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Lonely Planet World's Best Street Food mini offers an exciting culinary journey through the world's most authentic and delicious street foods. This book highlights a collection of vibrant dishes from various cultures, providing tastemakers and travellers with a guide to unique flavours found on the streets. The compact size makes it a perfect companion for anyone eager to explore global street cuisine on their travels.
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This book may appeal to you if you have a taste for adventure and discovering new cultures through cuisine. It offers a vibrant exploration of street food from around the globe, perfect for those who love travel and enjoy sampling authentic local dishes.

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Discover 100 of the world's best street food recipes. From taco carts and noodle stalls to hawker markets and gelaterias, it's on the street that you'll find the heart of a cuisine and its culture. With these 100 authentic recipes, Lonely Planet delivers the planet's freshest, tastiest street-food flavours. Gastronomic bliss awaits!

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Travel the world from the comfort of your kitchen! From taco carts and noodle stalls to hawker markets and gelaterias, it's on the street that you'll find the heart of a cuisine and its culture.

From the people who have been delivering trustworthy guidebooks to every destination in the world for 40 years, Lonely Planet World's Best Street Food is your passport to the planet's freshest, tastiest street-food flavours.

Each of the 100 recipes includes easy-to-use instructions, ingredients and mouth-watering photography, plus a section detailing how the dish has evolved. There are also tasting notes that explain how best to sample each dish - whether that's in a beachside lobster shack in Maine, a hawker market in Singapore or standing at the bar in a Sicilian cafe - to truly give you a flavour of the place.

Includes:

  • Acaraje - Brazil
  • Arancino - Italy
  • Arepas - Venezuela
  • Bakso - Indonesia
  • Bamboo rice - Taiwan
  • Banh mi - Vietnam
  • Baozi - China
  • Bhelpuri - India
  • Breakfast burrito - USA
  • Brik - Tunisia
  • Bsarra - Morocco
  • Bun cha - Vietnam
  • Bunny chow - South Africa
  • Burek - Bosnia & Hercegovina
  • Ceviche de corvina - Peru
  • Chicken 65 - India
  • Chilli crab - Singapore
  • Chivito al pan - Uruguay
  • Chole batura - India
  • Choripan - Argentina
  • Cicchetti - Italy
  • Cocktel de Camaron - Mexico
  • Conch - Bahamas
  • Cornish pasty - England
  • Currywurst - Germany
  • Elote - Mexico
  • Falafel - Israel
  • Fuul mudammas - Egypt
  • Garnaches - Belize
  • Gimbap - South Korea
  • Gozleme - Turkey
  • Gyros - Greece
  • Hainanese chicken rice - Malaysia & Singapore
  • Hollandse Nieuwe haring - The Netherlands
  • Hot dog - USA
  • Jerked pork - Jamaica & Caribbean Islands
  • Juane - Peru
  • Kati roll - India
  • Kelewele - Ghana
  • Khao soi - Thailand
  • Knish - USA
  • Kuaytiaw - Thailand
  • Kushari - Egypt
  • Langos - Hungary
  • Maine lobster roll - USA
  • Mangue verte - Senegal
  • Meat pie - Australia
  • Mohinga - Myanmar (Burma)
  • Murtabak - Malaysia & Singapore
  • Otak-otak - Singapore, Malaysia & Indonesia
  • Oyster cake - Hong Kong
  • Pane, Panelle e Crocche - Italy
  • Pastizzi - Malta
  • Peso pizza - Cuba
  • Phat kaphrao - Thailand
  • Phat thai - Thailand
  • Pho - Vietnam
  • Pierogi - Poland
  • Pizza al taglio - Italy
  • Poisson cru - French Polynesia
  • Poutine - Canada
  • Pupusa - El Salvador
  • Red red - Ghana
  • Roasted chestnuts - Europe
  • Sabih - Israel
  • Samsas - Central Asia
  • Sarawak laksa - Malaysia
  • Sfiha - Lebanon
  • Som tam - Thailand
  • Spring roll - China
  • Stinky tofu - Taiwan
  • Takoyaki - Japan
  • Tamale - Mexico
  • Tea eggs - Taiwan & China
  • Walkie-talkies - South Africa
  • Yangrou chuan - China
  • Zapiekanka - Poland

About Lonely Planet: Started in 1973, Lonely Planet has become the world's leading travel guide publisher with guidebooks to every destination on the planet, as well as an award-winning website, a suite of mobile and digital travel products, and a dedicated traveller community. Lonely Planet's mission is to enable curious travellers to experience the world and to truly get to the heart of the places they find themselves in.

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Lonely Planet World's Best Street Food mini is praised as an essential guide for both those travelling from their armchair and adventurous cooks looking to explore. It's appreciated for its ability to inspire readers to explore global street food cultures from the comfort of their own homes.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781760340650

Publisher: Lonely Planet Publications

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 March 2016

Country: Australia

Imprint: Lonely Planet Food

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 13.0mm

Width: 145.0mm

Height: 180.0mm

Weight: 352g

Pages: 224

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