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El Chinito's chicharrón sandwich, Lima, Peru by Lauren Girardin

Shocking sandwich smackdown in Lima

March 29, 2012 · by Lauren · in Food, Peru

Think of Peruvian food and you’re likely to conjure food porn fantasies of tart ceviche or steamy lomo saltado. But, in Lima at least, Peruvians are gaga for sandwiches, day or night, eaten at mealtime or in between bar-hopping stops….

Mong Kok Night Shopping, Hong Kong

Mong Kok blocked

January 4, 2010 · by Lauren · in China, Food, Travel Stories

The social melee in Hong Kong’s Mong Kok neighborhood induces our first bout of culture shock on this trip. Most of the past three months we’ve traveled slowly overland through swaths of mellow and, relative to Hong Kong, underpopulated Southeast…

Eating live animals in South Korea

“Eating Live Animals” in South Korea on Matador Abroad

November 22, 2009 · by Lauren · in Food, South Korea, Travel Stories

We skip willy-nilly through the time-space continuum over on Matador Network, who just published my new travel story about eating live animals in South Korea. Here’s a taste: My chopsticks finally aim towards the last untried morsels, a substance that…

Sharing everything four ways

October 12, 2008 · by Lauren · in Spain, Travel Stories

Todd with pintxo | Photo by Lauren Girardin Todd and I spend our last day in Donostia-San Sebastián with the Baron and Baroness hiking Monte Urgull and making DIY picnic pintxos from bread, jamón, romesco sauce, and queso while sheltering…

Up with Pintxos! Down with Tapas!

October 9, 2008 · by Lauren · in Food, Spain

Pintxos at Bar Sagartoki in Vitoria-Gasteiz | Photo by Lauren Girardin For a couple of former New Yorkers like Todd and myself, the letter pair “TX” can conjure up some very foreign images – of ten gallon hats, big steaks…

Dining (mis)adventures in Morocco

August 12, 2008 · by Todd · in Food, Morocco, Travel Stories

Escargot aux espice in Casablanca | Photo by Lauren Girardin I like snails. I like them steaming hot on a cart in Casablanca. Stick a toothpick in their cute little head and yank them out of their shell. The meat…

Chi-town’s abundant meat tubes

July 19, 2008 · by Lauren · in Philadelphia, Travel Art

Wrigley, Cubs 3, San Francisco Giants 1 | Art by Todd Berman Much love from Chi-town, home of abundant meat-tubes, be they bratwurst, hot dogs, or polish sausages – they are served with love.

PhaNam cheesesteak fusion in Philadelphia

July 18, 2008 · by Todd · in Food, Philadelphia, Travel Art

Philly Fusion | Photo by Lauren Girardin There is a genius at work on the border of Philadelphia’s Chinatown and Old City. I wish I’d been hungry enough to eat at Cafe 900 where the signature sandwich of Philly has…

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