Would you eat street food in India?

[Böri]

This Canadian guy is everywhere and eats everything he finds and everytime he just says anything he eats is so good and tasty. here he's in Indian south Chennai. He eats things sold in the street.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASX-CWn6ktQ

Euro people are really more open than other peoples when it comes eating anything they find IMO. When I read İndian guys in the forum, even many of them seems to warn about not doing everywhere.

[Zephyrus]

Would you eat street food in India?Only if the food had been prepared by Ross's snake charming uncles.

[Dandelion]

I gotta admit. I envy the man. But my stomach wouldn't be able to handle something which is too vastly different.

[Lightshade25]

Yeah, why not?

[Graham]

Have heard about folk getting ill in India. So not sure.

[Hadouken]

is it safe to eat ?

[frankhammer]

No. Why risk ruining your holiday.

[Magnolia]

Honestly I would be afraid of eating street food in Turkey too.
The reason - different hygienic standards in different countries. I guess my body is not resistant against bacteria that are common occurred in street food in exotic countries like India or Turkey.

[Kazimiera]

Street food is the best!! I have the digestive system of a cast-iron pot. My husband teases me and says I would eat off the back of a garbage truck.

Chicken feet are good. Grilled over an open fire on the pavement.

https://www.thesouthafrican.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/1280px-Chicken_feet.jpg

[Dandelion]

Honestly I would be afraid of eating street food in Turkey too.
The reason - different hygienic standards in different countries. I guess my body is not resistant against bacteria that are common occurred in street food in exotic countries like India or Turkey.

You would probably even avoid eating trdelník.

[Cristiano viejo]

Not that different than the Turkish street food


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5Fzl-Fv7iM

I hate when brown people sell food after manipulating it with their brown hands in your own presence, without slightest hint hygiene :picard1:

[Norb]

no

[Inquizzzitor]

I wouldn't even set foot in India. Must admire from afar. Heard too many stories of people getting dog sick from eating or drinking who knows what.

[Magnolia]

You would probably even avoid eating trdelník.

You are right. But not because I would be afraid of an infection but because it tastes bad to me.
Listen to him, we have almost the same opinion on everything.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFCAbxSM9iQ

[ariel]

Israeli tourist dead after eating spageti in india....so i dont think so

[Dandelion]

You are right. But not because I would be afraid of an infection but because it tastes bad to me.
Listen to him, we have almost the same opinion on everything.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFCAbxSM9iQ

That feel when I see someone sitting cross-legged like that. I lost that ability many years ago by never sitting like that for years anymore.

I look younger than I am, but there I betray I'm actually not in my twenties anymore. ;)

[crazyladybutterfly]

i happily would

[Brás Garcia de Mascarenhas]

I have eaten street food in Angola which would make this Indian food look like it was prepared in the best sanitary and hygienic conditions ever, lol.

[crazyladybutterfly]

That feel when I see someone sitting cross-legged like that. I lost that ability many years ago by never sitting like that for years anymore.

I look younger than I am, but there I betray I'm actually not in my twenties anymore. ;)

on my bed i am in that position for most of my time lol
i guess i eventually will be able to do it even in my 90s ;D

[crazyladybutterfly]

Not that different than the Turkish street food


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5Fzl-Fv7iM

I hate when brown people sell food after manipulating it with their brown hands in your own presence, without slightest hint hygiene :picard1:

you re probably brown yourself

[Dandelion]

on my bed i am in that position for most of my time lol
i guess i eventually will be able to do it even in my 90s ;D

We call it the 'kleermakerszit' or 'tailor's sit'. I bet you can even maintain the lotus position which is even harder for those who aren't used to from young age.

http://www.yoga-wijzer.nl/kim002.jpg

[Kamal900]

I have Arab friends who'd been to India before, and they told me that the food is great there.

[Brás Garcia de Mascarenhas]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmVjZxbx4nQ


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntEWeqxLJr8


Been there, done that.

[crazyladybutterfly]

We call it the 'kleermakerszit' or 'tailor's sit'. I bet you can even maintain the lotus position which is even harder for those who aren't used to from young age.

http://www.yoga-wijzer.nl/kim002.jpg

yes i can :)
but it is painful with shorts (skin frinction)

[Kamal900]

..

Reminds me of my national homeland, The Gambia.

[Brás Garcia de Mascarenhas]

Reminds me of my national homeland, The Gambia.

You're from Gambia?

[Melki]

No, diarrhea is the worst thing that can happen during a vacation (comes second after a stolen passport)


Honestly I would be afraid of eating street food in Turkey too.
The reason - different hygienic standards in different countries. I guess my body is not resistant against bacteria that are common occurred in street food in exotic countries like India or Turkey.

Why, you don't have döner kebabs in the Czech Republic? Never drank ayran? That's Turkish street food.

[Kamal900]

You're from Gambia?

By nationality, yes, I am. By ethnicity, I'm a Palestinian Arab.

[Seya]

If u would see in which conditions is prepared, trust me, u wouldn't touch it even but if it's deep fried food prepared just in front of u i guess it's fine...

[Shah-Jehan]

My mom doesn't let me eat street food, but I do eat it without her knowing. I've never really gotten sick from it, though a lot of the times, things aren't made from hygienic methods. Though, there are trusted establishments that are known for employing hygienic methods and such. The foodranger dude does go to some places like that (e.g. Kareem's in Old Delhi which is more than a century old restaurant and is very famous), and probably some rather unknown ones.

[Melki]

I think eating in the streets in India may be healthier than in a reputed Indian restaurant in the western world, unless you don't mind finding coackroaches in your tandoori.

http://zupimages.net/up/17/20/o859.jpg (http://zupimages.net/viewer.php?id=17/20/o859.jpg)

[LieDetector]

If the street vendor is known for selling good food yes. I love eating street food, especially after a night out in the town partying. Hot dog vendors and taco trucks >

[glass]

i would rather choose less painful option to commit suicide:rolleyes:

[Kazimiera]

I think eating in the streets in India may be healthier than in a reputed Indian restaurant in the western world, unless you don't mind finding coackroaches in your tandoori.

http://zupimages.net/up/17/20/o859.jpg (http://zupimages.net/viewer.php?id=17/20/o859.jpg)

The cockroach is cooked. Either brush it aside or enjoy an extra protein boost. :p

[Queen B]

Νοpe, nope, nope.

[Purohit ji]

All day.
I like samosa

[Era]

I don't eat street food anywhere except for souvlakis at one woman vendor here. She's been doing that for as long as I remember 15 yrs plus

[ariel]

All day.
I like samosa

Samosa is tasty

[Ylla]

I was watching these videos once and they look so tasty when they prepare rice dishes in their villages with any meat they can find. It must taste sooo nice.

[Полковник 95]

The water that is used for drinking and cooking is from the same rivers in which they throw corpses of humans and animals.

[Dominicanese]

yes and i have

[Insuperable]

Those cows look tasty.


jk

[Hadouken]

Those cows look tasty.

cows ? where

[Insuperable]

cows ? where

Those at 5:18. I was joking.

[Böri]

By the way I dont say all Indian is risky but. Also watching this guy's video in China and India I noticed he feels more comfortable eating Muslim street food (Turkic Uighurs and Chinese Hui in China and Indian Muslims in Mumbai etc). People were looking smth good about Muzzies, I discovered in the videos of this guy :)



Honestly I would be afraid of eating street food in Turkey too.
The reason - different hygienic standards in different countries. I guess my body is not resistant against bacteria that are common occurred in street food in exotic countries like India or Turkey.

I dont eat all street foods in İstanbul too, many foreigners and Kurds or Arabs sell street food in Istanbul but when it's Turks it's known to be safest :) Who cares a Czech doesnt eat Turkish street food. Turkish street food is sold in Germany and Netherlands streets (sometimes by Kurds from Turkey too) and natives eat.

[Böri]

The problem in countries like in India it's a bit food culture too. The man sells Trevor a street food and he prepares by smashing a sort of bread inside his hand, he touches every single part and interior of bread with his fingers.
And Trevor eats and says its tasty and good. :)

https://i.hizliresim.com/1Lq87G.jpg (https://hizliresim.com/1Lq87G)

:) No way I can eat that. Just the fact you know, I mean you imagine he goes to toilet and... LOL

[Magnolia]

I dont eat all street foods in İstanbul too, many foreigners and Kurds or Arabs sell street food in Istanbul but when it's Turks it's known to be safest :) Who cares a Czech doesnt eat Turkish street food. Turkish street food is sold in Germany and Netherlands streets (sometimes by Kurds from Turkey too) and natives eat.

Turkish street food is sold even in every Czech small town (There are plenty of Turks in CzR if you don't know that) - but Turks have to meet strict Czech hygiene standards. I am pretty sure that in Germany or Netherlands the situation is same.

[Mraz]

I would rather die than put my foot on Indian soil, even Liberia sounds a better place to visit :coffee:

[Fractal]

Only if the food had been prepared by Ross's snake charming uncles.

My uncles in Gujarat are probably wealthier than you and every Yugoslav on this forum, ten times over.

Anyways, street food is fine in India. Avoid the meat (unless you're in a 5 star hotel) and water.

[TenaciousTopologist]

I have so by default my answer is yes. I avoid gol gappa/ pani puri though because I have gotten sick as fuck eating those.

[Dick]

Never, even if it was free or if i was dying of hunger.

[crazyladybutterfly]

I would rather die than put my foot on Indian soil, even Liberia sounds a better place to visit :coffee:

you talk as if india was a warzone lol

[Shah-Jehan]

I have so by default my answer is yes. I avoid gol gappa/ pani puri though because I have gotten sick as fuck eating those.

Bruh, u gotta to go to some Bengali city and try Phuchka. Pani Puri sucks in comparison. Not sure why they put mostly water in Pani Puri lol.

[Zephyrus]

Never, even if it was free or if i was dying of hunger.

What if Ross cooked it for you?

:D

[TenaciousTopologist]

Bruh, u gotta to go to some Bengali city and try Phuchka. Pani Puri sucks in comparison. Not sure why they put mostly water in Pani Puri lol.

hmm ok next time I go to India I'll try to put bengal in the plans (never been to that side)

[Dick]

What if Ross cooked it for you?

:D

radije bi govno pojeo.

[N1019]

It can be done, but have the anti-diarrhoea medication ready. In fact, take it immediately before, with or after the food. Consider downing some natural anti-microbal food supplements throughout the trip. It can't hurt.

Been there, done that. Sometimes you get lucky, sometimes you end up very sick for days. That's what happens when you eat and drink faecal matter.

Avoid fresh paan wrapped in leaves and washed in tap water, and similar products.

The key to remember is that the water supply in the subcontinent and many other countries is simply not safe. Even locals get sick from it occasionally. Proceed with caution. Cooked meat and vegetable-based foods without uncooked tap water remaining on them when served are probably more likely to be safe.

[zhaoyun]

Probably but I will have to carefully observe how they are cooking it and make sure it is sanitary.

[Dandelion]

you talk as if india was a warzone lol

His people have a history with bad food.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICAR_Canned_Beef_Monument

[zhaoyun]

By the way I dont say all Indian is risky but. Also watching this guy's video in China and India I noticed he feels more comfortable eating Muslim street food (Turkic Uighurs and Chinese Hui in China and Indian Muslims in Mumbai etc). People were looking smth good about Muzzies, I discovered in the videos of this guy :)




I dont eat all street foods in İstanbul too, many foreigners and Kurds or Arabs sell street food in Istanbul but when it's Turks it's known to be safest :) Who cares a Czech doesnt eat Turkish street food. Turkish street food is sold in Germany and Netherlands streets (sometimes by Kurds from Turkey too) and natives eat.

He eats all kinds of Chinese food, I think he lives in China. But he did an episode going to China's Northwest, that's why there were a lot of videos with Chinese halal food.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2T87dvjLJ1I


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJRhdDIJqs0

[TrueIndepence]

No. I only eat street food produced by people of African descent.

[Dandelion]

He eats all kinds of Chinese food, I think he lives in China. But he did an episode going to China's Northwest, that's why there were a lot of videos with Chinese halal food.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2T87dvjLJ1I


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJRhdDIJqs0

He does. I saw his Q&A video. He started small, but works his way up so he can travel more often. One thing he does have is a positive vibe. Videos about halal food on one side and videos about pork intestine on the other. ;)

[Böri]

He does. I saw his Q&A video. He started small, but works his way up so he can travel more often. One thing he does have is a positive vibe. Videos about halal food on one side and videos about pork intestine on the other. ;)

I saw him eating pig brain meal somewhere in China. Sichuan I think :) He has a strong stomach and unequal appetite.

[zhaoyun]

I saw him eating pig brain meal somewhere in China. Sichuan I think :) He has a strong stomach and unequal appetite.

Yeah, I wouldn't eat half the things he eats. But sometimes he eats pretty delicious stuff.

[zhaoyun]

He does. I saw his Q&A video. He started small, but works his way up so he can travel more often. One thing he does have is a positive vibe. Videos about halal food on one side and videos about pork intestine on the other. ;)

Yeah, he's a very friendly and likeable person.

[Böri]

Yeah, he's a very friendly and likeable person.

I must also say he feels more at home in China, also Chinese street food seems more like secure to eat compared to India honestly. Also girl who holds Trevor's camera in his videos is Chinese and his girlfriend I think.

[zhaoyun]

I must also say he feels more at home in China, also Chinese street food seems more like secure to eat compared to India honestly. Also girl who holds Trevor's camera in his videos is Chinese and his girlfriend I think.

Well, he speaks Mandarin fluently so I think he lives in China obviously. There have been food safety scandals with Chinese street food but I think they improved regulations in the past few years. I have eaten a lot of street food in China and they usually have some kind of government license that they display, especially if it's in an area designated for street food.

[Carlito's Way]

yeah I would, I think street food from all countries tend to be the best
of course nothing beats mexican street food, they are kings at what they do

[Óttar]

Yeah, why not?
I have been to India twice. I ate street food all the time. The two times I got sick, it was from hotel food.

[Norse]

I would eat in India before China to be honest. Heard some real horror stories from China about gutter oil and all kinds of crap.

India might be poor, but they make this stuff in huge quantities so it is fresh and doesn't linger and get bacteria. Spices help to kill germs. I ate streetfood all the time, every day when I lived in Asia, mostly Thailand though, never once got ill. I am much more wary with low to midrange hotels in Asia cause you can't see the kitchen. I got violently ill more than once eating chicken such places. Thought I was going to die got so dehydrated.

[Fractal]

I must also say he feels more at home in China, also Chinese street food seems more like secure to eat compared to India honestly. Also girl who holds Trevor's camera in his videos is Chinese and his girlfriend I think.

http://3tend.com/images/51dc45833c448fd5ff5e14b4f7803c3f.jpg

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ptuwITNvBRg/TucLGKjwb2I/AAAAAAAAAC0/kZqChzjOpDI/s1600/Insects.jpg

http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/China/Beijing/Scorpions2.jpg

[Fractal]

White girl eating street food in China

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jNnFLD3Jelk/Ur9rxJ1EAsI/AAAAAAAABQ8/cDbwbNsNhRc/s1600/IMG_0549.JPG

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/UZfsArShpOItBiMC701vHXx5eOemEuXlm78J1D-gHhca0dzalQ98QiaN8apE0p2_N0Q4nWO6T0poVUysgJqjzk8m-JEXd1WBZ8lSU1ygmn7qGnKgTcuJT9-gY48gUYH76nsdVkDW

[zhaoyun]

White girl eating street food in China

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jNnFLD3Jelk/Ur9rxJ1EAsI/AAAAAAAABQ8/cDbwbNsNhRc/s1600/IMG_0549.JPG

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/UZfsArShpOItBiMC701vHXx5eOemEuXlm78J1D-gHhca0dzalQ98QiaN8apE0p2_N0Q4nWO6T0poVUysgJqjzk8m-JEXd1WBZ8lSU1ygmn7qGnKgTcuJT9-gY48gUYH76nsdVkDW

Most of that stuff is for the tourists. If you ever went by those stalls, few locals are eating that.

[Norse]

Cool youtube channel

[zhaoyun]

I would eat in India before China to be honest. Heard some real horror stories from China about gutter oil and all kinds of crap.

India might be poor, but they make this stuff in huge quantities so it is fresh and doesn't linger and get bacteria. Spices help to kill germs. I ate streetfood all the time, every day when I lived in Asia, mostly Thailand though, never once got ill. I am much more wary with low to midrange hotels in Asia cause you can't see the kitchen. I got violently ill more than once eating chicken such places. Thought I was going to die got so dehydrated.

The government designated eating streets are usually pretty safe and clean. I've never had problems and it's generally well organized. The ones I would avoid would be someone just on a random street corner with a ramshackle cart.

[Norse]

The government designated eating streets are usually pretty safe and clean. I've never had problems and it's generally well organized. The ones I would avoid would be someone just on a random street corner with a ramshackle cart.

Good to know, that visit in the video to the communist restaurant had some good stuff, the Sichuan chicken, the cold and spicy beef salad looked delicious, reminded me of Thai dishes, where is it from in China do you know?

[RN97]

http://3teijing/Scorpions2.jpg
I'd much rather eat a fucking clean ass chink-made scorpion than a street tikka masala with a specially made sauce that contains enough fecal coliform to kill a dung beetle.

[zhaoyun]

Good to know, that visit in the video to the communist restaurant had some good stuff, the Sichuan chicken, the cold and spicy beef salad looked delicious, reminded me of Thai dishes, where is it from in China do you know?

Should be in Chengdu, Sichuan. It's a very nice city. I think he lives there actually because most of the videos are about Sichuanese food.

[Colonel Frank Grimes]

I would like to go vegan.

[RN97]

Most of that stuff is for the tourists. If you ever went by those stalls, few locals are eating that.

Really? That's interesting because my impression is that you folks consider the bugs and scorpions somewhat of a delicacy. So are they like "Let's puttaro a bunch of bugs on a stick and have dumb whituru peporre buy and-u eat them" or did they use to eat them, but not anymore?

[Mingle]

Most of that stuff is for the tourists. If you ever went by those stalls, few locals are eating that.

Wouldn't it make the tourists sick as their immune system isn't used to that stuff?

[Norse]

Should be in Chengdu, Sichuan. It's a very nice city. I think he lives there actually because most of the videos are about Sichuanese food.

A lot of this stuff seems like it could be from Thailand, maybe the Thai kitchen has some influence from China, at least the central Thai part.

[zhaoyun]

Wouldn't it make the tourists sick as their immune system isn't used to that stuff?

I don't know. Never heard of people getting sick from it. It's probably just crunchy protein.

[zhaoyun]

Really? That's interesting because my impression is that you folks consider the bugs and scorpions somewhat of a delicacy. So are they like "Let's puttaro a bunch of bugs on a stick and have dumb whituru peporre buy and-u eat them" or did they use to eat them, but not anymore?

It's not a common thing. And different regions eat different foods. China is a huge country, bigger than Europe. The Cantonese eat the most exotic foods, they eat pretty much anything. While there are other regions where they eat much less limited meats.

[zhaoyun]

A lot of this stuff seems like it could be from Thailand, maybe the Thai kitchen has some influence from China, at least the central Thai part.

Well, Sichuan is in Southwest China, it is famous for it's very spicy cuisine. So perhaps there is some cross over with Northern Thailand and Burma as far as the food goes. But FME, it is really quite different from Thai food. Also, the type of Chilis they use is very different.

[Porn Master]

:puke:

[Norse]

Well, Sichuan is in Southwest China, it is famous for it's very spicy cuisine. So perhaps there is some cross over with Northern Thailand and Burma as far as the food goes. But FME, it is really quite different from Thai food. Also, the type of Chilis they use is very different.

Yeah ok, though I've had those noodles or very similar in Bangkok. This Chengdu cuisine looks really fresh and green.

[zhaoyun]

Yeah ok, though I've had those noodles or very similar in Bangkok. This Chengdu cuisine looks really fresh and green.

I've had a lot of Thai food, and although some of it looks similar to Sichuan food, the actual taste is quite different. But the one dish that might be similar, is the use of peanut sauce in some of the dishes.

[Iloko]

Looks delicious..I would try it. Though the guy is touching his feet while cooking lol.

[Al-Meksiki]

I would

I'm not even worried about getting sick, since I basically eat things out of the garbage if they're thrown away and still in good condition

[de Burgh II]

I would probably research the area I would go to, beforehand. Seeing that the body may or may not get sick from eating certain foreign delicacies. I would probably stick with foods I'm familiar with if possible or remotely similar. Nevertheless, I would exercise caution in foreign countries because tourists or foreigners are perfect candidates to scam if one isn't familiar with the customs and mannerisms that is especially prevalent in major cities.

[PixieDust]

Any type of food item must undergo my inspection first. Critical time for not many continue on.