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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.
This dog takes a nap at our favorite dessert spot. Mangoes are perfectly sweet and smooth while the sticky rice provides a savory counter-bite. Topped off with some coconut milk, it's a sublime mixture of sweet and salty. And, at the price of $0.55, how can you resist?Read Bangkok's 15-course street meal.
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.
Sea horses, just one of the many funky bits on offer at Beijing's Wangfujing Snack Street. © www.uncorneredmarket.com
A pile of simit - a Turkish take on (or precursor to) the pretzel.© www.uncorneredmarket.com
We didn't try the grilled starfish. Frankly, it looked rather crunchy without too much meat. If so, very much in keeping with the texture focus of Chinese cuisine.Taken at Wangfujing Snack Street in Beijing. © www.uncorneredmarket.com
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.
A vast choice from fried starfish to barbecue skewers on Donghuamen Street in Beijing, China. © www.uncorneredmarket.com
A curious concept...taken at Wangfujing Snack Street in Beijing, China. © www.uncorneredmarket.com
Taken at the Donghuamen Street eating stalls in Beijing, China. © www.uncorneredmarket.com
Freshly steamed noodles are a welcome snack on a cold November day in Xi'an, China. © www.uncorneredmarket.com
Anything and everything from the animal world to underwater kingdom is on offer at Beijing's Wangfujing Snack Street. Choose your barbecue favorites and enjoy a scorpion or sea urchin on a stick! © 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.
Clouds of steam surround Wangfujing Snack Street in Beijing, China. © www.uncorneredmarket.com
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
We expected to find lots of street food in Beijing. Instead, we found organized and sanitized street food centers like the one mentioned here on Donghuamen Street - for dainty snacks. ..The food was still good, but the servers' matching hats and shirts detracted from the atmosphere and authenticity. We are told there is more street food in Beijing in spring and summer when it's warmer. © 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.
Read Bangkok's 15-course street meal.
Noodles, steam and simple carts define the Chinese street food landscape. © www.uncorneredmarket.com
