During our year-long journey we ate some of the best street food around the world. We just didn’t have the stomach to write about all of it, so here are some of our favorite stories from other travel writers about street food.
Meg and Tony of Landing Standing are known for their iron stomachs and willingness to try anything. Here they sample the street food in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. But what’s up with that cat in a cage at the butcher shop? Big Flavors in Little China – Kuala Lumpur’s Chinatown.
A tea vendor in Kuala Lumpur.
John of Travel Rinse Repeat hails from Denver, but his nomadic career takes him on food adventures all over the world. In Berlin he pits two local street food favorites against each other: currywurst and doner kebab. Who wins? Berlin street food showdown – Currywurst vs. doner kebab.
In Berlin the wurst vendors walk around with propane tanks strapped to their back.
Tanya and Andrew of the Magic Travel Blog traded office spaces for amazing places. They report on Street food in Bangkok. They also offer handy tips on eating street food safely.
A vendor grills fresh fish in Bangkok.
Cole and Adela of Four Jandals are the Kiwi Adventure Travel Couple. They share the history and tastes of Eating street food in Egypt. It’s a history that goes back several thousand years.
We loved our time in Colombia. The writers at the See Colombia Travel Blog describe the street food so well we want to head back soon. Pay attention to the caramel snacks that are truly a religious experience: Colombian street food: The good, the bad and the strange.
A street vendor in Bogota fans the flames on some fresh grilled corn.
And bringing up the rear, so to speak, is our tasty experience with a barbecue stand serving a mysterious meat in Africa: If you are what you eat, am I an ass?
A taste of kapana in Namibia.
What are your favorite street foods?
With Little Rocky's help, Larissa stops traffic in Saigon.
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Sticky rice and mango in Thailand!
30Traveler recently posted..5 Reasons I Love Americans
We tried that in Vietnam and liked it.
Michael recently posted..The best donuts around the world (and the two worst)
Oh my lord this post is making me so hungry. We are in Sydney now and street food is good, but it’s also $10 a piece – Not cool. haha thanks for including us in this post!
Meg from LandingStanding recently posted..Playing with Turtles, Crashing Into Coral, & Pretending I’m An Astronaut – Learning To Scuba Dive
We found the prices for everything in Sydney to be about double those in the US, except sushi which was half the price. So we ate a lot of sushi.
Michael recently posted..We avoid getting eaten by a lion in Namibia
Great post! Although not what I want to read when I’m at a detox retreat trying to cleanse from all that street food i love so much
Thailand and Mexico are my top 2 countries for street food any day!
alex recently posted..How to Pack for Toronto – Packing around the Weather
Ouch, I guess that’s the downside of all that crazy eating.
Hi guys,
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Awh, the push carts! I would love to try that in Asia(except for bugs on a stick!). That tea cart would be interesting, too.
My Dad, blass him, remembered Japan after the war with then push cart noodle vendors. Mmmm; ramen on the go
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We hear lots of good things about street food in Japan so we’ll have to add that to the list.
Michael recently posted..The 11 best sandwiches in the world, which one costs only 35 cents?
My favorite street food period is a Doner, but my favorite place overall for street food is Japan. Still, I only eat it occasionally there, while I eat nothing but in cities like Singapore or Kuala Lumpur–it’s just such a bargain and basically the same stuff you would get in a restaurant anyway.
Daniel McBane recently posted..6 Steps to Becoming a True Backpacker
Hi Daniel,
The person above also mentioned Japan for street food. We’ll have to try it. You’re so right about Singapore, the hawker markets are incredible.
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