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Post by imec on Jun 25, 2009 18:50:17 GMT
The stuff that's served on the street from carts or other makeshift kitchens. Hot Dogs in the USA, Poutine in Canada, Dumplings/Noodles and so on in SE Asia, Crepes in France, you name it. Do you partake? What are some of your favorite treats? I remember eating Papri Chaat on the street in India many years ago...
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Post by Deleted on Jun 25, 2009 19:20:56 GMT
I am not a big eater of street food, because I am against snacking, and most street food it aimed at snackers and not diners. But of course I have eaten a number of items in the past and have fond memories of a number of them. Three that come to mind are new herring in Amsterdam polser in Copenhagen pad thai in Bangkok
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Post by Don Cuevas on Jun 25, 2009 19:25:32 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jun 25, 2009 20:27:04 GMT
That is a truly impressive gallery of street food, DC.
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Post by imec on Jun 25, 2009 20:42:41 GMT
Thanks guys. Nothing gets my saliva ducts working like pics of great street food! I love the Taquería at Siete Esquinas - he's really packin' em in! And that dog, kerouac - serious street meat!
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Post by bixaorellana on Jun 25, 2009 22:53:25 GMT
Gawd, I love street food! It's one of my main reasons for wanting to visit SE Asia. One of the greatest pleasures of Mexico is that street food is everywhere. That's my breakfast/lunch every Thursday when I go to the market -- two "surtido" (mix of all the piggy parts) pork tacos. The pics below were actually taken at the end of December, but I go to this place almost every time I visit the big downtown market. Ate there yesterday, as a matter of fact. I always get the same thing -- tripa tacos (chitlings). The gesture the cook is making above means "just a moment". Here are the stewed items for the expensive tacos -- the 5 peso ones. I don't care for these as much as the straight meat, as shown in the first pic above. (which cost 2 pesos apiece) This place is right next to where all the colectivos (shared taxis) leave the market for all the towns outside Oaxaca. Thus, there's a constant stream of hungry drivers all day in addition to everyone else who wants to eat here. That's a lot of work to keep all those people fed.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 26, 2009 0:53:23 GMT
Oaxaca was (is) street food paradise. The flan still remains my favorite dessert.
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Post by hwinpp on Jun 26, 2009 2:08:32 GMT
Those pollos assados look fantastic, DC! What's the stuff they're selling at Don Prisci's mercado?
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Post by imec on Jun 26, 2009 2:28:35 GMT
"the expensive tacos -- the 5 peso ones"
Brilliant! I'm quite sure I would eat any of these tacos until I explode. It's all so tantalizing!
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Post by bixaorellana on Jun 26, 2009 2:46:57 GMT
This is the flan over which C. is emoting:
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Post by Deleted on Jun 26, 2009 3:13:28 GMT
Cruel woman you are.
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Post by bjd on Jun 26, 2009 8:54:24 GMT
I don't eat street food in France either. In recent years the only stuff I've had is a currywurst in Berlin just to try (not impressed!) and the fruit juices in Ecuador, which were delicious. My favourite was mora, which look like huge blackberries.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 26, 2009 10:48:02 GMT
I always get a Sabrett or Hebrew International hot dog with sauerkraut and sweet onions when in NYC. The first time I had falafel was on the street in NYC The street food in Istanbul was very good but I was disappointed in the lack of variety Oh, and roasted chesnuts in NYC in the wintertime
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Post by imec on Jun 26, 2009 17:15:55 GMT
There were stalls in Riyadh where they made these thing which I believe are also popular in Malaysia,Singapore etc. Fascinating to watch them being made and a real delight to eat (they chop them up into little squares after they've been fried on the flattop. We didn't know what they were called at first so we just called them "those egg things".
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Post by hwinpp on Jun 27, 2009 1:33:53 GMT
Indians call it paratha, Malaysians roti channai, other SEAsians just roti or more often loti. It's a south Indian bread even though it's made of wheat and not rice. Biggest choice of fillings are of course in India or Malaysia, usually egg, onions, a combination of both or condensed milk. My favourite Indian bread to be eaten with curries.
On the backpacker trail these are the famous banana pancakes, if filled with bananas of course.
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Post by Don Cuevas on Jun 27, 2009 2:00:53 GMT
Those pollos assados look fantastic, DC! What's the stuff they're selling at Don Prisci's mercado? hwinpp, that's birria, a variant on "barbacoa"; the word birria comes from a word orginally meaning "a grotesque, deformed mess!" But nowadays, its a sort of soup-stew, of steamed, well seasoned beef or mutton, chopped into little pieces or shreds, and served in a bowl with some of the "consomé", or the broth which is collected under the meat as it steams. The usual Mexican condments apply, in most instances. The birria at Don Prisci's ( a chain with at least 3 locations), is unusal for the diced potatoes and carrots in the consomé. I eat there at least twice a month. There are also extra large, fresh off the griddle, tortillas de maíz (corn) that are outstanding. You can, of course, order the meat as little tacos, and eat the consomé separately. There are many variations of birria. I read of a restaurant somewhere towards Guadalajara that serves the meat separately from the consomé, lightly broiling it before serving. In Tangancícuaro, Michoacán, we had birria that closely resembled sliced beef pot roast in a thickened tomato gravy. It was o.k., but it didn't drive my tastebuds wild.
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Post by hwinpp on Jun 27, 2009 2:34:54 GMT
I was about to say 'it must be really tasty with bread' but then saw the tortilla. The bowl of salad looks appetizing.
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Post by Jazz on Jun 27, 2009 10:27:20 GMT
In Toronto, when I go to Humber Nursery or Canadian Tire, I have a spicy hotdog...the only time I ever eat hotdogs. Perfect.
I love the flan in Mexico...in Turkey, houmous and pita.
And, in Paris, I love the crepes.
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Post by bixaorellana on Oct 22, 2009 22:54:18 GMT
It's always a good time to revivify this thread! I went to Zaachila today for the weekly market and as always, had my favorite tacos. (Yes, that's my nasal voice braying "yaay" when the tacos are presented.) The colors are off because the stand is under a red awning. The first salsa she puts on is guacamole, the second, a hot red sauce. Dessert, anyone? Zaachila is known for its ices and ice cream. The pastries are regional favorites. The white stuff is meringue.
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Post by imec on Oct 23, 2009 0:01:23 GMT
WOW! Don't those look good!
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Post by bixaorellana on Oct 23, 2009 0:04:15 GMT
And OF WHOM was I thinking as I filmed?
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Post by imec on Oct 23, 2009 0:06:29 GMT
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Post by bixaorellana on Oct 23, 2009 4:32:22 GMT
Forgot to post this earlier. Care for a beverage?
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Post by auntieannie on Oct 24, 2009 15:51:23 GMT
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Post by bixaorellana on Oct 24, 2009 16:02:14 GMT
Oh ~~ could almost smell the chestnuts roasting, and the song is charming!
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Post by auntieannie on Oct 24, 2009 16:04:45 GMT
bixie, the roasted chestnut huts are traditionally manned by italian immigrants - at least in Switzerland. I miss that at the moment.
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Post by imec on Oct 24, 2009 16:18:09 GMT
I'll take a bag of those and a glass of 20 year old tawny please annie.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2009 17:48:09 GMT
Roasted chestnut season in Paris hasn't quite started, but it is a major element of the street scene all winter in Paris. Most of the chestnuts are sold by old immigrant men from the Maghreb.
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Post by existentialcrisis on Oct 27, 2009 10:34:25 GMT
imec, I've never seen poutine sold on the street... I was only in Winnipeg for 3 hours though... is this common?
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Post by bjd on Oct 27, 2009 12:17:34 GMT
We saw roasted chestnuts being sold on the street in Rome at the beginning of October, but the sellers were Indians, not Italians.
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