I think I should clarify up front that Street Food Divas isn’t limited to Street Food or contributions from females. We focus on the opposite of fine dining. At the beginning I thought we would be chronicling trips to street food sites, but realized it would be more than that.
I’ve been hosting themed dinner parties with friends for years, I have a lot of friends that love food and we like to plan, cook and eat together. I thought I’d share what we’ve done and some of the things we love in addition to trips we take for food and fun. Our trips are not sponsored, and are for the typical traveler, or should I say, NOT the luxury traveler. My goal is to have interaction with local people, eating local food, and share our experiences so you can either do as we did, or at least learn from our experiences.
I grew up in a household where my father worked full time and my mother hated to cook, so I took a turn once a week cooking for the family. As a 5th grader I could break down a chicken in less than 5 minutes. In middle school I worked in the cafeteria and wanted to be the lunch lady when I grew up, and I’m glad to say my tastes have evolved some over the years.
My thoughts revolve around cooking/eating and traveling, it’s the reason I work, so I can travel and experience other places and learn about them through food.
My name is Susan and I’m a paralegal by day, wife, mom to older teenager sons, and 2 dogs. Pretty typical. Born in Japan to a Japanese mom and military father, I came to the US when I was just several months old. My mom really tried to cook “American” food to appease my dad and also to adapt to her new country but she, quite honestly, wasn’t a good cook at either American or Japanese food. Ketchup ground beef tacos. Yeah. Fortunately, my taste buds have matured as I’ve gotten older.
For me, food isn’t about fancy surroundings or even sitting down at a table in some cases. It can be as simple as a $1 fish taco from a roadside stand on a side street in a beach town in Mexico while chugging a $1 cerveza, eating the freshest sushi and sashimi from 7-11s in Tokyo (honestly, Google it) or a bentobox aboard the bullet train in Japan. Sometimes if you go off the beaten path, you find the most interesting places and people and experiences. This is what life is about in my opinion. I’m passionate about travel
Join me as we explore tasty food!