Yes, another plug for street food

Americans have no idea.

I think I’ll be kicking off many a blog with that opening line. It’s just so true. But before I give into the temptation of ranting about how Americans need to stop “opening their minds” to other “sexual orientations” and “sustainable living habits” and start opening their minds to other cultures, countries and people groups, I’ll restrain myself and move on to my original topic.

Food, more than any other variable, defines a culture. This is a debatable statement, but for the sake of brevity I shall not digress (this is where you all laugh.) Yes, it can rightfully be argued that due to the “flattening” of our world we are seeing more and more culinary fusions. And nowhere is this more true than America. I maintain that the best place for a food lover to live is Big City, USA.

But it is a subgroup of Asian cuisine that I wish to praise, one that has only recently been discovered by the Food Network and the Travel Channel. (I must remind myself to devote a posting to our hero of culinary travel, the master Anthony Bourdain; Tony, if perhaps you are suffering from insomnia some late night, and out of sheer boredom decide to Google your name, and then by some stretch of possibility you stumble upon this humble blog…drop me a line)

I’ll be right back…gotta go prepare for class.