How I Got Sick Eating Street Food in India | Kolkata, India 

The words "Indian" and "hygiene" don't usually go together lmao what were you thinking

As soon as he grabbed the food with his left hand (the toilet hand) you should have ran.

Sometimes fresh fruit and veg can be a problem if it is washed in local water.

From what I heard from my manager, he told me he doesn’t trust street food since they used spoil food from days before and cover it up with spices and recooked all of them.

Hell... I would get food poisoning just getting off the plane right after i landed in India.

Indians in the comments: It’s not India it’s Bangladesh or Pakistan

Im here to see some indians comments : "its from bangladesh" lmao😂

i would never travel to where people bath in rivers, drink in rivers, toilet in same rivers

Rule of thumb when exploring food in India. Dont eat food from stalls/vendors even restaurants(that may look clean from the outside) that don't have a good amount of customers eating there. Connect with someone who could show you around.

Rule of thumb to anyone that is going to India, never eat a salad or anything uncooked in India. You are gonna pay for it dearly. No raw onions, tomatoes, cucumbers as you are allowing that bacteria to enter your body. This does not only apply to street vendors, as it is all about handling, and who knows what's going on in the kitchen behind closed doors in bigger hotels. Safe Travels :).

It is your mistake. You should never buy food from seller who didnt even wear shirt. Look at where he put chopped onion.

I am from India and I stay away from those vendors. You could have asked one of your fans from here to help you oot...I would have been delighted to meet you.

6:23 sweating was probably because of the food poisoning kicking in loool

As someone with severe IBS the thought of going to India feels like torture.

Never drink anything with ice in it from street food stalls in India. Some people make them with unfiltered tap water. I learned this the hard way a couple years ago when I also got very sick after drinking juice that contained it. I hope you are feeling better now. Cheers from Brazil!

*The golden rule to street food in general is always eat at vendors were the locals eat and are very busy*

The man had his dirty filthy hands in the food and you expect to be fine ? No way dude yuk

His hands and nails were very visibly dirty even before he wore the shirt, so that might be it. This is no way any shade to Indian food, I'd love to try some if given the chance, but being picky with the street food choices may be a wise choice.

After watching this video from you guys, I subscribed. Thank you for what you have done on chopstick travel.

nice vid I love Indian foods , just subscribed.

you asked "is it good?" i just thought "ohhh, how naive can you be??" what answer did you expect from food sellers when asking them such a question???

Having lived in India for over seven years, you learn , one food or another, to be careful there. Mine was beef , ate some that did NOT agree with me, and oh brother!!! Was I sick. So very sorry for this situation, but many have gone before......🤕. Still really enjoy watching you guys!

Great video Luke! 2nd channel is awesome

Sorry to hear that your sick luke, i hope you get better. :)

Got sick watching him touch all of the ingredients with his hand during the preparation....yuck!

Bacteria adds to the flavor of Indian foods! 😁

Yay u made another video I have been waiting for a long time

Luke, glad to find your second channel. So sorry that you got food poisoning in India. I hope that you made it back to your room before you became sick. Good thing it didn't happen on the boat ride. Looking forward to listening to your other videos.

I feel awful that you got so sick, but I also feel bad for the vendor and his wife. They seemed so kind and sweet. I'm sure making someone sick was the last thing they wanted to do.

Luke, I absolutely adore your videos. I've often wondered if you ever get food poisoning from all the different foods you eat. This is good information... horrible to endure. All the best.

thanks for sharing your honest experience! sorry to hear you got sick! it’s great you are sharing the great, good, and sometimes rough patches of food experiences.

I think there are precautions you can definitely take but still you have to accept it’s always a chance when traveling because we are sensitive to bugs and bacterias that don’t affect locals. It happened to me in Rome eating from a nice enough restaurant. I’ve also been to El Salvador a couple times. The first time I got deadly ill so the second time I took my own food and was fine until the very last day when I went to a big dinner with many people. Sure enough I spent more time in the airplane bathroom than in my passenger seat on the flight home. I just mention this so people accept that it can happen when traveling and just be sick, recover, and then continue your adventure!

late upload 😂😂😂 but i like it,informative 👍

I would recommend you to eat in stalls where they use plastic gloves 🧤 when they make street food, which may not be too many stalls but in *Park Street* area as well as *New Market* most shops started maintaining hygienic street food , and always go where it’s busy. But for Best hygiene I would recommend to try in *Haldiram Food City* they have couple of branches in Kolkata from Exide ie Chowringhee to Ballygunge . Hands down the cleanest and best place to try hygienic street food 🥘 in Kolkata. If possible try finding local food bloggers as well as check the *Zomato* ratings for the restaurants you want visit in India.

Glad you're fine. That must have been a bad experience plus the heat and everything. Thumbs up for being so brave to try lol

Problems I see: 1. Someone is sitting on the table bare foot. @1:30 2. Raw onions most likely at the temperature danger zone, that should be set under chilled container @2:23 3. Cross contamination.... Dirty hands picking up clean chips. @2:56 Chefs when they prep food they prep it in advance and pick up the ingredients using spoons or tongs, they use a cutting board and the food does not touch the chefs hands only his knife. You watch how he cuts the food with the knife in 1 hand and the food in the other chopping the food over the bowl, terrible food safety practice. This style of copping food over the bowl is only wise to do when you plan on cooking the food like a soup. I could have told you that food was suspect.

you're lucky Luke to survive that food poisoning. That part of the video on your boat ride, you looked like you were already feeling the effect. I also saw that plate of poison on the side when you had your head on Sabrina's legs. It seems like Sabrina said "I told you". Anyway...lesson learned. Stay safe guys.

When i was young i used to think Pakistan is poorer than India After visiting India and Pakistan both i can say Pakistan is cleaner and better than India. And theres street food is probably the best food i have ever ate. And I also got sick for 5 days after visitng India So i think Travelling can change someones mind❤️

I frequently go to Hyderabad in India. My wife and daughter lives there. My wife is very cautious with what I eat over there. I've never been sick but I usually get the opposite effect and get constipated. I guess that's from an overload of rice I ate daily. Great video..

Good video, glad you got better eventually. How does this relate to food in Indian restaurants in Europe? Do they have the same type of hygiene there or is it just bad in India?

bring your own food, water & air if you have to go to India for some reasons , sprinkle your entire body with holy water too

Words of wisdom luke..... Never eat raw Street food only well cooked food 😀

Indian people have a strong immune system to eat such food like that without getting sick which is their big advantage during survival situation lol

Street food is ok but you can get sick. I've gotten sick in different countries & it spoiled my vacation. Now I don't really chance it. I hope you have more fun times. I'm a new subscriber & enjoyed your video, greetings from New York City 🍎

Ugh, it brings back bad memories. I had food poisoning once, I was completely messed up for over a week. I really should have been hospitalized, but my parents didn't realize how bad I really was. I could probably have gotten better quicker, but alas... And I remember I couldn't eat solid food for a while even after I was starting to recover.

As a food safety inspection officer all I can add to this comment and don’t mean to insult the Indian culture or the Indian people but I’ve been to several Indian food restaurants in California due to reports of food poisoning , customers finding hairs in their food orders , food having foul smells. When me and my partner went to do a surprise inspection on each of the establishments you wouldn’t believe how disgusting those kitchens were, rotten food inside fridges, the floors were dirty , the pots were being used over and over again without washing, vegetables weren’t being properly washed either, the oil where they cooked was being reused it was already black, they were no gloves in any of those restaurants to handle food orders… they were dirtier than the Chinese kitchens we have been to due to sickness reports so in conclusión when it comes to Indian cuisine, is not the food , it’s the people who prepare it that they were never tough hygiene and food safety when it came to cooking. Interviewing some of them said they were street food vendors in India . I love Indian food but I prepare it myself, I don’t trust their food safety standards at all . They all have strong inmune systems because they are used to all of that so they don’t get sick . I don’t want to think how things are at their home , when it comes to food. And again I’ve met a lot of Indian people and they are really warm loving and caring and their homes are clean and their food is great . So I’m not speaking in general , all of my respect to them but when it comes to food safety I’d rather not eat at any restaurant.

im one of your fans Luke.always take care

I got back from India a couple of weeks ago. I went with my daughter and son in law. We got so sick we had to cut our trip short and fly home. We're still recovering, two weeks later.

Ah! I can’t believe you still ate the food! 😭😅 His nails...his sweaty body...his unwashed, soiled shirt and everything surrounding the food just looks so unhygienic 😰. And the bottles he used for the sauces...probably never cleaned them lol. 🤢🤮

the only video that i watched about street indian food that i find quite delicious and looks clean

You have 27K views on this video but only 9.8K subscribers. You should start out or end each video reminding or encouraging people to subscribe. It makes a difference and I think your channel is great. You deserve more subscribers.

maybe you got the bug from dirty hands, unknown sauce, dirty container or maybe dirty water they use.

Did you figure out why there feet are on the tables??

I am an ex flight attendant and went to all the street food stalls all over Asia. Including India The one and only time I had food poisoning was in a 5 star hotel coffee shop where we were staying as crew. I worked as a flight attendant for 20 years.

A loonnnnggg wait. Wish you could talk more abt how u deal with it in india and afterward outside India. It might be useful since this thing could happen to anyone

I cant really stomach their preparation, its so unsanitary.

Hi!! Subscribed to your channel already!! Nice to see u again!! Wooww!! Great to hear that too!! I would never tried street foods in India!! It taste bad too!! See U anytime!!

hi luke , stay safe always and take care. hope u will visit philippines . God bless u ..mwahh

Thank you for showing this. It reminds me that I should not eat anything that's not thoroughly cook when in these kinds of areas.

Come to Miri, Sarawak and try the best asian food

Dude you don’t have to sugar coat India street food. It is the dirtiest and one of the most unhygienic food in the world! You’re brave for eating it

good lesson for you, for all travelers.

People should not complain if they get food poisoning after eating Indian food. Anyone with eyes can see how dirty and unhygienic Indian food is. So if anyone wants to risk going to hospital by eating Indian food, then don’t complain.

That food was too fresh, everything uncooked and out in the open

I’m 100% confident that I’d get food poisoning if i eat something which is said to be safe IN INDIA :((((

33 degrees? you mean 91.4 freedom units? j/k awesome video, I've always wanted to visit India!

These food poisoning happens within india also. I m from south from tamilnadu . I went gujarat and stayed for 3 days. Ate in a decent hotel. Still got typhoid and in bed for 3 months. Maybe bacteria from our intestine dont goes well from food from other country or taste.

Looks like a nice guy and food was looking good, sucks it made you sick

Indians popular ingredients : Mucus Saliva Booger Dust Bacteria

Toughen yourself up!

Out of experience, trying to find a place that serves good food in india is so hard , even alot of restaurants have very dirty food

Even in places where the hygiene seems quite good, you can get severe food poisoning. I just returned from Singapore where after eating some hawker food I became EXTREMELY sick! I ended up in the hospital for five miserable days :-(

Come to Mauritius Island 🙁

I have enjoyed streetfood before. I did make sure that it was freshly boiled or fried, not some thing raw or cold. I did not get food poisoning from that. the ice in a fancy restaurant got me.

2:39 “hehehehe.. this stupid foreigner will eat this.. ehehehehHHEHEHE”

I don't know...the video is so sad. I felt sad watching it. Felt sad about your bad experience and bad about the person who made and sold the food to you, I swear the person was doing his work and did it with all good intentions, his intentions of serving you and even making a good presentation of his food - he probably went home that day saying that a foreigner ate his food and was clicking pictures and videos. I really felt bad about it. I have seen so many videos about Indian food and I'm so much curious to go there and taste it.

Look at the filth on the cap of the plastic jar !!!!

Sad but truth we indian don't use gloves, it's really very dirty.

Quite a few of my favorite vloggers have gone to India in recent months. Every time I watch one of the videos, it reinforces my conviction that it's one area of the world I NEVER want to visit. Too much noise, too many people, too dirty. Yes, I've had food poisoning before, and it's no fun.

I am Indian and lived all my life in India. I never ever dare to eat food from such places. Hats of to your guts. And water is another big culprit. It is not quality of water that spoils health but, the way it is handled by these street vendors.

India is still not so clean a place. The way I saw them handling food is so dirty. This may not be all, but I saw one for which the worker was all sweat while he is mixing the food and the dough as well. Take care of your health as we enjoy your videos. Good luck, good health.

"Its okayy" 2:07 ... Awhhhhh martinn that's cute 😫😫😫😫😫

Were you already feeling sick on the boat or did it take a while before the ickyness hit you?

Lesson of this story, don't go to India!

This video should be about a nice river ride and not about a random incident of food poisoning.

And they have the cheek to say pork is dirty and unclean, they wipe their arses and serve food.

1:05 (..) so sick that was the best for us to leave." LOL

Everyone who has traveled has got at least a mild case of Food Poisoning, Mine was in Bangkok 1969 I remember it too well Fried egg and Oyster with noodles. Still do not eat Oysters to this day.. LMAO..

that was a very nice sunset

Eating warm, uncooked food that has been sitting out in the Indian heat for the entire day is a blatant no-no. I’m throwing up in my mouth just watching this video.

Hey just came acrossed your video that made you sick.. I was wondering it the dish was good and / or if it tasted funny or didn't

Gosh i wonder where those hands have been in the last hour 😂

Please go with a local food vlogger, he/she will surely help u to find good restraunts and foods

im sorry but i wouldnt even buy food from a place like that here in europe if it looks that dirty lol u were asking for it

Talking about street food , well I got sick when I had VadaPaw in a local stall in mumbai but later my indian friends told me to visit good restaurants and street stalls that are hygienic. Restaurants are super clean and Hygienic in India.

I agree .. you have to be careful with street food in different countries.

Omg you poor thing ! It seemed that he did cross contaminate the ingredients that he touched with his hands, I wished they would wear gloves 🧤 to be honest 😔 I love Indian food, and I’d love to visit but I’m afraid of becoming sick also.

India is on my list of countries that I will never visit in my entire life.

Choose the food stalls carefully. Ask the locals which ones are good. No matter which state you visit in India.

I love watching this videos. Because I'm aware on what NOT to eat😆