deana@lostpastrememb: Thank you!

Mark @ Cafe Campana: When the salad is as packed full of flavours and textures as this one, eating more salads becomes easy.

Simon L I definitely eat street food in developing countries, always have, even on that first visit. I do now eat some of those forbidden items, lettuce, herbs, ice and fruit that can’t be peeled. I have never actually gotten sick from eating on the street, and I think it might be because I don’t eat from places that are empty, look like the food has been sitting around for hours and other common sense points. I do, however, have a pretty cast iron stomach which is lucky given the amount I eat on the street.
I think that once you have an idea about how delicious and satisfying some food could be then being adventurous comes easy. I only wish I had a smidgeon of knowledge that Robyn from Eating Asia has!

You wrote about trying Som Tam in January. Have you gotten sick and built up immunity, or are the warnings all a bit of a myth?

I am always amazed at the range of street food on http://www.eatingasia.typepad.com/ and wonder if I would be so adventurous.