28
private tour with pick & drop
  • Activity duration is 2 hours and 30 minutes2h 30m
    2h 30m
  • English

saloon

Language options: English
Price details
CA $109.75 x 1 AdultCA $109.75
Total
Price is CA $109.75
Until Sat, Mar 28

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's included
    Food tasting
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Snacks Drinks
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Local guide
  • What's includedWhat's included
    All taxes, fees and handling charges
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Bottled water
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Service charge

Know before you book

  • Not recommended for travellers with spinal injuries
  • Not recommended for travellers with poor cardiovascular health
  • Not recommended for pregnant travellers
  • Public transport options are available nearby
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Activity itinerary

Chennai District

Meet your guide outside of Joonus Sait and Sons at 4pm and start this 2.5-hour walking tour. The streets of Sowcarpet teem with shops selling food - from the exotic to the everyday. Walk through the market sampling some of the best local street food on offer - savoury 'chaats', sweets and refreshing cold drinks. 'Murukku' sandwich, 'Thattu Idli' and 'Pal Kova' are some of the foods you might encounter on the trail. Learn about local food habits, customs, and superstitions, and take back home some fascinating trivia related to the origins and varieties of popular local foods. The food trail through the busy streets of Sowcarpet is guaranteed to be an assault on your senses. So come, if you are a complete foodie, obsessively adventurous and very, very hungry. The tour price includes all the street food you can eat on this trail. The tour ends at the same place where it started.

Sowcarpet

Sowcarpet is a area in the northern part of Chennai, India. Sowcarpet is one of the oldest areas of the city with narrow streets and vintage buildings. It is a bustling commercial area of the city, and a range of wholesale markets are

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIES
    Sowcarpet
    • Chennai (Madras), India

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLE
    Joonus Sait & Sons
    • 36 Rattan Bazaar Road
    • 600003, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

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