Comments on: Street Food in Minneapolis-St. Paul http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/street-food-in-minneapolis-st-paul Minneapolis + St. Paul Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:23:37 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: noodleman http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/street-food-in-minneapolis-st-paul#comment-234779 noodleman Sun, 11 Oct 2009 19:57:07 +0000 http://www.secretsofthecity.com/?p=16077#comment-234779 <i>Newton Circus, I presume?</i> I don't think so. Looks more like something I would've found around Tanjong Pagar. (I just looked for <a href="http://www.streetdirectory.com/asia_travel/travel/travel_id_20358/travel_site_1" rel="nofollow">Newton Circus</a> and discovered the original location was demolished. Looks like there's now a flyover over the circus [roundabout]. But it's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newton_Food_Centre" rel="nofollow">reopened</a> elsewhere.) Newton Circus, I presume?

I don’t think so. Looks more like something I would’ve found around Tanjong Pagar.

(I just looked for Newton Circus and discovered the original location was demolished. Looks like there’s now a flyover over the circus [roundabout]. But it’s reopened elsewhere.)

]]> By: noodleman http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/street-food-in-minneapolis-st-paul#comment-234778 noodleman Sun, 11 Oct 2009 19:43:57 +0000 http://www.secretsofthecity.com/?p=16077#comment-234778 <i>Could you really call the hawker markets in Singapore street food? Weren’t they actually created to get the pushcarts off the street?</i> Hadn't thought of that but the connection would make sense. Street food is street food to me, I suppose, whether dispensed from a pushcart or from a stall. I don't think many satay stands had their starts as carts ... or there would've been a serious fire-control problem. <i>I seem to remember a lot of roti with sweetened-condensed milk, chocolate, and banana appearing at night.</i> Never got into roti. Satay, biryani and mee were my favorites. Could you really call the hawker markets in Singapore street food? Weren’t they actually created to get the pushcarts off the street?

Hadn’t thought of that but the connection would make sense. Street food is street food to me, I suppose, whether dispensed from a pushcart or from a stall. I don’t think many satay stands had their starts as carts … or there would’ve been a serious fire-control problem.

I seem to remember a lot of roti with sweetened-condensed milk, chocolate, and banana appearing at night.

Never got into roti. Satay, biryani and mee were my favorites.

]]> By: courtneylaurel http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/street-food-in-minneapolis-st-paul#comment-234753 courtneylaurel Sat, 10 Oct 2009 20:19:11 +0000 http://www.secretsofthecity.com/?p=16077#comment-234753 noodleman, street food, day and night, is one of the things I miss most about Asia. I seem to remember a lot of roti with sweetened-condensed milk, chocolate, and banana appearing at night. Now that's what we have to bring to mpls. That, and soup in a bag. noodleman, street food, day and night, is one of the things I miss most about Asia. I seem to remember a lot of roti with sweetened-condensed milk, chocolate, and banana appearing at night. Now that’s what we have to bring to mpls. That, and soup in a bag.

]]> By: Rat http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/street-food-in-minneapolis-st-paul#comment-234674 Rat Fri, 09 Oct 2009 16:08:53 +0000 http://www.secretsofthecity.com/?p=16077#comment-234674 Could you really call the hawker markets in Singapore street food? Weren't they actually created to get the pushcarts off the street? Could you really call the hawker markets in Singapore street food? Weren’t they actually created to get the pushcarts off the street?

]]> By: Rat http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/street-food-in-minneapolis-st-paul#comment-234672 Rat Fri, 09 Oct 2009 16:05:19 +0000 http://www.secretsofthecity.com/?p=16077#comment-234672 Newton Circus, I presume? Newton Circus, I presume?

]]> By: noodleman http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/street-food-in-minneapolis-st-paul#comment-234669 noodleman Fri, 09 Oct 2009 16:03:05 +0000 http://www.secretsofthecity.com/?p=16077#comment-234669 Can't upload pictures? Oh, crap. Well, then, how about we try it this way: <a href="http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/6701531.jpg" rel="nofollow">This is nighttime in Singapore.</a> Can’t upload pictures? Oh, crap. Well, then, how about we try it this way:

This is nighttime in Singapore.

]]> By: noodleman http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/street-food-in-minneapolis-st-paul#comment-234667 noodleman Fri, 09 Oct 2009 16:01:54 +0000 http://www.secretsofthecity.com/?p=16077#comment-234667 This is nighttime in Singapore: This is nighttime in Singapore:

]]> By: jane http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/street-food-in-minneapolis-st-paul#comment-234661 jane Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:50:42 +0000 http://www.secretsofthecity.com/?p=16077#comment-234661 This food looks great, but the hours seem heavily skewed to mornings. Crossing my fingers that street food continues to grow in the TC and there will eventually be nighttime street food. This food looks great, but the hours seem heavily skewed to mornings. Crossing my fingers that street food continues to grow in the TC and there will eventually be nighttime street food.

]]> By: noodleman http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/street-food-in-minneapolis-st-paul#comment-234659 noodleman Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:47:51 +0000 http://www.secretsofthecity.com/?p=16077#comment-234659 @jeffk: That's the Frontera taco truck. Actually, there are two of them, I think, because I've seen one also parked up around Maryland & Arcade in St. Paul. @jeffk: That’s the Frontera taco truck. Actually, there are two of them, I think, because I’ve seen one also parked up around Maryland & Arcade in St. Paul.

]]> By: jeffk http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/street-food-in-minneapolis-st-paul#comment-234657 jeffk Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:46:24 +0000 http://www.secretsofthecity.com/?p=16077#comment-234657 I encountered a pretty great taco truck a few months ago parked on the street at about University and Prior. I encountered a pretty great taco truck a few months ago parked on the street at about University and Prior.

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