Look for information about a popular street food before the trip
Before you go on a trip, learn the popular street food of the country where you are traveling. Browse through travel sites such as TripAdvisorOr popular blogs to find out where they sell it. Try to find specific recommendations, see the photos to know how to look like the point of sale. If you are worried, how the body will react to the unfamiliar food, try something similar in his city.
If you have food allergies, pre-check the ingredients of popular dishes and make a list of what you need to avoid. More can translate the names of products that you are contraindicated, and write them on the cards to show the chef if required.
Eat at one time with the local
In different countries, people eat at different times. In the US, for example, lunch is usually around 12:00, in Spain it later - at 14:00, and in Asian countries before - at 11:00. Try to eat at a time, which is accepted in a particular country. So you're more likely to buy fresh food.
Choose long queues
The best way to find tasty street food - ask the locals. But if you do not know anyone or speak badly foreign languageJust get up in the longest queue. The locals know where to clean and delicious. Most likely, you will not regret it. Also, look who is standing in the queue. If it is, the elderly, women and children, it means that the seller can be trusted.
Pay attention to the open kitchen
Street food is usually prepared on the spot in an open kitchen. This gives you an excellent opportunity to observe the cooking process and make sure it is safe.
Avoid trays, where they cook the old dirty dishes or dirty surfaces, where around food flying flies and other insects, where traders take the money with his bare hands, and then they touch products.
Prefer trays, which sells only a few kinds of goods. If the range is very wide, so not all the dishes are prepared on the spot, most likely, some will simply stale.
Keep the cutlery
Do not rely on cutlery, which is provided in the trays. They can be messy, and even if they are thoroughly washed, then most likely, the local water, to which your body is not accustomed to. Therefore, carry a disinfectant wipes to quickly disinfect before eating utensils. And even better travel with their own devices to accurately be safe.
If the taste is in doubt, do not eat
If something in the taste of food seems strange, just stop there, do not risk your health.
For example, when the meat is fed, it must be very hot. If you sold the meat cold, it is better not to eat, do not know when it was cooked. Pay attention to the inside, it was moist and to him there was no odor.
If the first meal seems normal, but after a minute you start to feel uncomfortable, do not force yourself to eat up.
Always avoid these things
- Trays, which sells food with ice or local water. Such water may contain bacteria, to which your body is not accustomed to.
- Products that can not be cleaned (they are likely to also washed away with water). If the food in nothing packed, it is better not to buy it.
- Not fully cooked and fried food.
- Sauces that are not in demand, and look as if they have prepared a few days ago.