Apr 1

Discover the magic of Asia with Wee Lyn’s food tours

1. What’s your name (can include nicknames)

Call me “Lynn” or “Wee Lynn”. But please, not “Wee”.

2. What sorts of tours and experiences do you run?

My tours are food tours in authentic food hotspots of Sydney, with a dash of cultural immersion. You’ll learn or taste something new, and you won’t leave hungry…I promise!

You’ll also learn handy tips for easily making delicious food at home. You can have a holiday for your tastebuds without getting on a plane!

3. What lead you to run these experiences?

I love my food! I relish making new food discoveries and sharing them with people.

Sydney is such a diverse place. Many people want to be adventurous and go outside their usual haunts, but it’s daunting. After you’ve decided which eatery to enter, how do you decide which of the 63 menu items the kitchen excels at?

That’s where it’s useful to be taken around by someone who personally frequents these places!

Never feel compelled to order sweet and sour pork for the umpteenth time at the usual takeaway joint again. Come eat with me instead.

4. What’s your idea of a fun night out?

A barbecue with lots of good friends and happy kids, on an autumn evening when the final remnants of warmth still linger. There’ll be an array of meats, like chilli chicken wings, bulgogi sausages, Sichuan lamb skewers in chilli, cumin and beer sauce, Malaysian satay with the proper peanut sauce. Plus an array of salads made with dewy fresh produce from the Sydney Markets at Flemington. Topped off by a gelato scoop cake from my local gelataria, Feed. YUM!

5. What’s the coolest travel experience you’ve ever had?

It’d have to be backpacking in Japan on a skin flint budget. Every single day for 10 days, I encountered something so new that it blew my mind, be it tall Japanese girls dressed like Barbie dolls, or freshly caught tuna so large the fishmonger wielded a samurai-looking sword to cut it.

6. Why do you want to meet people through experiences and activities?

I get a kick out of satisfying the curiosity of adventurous people. It is gratifying to show off the delightful food that Sydney has to offer, and its great exchanging tips on making life in the kitchen tastier and easier.
7. Describe your ideal tour participant

Someone even vaguely interested in food is bound to have fun. It’s great taking around a group of people who know each other – they bond and have enjoy themselves. My tours cater to all types of people.

People with dietary or mobility requirements are also very welcome – just let me know in advance so I can make arrangements.

I’ve had guests from both ends of the spectrum when it comes to levels of culinary and cultural knowledge, but luckily the professional chef said he’d learnt something new and had fun too.

8. What do you love about Sydney?

How you can visit a suburb and be transported into a different country, complete with sights, smells and authentic food. And it’s all at our doorstep, waiting to be discovered.

9. If you could go anywhere in the world and do anything, what would it be and why?

Turkey, getting lost in a souk. I’ll be surrounded by ingredients to discover, foods to taste, and rugs and many other things of beauty. Heaven!
Like the sound of Wee Lyn and her love of food? You can enjoy it, too! Simply send her a message and book her Asian thrills food tour.