Street food & markets — page 2
Page 2 of every Moreta Pay story on street food & markets: guides for paying like a local abroad.
Money myths5 min read
No, You Don't Need a Brick of Pesos: Argentina Street Food Money Myths, Corrected
Ask five travelers how to pay in Argentina and you will get five confident, contradictory answers. Bring crisp hundred dollar bills. No, use your card, the rate is fine now. No, cash only, especially at markets…
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Street food & markets5 min read
Blue Sign, Green Sign: How to Actually Pay at a Chinese Night Market
Picture the scene. You're standing in front of a chuan'r stall in Xi'an, the lamb skewers are smoking, and you're pointing at what you want. The vendor nods, grabs a handful, and gestures at a laminated board hanging…
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Street food & markets5 min read
Yes, the Coconut Vendor on Copacabana Takes Pix. No, Your Foreign Card Won't Help.
Walk through any feira livre in São Paulo, any beach promenade in Rio, any pastel stand in Belo Horizonte, and you will see the same small sign again and again: Aceitamos Pix. Brazil's instant payment system is not a…
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Street food & markets5 min read
The Khuushuur Stand Test: Ranking Every Way to Pay at Mongolia's Markets
Here is a scenario worth planning for before you land in Ulaanbaatar. You are standing at a khuushuur stand near Narantuul Market, the fried dough is crackling, the vendor is holding out your order, and you now have to…
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How to pay5 min read
Gwangjang Market on an Empty Wallet: How Travelers Actually Pay for Korean Street Food
The bindaetteok at Gwangjang Market comes off the griddle crackling, and the woman flipping it has already moved on to the next order before yours hits the paper plate. You hold out your Visa. She points, without…
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Street food & markets5 min read
Sticky Rice, a QR Sticker, and a Wallet Full of Kip: Laos Street Food Questions, Answered
The grilled Mekong fish in Luang Prabang costs more kip than your wallet can physically hold, the ATM just charged you a fee that stung, and the papaya salad lady is pointing at a laminated QR code clipped to her…
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Money myths6 min read
Nobody at the Pasar Malam Wants Your RM100 Note: Malaysia Market Money Myths, Corrected
Ask a group of travelers how to pay at a Malaysian night market and you will get confident, contradictory answers. Bring lots of small ringgit. No wait, everyone uses Touch 'n Go now. Actually cards work everywhere…
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Street food & markets5 min read
Dollars, Riel, or a Scan: What Actually Works at Cambodia's Street Food Stalls
You're standing at a num banh chok stall near Phnom Penh's Russian Market. The vendor tells you the price, you hand over a US five dollar bill, and you get back a small stack of riel notes in denominations you've never…
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Street food & markets5 min read
The Fishball Cart Takes GCash. Here's How a Foreigner Actually Pays It.
Stand at a night market in Cebu or a palengke in Quezon City and watch what locals do. Half of them hand over crumpled twenty peso bills. The other half point their phone at a small laminated sticker taped to the cart…
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