Los Altos, Calif. – March 29, 2017 – Bold Food, offering curated tours of the world’s top culinary destinations, is pleased to offer an eight-day tour of Singapore and Malaysia. Led by expert traveler and modernist cuisine instructor Muffie Fulton, this food-centric travel experience includes luxury overnight accommodations, dinner at Southeast Asia’s most celebrated restaurants, and exclusive tours of farms, fish markets, hawker centers and cultural attractions. The trip is offered October 8-15, 2017, and is available for booking up to 12 guests.

“I like to take people off the beaten path to destinations that tourists may not be comfortable visiting on their own or may not have access to,” said Fulton, company founder and intrepid trip guide. “Singapore and Penang are two fascinating cities in different stages of development with unique histories and some really amazing cuisine. On my tours, food is a lens for understanding and appreciating these local cultures.”

There is no other international travel tour that’s as obsessively food focused as Bold Food Tours, and no tour that combines top-rated restaurants and hotels with street food and hawker centers. A summary itinerary of Bold Food’s Singapore and Malaysia tour follows. The complete itinerary is available at www.boldfoodco.com/singapore-and-penang-2017.

Day 1: Check in at the five-star Pan Pacific Singapore, then enjoy an afternoon tour of Little India, followed by an evening river cruise and dinner at Jumbo Seafood, featuring Singapore’s famous specialty, chili crab.

Day 2: Enjoy an indulgent breakfast at the Pan Pacific, then go on a city tour with a local guide and eat lunch at a hawker center. Rest up before going on a six-hour tour of the Joo Chiat / Katong neighborhood, sampling traditional and celebratory foods along the way.

Day 3: Choose breakfast at a nearby hawker center and shop for handicrafts before a lunchtime taste test of different versions of Singapore’s popular fish head curry. Later in the evening, savor Chef Andre Chiang’s artful cuisine (with wine pairings) at Restaurant Andre—one of the world’s 50 Best restaurants.

Day 4: After a hotel breakfast, fly to Penang and check into the stately Eastern and Oriental Hotel. Then hit the Penang Harmony Food Trail, which offers some of the best Indian, Muslim and Chinese street food in Penang. Along the way, see the Goddess of Mercy Temple and the Clan Jetties and their Floating Village, then finish out the day with seasonal specialty cocktails.

Day 5: Tour a local farm and collect ingredients for a Malaysian cooking class and lunch. Get an insider’s view of an artisan fish paste factory, and end the day with a traditional Peranakan Chinese meal at Kebaya.

Day 6: Visit the Whispering Fish Market, learn the secrets of the auction, and bid on the fish that a local chef will prepare for dinner at El Faro restaurant.

Day 7:  Tour Penang City, visit the Temple of Supreme Bliss and Penang Hill for breathtaking views and enjoy a Chinese banquet-style lunch.

Day 8: Enjoy one last luxurious hotel breakfast before heading home.

Bold Food’s Singapore Malaysia Tour costs $3,499 per person, based on double occupancy, and includes all overnight accommodations, transportation within Singapore and Malaysia, cooking classes and tastings, activities and outings and most meals. Airfare to Singapore and from Malaysia is not included.

Bold Food is currently offering two other tours in 2017: Austin, Tx. (April 20-23 and September 14-17) and Lima, Peru (July 19-23). More destinations are expected to be announced soon.

ABOUT BOLD FOOD
Bold Food is a San Francisco Bay Area-based company that teaches the science of cooking and organizes food-focused travel tours. Bold Food Classes explore the fun and creative side of modernist cuisine and make complex techniques accessible to home cooks and curious foodies. Bold Food Tours offer curated travel experiences that explore culture through the lens of food and offer unparalleled access to the world’s most sought-after restaurants.

Bold Food was founded in 2015 by Muffie Fulton, an obsessive foodie and former neuroscientist. Fulton’s deep scientific knowledge underlies a playful, low-key approach to modernist cooking, and she uses her well-honed organizational skills and extensive travel experience to create intimate, once-in-a-lifetime food adventures. For more information, visit www.boldfoodco.com or follow Bold Food on Facebook and Instagram.