AKL Culinary Tour

[quailrat]

Is the Culinary Tour still offered at the AKL? I saw it mentioned here in another post.

 

[TDC Nala]

Yes. There is also one at Sanaa.

 

[quailrat]

HOw do I find out more about it?

 

[zoie101]

awsome!

 

[Sue M]

HOw do I find out more about it?

When you check in you will be given a resort newsletter with all the activities, and times. We enjoyed it, and you get to sample some things too.

 

[valree]

We did it in October. We checked in at the Boma podium at the given time (can't remember what that was though). Our tour guide took us through Boma first. She then handed us off to another guide who took us on a tour of Jiko. I thought our Jiko guide was better than our Boma guide, but it's an interesting tour no matter who you get. I took lots of pictures inside both restaurants as well.

 

[quailrat]

thanks, I'll be sure to check it out when I get there in March.

 

[figment82]

We did this in September at Boma/Jiko. At the time it was 4:00, but certainly check the flyer they give you at check-in to be sure. (Or if you're not a guest at AKL -you can still do it. They have little notecards posted right near the concierge desk when you first walk in to tell you what's going on at the resort, and they also have them downstairs in the waiting area between Boma and Jiko)

We liked the tour, but agree with the previous poster that the Jiko part was better than Boma's. Our tour group was HUGE - probably ~25 people - and it didn't look like they were really prepared for that. We couldn't really hear our tour guide in Boma, but he was mostly just explaining the different cuisines served, and since we eat at Boma all the time, we already knew the information he shared. We certainly didn't mind the soup sample, though! And there were a few interesting tidbits we could hear that made this part worthwhile.
Jiko was fascinating - there were all kinds of design elements in the restaurant that we never would have known if we didn't take the tour, and the bread/dip samples we had were great.

It's a free tour so you can't really complain and it was definitely worthwhile - I just wish our guide had a microphone!