Tasty Armenia – All colors of Armenian cuisine

Armenian cuisine is so delicious – the taste of food and smells are so different and aromatic.

You will begin an affair with Armenian cuisine, filled with aromas of mountain herbs, fruits, amazing spices, and wonderful combinations of products. Ishkhan, kufta, khashlama, dolma, lahmajo, khash, matsun, and, of course, barbecue! You will try the best Armenian dishes in the most famous restaurants of Yerevan, which the residents of Yerevan themselves like to visit. And they really know a lot about gourmet food in Armenia!

The desserts in Armenia are also amazing. Delicious pastries: gata, pakhlava, cherries, and walnuts jam, fruit soups – this is sweet captivity that you fall into immediately and forever!

Food tours in Armenia

Only the best restaurants with national cuisine are recommended during gastronomic tours in Armenia. When leaving, you will take with you not only memories of a beautiful and hospitable country, but also an amazing taste of Armenian cuisine. After food tours in Armenia, you can confidently say that you have tried real Armenian barbecue, Armenian basturma, Armenian lavash (pita bread), and, of course, real Armenian cognac!

If you are tired of sightseeing tours and want something tasty, we suggest you choose a culinary trip to Armenia.

Armenia has rich and vibrant cuisine, which is considered one of the oldest in Europe and the South Caucasus. Armenians were engaged in baking 2500 years ago, and winemaking 4000 years ago.

A gastronomic tour to Armenia will provide an opportunity to taste traditional dishes of national cuisine and evaluate their benefits. During the culinary journey, you will discover a tasting of alcoholic drinks: the famous Armenian cognac, wines, famous fruit vodkas. For real gourmets and connoisseurs of delicious and healthy food, food tours in Armenia will become a master class in which you will learn how to cook dishes of Armenian cuisine.

You will enjoy a workshop on cooking national Armenian dishes – borani. This is a delicious hot meal of veal, chestnuts, dried fruits, and vegetables.

After making a tour to Garni and Geghard, you’ll take part in the workshops on the preparation of pita bread and tolma in grape leaves. Armenian lavash (pita bread) is the pride of the Armenians. Tolma is one of the most delicious dishes that decorate the table of the Armenian. Each Armenian family has its own recipe for making traditional tolma with grape leaves, so they may differ in taste.

We will visit the Central Market of Yerevan, where you can taste dried fruits – habitual accompaniment to cognac. They make dried fruit from anything – watermelon, melon, and even tomatoes!
During a visit to the Echmiadzin Cathedral – the main temple of the Armenian Apostolic Church, you can enjoy the master class in cooking kufta. Kufta is the pride of Armenian cuisine. It resembles large meatballs, for which the minced meat is whisked for a long time to a creamy state. Thanks to this, the dish becomes airy as a souffle. It is served with wild wheat garnish.
Gastronomic tours in Armenia will also include a trip to the northern wine regions: Vayots-Dzor and Tavush.

Wine and brandy tours in Armenia

Cognac grape varieties are best ripened on Armenian soil. Armenian cognac has long been one of the symbols of the country.

Wine tours are often combined with gastronomic tours. A mandatory point of the program is a visit to the Yerevan brandy factory “Ararat” with a guided tour and tasting of at least two types of cognac: three and ten-year aging. Longer trips include trips to wineries – a plant in Argavand in the Armavir region with a tasting of 4-5 different types of wines and a short lecture on Armenian winemaking.

Sometimes Armenian fruit vodkas are included in wine or cognac tasting: peach, pear, plum, and the famous mulberry vodka of increased strength.

The quality of the products is beyond praise, it is not surprising when there is such a nature around – mountains and meadows surrounded by greenery. Smart Travel Agency invites you to a gastronomic tour in Armenia!