Comments on: Do You Visit The Shabbiest Looking Restaurants For The Best Food When Traveling?

By: Deniz

Deniz — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 02:27:01 +0000

While traveling (and I’ve traveled a lot), I always tried to ask locals where the best places to eat were. I’m not a fan of over-priced touristy restaurants, so I thought that was the best way to avoid that. Eating authentic food is definitely a must. And, I have yet to have a bad experience from eating food from a cart off the street…it’s always so good!

By: daryl

daryl — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 13:28:30 +0000

i would tend to agree with you on this one. in malaysia, all the open air restaurants with cheap plastic furniture and a slightly dirty look to them serve the tastiest food. i won’t order non-bottled drinks but the food is delicious. i also like to eat the food from the carts, its usually the tastiest and most authentic.

By: Anil Polat

Anil Polat — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 01:50:10 +0000

haha – great that you noticed the chicken in the picture, I didn’t think anyone would notice!

I like the adventure of finding the great food with the risk of a foul stomach, but that’s not for every traveler for sure.

It was nice to find you via Travel Rants, I’ll add you to my RSS reader to follow along.

By: Jack from eyeflare travel tips

Jack from eyeflare travel tips — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 20:16:24 +0000

Nope, not the shabbiest one, still. But… It should be said I tend to stay in some very cheap places… So the shabbiest won’t just have a chicken running on the floor, it’ll hang out with the cook!

What I’m trying to say is, the shabbiest place in some destinations is guaranteed to give you food poisoning or worse.

Oh, and so are many of the cheaper places in London… But that’s another story.