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August 29, 2018 Food

What is your favourite street food? Part 5

Street food Italy

In Italy, the type of street food depends mostly on which region you are in.
I’ll post just a few examples of savoury food (the most popular example of sweet street food is ice cream obviously) but there are literally hundreds of different things.

Pizza

Pizza al taglio, street food Italy — Pizza al taglio at Trastevere in Rome
Image credit- Shoebill2

I don’t think you need an explanation for what is that!
But there is one type of pizza made to take away, called “pizza al taglio” (sliced pizza), which is prepared differently than normal round pizzas in restaurants. The dough is thicker and there are more toppings

Focaccia

Garlic and Cheese Focaccia - Michaelangelo, Aspendale Gardens, street food Italy — Garlic and Cheese Focaccia – Michaelangelo, Aspendale Gardens | by spits

This soft and oily bread is delicious even plain, but it’s often filled with various stuff (ham, mozzarella, tomatoes, salad, etc)

Porchetta sandwich

A sandwich filled with pork which has been stuffed with herbs and spices and then spits roasted

Lampredotto sandwich

Found mostly in Florence, Siena and nearby areas of Tuscany.
It’s a sandwich made with tripes/stomach from the cow, cooked in broth and herbs and topped with green or spicy sauces.

Farinata/cecina

Cecina, street food Italy — Cecina | by fugzu

Popular in Liguria and Tuscany regions. It’s a pancake made of chickpea flour. It can be eaten like this or be the filling for focaccia as well

Deep fried stuff
Many different options could be fried: seafood, polenta (corn porridge), mozzarella sticks, potato sticks, etc.

Piadina

Originally from Emilia-Romagna region. Can be filled with everything. “Stracchino” cream cheese is a popular filling

Arancini & Supplì

arancini, street food Italy — arancini | by stu_spivack

Deep fried rice balls with various fillings (tomato sauce, meat sauce, veggies, cheese, etc). different shapes and sizes, depending on the area. Arancini are from Sicily and Supplì are from Rome.

Panzerotti

Deep fried dough with fillings. Most common is just tomato sauce and mozzarella (similar to “calzone”). Originally from Puglia region

Obviously around the world pizza is the most famous Italian food but if you visit Italy, you will be surprised about how many different things you can easily find at every corner, most of them you probably never heard of.

So, what is your favourite “#streetfood”?

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August 27, 2018 Food

What is your favourite street food? -Part 4

Continuing my series on What is your favourite street food? – Part 3

Street food in the USA

Sonic Premium Beef Hot Dogs Chicago Dog and New York Dog, street food USA — Sonic Premium Beef Hot Dogs Chicago Dog and New York Dog

Hot dogs. There are differences in Chicago dogs and New York Dogs. But hot dogs can be found in most places. Read more about the difference here. Review: Sonic Premium Beef Hot Dog (Chicago Dog & New York Dog)

Tacos– Most Americans love tacos and there are tons of taco trucks in every major city in America. Some taco trucks do cool fusions with Asian cuisines too. I had some awesome katsu tacos one time.

Photo of L&L Hawaiian Barbecue - San Diego, CA, United States. Mini chicken, street food USA — Photo of L&L Hawaiian Barbecue – San Diego, CA, United States. Mini chicken Image credit- Yelp

NY style pizza – I prefer Chicago style, but there are tons of NY style pizza joints that stay open late into the night. They’re perfect when you’re trashed and need something to soak up the alcohol. Fold it in half and just go to town. Never at the risk of your life eat this with a knife and fork.

Slices of New York-style pizza to-go, street food USA — Slices of New York-style pizza to-go
Image credit- Lizard10979 -Flickr

Gyros and shwarma. There are a fair amount of these joints that stay open late at night.

Gyros, street food USA — Gyros
Image credit-Rita E, Pixabay

Walking Tacos. These are when you take a bag of Fritos, mash them up, and fill the bag with all the ingredients of a taco. Then you eat it and walk around the fair or whatever.

Street food Puerto Rico

Bacalaito– It’s pronounced, “bacalao” and is thinly sliced codfish. It’s mixed with salt, pepper, and garlic; then it’s fried to a crisp.

A tray of en:alcapurrias, street food Puerto Rico — A tray of alcapurrias
Image credit-Dave Cook / Flickr user: Eating In Translation

Alcapurria– It’s a street food made with a doughy mixture and then stuffed with meat and fried. The dough is called “masa” and is either made with yucca or green plantains. It’s not spicy but definitely has a unique flavour. Puerto Rican food generally isn’t hot (from chiles.)

Las empanadillas | by juantiagues, street food Puerto Rico — Las empanadillas | by juantiagues

Empanadillas– They’re called empanadas in other countries, but in Puerto Rico they’re empanadillas. Don’t ask why. It’s been like that long before I was born. If you know what an empanada is, then there’s no further need to explain what it is.

Sorullitos (hushpuppies) from Ponce, Puerto Rico street food — Sorullitos (hushpuppies) from Ponce, Puerto Rico

Sorullos- They look like mozzarella sticks, but they’re not. They’re fried cornmeal sticks. Most are served with a side of mayo-ketchup. All that is ketchup and mayonnaise mixed together sometimes with garlic added in.

Helados Chinos– This is ice cream shop was started in Puerto Rico by Chinese immigrants. It became a chain and is found in a lot of major cities in Puerto Rico. Its official name is “Kings Cream,” but everybody in Puerto Rico knows it as Helados Chinos. I hardly ever eat ice cream in America but will go to this place every day when I visit PR. Don’t pass up these ice cream shops that look like holes in the wall. It’s the best ice cream hands down. These ice cream joints are always open too, even at Christmas. I bet they make a killing. They’ve been around for more than a half a century. They have flavours such as passion fruit, pineapple, guanabana, tamarind, and acerola.

So, what is your favourite “#streetfood”?

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August 24, 2018 Food

What is your favourite street food? Part 3

Continuing the series – What is your favourite street food? -Part 2

Canada

Street food in Canada

There are many street foods available in Canada, here are some of the most popular:

Poutine

This is probably the most popular Canadian street food. It is available in most large cities across the entire country. There are countless varieties, but the most popular version simply consists of french fries, cheese, and gravy.

Beaver Tails

Beaver trails, street food in Canada — Three BeaverTails pastry flavours
Image credit- BeaverTails

This street food can be found in some areas, but it’s not quite as prevalent as some of the others.

Montreal Smoked Meat Sandwich

This dish is especially popular in Montreal, Quebec, where it originated.

Nanaimo bars

Foreign/Fusion cuisine

Canada is a country built on immigration. Because of this, there are countless individuals from foreign countries, and many have brought their cultural heritage with them. In some cases, a particular restaurant or street food place will merge into different cuisines together, producing an entirely new and unique dish. In the largest Canadian cities, you can find food from virtually every corner of the world, and several items which have been produced by merging two or more cuisines and preparation styles together.

Tim Horton’s

Tim Horton’s is a coffee shop which also sells baked goods like doughnuts, sandwiches, and tidbits one of their most popular foods. Tim Horton’s can be found in almost every Canadian city or town, and there are thousands of locations in the country. It is by far the most popular Canadian fast food place and is arguably an integral part of Canada itself.

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August 22, 2018 Food

What is your favourite street food? Part 2

Continuing my series on What is your favourite street food?

Singapore is multiracial so essentially there is a wide variety of foods coming from different cultures, such as Chinese, Malay, Indians, Eurasians, etc..

However, there are some foods which are popular and you can get them in any “food courts: basically, a canteen filled with stalls selling different kinds of foods/ street food“

This list basically is comprised some of what I feel Singaporeans like, so no hates, please

Please note: personally I define street food as the food served in food courts.

Street food Singapore

Chicken Rice

This food is essentially rice mixed with chicken which is either Roasted or Steamed ( sometimes they have fried chicken), the rice is much different from normal rice as it has that distinct chicken flavour taste and the sauce is so good ( I literally have no complex words in which I can describe it ) And for most chicken rice dishes it will come with a soup ( chicken soup/ sometimes it’s bean soup, again I’m not too sure because I lack the ability to advocate this, you will have to come to my country to experience it first-hand :p ) which has freshly chopped green onions in it.

This dish originated from the Southern Province of China ( Hainan ) And has made its way here in Singapore, over time it has become popularised among Singaporeans and thus I feel that this deserves to be one of the best foods on the list.

Fun fact: We do have a stall in Singapore which is considered to be one of the cheapest Michelin restaurants ( if I’m not wrong, one bowl of chicken rice costs $2.50 USD ) in the world, and it sells Chicken Rice so you know it’s the real deal 🙂

Nasi Lemak

This dish originated from our neighbouring country: Malaysia, however again it has found its way among us Singaporeans and into one of the most popular dishes in Singapore.

It usually comprises of Boiled eggs, rice cooked in coconut milk, Ikan Bilis ( anchovies ), beans, cucumber and chilli padi ( birds eye chilli ) the dish does vary though as sometimes you can have beef, curry, chicken in the dish as well. ( again do correct me if I made any mistakes.)

Laksa

This dish is honestly so delicious.

This dish originated from SouthEast Asia and has made its way here into Singapore, establishing itself as possibly one of the most famous dish in Singapore! It comprises of Noodles, Boiled Egg and Prawn, the soup itself has this sort of creamy sweet and spicy taste but the mixture is just really good.

It’s a Peranakan dish.

Roti Prata

Any true-blue Singaporean would have certainly tried this dish!

This is Called Roti Prata and is an Indian dish. It is essentially a flat bread that is fried and is usually served with curry ( the curry can differ from vegetable curry to fish curry ). Whichever it maybe it is extremely popular here in Singapore and it can be seen by many people eating it!!

Quick tip: I would recommend this Indian stall located at Kebun Baru it has one of the best ( in my opinion ) best Roti Prata I have ever tried, seriously the crust is crisp and the curry is just fantastic.

Last but not least

Mixed Rice

is essentially a dish starting as rice as the base, where the person gets to choose dishes which are differed according to prices. Essentially turning that empty and sad-looking rice dish into a canvas filled with greens and beans!! I personally love this form of street food as I’m able to do as many combinations as I wish ( steamed egg with long beans and potatoes YUM!, chicken and tofu and fish? Count me in! )

I have to give lots of credit to this dish as essentially this dish is a dish which can be varied in many different ways in which I can imagine!

Anyways, if you have noticed the dishes that are the most popular in Singapore are from different ethnic and groups. Singapore is a diverse society mixed with different race and religion.

These are just some of the most popular dishes in Singapore, there are however even more but I can’t add in as much due to time constraints.

So, what is your favourite street food?