Little Adventures in Hong Kong- Private Food Tours and Walks

It started with emails from friends. And then friends of friends. The emails always began the same way: “Hi! My best friend (or, “my sister”, “my cousin” “my brother-in-law’s boss”) is coming to (moving to) Hong Kong. Can you help?” Our founder, award winning journalist and travel writer Daisann McLane, always said: “Yes”. She had reaped the benefits of so much good stranger-in-town karma during her 6 years roaming the globe as the New York Times’ “Frugal Traveler” columnist. And she knew how different–and how much better!–any city experience can be when you are being introduced around by a savvy local, instead of casting about on your own. On those early walks with friends, acquaintances and strangers (many of whom became friends!) the writer discovered an exciting new way to share and to tell stories about the city she loves–and a whole new creative platform. In 2009 I slapped up a funky little website, a blog really, filled it with street photos I'd taken and stories about cool things I'd learned and discovered during 8 years living in Hong Kong and studying Cantonese, and invited people to come and walk and eat with me. I must be honest: I was not envisioning Little Adventures as a business. Not at all. I figured I'd connect with 1 or 2 people a month, quirky food lovers like myself, expats and assorted people passing through town. Little did I know how much pent up demand there was for a real Hong Kong experience, with authentic food.