[food] tokyo street food

As a child, I was prohibited from eating street food because god knows what disease I could catch from eating food that's been exposed to all that grime, dust, & pollution. Granted, this was Manila, so those things were all plausible.

Fast-forward to 2009, where street food is the new "it" cuisine from New York to LA. It must be the cheapskate in my talking, but I love street food: you get so much for so little money.

I wish I had a chance to try more street food in Japan.

In the heart of Tokyo is an area called Shinjuku and “Yakitori Alley.’’ Literally an alley, this walkway has tiny yakitori stalls on both sides. Grilled on pressed wood or coal, these skewers hold juicy beef, chicken, chicken meatballs, and shrimp, all glazed with teriyaki. Equally delicious are chicken cartilage yakitori - the white triangular tip of cartilage between the two breasts, crunchy but amazingly tasty - and also chicken livers and kidneys, all cooked until pink and juicy. [Source]