Toast the Coast

Do you like gourmet tours? Try “Toast the Coast”, a unique culinary experience accompanied by Portia Woods. The concept: discover the best of Northern Irish coastal cuisine, from Belfast to the town of Whitehead. The program is sure to delight: the organizers invite you to hop aboard a luxurious bus, and set off to meet the distilleries, chefs, brewers, bakeries and restaurants known throughout Ireland for the impeccable quality of their products! Does it make you hungry? Let’s hear it!

Toast the coast tour

A touristo-gastronomic tour!

Did you know? As well as being magnificent, the North Irish coast is a breeding ground for top-flight cuisine! Wilderness is everywhere, with the ocean rubbing shoulders with lush greenery and leaving its iodine imprint on local dishes…

In short: the region is ideal for enjoying exceptional food!

There are several versions of this circuit:

a guided coach tour
a guided tour with private driver
a guided walking tour

They can last a day or half a day, depending on the season. Each tour has its own special features, starting in either Belfast or Whitehead.

Tours alternate between tourist attractions (such as the Giant’s Causeway, Gobbins Cliff, Dunluce Castle, the Titanic Belfast Experience, Cushendun, Seamus Heaney HomePlace, Arthur Cottage, Game of Thrones film locations and Carrickfergus Castle) and culinary tastings. Depending on the tour you choose, you’ll have the opportunity to discover Northern Ireland’s forests, taste tasty food over a wood fire, discover the activities of a local blacksmith…etc.

When it comes to food, you can discover the expertise of local distilleries and breweries, and their production of whiskey, gin and beer… You can also try the Ulster Fry, a typical Northern Irish breakfast, as well as potatoe bread and local black pudding. Add to that local produce: fish, seaweed, seafood, cheese and meat. You’ll leave with a full belly and plenty to see!

The tour is top-notch, the welcome is pleasant, and the tourist sites very well explained. As for the food, it’s delicious and full of surprises! You’ll discover an extremely diverse terroir. All the more reason to understand how Northern Ireland has managed to modernize its cuisine and give it back its letters of nobility!