New York Street Food

A few days ago, I received an email from John, of the He Needs Food website.  John recently took us on a great street food tour of Yiwu, an area of China specializing in Uighur food, which is more similar to Turkish food than Chinese.

Now He Needs Food offers us a street food tour of Cabramatta, a predominantly Vietnamese neighborhood in western Sydney, Australia.  John says:  “It’s a hive of bustle and activity from well-seasoned pho establishments to super cheap fresh produce shops selling things you’ve no idea what to do with, to elderly Vietnamese women trying to make a buck from chopped fresh lemongrass or banana-wrapped parcels of sticky rice.”

Join us in exploring this mysterious world after the jump.

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A music-loving chef has invented a food truck called the Beatbox Kitchen that works just like a boom-box.  It looks like a giant boom-box, plays music as it drives around, and the tapes “eject” into windows where you order the food.

The Beatbox Kitchen has been making the rounds of music festivals in Australia such as the Big Day Out and Meredith Festivals, and as you would expect, they’re on Twitter.

I think we can figure out what music they’re playing: Red Hot Chili Peppers, Chuck Berry, Smashing Pumpkins, Moby Grape, The Cranberries, The Raspberries, Bread, Pearl Jam, Hot Tuna, the Black Eyed Peas, and of course, Meatloaf.

Who did we leave out?  I’m sure you can come up with some more in the Comments section.