When I moved back from China in 2003, I had forgotten how to communicate in English (I couldn’t really speak in Chinese either) and I craved Chinese street food. I spent hours on the internet tracking down recipes, testing the authenticity of cookbooks I discovered, and traipsing from Brighton Beach to Manhattan and Queens and [...]
Archive for July, 2008
A Little Bit of China in Flushing
Posted in News Roundup, tagged china, Flushing, street food on July 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Word on the Street
Posted in News Roundup, tagged events, jackson heights, San Francisco, street food on July 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I used to work in fashion (before I quit my job last month) and a big part of my job was figuring out what trends would take off and ensuring we had enough inventory to support those sales. I’m no longer concerned about fall’s hem-length, but having recently seen a slew of street-food inspired restaurants [...]
Central Texan BBQ
Posted in USA, tagged bbq, lockhart, Smitty's Market, street food, texas on July 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
From hogs roasting in back yards to roadside, mobile smokers, BBQ is a central Texas specialty. But with only one day in this roast meat heartland, I needed to taste what Gourmet magazine ranks one of the best joints…even if it wasn’t necessarily street food. Entering Smitty’s Market on a 98-degree day is like visiting [...]
Marfa’s Food Shark
Posted in USA, tagged hummus wrap, marfa, street food on July 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Bon Appetit ranked The Food Shark of Marfa, Texas sixth in its Hot 10 US street food vendors. But when I happened upon the Food Shark, after a few weeks of fast food and veggie-lacking desert meals of Arizona and western Texas, I ranked the Food Shark’s ambrosial hummus wrap ($6.99) number one. Minimalist artist [...]
