Letting Cab Drivers Be Food Critics
Layne Mosler gets her rides and her food tips from the same place: her cabbies.
The Californian, who moved to Buenos Aires in 2005, is a writer for South American Explorer and Time Out Buenos Aires and started a blog called Taxi Gourmet in 2007. For each post, she randomly hops into a cab and lets the driver point her to locro (stew with hominy, peppers and meat parts), lechón (suckling pig), or chinchulín (cow intestines).
"I initially thought maybe I want to pick older guys or guys with a potbelly or guys who look like they know how to eat, but you never really know," she told the Washington Post.
A cab driver does have a pretty mystical quality, moonlighting as historian, concierge, political talking head, therapist, and food critic. This is a great concept.
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2 Comments:
A great idea indeed! I'm reminded of a domestic version of this, The Streets & San Man's Guide to Chicago Eats, a guidebook written by an employee of Chicago's Department of Streets and Sanitation. I'm sure there's similar books in various cities around the country, though.
DuncanHusky at 8:42AM on 02/20/09
There was also the Hungry Cabbie blog in NYC, by Dave Freedenberg. But he seems to have let it go dormant. A shame.
Adam Kuban at 1:01PM on 02/20/09