What’s even better than travelling the world?
Eating it, that’s what.
We may not eat a whole lot of street food in Toronto (apart from bolting down a hot dog outside the Roger’s Centre to avoid those sky-high prices inside the stadium). But when we’re travelling, especially in Asia, it’s time to forget about making reservations and grab some street food from a night market or hawker.
That’s what Melissa Hie, the girl in girleatworld on Instagram, is doing. After moving to Singapore by herself in 2009, she discovered her love for being on the road and travelled across Asia and Europe.
Having sampled all the delicious food from Bali, Korea, Switzerland, Greece, and more, Melissa decided that travelling solo wasn’t going to stop her from sharing all her adventures with the rest of the world.
Talking on her website, girleatworld.net, Melissa said, “I went on my first backpacking trip to Europe by myself. I didn’t feel like asking strangers to take pictures of me and I’m not too fond of selfies, but I AM always eating so I took pictures of food at whatever memorable site I was in. Then I posted these pictures to my personal Facebook where I received positive feedback from friends so I kept on taking one at every city I visited, for my own personal amusement.”
From Hello Kitty donuts in Japan to candied fruit skewers in China, Melissa has tried it all. (Perhaps we should introduce her to doughnut ice cream cones?)
The high quality food pictures in stunning locations – with some truly epic backdrops like the Sydney Opera House and the Eiffel Tower – has the combined effect of making us famished and igniting our wanderlust.
Need more inspiration? Check out these 30 places to visit before you turn 30, or 15 vacations to take before you have kids.
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