Street food?

Nick-H

OK, I admit it, I am over-cautious. Especially when advising other people!

Something I wouldn't miss here in Chennai is the Rs2/50 chai stalls. But my system is a little bit used to Chennai germs

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70s-80s overlander

Hmmm. I don't know whether it's the yogurt that is ALWAYS served with a train meal -- or whether it is because the train meals appear as if they are LITERALLY left over from the British era -- or whether the folks running the trains -- especially the overnight trains -- realize that a train full of sick passengers would lead to a horrendous mess. In any case, I have always considered any meal served by the train folks, including at the train canteen, to be safe safe SAFE. Comments?

sharm

Is food served on Rajdhani trains good and safe to eat?

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Nick-H

Oh god.

A trainfull of sick passengers.

What a horrible mental picture.

Thanks, 70s

Oh... in my limited experience train food is safe to eat. Not necessarily pleasant, but safe.

greenchutney

for the most part is. rajdhani is the premier train of the railways.

sharm, its all in your karma specifically when eating some of this stuff is concerned. as everyone has pointed out, there is no telling when that bug will squat in your stomach. you can take some precautions to reduce the risk.

in general for train food, i usually have the meals if they handed out from a big station. not in the small stations. these are for trains that dont have pantry cars. chance that there some better quality control at the big station over the small ones where they may have been kept out for a longer time or preparation hygiene might be doubtful.

look there is cold street food and there is hot street food. lot of people here have talked about hot street food..which is lesser on the risk scale than cold food like bhelpuri, pani puri. these days in big cities, you have plenty of alternatives to the street stall...and lower risk rating. you can get the same bhelphuri in quality roadside restaurants/ windows on the wall..can you fall sick from there?..possibly..but its all about risk, lowering it by using some common sense thinking.

greenchutney

ha! with all that poop!!

....like the great wall, that railway track till the destination station can be seen from the moon..

rjthrelkeld

I was in India, from north to south, last year for four months and ate street food without any negative consequences. Beware of sugarcane juice when ice is added. You can ask for no ice and they'll happily oblige.

Have fun and good luck.

Robert

ChrisJ

Rajdhani (as with almost all railway food in my opinion) is very good. The Rajdhani trains also do their best to cater to foreign tourists with the menu but it's pretty hit and miss. All I would say is stick to the Indian menu. I had a really weird cream of chicken stew with mystery pasta last time I tried the western menu - which was very odd! The fish fry starter was ace though.

I have never had a problem eating street food in India. I don't buy any cold food though. My rule is if it's piping hot or been on the boil all day its OK. (The main side effect I have had from street vendors was a major tikki addiction!)

Chris.

Sensi

I always eat street food it is often terrific. However i am always very skeptical! If it look the least bit suspicious.. i'm off!
Only go for the hot and really tasty looking stuff. also if others are eating it it can be a good sign.

Shark

Avoid street food?? You have got to be kidding!! Street food is one of most appealing things about India. In my six trips to India (and with two young children), eating street food has been part of the experience of India and we have never got food poisoning. To suggest that a restaurant is safer where you don't know what is going on behind closed doors in the kitchen is foolhardy. Having said that of course there would be street food stalls that aren't up to scratch but hey let's not boycott street food in India. That would be a gold medal sin...

Nick-H

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himadventures

I would suggest and strongly reccommend that you should never ever try to try this.

This may land you in such a trouble that your whole vocation will be spoiled and you will be needing people to attend to you on hospitals.

If you want to eat CHAT and PANI PURI-there are god shops in different cities.

Imagine I have seen a A/C PAN SHOP in PUNE last month. But standing in street of INDIA and eating..and feel that it's hygenic is a dream which can land anyone .....in a hospital.

Penri

Saw something similar at the food court at Tidel Park yesterday. One of the guys serving the south indian buffet bent under the counter, spat in his plastic-gloved hand, wiped it on a towel, stood up and continued to serve (including handling chappatis)

Packed lunches from now on.

Nick-H

Don't worry... it's all part of training up your immune system!

dan37_123

That is hilarious.

lol
dan