Comments on: Eating at Street Level: Tips on Enjoying Street Food http://www.backpackfoodie.com/2010/01/19/eating-at-street-level/ Traveling the world, one meal at a time Sun, 05 Sep 2010 14:01:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Daniel Roy http://www.backpackfoodie.com/2010/01/19/eating-at-street-level/comment-page-1/#comment-424 Daniel Roy Mon, 25 Jan 2010 06:32:32 +0000 http://www.backpackfoodie.com/?p=814#comment-424 Eleonora: Oh, WOW, your street pizza photos are mouth-watering!! Thanks for sharing this. I now crave pizza badly. ^_^ Cherry: That sounds like a great book! I might hunt it down when I settle down for a while. Thanks for confirming my hunch that street food works basically the same way in Africa as well. About street food recipes: I wouldn't call them 'simple' per se. I've spent a lot of time watching street cooks prepare their fare, and they usually display a crazy amount of skill at preparing a very specific thing. I'm always mesmerized by women cutting up green papaya for som tam! They do it so quickly and efficiently they make it look easy. So I'm not surprised to hear you say some of these recipes are actually quite complicated... I think it comes down to skill, practice, and a lot of preparation in advance. Ooi SK: Your advice on not eating in front of hotels is a good one in general... In some parts of the world, though, some street food stalls just don't get tourists even if it's right in front of a nice hotel... China comes to mind. If you sit down and they look surprised at seeing a foreigner do so, you're in a good place. :) But yeah, in Southeast Asia, these stalls cater to tourists a lot. The English menu on a street stall is the deal-breaker for me. And your experience in Hanoi sounds JUST like the kind I like to have wherever I go. Well-done. ;) Eleonora:

Oh, WOW, your street pizza photos are mouth-watering!! Thanks for sharing this. I now crave pizza badly. ^_^

Cherry:

That sounds like a great book! I might hunt it down when I settle down for a while. Thanks for confirming my hunch that street food works basically the same way in Africa as well.

About street food recipes: I wouldn’t call them ‘simple’ per se. I’ve spent a lot of time watching street cooks prepare their fare, and they usually display a crazy amount of skill at preparing a very specific thing. I’m always mesmerized by women cutting up green papaya for som tam! They do it so quickly and efficiently they make it look easy. So I’m not surprised to hear you say some of these recipes are actually quite complicated… I think it comes down to skill, practice, and a lot of preparation in advance.

Ooi SK:

Your advice on not eating in front of hotels is a good one in general… In some parts of the world, though, some street food stalls just don’t get tourists even if it’s right in front of a nice hotel… China comes to mind. If you sit down and they look surprised at seeing a foreigner do so, you’re in a good place. :) But yeah, in Southeast Asia, these stalls cater to tourists a lot. The English menu on a street stall is the deal-breaker for me.

And your experience in Hanoi sounds JUST like the kind I like to have wherever I go. Well-done. ;)

]]> By: Ooi SK http://www.backpackfoodie.com/2010/01/19/eating-at-street-level/comment-page-1/#comment-415 Ooi SK Wed, 20 Jan 2010 02:51:46 +0000 http://www.backpackfoodie.com/?p=814#comment-415 I like your post, and i do enjoy street food as they are one of the best food to be tasted and experienced. I am from Penang, Malaysia as a part Southeast Asia, and i am 100% confirm that tasty food are all located just around the corner . IF only we dare to try it. Additional tip is, try to avoid the stalls or shops which are located close to your hotel, as they might over-charged the tourist. (Tourist always being overcharged when we open our mouth and speak in english!!) I still remember how hard and funny the moment i was trying to order a chicken noodle and rice at Hanoi street. I almost end up wanna act like a chicken! Anyway, is a part of sweet memory! But i enjoyed my Vietnamese coffee at the small street stall, and end up we exchanged email! Ya, is a good way to know the local and learn from them! I like your post.. well done!! (I will keep in for my friends then!) I like your post, and i do enjoy street food as they are one of the best food to be tasted and experienced. I am from Penang, Malaysia as a part Southeast Asia, and i am 100% confirm that tasty food are all located just around the corner . IF only we dare to try it.

Additional tip is, try to avoid the stalls or shops which are located close to your hotel, as they might over-charged the tourist. (Tourist always being overcharged when we open our mouth and speak in english!!)

I still remember how hard and funny the moment i was trying to order a chicken noodle and rice at Hanoi street. I almost end up wanna act like a chicken! Anyway, is a part of sweet memory! But i enjoyed my Vietnamese coffee at the small street stall, and end up we exchanged email! Ya, is a good way to know the local and learn from them!

I like your post.. well done!! (I will keep in for my friends then!)

]]> By: Cherry Prior http://www.backpackfoodie.com/2010/01/19/eating-at-street-level/comment-page-1/#comment-414 Cherry Prior Wed, 20 Jan 2010 00:09:52 +0000 http://www.backpackfoodie.com/?p=814#comment-414 I'm at work and this is making me hungry (beaut pics)! I too have travelled in many Asian, European and African countries, and eaten street food the whole way through (sick only once, but in that instance there wasn't a great turnover of food, as you suggested travellers seek out). Anyway, a little more Aussie-tied at moment so having to cook my own "street food". Just received the most beautiful Thai Street Food cookbook for Christmas but a lot of the recipes are soooooooooo complicated. I assumed street food = simple, but if this cookbook is anything to go by it's highly complex. Is street food really like that? I’m at work and this is making me hungry (beaut pics)! I too have travelled in many Asian, European and African countries, and eaten street food the whole way through (sick only once, but in that instance there wasn’t a great turnover of food, as you suggested travellers seek out). Anyway, a little more Aussie-tied at moment so having to cook my own “street food”. Just received the most beautiful Thai Street Food cookbook for Christmas but a lot of the recipes are soooooooooo complicated. I assumed street food = simple, but if this cookbook is anything to go by it’s highly complex. Is street food really like that?

]]> By: Eleonora http://www.backpackfoodie.com/2010/01/19/eating-at-street-level/comment-page-1/#comment-412 Eleonora Tue, 19 Jan 2010 21:48:39 +0000 http://www.backpackfoodie.com/?p=814#comment-412 So glad I found this great blog. Everything sounds delicious, and your tips are travelers' precious gold. I just posted a 3-part saga on Italian street food pizza, come by for a slice! Eleonora <a href="http://tinyurl.com/yhk5xd6" rel="nofollow">Aglio, Olio & Peperoncino</a> So glad I found this great blog. Everything sounds delicious, and your tips are travelers’ precious gold.

I just posted a 3-part saga on Italian street food pizza, come by for a slice!

Eleonora
Aglio, Olio & Peperoncino

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