If most tourists go to popular areas, the author is the extreme opposite. I like somewhere in the middle. I seek out highly-rated restaurants among LOCALS as a

If most tourists go to popular areas, the author is the extreme opposite. I like somewhere in the middle. I seek out highly-rated restaurants among LOCALS as a starting point. The fewer other tourists I see and the less English the staff speaks, the better. I also mix in places I see on the street that look good - they may not even be on rating apps; sometimes I get lucky that way too.