Dining Out in NYC: Tacos

Though I don't really make it out to Queens very often I've always heard Jackson Heights mentioned as a sort of go-to area for ethnic food.

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On a Jakarta sidewalk, skewers of grilled chicken are being served up with a coffee-hued peanut sauce. Beside a Bangkok office tower, paper-thin pancakes are griddled and filled with a sweet-and-savory filling of egg threads, coconut, sesame seeds and chili flakes.

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Dining Out in NYC: BBQ

Street food is practically a way of life in New York City. Hot dog carts and kebob/roast nut stands dot most corners while various brands of traveling gyro litter the busier intersections.

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To get them, "I go to places like the 99 Cents Only store in Reseda or other Hispanic working-class neighborhoods in the Valley. Parks are good too. It's the only street food L.A. can really claim as its own," Lin adds. "It's illegal and yet it's a ubiquitous part of L.A.

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It's a shame that Bangkok's reputation is often framed by the prominence of its notorious clubs and bars. In a perfect world, Bangkok would be most famous for something else you can pick up on the street — the best variety of wonderful, cheap food anywhere in the world.

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SURROUNDED by groups of civil servants greedily slurping bowls of soup at Chote Chitr, a tiny, family-run restaurant in the older part of Bangkok, our table soon overflows like a Thai Thanksgiving.

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On a sunny Thursday morning, Hakim Elnagar is up at nine o'clock and out of his apartment—a two-bedroom walk-up in the shadow of Yankee Stadium that he shares with his wife and four children—by 9:30.

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In his new book, "Street Food: Exploring the World's Most Authentic Tastes," Tom Kime, a chef who has worked in top restaurants in London, Sydney and Malta, reveals how to make 89 favorite dishes that he has tasted during his many trips around the globe.

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They're the ultimate New York small business operators, selling their wares from stainless steel carts as iconic as the yellow cab or the Brooklyn Bridge.

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Once again, street vendors are being targeted for removal by the city government

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The latest edition of the Seoul vidcast, SeoulGlow, is up. This episode showcases "dokkbokki", a typical Korean street food.

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A great food vendor in Queens gets some recognition. His food is absolutely delicious and unbelievably cheap.

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