Food Journeys: A Step-by-Step Walkthrough
Food Journeys organize a city's iconic dishes into a walkable, meal-by-meal sequence instead of a long restaurant list. Here's exactly how it works, using a Madurai trip as the example.
| Traditional food guide | WayMarg Food Journey |
|---|---|
| Restaurants first | Dishes first |
| Sorted by rating | Sorted by meal |
| No route | Walkable sequence |
| No timing | Meal-by-meal plan |
| Save restaurants | Build an itinerary |
Start your trip with Madurai
Open the planner, set your travellers, and add Madurai as your city. The example below shows a 2-day Madurai trip, with one extra detail visible: a Primary Spot anchor labeled "wedding," set for Day 1 at 10:00 AM for 60 minutes — a fixed appointment the rest of the day plans around, separate from the Food Journey itself.
Madurai added as City 1 — 2 days, with a Primary Spot anchor already set.
Open Food & Drink
The Pick Spots screen opens on Sightseeing by default. A Food & Drink tab sits right next to it — that's the door into Food Journeys.
The Sightseeing / Food & Drink tab switcher, at the top of any city's Pick Spots screen.
Land on the city's Food Journey
For Madurai, that tab opens straight into a dish-first search bar — type "biryani" or "filter coffee" instead of a restaurant name — and meal-period filter chips along the top. Below that sits the main event: a dedicated Madurai Food Journey card, tracking "0 of 14 foods added," with its own tagline: "Experience Madurai through its iconic foods. Overwhelm your food experience, not your tummy."
The Madurai Food Journey card — five collapsed meal-arc sections, each with a dish count.
Five arcs follow the shape of an actual day: Start the Day (2), Fuel Up (4), Cool Down (3), Sweet Stop (3), Late Night (2) — 14 dishes total.
Browse the full food feed
Scroll past the Journey card and there's a broader results grid — restaurants and hotels, each with a rating, time-of-day tag, and "+ Add to Trip." Useful for anything the curated 14 dishes don't cover.
The general Food & Drink results feed — separate from, but living right below, the curated Journey card.
Expand a meal arc
Expand any meal period to see dishes, photos, tags, and walking time between stops — for example, Filter Kaapi to Malli Poo Idli is a 1-minute walk; Kari Dosa to Mutton Biryani is 27 minutes.
Start the Day and Fuel Up, expanded.
Open the full Food Guide
Tap "Browse Full Madurai Food Guide" and a modal opens with every documented dish for the city — 34 in total — filterable by category: Breakfast (7), Meals (7), Snacks (5), Street Food (2), Sweets (7), Drinks (6).
The full Food Guide — Breakfast category, with Add buttons on every dish.
Scrolled down to Drinks — Jigarthanda, Paruthi Paal, Filter Kaapi, and more.
The Journey answers "what should I prioritize." The full guide answers "what else is out there." Either way, dishes are added one at a time — you pick exactly the ones you want, not all 14 or all 34 at once.
Why the Walking Distances Matter
Most food guides are restaurant-first: a list, sorted by rating or popularity, leaving you to figure out logistics. Food Journeys flips that — it's dish-first and time-of-day-first, with real walk times stitched between stops so the sequence is something you can actually follow on foot or by short ride, not just admire on a screen.
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