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VANCOUVER: Tacofino food truck

I first heard about Tacofino from Gwendolyn who is a frequent visitor to Vancouver Island. The taco vendor was a huge draw in

VANCOUVER: Eli's Serious Sausage, Chili Tank street food carts and an Oven Monkey

Most of Vancouver’s street food carts congregate downtown or in business districts. I live in the ‘burbs. So I love it when they come to me. A few food trucks are regulars at the bi-weekly Steveston Farmers Market.

Eli’s Serious Sausage is a sausage truck. (Insert bawdy joke here.) I think that’s Eli in the [...]

VANCOUVER: La Brasserie Street food cart

Street food carts was one of the things I was most excited about trying after moving back to Vancouver. One of the easiest ways to find out opening hours and locations is this great iPhone app called Street Food Vancouver.

Since I’m still on maternity leave (or “vacation” as my mother likes to call it), [...]

PLAYA DEL CARMEN: Tamales and tequila

If you get bored of the all-inclusive resort life on the Mayan Riviera, a trip into Playa del Carmen is easy and cheap. Originally a small fishing village and artists’ colony, it’s increasingly catering to the tourists that flock there for scuba diving and shopping.

You could take a cab into Playa. The 25-minute trip from [...]

BEIJING: Crunchy critters

Cheap! Insects on skewers. 15 RMB ($2 Can) each.

Scorpions on the left. Not sure what’s on the other stick. But the snacks were mighty popular with the schoolgirls in uniform, who wasted no time ripping off each insect with eager fingers and digging in.

Maybe it was the mingling pungency of all the outdoor food [...]