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In the alley just beside our hotel, we found a woman making sticky rice snacks - purple and black sticky rice, coconut, sugar and some type of soy or coconut milk topping all wrapped in a rice paper. We were enjoying our snack immensely, snapping photos of it, when everyone around us started teaching us the name of the snack (and other phrases) in Vietnamese. Of course, unable to navigate the tones, we mauled their language and amused the whole street with our futile attempts.Read about our journey from Saigon to Phnom Penh on the Mekong.
A great selection of huge prawns on offer at Ben Thanh market in Saigon. We were fortunate that our hotel was just half a block away, making it a easy to pop into the market for a small (or substantial) snack at one of the stalls when we were feeling peckish.Read more about snackin' in Saigon.
Audrey gets a lesson in street food cooking at this aloo tikka stand at Assi Ghat in Varanasi. What started out as a quick lesson turned into a 20 minute job, as the stand got busy and everyone worked together to get everyone fed quickly. Audrey got thumbs up from the customers for the tomato-potato mixture she was stirring. She was paid with some stuffed puris (small, puffed fried bread). Watch the video.
These green-filled hot pockets were so delicious we kept coming back for more. We could see the ingredients clearly, so no need for pictionary to the rescue. Taken in Xi'an, China.
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Freshly steamed noodles are a welcome snack on a cold November day in Xi'an, China. © www.uncorneredmarket.com
A mid-afternoon snack in My Tho of sticky rice and banana wrapped in a banana leaf and grilled on charcoal. Read about our journey from Saigon to Phnom Penh on the Mekong.
Stir and mash queen of the aloo tikka and puri stand at Varanasi's Assi Ghat. This was hard work - she had a blister on her finger after only 20 minutes! © www.uncorneredmarket.com
Hankering for crispy cricket? Look no further than Bangkok where heaps of fried critters are on offer.Read Bangkok's 15-course street meal.
Noodles, steam and simple carts define the Chinese street food landscape. © www.uncorneredmarket.com
Before she knew it, Audrey was enlisted to work at this street food stand at Assi Ghat in Varanasi. Her job was stirring and mashing the tomato-potato mixture to go with the aloo tikka (fried potato balls). It was a tough job - she had a blister on her finger after the 20 minutes behind the stove. The stand owner though was responsible for all the seasoning - sweet sauce, lemon juice, fresh coriander (cilantro). Watch the video.
Although interesting to the eye, we were never tempted enough by these stacked sausages to actually taste them. ..Taken at the food stands outside the Sunday market in Kashgar, China..© www.uncorneredmarket.com
A vendor pulls and separates laghman noodles at the night market in Kashgar, China..© www.uncorneredmarket.com
Crab on sugar cane (Chao Tom) makes another appearance, at left. But the show-stealer here is the Bo La Lot, or seasoned beef in a leaf. The vendor told us it was betel leaf, though Vietnamese street food experts might argue with that.Anyhow, this grilled dish became one of our favorite snacks inside the Ben Thanh market. The beef was seasoned (nutmeg and fermented fish sauce?) and topped with roasted peanuts and a zippy dipping sauce.Read more about snackin' in Saigon.
Most of the street food in Pingyao is clustered between the old town and the train station. Omelettes thickened with flour and seasoned with fresh herbs are just some of the bites on offer.© www.uncorneredmarket.com
Taken in Xi'an's Muslim Quarter. © www.uncorneredmarket.com
Sugar cane juice bars are common on the streets of Cambodia. For us, it was a bit too sweet, unless it was cut and balanced with a squeeze of lime or orange juice. Read more about Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
Eggs, eggs, everywhere eggs. Quail eggs, too, in Bangkok.Read Bangkok's 15-course street meal.
Pad Thai with Seafood
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A curry stand in Bangkok's Chinatown. Not for the spice-averse.Read Bangkok's 15-course street meal.
This Luang Prabang vendor offered a selection of temple flowers, khai paen (a crispy, tasty fried river weed) and a semi-sweet treat of purple sticky rice and coconut smoked in bamboo.Learn more about Lao cuisine and markets.
