Comments on: 032 – Doing things local

By: Mr Samui

Mr Samui — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 04:02:46 +0000

The food in South East Asia is legendary. I am sitting in my office feasting on home prepared mango and salsa with sticky rice. Oh an as a side dish of chicken on a stick like an over-sized kebab,with a major major spice added. All of this for 50 baht or roughly 1.30 American dollars.

By: Michael Brown

Michael Brown — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 04:20:22 +0000

What a great podcast, both funny and highly informative. I am a big fan of trying local delicacies and have had so many amusing experiences. They always say that you can eat anything as long as you donâ€™t think about it too much.

One of my personal favorites was the local breakfast in Bali known as Bubur Mebasa. It is served in a large leaf and is similar to curry and rice but is extremely hot. If you are ever offered this delicious meal, make sure you have at least 4-5 bottles of cold water handy!

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By: Craig and Linda

Craig and Linda — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 06:25:12 +0000

We’ve been hogging out on street food here in Kuala Lumpur. It’s beautiful and oh-so-cheap after European chains. There’s heaps of freshly cooked food around and it’s all so good.

By: Patricia Hamilton

Patricia Hamilton — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 03:51:29 +0000

Eating local is the way to go! So many reasons today (GAS prices being uppermost on most people’s minds) – but supporting your neighbors who are the growers and preparers is another as is the quality of the food. Me and two others (Stanford University chef Bruce Biron and a Certified Exercise Physiologist Janel Willette) have put together “California Healthy, Southern California Edition,” for your enjoyment. Winner of two book awards and endorsed by David L. Katz, MD, there’s nothing else like it (think “Healthy Highways” on steroids – organic and sustainable, of course).

By: Julia

Julia — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:57:53 +0000

Thanks for the podcast! I wanted to let you know that we included a link to this one on our blog recently:

http://www.idealist.org/if/idealist/en/Blog/Controller/viewEntry?permalink-title=podcast-roundup–travel-with-a-conscience

We have a podcast called “Two Fools. One Adventure. No Idea: Tuxedo Travels and CouchSurfing.com” that you might enjoy. It’s here: http://www.idealist.org/podcasts

Thanks!
Julia

By: Craig and Linda

Craig and Linda — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 10:20:56 +0000

Cheers guys, I often find food and drink plays a big part in my memories of a place, so I think that risk element is an important one.

Take the risk.

By: Mark Peacock

Mark Peacock — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 00:41:13 +0000

Eating local seems to be a popular topic of late.

At the Travelcommons.com web site, I blogged about the growth of local foods in airports. I look show up early for flights out of Memphis so that I can grab a plate of pork bar-b-que.

In TravelCommons #57, which also featured Craig’s bluetooth keyboard suggestion, I told the story of wandering Center City Philadelphia in search of breakfast and found my local food fix in the form of an egg, cheese and scrapple sandwich bought from a street vendor. This takes time, though. It would’ve been much easier for me to grab the usual generic breakfast in the hotel than go outside and find the scrapple sandwich vendor. I’m glad I had the time when I was in Phila, but business travelers don’t often have that luxury.

A few years ago, in TravelCommons episodes #8 and #9, I talked about the “insurance” people believe they get from choosing well-known brands over local fare — avoiding the risk of a bad meal, but missing the opportunity to savor the great local fare and build lasting memories such as the ones mentioned by previous posters. It’s probably easier to take that risk with a meal (you can always leave and grab a bite elsewhere) than it is with, say, a hotel.

By: George

George — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 03:02:16 +0000

All this talk is getting me hungry. I am craving the Grigliata San Tucci…

By: Gary

Gary — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 11:51:55 +0000

A dish I had in Rarotonga and Tahiti. It is known as Poisson Cru in French Polynesia and ika mata in the Cook Islands.

It is tuna marinated in lime juice and coconut milk with cucumber, onions and tomato.

It is excellent.

I’ve also just had a great dish in the Philippines called kare kare, which is a beef dish in a peanut sauce.

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By: Linda

Linda — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 11:40:09 +0000

Oh man, there’s so much good stuff out there. Lunch today was pretty fantastic – we went for a walk with two teachers yesterday and found wild mushrooms, which we picked. Then today, the teachers cooked them for us, schnitzel-style. Local mushrooms and local beer – excellent. Cheers, Eva and Annie.

By: Craig

Craig — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 11:18:22 +0000

The best food I’ve had recently was in Assisi, Italy in a little tratoria called San Tucci. The Grigliata San Tucci, the house special, consists of balls of mozzerella cheese wrapped in thin beef steak and grilled over an open fire.

YUM!