FINK GROUP ( owners Quay/Bennelong/Bridge Room/ Firedoor/Otto etc)
International Traveller Magazine
ABC RADIO Nightlife /Travel in Tokyo
Pat Nourse of Australian Gourmet Traveller Magazine recommends you travel with Zenbu Tours
Journeys to Come by Catriona Rowntree
TOP FOOD TOURS FOR 2015, ESCAPE (Travel Section in the Telegraph, Herald Sun and Courier Mail )
“Take a delicious leap into the traditional and contemporary cuisine and fascinating culture of Kyoto with Jane Lawson-author of ‘Zenbu Zen-Finding Food, Culture and Balance in Kyoto’.”
“Join Australian author and part-time Japan resident Jane Lawson on one of her Zenbu tours of the land of the rising sun for a food forward adventure with a difference.”
JNTO gave my tours a huge thumbs up by kindly adding all three new tours to their website :
Zenbu Nigeru (Xmas/NY escape)
Zenbu Ryori (hardcore foodies)
Zenbu Zen (ladies only)
“Jane Lawson is an Australian chef, publisher, cookbook author and superlative blogger; an indomitable traveller, most frequently to Kyoto and Japan where she conducts culinary tours and a most accessible person on social media. And her recipes work, believe me.”
Featured in the Face of Travel section
Luke Ngyuen leads celebrity chefs taking world food tours in 2014.
” ‘Kampai’ is one of the first words you should learn before heading off on this culinary tour of Kyoto. It is the Japanese equivalent of ‘cheers’ and tour guide Jane Lawson, author of Zenbu Zen, the story of finding life balance and the restorative power of Japanese cooking, is committed to your leaving the journey filled with it.”
“Jane, a former publisher whose books included Peter Gilmore’s Quay and Luke Nguyen’s Songs of Sapa, provides an intimate look at the traditional and modern world of Kyoto from food markets and the extraordinary food halls of the finest department stores, to restaurants immersed in the authentic ways of the past and contemporary Kaiseki dinners cooked by hot young chefs. The Journey is not just about eating but includes a look at galleries, temples, shrines, gardens and local craft stalls in Arashiyama, Higashiyama and Ninenzaka.”
Here’s the LINK to the full story
say: ‘DO THIS’ referring to my Zenbu Nigeru Tour!
Imperial City, Delicious Magazine, August 2013
At the end of a story I wrote for them on ‘Winter in Kyoto’ and why I love it so they kindly added this:
“Jane Lawson will be taking two unique and intimate winter tours to Kyoto, Japan in early 2014.”
“Discover Kyoto’s Culinary scene with Japanese culture expert Jane Lawson. The author of Zenbu Zen will be leading a food-filled expedition through the city’s restaurants, food markets and produce halls, scheduled for January 2014”
Zenbu Tours, SBS FEAST Magazine, September 2013
“Jane Lawson, author of Zenbu Zen and Yoshoku is our resident Japanophile. If you are interested in Japanese food and culture make sure you check out Jane’s incredible gourmet tours to Japan. Her Inaugural Kyoto Winter Tours sold out in just two weeks!”
EATLOVE, September 2013
2014
Stephanie Wood – Feature writer for the Sydney Morning Herald including Good Weekend Magazine.
“Now this is a #foodtour I’d love to do #Japan #Kyoto”
August 5, 2014
Lara and Terence from Gran Tourismo
“Enticing eating escapes”
July 22, 2014
Sally Lynch, Tastetrekker
“If you haven’t been to Kyoto… you must… And if its a fun food loving chaperone you are after Jane is your golden gal”
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