Photo of the Day: The Kitchen You Can Balance On Your Shoulders
Boots in the Oven's photo of a Thai street vendor making green banana salad made me think about how inefficiently I use my own kitchen, coupled with the realization that it probably won't produce anything as good as the street vendor's salad. Asian street food vendors, why must your convenient deliciousness be restricted only to Asia? [sob]
Read more about Boots in the Oven's adventures on their blog.
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9 Comments:
I eventually had to ask my Thai friend to please stop telling me about the delicious street food in Bangkok that I can't have here.
Keely at 7:03PM on 06/21/07
Adam or Ed....how do I Submit photos for consideration for "photos of the day?"
Kbear919 at 12:29AM on 06/22/07
Believe it or not, you totally can make real-deal, authentic tasting street food in the US.
Step 1: Go to Thailand.
Step 2: Eat on the street everyday.
Step 3: Go take a cooking class in Thailand
Step 4: Figure out everything wrong that the cooking school taught you by watching your favorite vendors sling a few hours, or until a small (but politely unobtrusive) police force gathers behind you.
We have all the ingredients. The authenticity and regionality is all in the details. I learned the differences between Bangkok's Papaya Salad and Chiang Mai's Papaya Salad by watching and eating.
Nate Uri at 12:49PM on 06/22/07
Woooo! (does a little dance)
We have lots more streetfood pictures, too, which we're editing and working on as I type. Thanks for putting this up, Roboppy!
Girlie at 2:53PM on 06/22/07
Since when do you cook?
I thought you just ate..?
What do you make?
ParisBreakfasts at 3:40PM on 06/24/07
BOOTS IN OVEN is an AMAZING BLOG!!!
I think you should apply for a Fullbright to go to all those places too
ParisBreakfasts at 5:16PM on 06/24/07
I think PB is onto something... :)
Proposed study topic: INVESTIGATE THE MAGICAL KNOWLEDGE ONLY POSSESSED BY STREET VENDORS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA. Or something. A joint effort between Boots in the Oven and Nate.
roboppy at 5:30PM on 06/24/07
Hey, as a currently unemployed twentysomething, I'm up for it. Nate, you in?
Girlie at 12:14PM on 06/25/07
You better believe I'm in!
I'm going back to Bangkok this fall or winter. Let's get organized and invade the city to bring back the street food revolution to the States!
Nate Uri at 7:07PM on 06/27/07