Culinary Backstreets Dishes Up New Immersive Food Tours in Buenos Aires and Rio de Janeiro

If you love your travel spiced with local flavour, migration stories, and the unsung heroes behind the kitchen pass, Culinary Backstreets has just put two more must-do tours on the map. Launching full-day food experiences in both Buenos Aires and Rio de Janeiro, the company is serving up more than just a taste of South America—you’ll get a deeper understanding of how migration, memory and local character simmer together to create something unforgettable.

Backstreet Bites of Buenos Aires: More Than Just Steak

Buenos Aires isn’t just about tango and towering steaks. The new Backstreet Bites experience takes you from historic cafés and family-run bodegones to flower-shop cellars, sampling medialunas, empanadas, and smoky cuts of meat along the way.

Each stop has its own migration story: Italians, Spaniards, Syrians and more, all adding threads to Argentina’s rich tapestry. This is where you’ll taste pizzeria classics like fugazzetta, visit a century-old spice shop, and finish with Argentina’s ultimate sweet treat, dulce de leche helado.

The tour runs Monday to Saturday for small groups (2–7 people), covering four miles of flat urban landscape. It’s authentic, hearty, and a true food lover’s day out ($135 USD per person).

Discovering the Culinary Soul of Old Rio: Flavours of Resistance and Resilience

In Rio, Discovering the Culinary Soul of Old Rio traces the city’s food story from colonial ports to today’s Afro-Brazilian kitchens and Japanese-Lebanese food stalls. Eat feijoada, moqueca, and street-market treats while discovering the role of food in both cultural resistance and innovation. Highlights include Rio’s oldest café, an Afro-Brazilian chef’s reinvention of Bahian classics, and a peek into samba’s foodie roots. The journey, running Tuesday to Saturday, unfolds over 5.5 hours and four easy miles ($135 USD per person).

Why Culinary Backstreets Stands Out

Culinary Backstreets is all about celebrating the hands that feed a city—bakers, grill-masters, spice merchants—whose stories rarely make the guidebooks, but define the tastes you won’t forget. “We don’t just eat—we listen, we learn, and we honour the people who make a place taste like itself,” says co-founder Ansel Mullins.

For Food Lovers Who Crave More

These immersive tours aren’t just for those ticking off must-eats—they’re for travellers who want to understand how food reflects local history, migration, and resilience. If you’re seeking a travel experience built on connection, authenticity and deeper understanding, these new South American adventures should be at the top of your list.

So next time you’re in Buenos Aires or Rio and hungry for more than just a meal, follow Culinary Backstreets into the real heart of the city—you’ll come away with a full stomach and a richer story to tell.