BEST WE ATE: Top 8 Bites, More Recos, Listener Questions + Delicious Bloopers

**Eight cities. Countless bites. A few spicy opinions.**  And apparently enough bloopers to prove that launching a podcast is not always as smooth as the perfect custard. In this **special episode of This City Is Delicious**, Kevin and CJ are taking a delicious little victory lap through the first eight cities of the podcast. We’re revisiting the bites that stayed with us, **serving up extra recommendations** that did not make it into the original episodes, and **answering listener questions** about food tours, unfamiliar dishes and travelling internationally with cheese. Kevin also sits down with **Amanda Kenner, a food-tour guest he met in Porto**, to explore what travellers should expect from a great culinary experience, what makes a tour feel authentic and what happens when a so-called progressive dinner feels a little too random. Then, it is straight to the cutting-room floor for a blooper reel filled with **pronunciation problems,** recording-room chaos, **tipsy introductions** and **undeniable proof that Kevin is, indeed, a professional.** Plus, we reveal the next eight delicious cities we are packing our appetites for. **We’re talking:** 🍴 **Extra recommendations** from Cape Town, Barcelona, Singapore, Amman, Buenos Aires, Toronto, Porto + Madrid 🍋 A **Madrid pastry** so delicious Kevin would book a flight just to eat it again 🌮 **Michelin-level tacos** hiding in the heart of Barcelona 🥯 Choripán, **labneh**, chicken rice + some dangerously delicious Toronto sweets 🧳 **How to choose a food tour** when the options feel overwhelming 🍽️ What separates a **great food tour** from four random places serving food 🐑 How to handle **unfamiliar dishes** without offending your guide or host 🧀 **Ash-covered cheese,** international cheese travel + Kevin’s suitcase strategies 🎙️ Listener questions from **Australia, Chicago, Toronto + Nashville** 😂 Flubs, fumbles, pronunciation disasters + **one unexpectedly musical Alexa** Plus, Kevin shares where the team is headed next - and what cities you need to get hungry for. **CHAPTERS** **00:00 – Arabic Coffee Has Entered the Chat** Kevin’s tongue takes an early detour before the special episode officially begins **00:15 – Welcome to BEST WE ATE** Eight cities, extra bites, listener questions, food-tour stories + a few recording-room casualties **01:34 – Passports Down, Appetites Up** Kevin and CJ look back at the first eight episodes and the connections created through food **03:47 – The Recommendations We Couldn’t Fit** A rapid-fire second helping of delicious discoveries from around the world **04:03 – Cape Town’s Edible Wonderland** Babylonstoren brings together gardens, vineyards, farm shops + seasonal bites **05:11 – Michelin-Level Tacos in Barcelona** An unexpected Mexican meal proves delicious cities always contain another delicious city **06:08 – Move Into Maxwell Food Centre** Hainanese chicken rice, people-watching + the beautiful buzz of Singapore **06:50 – Kevin’s Labneh Love Affair** Amman serves up creamy, tangy cheese-frosting energy **07:38 – Buenos Aires Between the Bread** Why choripán deserves space beside the empanadas and asado **08:55 – Toronto’s Sweet Side** Nanaimo bars, Eccles cakes, raisins + two desserts worth crossing the city for **11:58 – The Madrid Pastry Emergency** A lemon-curd mascarpone creation inspires immediate flight-booking thoughts **13:34 – Meet Food-Tour Guest Amanda** Kevin introduces the Barcelona-based traveller he met on her first-ever food tour in Porto **14:13 – Booking a Food Tour Without the Jank** Amanda explains what she looked for when choosing a tour as a solo traveller **15:14 – Why Booking Direct Matters** Websites, third-party platforms + the value of knowing who is actually running your experience **16:40 – Strangers, Snacks + Travel Friendships** How solo travel and food tours make it easier to connect around the table **17:13 – Was the Porto Tour Actually Good?** Kevin and Amanda revisit the experience with a more critical culinary lens **18:57 – A Progressive Dinner That Didn’t Progress** Four stops do not necessarily create a thoughtfully coursed evening **19:57 – Remembering the Food** Chicken sausage, craft drinks, bifanas + the bites that survived the memory test **22:27 – Porto Recommendations Redeemed** A favourite pork sandwich and pastel de nata earn their moment **23:47 – Kevin May Have Ruined Amanda** CJ considers whether Amanda will ever be able to take an innocent food tour again **25:18 – Listener Questions Are Served** CJ opens the inbox and Kevin prepares to dish out advice **25:37 – How Do You Find a Great Food Tour?** Fresh websites, meaningful reviews + local recognition help separate the gems from the gimmicks **27:25 – What If You Don’t Like the Food?** Dietary restrictions, unfamiliar flavours + why curiosity is part of the adventure **29:26 – Ashley’s Ash-Covered Cheese Question** Kevin explains the history, flavour and Toronto options behind this dramatic cheese style **31:28 – Can Cheese Travel Internationally?** Hard cheeses, vacuum packs, airport shops + the importance of checking customs regulations **34:20 – Keep the Questions Coming** How listeners can send food-city questions, voice notes + spicy opinions to the show **34:43 – Delicious Bloopers** Arabic coffee, microphone apologies, tipsy introductions + names that refuse to be pronounced **38:00 – The Next Eight We’ll Eat** Melbourne, Taipei, Lima, London, Dubai, Athens, New York + Tokyo are officially on the menu If you enjoyed traveling and eating with us, make sure to follow the show so you never miss our next stop. And if you have a second, a 5-star ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ review goes a long way in helping more food-obsessed travelers like you find us. If you’re still hungry, join us on Instagram **@ThisCityIsDelicious** for extra bites from the road, behind-the-scenes food finds, and a few tasty surprises that didn’t make it into the episode. And if you know someone who plans their trips around meals not museums, share this episode with them - we’re saving them a seat at the table. Until our next bite together… travel well, be kind, and eat something you can’t pronounce. Because remember, This City Is Delicious™.