Bring your appetite to these five unforgettable culinary adventures, where you’ll taste oysters in the waters they grow, truffles fresh from the earth, rum distilled from sugarcane grown onsite, and a degustation of native ingredients.
1. Shuck an Ocean-Fresh Oyster
The South Coast is home to a lip-smacking 300km-long oyster trail, thanks to its pristine rivers and lakes. Captain Sponge’s Magical Oyster Tours will take you out onto Pambula Lake with the captain himself, a charismatic oyster farmer who is passionate about shellfish and sustainability. Cruise over the oyster leases, don your waders, and stand in the clear water for a crash course in oyster shucking. If you like champagne with your seafood, Sydney Oyster Farm Tours sets up a stylish table in the middle of the oyster lease for a one-of-a-kind in-water dining experience.
2. Dig for Black Gold
The first time you taste a black Périgord truffle, you’ll be overwhelmed by its intense earthiness and rich umami flavor. These delicious delicacies grow in just a handful of places around Australia, and four of those can be found in NSW – the Southern Highlands, Orange, Canberra, Southern Tablelands, the Snowy Mountains, and Oberon in the Blue Mountains. During the winter months, you can join expert truffle dogs (and their handlers) as they hunt for black gold beneath oak trees, then feast on your find.
3. Sip Wine Flavoured with Native Ingredients
Firescreek Winery is a mini-Eden on the Central Coast, where butterflies flit between 30 species of fruit trees, alongside 40 different roses and countless other flora. Their organic grapes and the wines they produce have won medals around the world and are lauded for incorporating native flavors. As the first ECO Certified winery experience in Australia, Firescreek offers the opportunity to explore the vast grounds with a local Darkinjung Elder, nibbling on native plants and herbs you never knew were edible, and learning how they – and other botanicals – are transformed into some of the most memorable drops you’ll taste.
4. Catch Your Own Mud Crab
Many regard the Tweed’s mud crabs as the most succulent in the state, but don’t take their word for it. Go straight to the source with Catch a Crab. There’s no adventure quite like spearing an enormous crustacean from the Terranora Lakes mangrove system, then building on your haul with freshly harvested oysters, prawns, and fish. At the end of the day, they sizzle on a barbecue while you sit back and enjoy the spectacular scenery.
5. Take a Cooking Class in the Food Bowl of Australia
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| Food I Am, Wagga Wagga - Credit: FIA/Food I Am |
The Riverina is known as the Food Bowl of Australia and produces an incredible variety of fruit, vegetables, grains, wine, and more. Wagga Wagga local Tania Sibrey makes the most of this exceptional produce (and the lessons of her food-obsessed mum) in her immersive cooking school, Food I Am. Pick ingredients from the kitchen garden, cook up a feast focused on everything from Moroccan to Mexican, barbecue to bao buns, and finish with a group lunch to indulge in your creations.
From hands-on seafood adventures to native wine tastings and immersive cooking classes, NSW offers something for every food lover. Whether you’re in the mood for luxury dining or rustic charm, these experiences promise an unforgettable taste of the region’s finest flavors.
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