Mexican Street Food

"If you are what you eat, then I'd be cheap and easy." Anon

As the Latin American food feature writer for Suite101 I think it my duty to try all the different types of food available to me. Which is convenient, because I love street food.

Not only is it slimming, but it is a true taste of what the majority of Mexicans eat. I have had more conversations around the taco stand with locals than anywhere else. A willingness to eat what they eat makes you much more accessible and real in a lot of ways.

Aside from participating in the local culture, there is always the chance you will become violently ill. Not just a little case of indigestion, but a feverish cold sweaty condition that allows you to do little else than lay flat on cold tile so you're never more than three second from the toilet for days. (from experience)

It is this chance of this gut-wrenching-pain-to-the-point-of-contemplating-suicide side effect that makes eating street food a little dangerous, and that much more exciting. Every adventure needs to have a little danger, and culinary adventures are no different.

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