lördag 9 juni 2012

Street food


What is street food? If you haven't been to any large and over-populated cities in Asia I daresay you might believe that street food is something you can get from a small shop which you enter from the street. Say, something that serves kimchi. Where you sit down and eat with a knife and fork, and maybe chopsticks if you're adventurous.
Duh.
Street food is about small stalls which pop up close to food markets. Street food is about fresh fresh fresh produce that's whipped up into something that you get in a bucket and eat as you go (with your hands!). Street food is about word of mouth, chasing down the best pavement chefs and getting some before it's gone.


We get that eating food out of a bucket might not be something that appeals to the general foodie public, so you do get a set of utensils when you order from The Shack. Otherwise, we're tapping into street food heritage with Kim, the super-taster from California (you know, the place sort of close to Mexico, a veritable street food Mecca). She cooks with inspiration from what she's grown up with and what she's tasted from her extensive travels, often making up and altering recipes from memory (some have photographic memory, others have the olfactory equivalent).

So what are you waiting for? More kimchi from a jar?




2 kommentarer:

  1. Holy cow I look like my great Grandma Ruth. The German hausfrau heritage shining through.

    SvaraRadera
  2. Bringing family history to the plate, eh?

    SvaraRadera