Where would we be without globalization?
Especially for food lovers like me?
I can’t imagine not living in a place and time where I have access to Vietnamese pho, French crepes, Cantonese dim sum, Mexican fish and carne asada tacos, Japanese unagi (roasted eel), Korean BBQ ribs, Argentine empanadas… and much, much more.
How lucky am I that I have enough discretionary income to eat at so many wonderful places and try all types of delicious foods (without traveling to distant lands). So no, my budget doesn’t accommodate weekly jaunts to Spago, but that’s okay. I can (and have) splurged for a swanky restaurant once in a while.
Besides, the $10/person dim sum place I visited this morning probably made me just as happy (and my wallet even happier).
Related posts:
mmm…..reading this made me hungry =P
My globalization moment was this: Watching an Italian-American Chef (Rachael Ray) on Turkish TV, admiring her German made Japanese veggie knife (Wüsthof Santoku knife) while preparing Thai Food and ordering the knife via e-Bay…
I couldn’t agree with you more. And having an international travel addiction (with little-to-no vacation time) doesn’t help, but at least being able to eat the foods whenever I want from various places down the road is amazing!
(This is also why I -LOVE- big cities. You will be able to find every type of food imaginable!)
And where was this little Dim Sum place if I might ask?
Yum. I love getting dimsum. I think for the price you spend, you come out pretty happy and full. I usually spend $15 for 2 people.
Dim sum is great. I haven’t tried most of the other stuff you mentioned though… (might have to do some exploring this weekend?)
you should check out the book ‘The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century’ by Thomas L. Friedman
I agree, I love foreign food