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"Lonely Planet Street Food"

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#1 iainpb

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Posted 19 June 2012 - 10:18 AM

I picked up Lonely Planet Street Food (Amazon Link) a few days ago and it's a great book, 100 street foods from a cross the world, a little history on them, where to pick them up in their native countries and how to recreate them at home. It's a great addition to my collection and i've started working my through it already!

#2 annachan

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Posted 20 June 2012 - 03:56 AM

I bought that a while back. Some of the stuff is quite....hmm....strange. Like breakfast burrito - not what I would consider street food. I mainly bought the book for the egg waffle recipe as I do have an old fashion egg waffle pan. Turned out pretty well.

#3 liuzhou

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Posted 20 June 2012 - 07:31 AM

As an expat who has lived in two Chinese cities which were described in a Lonely Planet guide, but which they had obviously never visited, I tend to give them a wide berth.

They are fine for backpackers, but are out-of-date at least a year before they are published, if they were even accurate in the first place.

Edited by liuzhou, 20 June 2012 - 07:35 AM.

...your dancing child with his Chinese suit.





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