Sunday, September 1, 2013

The best American travel writing 2008-edited by Anthony bourdain

Didn't read much of the stories in this book Cept for one on Singapore (three chopsticks by calvin trillin).Kinda narcissistic... The story featured KF Seetoh and how he brought the author to taste the best food, aka hawker food in Singapore. I think the story exemplifies again how food brings and binds people together. And very often when one thinks about a place or when someone mentions a place we have been to, we will tend to ask if they had tried a certain dish at a certain place. When friends visit our country, food is not missing the planned itinerary. The story ended with the author imagining what he would say to Seetoh of he ever visits NYC "but you haven't had a calzone yet...... You can't go home without eating a knish, it will knock your socks off." Exact same words that Seetoh used Cept for different food of course.

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