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.
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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 | Leave a 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 bun, [...]
Lamian, My Love!
Posted in China, tagged china, daoxiaomian, la mian, Lamian, noodles, street food on January 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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 delectable dish, [...]
Coffee in Pondy
Posted in India, Recipes, tagged coffee, India, Pondicherry, street food on December 2, 2008 | 1 Comment »
When my neighbor on the train from Kolkata to Chennai finally stopped snoring–20 hours into the rain-delayed journey–I wasn’t really in the mood to chat. But within minutes he caught my attention, “The south of India is different from the north,” he said. “We drink coffee down here.”
After traveling across Russia, Mongolia and China, where [...]
How to (sort of) Eat on a Budget in Russia
Posted in Russia, tagged beer, blini, kvass, peirogi, Russia, smoked fish, street food on November 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
While street food in Russia cannot compare to the rich abundance of Singapore or China, it’s an ideal way to avoid the overpriced horrors of Russian restaurants–think $30 US for a simple salad in a cafeteria!
The street food isn’t cheap–blini (блин(ы)) thin Russian pancakes with meager filling cost about $5–but at least it does at [...]
So it turns out…
Posted in News Roundup, tagged street food on November 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
…that Russia has comically terrible internet connections outside Moscow, there are no computers in Mongolian gers, and China blocks wordpress. But, I’m in Nepal now and happily at a computer so I’ll begin catching up on all the great street food I’ve tasted, relished and snagged recipes for.
Heaven in Queens
Posted in USA, tagged jackson heights, jim leff, New York, quesadillas, street food, taco al pastor on September 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Since discovering Jim Leff’s posting on Street Food in Jackson Heights, I’d been fantasizing about a stroll down Roosevelt Ave tasting these delectable treats—from tacos to elote, and quesadillas to arepas I was hooked at the idea of this street food heaven
We began with a carnitas quesadilla topped with spicy green salsa at a cart [...]
Bald Peanuts?
Posted in USA, tagged bald peanuts, boiled peanuts, South Carolina, street food, Timbos on August 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
When I first heard my uncles rave about “bald peanuts”, I imagined Mr. Potato Head-like legumes with receding hairlines. It was only after my first taste of these soft, briny nuts, while sitting on Folly Beach in South Carolina, that I realized my uncles, in their southern drawls, had been talking about “boiled” peanuts.
These nuts [...]
A Little Bit of China in Flushing
Posted in News Roundup, tagged china, Flushing, street food on July 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
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 [...]
