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Eat Up!
USA Travel Guide is launching a series dedicated to great American food destinations, be they states, cities, hotels, bed and breakfasts or even individual restaurants. Considering our holistic approach to the travel experience, it seems only natural that we bust open this one element of any trip that most travelers let mire in mediocrity.
(Besides, it’s almost Turkey Day, what better time to talk food?)
If you’ve heard someone complain about the food on whatever trip he or she took, he or she no doubt blamed the restaurant or the staff or the lack of standards or whichever excuse, but we’re willing to bet that 9 times out of 10 the traveler his or herself is really at fault. It’s no wonder, either. If you don’t know how to have a good experience, you’re likely to have a bad one.
How do you know? Well, there is a piece of advice I roll around in my brainpan while traveling that’s always served me well. I’ve mentioned it before, and will no doubt do so again: when in doubt, do as the locals do. This couldn’t me more true than when it comes to deciding what to eat in an unfamiliar place. In fact, it could even guarantee your safety.
Did you know that most cases of food-borne illness during international travel are actually contracted at tourist-driven eateries? It’s true! Why? Because tourist traps aren’t dependant on repeat customers. It doesn’t matter if you get sick, because you won’t be back the next week. Thus, the standards start to slouch.
Local joints, on the other hand, depend on the repeat business of local residents. If a bunch of people get sick, the restaurant proprietor could be out of a job. Like any other local business person, he or she has an incentive to protect the customers, and that means not feeding them rotten food.
This is why the stranger danger associated with street vendors is way overblown, and also why that “American”-themed restaurant next to all the hotels has done more than enough to keep the Pepto flying off the shelf.
Join us on Monday, won’t you, for a series in which we do food the right way. No tummy aches, guaranteed.
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