Where to find the best street food in Asia

[RazPaK]

All hail the chicken and rice stand on 53rd and 6th!

Asian street food is awesome. I've been to enough countries in that glorious part of the world to know.

I agree with Sashan. If it's wrong, I don't want to be right.

It's soooo good. Used to go there all the time back in NYC.

 

[shuttler]

春卷 chunjuan （Crispy! egg rolls）

狗不理 Tianjin meat buns

粢饭 sticky rice rolls with pork floss/preserved veggie/ youtiao （deep fried dough-stick) fillings

豆沙锅饼 doushaguobing （ beignet filled with sweet red bean paste ）

台湾贡丸 Taiwan gongwan mushroom and pork meat balls (or beef / fish (plain or fried) balls, squid (cuttlefish) balls in soup

糖葫芦 （或 杂果： 猕猴桃，草莓， 凤梨， 苹果等） tanghulu - sugar glazed bird pears or assorted fruits （kiwi fruits， strawberries， pineapple， apple &#8230

蚝仔饼 haozaibing （ scrambled egg pie with clams and scallions）

红豆糕 hongdougao sweet red bean (or green bean, sesame) cakes

 

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港式 干炒牛河 gang shi gan chao niu he - Hongkong styled wok fried flat rice noodles with sliced beef, bean sprouts, scallions and soy sauce

扬州炒饭 yangzhouchaofan - Yang Zhou fried rice

肉丝炒面 rousi chaomian - wok fried noodles with meat strips and bean sprouts

雪菜肉丝汤面 xue cai rou si tangmian - meat strips with preserved cabbage and noodles in tasty stock

炸酱面 zhajiang mian - noodles mixed with hot and spicy minced/diced meat, mushroom and bean paste: （thin-stripped cucumber optional or bean sprout）

各式 肠粉 assorted changfen - steam rice flour rolls with selected fillings （BBQ pork, shrimps, minced beef, shredded roast duck meat, veggie mushrooms ...or just plain (no fillings) - dipping in light soy sauce

港式蛋挞 Hongkong styled egg tarts

猪扒包 zhupabao - pork chop bun （popular in Macau and HK）

 

[Sashan]

All hail the chicken and rice stand on 53rd and 6th!

Asian street food is awesome. I've been to enough countries in that glorious part of the world to know.

I agree with Sashan. If it's wrong, I don't want to be right.

Once in a month would walk with my wife all the way from Grand Central to Chinatown and back stopping by Kabob stands, Belgian Waffle stands - didn't know that the best place is the highlighted. Thanks for the tip. Will try it out next time.

 

[KS]

@Sashan - hw have been bro ?

I would rather die at 60 enjoying all these pleasures than living till 100 fussing about hygiene.

Word.

 

[Sashan]

@Sashan - hw have been bro ?

Meant to ask you the same - Thought about you few days back and felt you had exams or something and I saw few postings today and I knew you are back again with a bang.

 

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萝卜丝饼 loubosi bing - deep fried shredded radish and wheat flour cakes

生煎包 shenjianbao - pan fried meat buns (optional springled with sesame seeds and spring onion on top)

帕尔木丁 paermuding - Chinese Uighur‘s spiced mutton crusty pastries/ small pies

广州/香港 云吞面 - Guangzhou / Hongkong yuntun fine noodles (Angel hair) in fish stock (云吞 yuntun or 馄饨 huentun = shrimps or meat veggie fillings in thin egg and flour sheet wrapper - similar to Italian ravioli ）

沙琪玛 shaqima - syrup glazed chunky fried dough strips pressed together and cut into bite sized cake-cubes

粉皮 fengpi - hot and spicy bean/potato flour broad noodles served cold or hot with chili. soy sauce, minced ginger and other optional toppings like ground meat, coriander, scallion, fried peanuts ...

奶油炸糕 naiyou zhagao - deep fried fluffy butter doughs sprinkled with frosty/ white granulated sugar （ kinda like donuts）

驴打滚 ludaguen - sticky rice rolls with sweat red bean paste fillings and soya bean powder coating

 

[ahfatzia]

Amoy Street Food Centre 7 Maxwell Rd. (Telok Ayer St. / Amoy St.), Singapore

Built in 1983, the two-storey food centre is located within the central business district. Housing many well-known stalls, the centre has evolved into a favourite lunch venue for executives working near Shenton Way. Be spoilt by the choice of hawker fare at affordable prices!


The Amoy Street Food Centre where I see many people eat the fried chicken rice in front one of the stall

Satay with spicy peanut sauce

Katong Keah Kee fried oyster omelet, the chef told me it took him 10 years of constant practice under the supervision of his father to make them perfect. In return I needled him: '' It's the temperature precision of the oil that makes the omelet, not you". He stared at me dumbfound.

Oyster omelet with hot sauce on the side - perfect food to ruin you dietary, but then, one can always make a new resolution in a couple of weeks

BBQ stingray with giant crawfish that taste like prawns. I let myself go just for this time, I told muself

I order a few cups of freshly made sugarcane juice to wash down those oily frysies. Hmm, no wonder I prefer Mexican cokes over regular cokes - the sweetness is sugarcane is unmatched by corn syrup.

Late afternoon still many people here. Why people must eat, as I walked lazily out of the door.

 

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Inventive Hongkong Chefs created this famous and yummy dish without any linkage to Singapore:

星洲炒米粉 xingzhou chao mifen - wok fried curry-flavoured vermicelli with shrimps, BBQ pork dices/ham, spring oniom, onion, red and green pepper ...

 

[ahfatzia]

Lau Pa Sat Hawkers' center

18 Raffles Quay | Chinatown, Singapore.


Lau Pa Sat near the downtown financial center, steps away from Amoy Street Food Centre

The famous La Pa Sat near the financial district is packed with the business crowd, but the lines move fast

This stall, the Shanghai Xiao Long Bao, has all sort of soups to go with its main product - famous Shanghai steam dumplings

Since you can eat the dumplings with you hands and drink soup without staring at it, you might want to see how chefs make their fresh noodles in another stall.

Hmm, the dumplings are good I think I'm ready for my 4th serving

After 4 serving of dumplings and two bowls of hot and sour soups I'm ready for my usual greasy Chicken murtabak

I stole a couple pieces of fatty fried pork bellies from my companion's plate while she loses on thoughts in the noodle making process.

I felt bad later so I order this to share.

 

[ahfatzia]

Random pictures of Hawker Centers in singapore

LOL they're everywhere, even on a subbasement level of a modern building!

 

[SHAMK9]

This thread makes me hungry

 

[KS]

Meant to ask you the same - Thought about you few days back and felt you had exams or something and I saw few postings today and I knew you are back again with a bang.

Yeah bro..had my finals going. Now vacations have started. So wassup ? Hey, you from CT right..hws the mood there right now ?

 

[Sashan]

Yeah bro..had my finals going. Now vacations have started. So wassup ? Hey, you from CT right..hws the mood there right now ?

So are you off to India for vacation or you are here?

The Newtown incident has brought in a sombre mood for many here. My wife and myself felt so gloomy that we have stopped watching news or talk about it and I have not been to facebook much in the past week or so as many of my friends post some personal experiences including my ex-boss who lived in that town for 20 years. But everyday there is something to remind me of that incident - I went to the local hospital yesterday and bought a coffee in the cafeteria and they said it is free and requested me to remember the victims. So sad bro.

 

[ahfatzia]

Pandi: an Indian Chef in China's Hefei


He came to east China's Shanghai as a cook in 2010. Before long he went to Hefei and continued his roti prata works. Roti prata is a kind of traditional snacks in India which is quite popular among the folks. Pandi mastered the roti prata skills in a culinary school of his hometown, Chennai.

Everyday at the launch and dinner time, Pandi shows up at his operating table to serve the customers in the restaurant. After a series of process including kneading, rotating and flipping, a mass of dough gradually turned into a piece of thin, large pancake.

After being fried with diced fruits or chive, the golden roti prata was served in porcelain plates for the customers to take. For most people who eat in the restaurant, not only Pandi's Roti prata are feasts to the stomach, but also the making process is a feast to the eyes.

Pandi learned the Chinese language after he arrived in Shanghai. It not only brought him the opportunity to chat with customers, but also a group of Chinese friends. He likes to hang out with his friends after work, sometimes going to the karaoke, sometimes simply a chat over coffee.

On his future plans, Pandi says that he has heard lots of interesting places in China and he would like to visit them one by one. But after the tour, he will come back to Hefei. "I've got a lot of acquaintance here, so living in Hefei makes me happy," Pandi said.



Pandi throws a piece of pancake as he makes a roti prata in a buffet restaurant in Hefei, capital of east China's Anhui Province, June 14, 2012. Pandi, a 35-year-old man, now works in a buffet restaurant in Hefei, making India roti prata.