Japanese Yam Cart
I like to think this is an example of doing everything right. Let me explain why:
I took this in a fairly residential neighborhood outside of Tokyo at around 6 PM. People were getting off of work and on their way home to likely prepare a meal or pick something up for their families. Along comes this gentleman driving a truck with a wood fired oven in the back. He is announcing his arrival through a loud speaker mounted to the top of the cab, this sits next to a big Japanese lantern to fully give the effect. As people "hailed" him, he stopped and filled a bag with yams from the back of the truck.
I've seen a few of the taco carts around NYC that spice up our dismal street vendor culture, but why don't we have more? I'm sure there's plenty of legal whatnot to get a license, but I can't imagine the gyro vendors on the street have extensive training in food safety. These small purveyors add an energy and interest to the food culture of a city, a shitty hot dog on a stale bun is not "culture". The hotdog is, but the quality and presentation is terribly generic.
June 15, 2008
Perfection in street vending.
Eding Post
This is something that caught my eye on a trip last year to Tokyo. Nothing complex, just t-shirts and bags in the shape of fast food
- First, I thought it was a regular hamburger, but wehn I looked thoroughly, I realized that I was wrong.
- A piece of T-shirt has appeared from what was thought to be a hamburger.
- When something that we consider ordinary changes into a peculiar subject, our mundane life might look extraordinary.
Maybe a t-shirt that is shaped like a hamburger won't make your life look extraordinary, but it's a nice outside look at fast-food culture.
Yam Cart
I like to think this is an example of doing everything right. I took this in a fairly residential neighborhood outside of Tokyo at around 6 PM. People were getting off of work and on their way home to likely prepare a meal or pick something up for their families. Along comes this gentleman driving a truck with a wood fired oven in the back.
Tsukiji Market
One of the most impressive markets I've ever seen. Tsukiji gets rolling every morning around 6 AM. This is where virtually all of the fish that is served in Tokyo comes. The sites and sounds are incredible, auctioning of fish, motorized carts buzzing around carrying shipments from the vendors to shipping.
Egg Soldiers
I like to think this is an example of doing everything right. I took this in a fairly residential neighborhood outside of Tokyo at
World Dinner Maps
I like to think this is an example of doing everything right. I took this in a fairly residential neighborhood outside of Tokyo at
