[Waterford City, Mon June 23rd] – Tasteful Tours a local food tour business is thrilled to announce the launch of a new product to its offering, called the South-East Sunshine Blaa. Besides the traditional and a vegetarian blaa that are currently part of this food experience, tour-goers can now opt for a novel take-on the heritage blaa, which gives discerning customers a contemporary taste too.
About the South-East Sunshine Blaa
The South-East Sunshine Blaa was dreamt up by tour operator and guide Sinéad during a food conference in France in 2024 which prompted Sinead to bring the Waterford Blaa back to its associated country. Read the background here.
This dish represents the South-East Region by bringing together three terrific Irish products while also celebrating the producers behind them. These products and producers are – a Blaa from Walsh’s Bakery in Waterford City, Irish Cream Cheese from Killowen Farm produced by the Dunne Family in Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford and Smoked Rainbow Trout by Goatsbridge Farm based in Thomastown, Co. Kilkenny. The dish is topped off with some freshly grown herbs from The Granary Café, which is a ‘brilliant blaa stop’ on the tour route. The combination of these ingredients truly complements each other and makes for a lovely, light and tasty alternative.
While this Collective Dish enhances the tour, it also…
- Creates a spirit of collaboration between counties
- Sparks creativity and innovation between food producers, hospitality business owners and tourism entrepreneurs
- Showcases products and producers from the South-East region
- Offers an enhanced tour experience and more choice to customers
Dish Availability
The South-East Sunshine Blaa (SES) is available from the first week of June. The dish is aimed at those following a pescatarian diet or simply anyone who is not big on eating meat. It offers fish lovers and adventurous tour-goers an alternative from the traditional ‘bacon, sausage & egg’blaa. This innovative blaa dish will only be sold on the Tasteful Tour. Customers can pre-order tickets on the website and be among the first tour-goers to taste test it.
Quotes
“We are thrilled to have partnered with the Granary Café on this new dish addition to the Tour and are incredibly proud that the South-East Sunshine Blaa combines products from our nearest neighbours too” said Sinéad Reil, owner of Tasteful Tours. She adds, “This dish embodies our commitment to innovation, collaboration, and sustainability, and we believe it will prompt new conversations between the hospitality and tourism sectors.”
The Granary Café has long been a supporter of local producers & artisan products and Manager Renar (Ray) prepares the dish and is delighted to add it to their selection. Commenting on the tour he says, “We’re excited to be involved in the food tour with Sinéad, and we’ll continue championing the quality produce and fresh ingredients that Waterford and the Sunny South-East area has to offer”.
About Tasteful Tours
The Tasteful Tour is Waterford’s first daytime food tour. it runs weekly on Thursday, Friday and Saturday mornings from 11 am-2pm. It’s a sustainable walking tour of Waterford City set up in 2024 by food enthusiast and entrepreneur Sinéad Reil. An inaugural tour was launched at the Waterford Harvest Festival last year. Owner Sinéad is dedicated to delivering an exceptional tour experience to visitors by showcasing quality products and produce served by a selection of local hospitality businesses while she relays Waterford’s extensive food history and culture.
For more information and to book tour tickets: https://tastefulthinking.ie/tasteful-food-tour/
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