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A Primer On Southeast Asian Fast Food

by ifoodtv

Street food is the very best way to glimpse the heart of a
culture.  You can sit and observe moms, dads, kids, and
grandparents all in a "play" of life right in front of you.  The
smells wafting by of spicy salads, grilling satays, flavourful
bowls of steaming noodles, chicken on a barbeque, and skewers of
fresh topical fruits and a plethora of sates.

It is an assault on the senses!  The colours you see, the aromas
you smell have you drooling shamelessly, the deafening roar of
motor bikes whizzing by intermingled in choruses of barking dogs
and laughing children bring a smile to your face, all amidst the
sticky humid blinding sun which begins to mesmerize you to the
sheer delight of watching life unfurl.

What is amazing about this scene, and makes you so very special,
is that each street vendor prepares your meal fresh just for YOU
while you get the added benefit of watching them cook-hey free
entertainment. If you watch carefully you can learn to make some
of these soon to become favourites-you know those tastes that
make memories that come flooding back as you sit on a cold
Winters' day at your desk back in Buffalo, New York.  Savour
every smell, every sound, every taste for you will be missing
this all too soon.

Part of the magic of Southeast Asia's street foods is that they
are loaded with flavors-perfect balances of
hot-sour-sweet-salty-amazing on the plate-it literally wakes your
very being out of the ho-hum of eating.  This isn't Mc D's for
sure.  You quickly develop the talent to tweak the flavors just
to your tastes.  You proudly add a dash of fish sauce, a squeeze
of lime and smugly add some more chilies while catching a glance
sideways to see if anyone notices that this farang is brave!  Or
do they sit quietly waiting to be entertained when you dive into
the fiery bowl you have just doctored to your taste?

Mai Pen Rai you proudly say to yourself-the new learned phrase
for no problem.  You have a Singha beer in hand to meet the
chance you have indeed over dealt your liberal offering of dried
chillie powder. You take your first bite and break into a sweat,
but settle back to the rush and euphoria of your bowl of fiery
goodness thinking this sure beats a smear of that yellow guck
called mustard at "Doggie Palace".  Already planning how you will
recreate this amazing bowl of noodles back in your own kitchen
you begin to ponder where to find those "mie"-rice noodles, and
the lovely salad herbs served on the side.

A loud motor bike comes all too close to your leg hanging out
from under the too-low for firangs table.  You react by jerking
your leg back and hit your knee on the table top-ouch!  Suddenly
reality sets in again, but you are taking many mental notes of
what you are eating and seeing along the streets of SE Asia.

This is how it often begins-the journey into cooking street
foods.  On a vacation or even from watching a Discovery Channel
Show where you view a wonderful simple dish you simply must have!

Mary-Anne is a featured member and regular contributor at
iFood.tv, a <a href="http://www.ifood.tv/">global food
network</a> featuring recipes from all over the world. For more
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