New York Street Food

Here’s a pretty cool video of Chinese street food scenes including a friendly bread man in Lanzhou, dumpling ladies in Gansu, a Qingdao dumpling pictionary, egg crepes in Beijing and my favorite – surly noodle slicers in Xi’an.

The Bag Hag Diaries recently spent some time eating street food in Taipei, Taiwan.  What she found was a lot of innards, gizzards, blood cakes and other assorted goodies.  Maybe the Food Network should send Andrew Zimmern to Taipei.

Pig ears, duck tongue (bottom shelf, right), blood cakes (top shelf, right) and Intestines Misua, which she really liked.

Below is the “before” picture of Intestines Misua. Not sure if I would try the “after”, but if you click through, it actually looks pretty good.

Intestines Misua - "before" picture

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I received a new follower on twitter a few days ago and was amused by the name of the blog – I Burn Popcorn – so I checked it out.  The writer, Carmen Kiew, had recently posted her family’s recipe for eggrolls, and it looked great.

She reveals some of her family’s secrets, including rolling techniques, so please be discreet and use this recipe for personal use only.  Take it away Carmen. [I Burn Popcorn]

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It was another crazy day at the office, and I needed something nearby and quick for lunch.  Rickshaw Dumpling Truck was only 1/2 block away and they don’t usually have a long line, which fit the bill perfectly.  Today’s Lunch is the Thai chicken basil dumplings with peanut sauce ($6) and a cold noodle salad ($3) from Rickshaw Dumpling Truck. (Note: This was a few days ago.)

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We recently told you about Vancouver holding a lottery to expand the city’s street food options.  One great street food option in Vancouver that already exists is The Roaming Dragon food truck.

Curious Domestic calls it a “tapas bar on wheels”, and posted a detailed review.  They spotted the truck visiting Kits Point near Arbutus and Whyte (the truck also makes appearances at Vancouver Farmers Markets), and selected 3 dishes for $15 to take advantage of the “Dragonista” twitter promo for a free Lychee Lemonade.

The dishes chosen were short rib tacos, rice balls, duck confit salad, and some pork belly sliders were added.  Read the full, delicious review after the jump.

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