Six Rules to Eating Street Food
Phil Lees writes a fantastic food blog from Cambodia called Phnomenon and has put together a short guide to eating street food, for the benefit of fellow intrepid eaters, and maybe those just starting to dip their toes in. He says, "I tend to eat more food from the street in Cambodia than your average tourist as well as eating everything that the LP warns me against and tend not to ever injure myself doing so. I don’t have a cast-iron stomach and accordingly, I eat in a way that I consider sensible."
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I read this article because of the title, Six Rules to Eating Street Food, only to find that the title was a generic version of the original title 6 rules of Cambodian street food eating.
I'm at a loss as to why you changed the title, since the "rules" are very specific to Cambodia. Little of this applies to street food in, say Puerto Rico. We have lots of great street food, and as far as I know, no one believes that any of it "will give you strength or vitality in the pants department". I'm sure any rules about eating street food depend on where you are.
"Don't eat stupid things" is sound advice, but I would hope it's a bit obvious.
Lou at 7:12AM on 04/25/07
Lou, I hear what you're saying, but I think you're being a little too literal here. I thought the piece was fun and actually did apply to street food everywhere, especially the stuff about entire families and hot and cold foods. I'm sure we shortened the title to make it fit on one line. But I am very interested in your take on Puerto Rican street food. Would you write something up for us and start a thread on SE Talk?
Ed Levine at 6:51PM on 04/25/07
Ed, it's quite possible that I was being a little too literal. Twenty years as a technical writer and manager will do that to a guy.
As to the title fitting on one line, I'm not buying it. Adding the word "Cambodian", that is, "Six Rules to Eating Cambodian Street Food" would not break this goal.
Sorry, I can't help it.
As to the piece applying to street food everywhere, I was trying to say (and apparently I failed) that I don't agree. Certainly the piece was fun, and I agree with the part about families, but not the rest. I was speaking only for Puerto Rico; I know the food here fairly well. I would be happy to write up something about Puerto Rican street food. Are you looking for something like "Street Food in Puerto Rico?" (Although, outside of San Juan, the cities don't really have good street food. It's the road-side stands, the beaches, and community celebrations where "street food" is sold.)
I thoroughly enjoy Serious Eats. I don't mean to be overly critical (I found out only recently that curmudgeon is not a compliment).
Lou at 9:09PM on 04/25/07