Street Foods

Street food is a by-product of cities. Where people worked away from a hearth — Rome’s thermopolia, the night markets of Song-dynasty Kaifeng, the fried-food stalls of Edo — someone sold them a cooked meal they could eat standing up. It appears wherever dense wage labor does, independently and repeatedly, because the need is structural rather than cultural.

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New Orleans po' boyNew Zealand meat pieNicaraguan quesillo tortillaNiçoise chickpea pancakeNorwegian hot dog in potato flatbreadOmani grilled meat skewersPakistani bun kebabPalauan fried sweet cakesPani puri / golgappa / puchkaPapua New Guinean sago pancakeParaguayan cheese breadPenang char kway teowPeruvian beef-heart skewersPizza by the slicePlantain-and-bean frittersPolish open-faced baguettePopped maizePortuguese pork sandwichPuebla cemita sandwichPune sprouted-bean curry with breadQatari paper-thin breadQuảng-style turmeric noodlesRice with fried chicken and sambalRice-stuffed soy-meat rollsRomagnol flatbreadRomanian pretzelsRoujiamo meat sandwichRussian filled bunsSabich sandwichSahelian dried spiced meatSahelian grilled meat skewersSaint Lucian bakes with saltfishSaint Petersburg doughnutsSalzburg Bosna sausage sandwichSamoan pancakesSan Antonio puffy tacoSeattle cream-cheese hot dogSenegalese fried savory pastrySerbian grilled meat pattyShawarma wrapShengjian pan-fried bunsSingapore hawker chicken riceSolomon Islands cassava puddingSouth African kotaSpanish churrosSpiced fried plantainSpicy rice cakesSri Lankan chopped roti stir-fryStuffed Afghan flatbreadStuffed griddled flatbreadStuffed Salvadoran corn cakeSudanese seasoned fava beansSurinamese baraSwazi fat cakesSwedish flatbread hot-dog wrapSweet potato coconut dumplingSwiss grilled cervelatTaiwanese stinky tofuTaiyaki fish-shaped cakeTakoyaki