“…AND YOU MAY ASK YOURSELF, HOW DID WE GET HERE?”
David Byrne's oft-quoted lyric was applied to the street food craze by Black Book magazine. According to their article, first there was Treats Truck, then Dessert Truck, then Rickshaw Dumpling Truck, then all hell breaks loose!
HONORARY STREET FOOD
There are great places to get street food that are not trucks or carts. I'm starting a new section called Honorary Street Food for storefronts with little or no seating that serve food considered to be street food. We want to support all street food vendors, whether they serve from a truck, a cart, or a tiny storefront.
Please send...
Beyond Twitter – Part II
About 2 weeks ago, we posted about a NYT article that went beyond the usual Twitter suspects. Leave it to Eating In Translation to check out as many of these places as possible. Here are their in-depth reviews of:
Tia Julia
El Idolo
Mama Isabel's Place
Papo Frutas and
Linda's Mini-Kitchen (pictured above)
ENJOY!
LA Food Trucks Going Wide
We recently told you about some great street food in SF. Here's some Left Coast street food love courtesy of NBC's LA affiliate, who highlight:
@Marked5 ("Japanese Style Burgers")
@BorderGrill ("Gourmet tacos" and more)
@COOLHAUS (gourmet ice cream sammies)
@kogibbq (Korean BBQ Taco Truck)
@Letsbefrank ("Grass Fed Beef Hot Dogs")
Next time you're in the City of Angels, make sure to check out these great food trucks....
Ever Hear of Politically Incorrect Street Food?
SF Weekly found an Israeli street food vendor who sets up in various locations, often outside of bars, and calls himself Kike on a Bike. (His name, not ours.) The moniker may be offensive to some, but if you can get past the name, they say the middle eastern food is excellent. Thanks to @eatstreetfood in SF for the...
NYSF Controversy: TIWYF Contest Not Won By Fat Person
There was an astounding controversy in the recent TIWYF (This Is Why You're Fat) Eat 'N Tweet street food contest. It was not won by a fat person.
Nick McGlynn (not a fat person) won the recent This Is Why You're Fat Eat 'N Tweet contest, in which the winner had to find six participating street food trucks on twitter,...
OUT-OF-TOWN STREET EATS
For those of you not in New York this weekend, here's some great out-of-town street food:
In Lake Worth, FL (near West Palm Beach), Swanky's Low and Slow Barbecue has sandwiches made with pulled pork that has been cooked for 30 hours. Next time I'm in South Florida, have to give it a try
A rotisserie truck :) in San...
HOT DOG HEAVEN
The ultimate New York Street Food is a hot dog (or tube steak, as my father-in-law calls it). Endless Simmer takes a trip around the boroughs to check out the multitude of hot dogs available in NYC
BEYOND TWITTER
There are many street vendors selling great New York Street Food who are not on Twitter and are not being covered by the usual food writers and bloggers . NYT profiles some of these "unknown" street vendors selling such great items as tofu kebabs, black sesame porridge, alcapurrias de carne, pastelillos, tlacayos and many other favorites from their home...
