Culinary Adventures: Redefine Business Travel With Flavorful Experiences

Now more than ever, discerning travelers are increasingly seeking authentic food, restaurants, and culinary experiences when planning their trips. For both leisure and business, food has become a central focus of travel.

Dining and beverage service is a crucial component to shape the entire experience of travel. It extends far beyond the quality of the food served but also its presentation, service, and ambiance that leaves a lasting impression and lingers in your memory. Gastronomic journeys capture and elevate moments into enduring experiences.

Embark on a New Cultural Experience

One of the best ways to immerse in a new culture is through their savoring local food and dishes, which tell stories and foster learning about one’s cultural identity. Discover a carefully crafted story on featured menus that embody the local cultural culinary experiences. This adds a layer of richness and distinctiveness to any trip.

Trying a tasting menu encourages a deeper connection with the cuisine's cultural significance, by showcasing the diversity of flavors and ingredients. Experience local traditions and customs at one of the most popular culinary destinations in the world: Japan. Indulge in a breathtaking traditional, multi-course Kaiseki meal at JW Marriott Hotel Nara’s restaurant, Azekura, or a Japanese-style afternoon tea by award-winning pastry chef Junichi Uekubo at the Flying Stag.

Encourage Your Own Exploration & Innovation

Keep your trips dynamic and exciting with innovative menus featuring local ingredients. Not only do local ingredients offer the richest, freshest tastes, but they also give an authentic touch to the menu. Get inspired by seeking out imaginative and creative menus from restaurants with ingredients that you may never have tried before. This presents an opportunity to discover a new flavor,  creating endurable memories. You may find your new favorite dish you had never even heard of.

Seek out carefully presented courses using unique plating and artistic arrangements. Engage with your meals on a sensory level by taking in the ambiance, the flavors, and the scents. Restaurants that craft unique presentations for meals create a memorable and significant impression. Experience true culinary artistry at Scena Di Angelo, The Ritz-Carlton Shanghai, Pudong, where the flavors and plating of food are refined to an art form.

Experience Culinary Adventures Like a Local

Street cuisine and local culinary culture are two of the most effective directions to learn about a community. Utilize concierge teams to ask for the top spots and tips in the city and their recommendation for regional delights to try. You will find secret spots and hidden gems off the beaten path that’s not inthe guidebooks.  Don’t forget to wander through local markets and take in the variety of herbs, spices, pickles, and ingredients that are unique to the region.

Relax and Enjoy the Luxury of Food at Your Fingertips

Looking for a comfortable night in your luxurious room? You have the world at your fingertips with a wide range of restaurants available for room service. If you would rather spend the day lounging by the pool and taking in the sunshine, have your food and drinks delivered poolside so that you can enjoy your meals while basking in the outdoors. Treat yourself a moment of leisure during a hectic work travel or whilst you are on holiday with a relaxing yet delicious meal – enjoy a fresh, vibrant picnic set poolside with a variety of regional Thai dishes from The Athenee Hotel, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Bangkok.

Combine Food & Entertainment

Elevate your travel experience and explore your hotel or resort’s activities itinerary, which usually includes cooking classes, art workshops, local performances, and cocktail classes. This is a precious occasion to meet excellent people from worldwide and build new connections with them by participating in the group activities. Learn how to create your beloved cocktail or new receipethat is famous in that region. At the Fairfield by Marriott Kolkata, you can learn alongside head chefs on how to make delectable local cuisine with the freshest ingredients. Take your newly acquired knowledge of local dishes  and/or beverages recipes back home and recreate them for friends, family, or yourself, allowing you to savor your memories from your trip.

Get inspired with fresh, unique culinary adventures. Experience a new culture and make unforgettable memories with the power of food. Enrich your “bleisure” travel with a story woven throughout the forefront of any occasion: the culinary journey, that’ll leave a lasting impression and a truly immersive experience.

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