Ottawa: Foods Of The World

Discover a whole world of flavor, all in one city!

On this deliciously fun adventure, you’ll visit some of the coolest culinary joints in Canada’s capital city and learn about tasty global traditions and histories which contribute to Ottawa’s unique food scene.

Along the way, you’ll solve a kooky ‘who-dunnit’ poisen mystery, hunting down clues and completing fun challenges!

Play this game using a bike or e-scooter. If you don’t have one, you can rent from Escape Bicycle Tours & Rentals at 65 Sparks St.

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Availability

24/7

Languages

English

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Created by

Escape Bicycle Tours & Rentals

Highlights

Visit a restaurant whose owner generously fed 1000's in need.Discover the exotic origins of some everyday staple foods.Explore the diverse flavors of the world which are on offer in Ottawa.Learn about the fusion of food traditions which both challenge and preserve traditional identities.Come hungry as you will be visiting and can sample from 11 of Ottawa’s most interesting eateries including South Indian, Korean, Caribbean, Filipino, Italian, African, Middle Eastern, and Canadian. You can pause the game and eat at any of them during the game.

Storyline

You are the world-famous detective, Olympus Peraux.

Ottawa’s most controversial food reviewer, Mr. T. Rama, has been poisoned, and you’ve been hired to hunt down the killer!

There are many disgruntled chefs to whom he gave rather nasty reviews, so your list of suspects is long. You decide to go under-cover as a top gastronomic critic and pay a visit to Ottawa’s best chefs one by one.

Do you have the culinary knowledge to pull off your disguise?
Will you find the killer before he finds you?

Game route

Starting point Thali

136 R. O'Connor St, Ottawa, ON K2P 2G7, Canada

Finish point Kettlemans Bagel

912 Bank St, Ottawa, ON K1S 3W6, Canada

Places you will visit

It will take you

100-130 mins

You will walk

3420 steps

Total distance

2.6 km

Best during the day
Instagrammable
Best for couples

Get the Questo app and you’re all set

Download it, choose your route and just walk to the starting point.

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Leaderboard

Joey Luyben

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