F Factor Food Tour Adelaide
Are you wondering about the F Factor Food Tour in Adelaide?
My family wanted to take a food tour during our visit to Adelaide, and we found the F Factor Food Tour through Flamboyance Tours, which visits both the Adelaide Arcade and Adelaide Central Market.
If you are looking for something fun to do in Adelaide, want to learn about the history of food in Adelaide, or want to try a lot of delicious food, check out the F Factor Food Tour.
Keep reading to find out what to expect on a F Factor Food Tour, but beware: there are spoilers!
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F Factor Food Tour Adelaide
✔ Adelaide Arcade
✔ Rumble Mall
✔ Adelaide Central Market
✔ Local Food, Drinks, and Treats
Map of Food Tour Locations
F Factor Food Tour Meeting Place
The F Factor Food Tour runs on Tuesdays to Saturdays, beginning at 11 am, as long as at least 2 guests are signed up.
The tour guide will meet you outside Haigh’s Chocolate in the Adelaide Arcade.
Haigh’s Chocolate is the only stop you will make in the Adelaide Arcade, so if you are interested in visiting other shops, arrive early to explore.
The toilets are located near Haigh’s Chocolate. It is best to visit them before the tour begins, as there are no planned toilet stops on the 2-hour tour.
Note that the stops we made and the food items we tried may not be the same for you, as sometimes tours change.
We booked our F Factor Food Tour through Viator. They offer free cancellation up to 24 hours in advance.
Haigh’s Chocolate and Adelaide Arcade
Once everyone in the group arrives, you will be invited into Haigh’s Chocolate.
Our tour guide was Katina, the owner of Flamboyance Tours. We booked the 1st tour of the new year and were the only group. We weren’t sure how the kids would do, but our 8 and 9-year-olds had the best time.
After the group was brought into Haigh’s Chocolate, we learned about its history and how it makes its chocolate.
We were each given a small brown shopping bag and told we would be getting various items throughout the day that we could eat right away or save for later. The first item was a chocolate frog from Haigh’s.
The kids and I popped our chocolate frogs into our bags while Mark ate his right away.
Each day, Haigh’s has a sample, and while we were there, it was similar to a Maltese. We were each handed a few to try before we walked through Adelaide Arcade.
While we did not make any additional stops in the shops, we did stop to learn about the history of the Adelaide Arcade.
Rundle Mall
After walking through the Adelaide Arcade, we exited to Rundle Mall, where we learned more about Adelaide.
We opted to take this food tour immediately upon arriving in Adelaide, and it was the perfect way to be introduced to the city.
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Balfour’s Cafe
From Rundle Mall, we walked into City Cross to visit Balfour’s Cafe. Like Haigh’s Chocolates, there are multiple Balfour’s in Adelaide.
We walked up to the counter to view the delicious pastries before finding a place to sit.
Katina bought us 2 frog cakes to share, making them the perfect size.
While there weren’t any drinks at this stop, Katina mentioned that having tea with our frog cakes would be nice and gave each of us a Quondong tea bag for later.
Charlesworth Nuts
Across City Cross from Balfour’s is Charlesworth Nuts, which has locations around Adelaide.
We each got a bag of milk chocolate peanut clusters and dry-roasted almonds from Charlesworth Nuts. I opted to keep mine for later, though my family ate them immediately.
Katina suggested another chocolate-covered nut from Charlesworth, and we purchased some later at their Adelaide Central Market location.
Tram Ride
Though Adelaide Central Market is not very far away, we took the free tram there to save time. We did not know there was a free tram in Adelaide, which is another reason to take local tours. You learn useful things!
FruChocs
When we got off the tram, we stopped to learn more about the area. At this point, Katina handed us each a bag of FruChocs and told us that bags this size are considered not for sharing as they are so good.
At this point, I started wondering about local food in Brisbane, as I know which Australian items to suggest to visitors, but we don’t have any amazing local treats.
We all saved our FruChocs for later and enjoyed them so much that we even bought more before leaving South Australia.
Adelaide Central Market
Adelaide Central Market has food stalls, including produce stands, butchers, specialty shops, and restaurants.
Katina made a few suggestions as we walked through the market.
Con’s Fine Food
The first food stop in Adelaide Central Market was Con’s Fine Food to try bung fritz.
I do not eat pork or beef, both of which are in bung fritz, so I received a bag of trail mix from Charlesworth Nuts. I saved them for later.
The kids had tried Fritz the day before during a kids’ tasting at Z Winery in Barossa Valley and weren’t big fans of it. They were willing to try it again and preferred the Adelaide version.
Skala Bakery
Our last stop on the F Factor Food Tour was Skala Bakery, where we were given multiple items and sat down for lunch.
We each got to choose a pie or pasty from the cabinet. I chose a veggie pasty, one kid had a sausage roll, and the other opted for a quiche. Mark decided not to choose his typical meat pie and instead went for a specialty sausage roll.
In addition to our pies and pasties, we were each given a drink. The adults received iced coffee, and the kids each got a flavored milk.
I have never purchased an iced coffee in a bottle before, and this particular one was delicious. I drank a few more during our time in South Australia.
Our tour guide sat down with us, and I figured the tour was over as we started with dessert and had a bunch of chocolate in our bags, but I was pleasantly surprised to find out there was another dessert to end the tour.
Dessert, and our last food item on the F Factor Food Tour, was a Berliner, which is a German-style jam donut with jam in the middle.
Adelaide Food Tour Tips
- Bring water if you want a drink before lunch
- Dress comfortably, wear comfortable shoes
- Don’t bring a big bag (unless you don’t mind carrying it)
- Use the toilet before the tour
- Take the tour early on your holiday so you can go back and enjoy more food from the places you learn about
- Book your tour early!
More Adelaide Food Tours
- The Adelaide Central Market Discovery Tour is a 1.5-hour-long wheelchair-accessible tour of the market and includes food tastings and local history.
- Up early? Try the Adelaide Central Market Breakfast Tour. This 2.5-hour-long tour includes food tastings and coffee. Vegetarian and gluten-free options are available.
- Does lunch sound better? Opt for the Adelaide Central Market Delicious Lunch Tour, which includes wine.
- Leave from Adelaide and ride to the Barossa Valley for a full-day wine tour with lunch on the Barossa Valley Food and Wine Tour.
- Join a small group that goes from Adelaide to Adelaide Hills and Hahndorf on a full-day food-tasting tour that includes wine, cheese, and chocolate tastings as well as a German-style lunch on the Adelaide Hills and Hahndorf Hideaway Tour.
F Factor Food Tour Wrap-Up
It is no secret that I love food tours, and I was happy to find an affordable, kid-friendly food tour in Adelaide.
Though the F-Factor food tour is shorter than many food tours, the 2-hour tour was perfect for the kids, and by the end, I was full.
Not only was I full, but I had a bag of goodies to eat during the next few days of our holiday. I did not have to buy snacks as I was given multiple items on the tour.
We didn’t go home for another week, which is when I enjoyed my tea. It is fun to bring home food items from a holiday, as they help you remember the vacation.
As we took the F Factor Food Tour immediately upon our arrival in Adelaide, we were able to go back and visit the suggested locations and the market. We wanted to go back for breakfast, which was delicious. Mark opted for the breakfast pizza, and I enjoyed the breakfast falafel plate.
If you are looking for a fun way to spend a couple of hours in Adelaide, book the F Factor Food Tour.
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