> Fancy restaurants usually have access to purified water with which to
> wash and prepare food, and refrigeration with which to store it while
> they "wait for your arrival." Street vendors have neither, and the oil
> can be rancid--overused to save money--the food exposed to dirty hands,
> utensils, and flies, and the food not thoroughly cooked or heated
> through for lack of enough fuel.
>
> Eat wherever and whatever you like; food on the street is mighty tasty,
> but it's not necessarily "healthier."
I believe you are deluding yourself if you somehow think the hands of a
street vendor are not as clean as a restaurant chefs.
You have the benefit of seeing the food cooked at street stalls, and the
turnover is usually higher. Having spent a lot of time in poor countries, I
have more faith in street food than restaurant food, but then I know what to
look for too.
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DFM
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