Piles of white radishes and garnet-colored carrots, simply adorned with typical Indian flavors, are the simplest of Indian street food and offer a refreshing antidote for a humid summer day. But these basic treats are potentially the most hazardous, as vendors sometimes clean their wears with polluted water, which can cause catastrophic stomach upsets. Only [...]
Archive for January, 2009
Radishes and Carrots
Posted in India, Recipes, tagged carrot, India, radish, street food on January 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Chilean Completo
Posted in Chile, tagged chile, completo, hot dog, street food on January 14, 2009 | 1 Comment »
We hadn’t even crossed over the Chilean border in the Andes, when a road-side street food stall and a five hour wait at customs enticed us to try Chile’s most popular street food: the Completo–the ultimate South American hot dog. For 1000 Chilean Pesos, ($1.59) I was given a microwaved hot dog in a white [...]
Lamian, My Love!
Posted in China, tagged china, daoxiaomian, la mian, Lamian, noodles, street food on January 4, 2009 | 2 Comments »
My love affair with Chinese street food began at the lamian stall on a tree-lined alleyway, across from the school where I taught English in Danyang, a “small” town of 800,000, near Shanghai. With the first chewy slurp of lamian (拉面)—hand-pulled noodles—served to me in a rich meat broth, I was addicted. To create this [...]
