Travel Blog Dork of the Week: Daniel Roy – BackpackFoodie.com
Travel Blog Dork: Daniel Roy
Website: BackpackFoodie.com
Daniel Roy explores the world through his mouth. He left the comforts of home in 2009 to journey through Asia, the Middle East and Africa for a year to taste, smell and learn from the world. The blogs crafted from his adventures thus far make us hungry, horny (his food pictures are borderline pornographic in our eyes) and travel buggy. Although, the pictures accompanying his articles are a big draw, the real flavor lies in his descriptions of things he’s eaten and the life lessons those edible things revealed. He breaks down cultural barriers by approaching new food experiences squeamishness-free; seeing the real value of interacting with a country’s people through its cuisine. Although linguistically, Roy’s articles are crafted with simplicity in mind, the underlying themes he explores are far from plain. We dare you to read his most recent article entitled, Milk Alchemist, and not let it move you.
The Milk Alchemist:
Roy digs his spoon deep into the life of Manick, a street vendor in Kolkata, India, that has magical milk coagulating powers. A seemingly ordinary street vendor amongst thousands of others, Manick teaches Roy about India using only milk, sugar, a wok and wisdom. More than an article about food, this piece reveals Roy’s ability to focus on the important details and finding meaning in things others just pass by.
Roy urges the backpacker to live cheaply, but richly; to eat indiscriminately and with meaning. A proud proponent of street food (we’re with you Daniel), Roy gives Westerners some great insight into the world of food outside of restaurants. He schools us on how to approach street food with confidence in his article entitled Eating at Street Level.
Backpackfoodie.com is unique, engaging and revolves around the following philosophy:
To taste someone else’s food is to know the flavor of their life.
Daniel Roy, you are at the height of travel dorkiness and your work is brilliant.
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Written By: Anna Starostinetskaya
4 Comments
Cool, sounds like a great site – off to explore it more
Got to see Daniel’s blog through another forum and then found he is the travel dork of the week here. Great pick! Every post I read at backpackfoodie, I am at a loss for words.
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