London Street Foodie on tour: tripe in Florence
The joy of street food is that it can be eaten anywhere. Trucks travel, stalls can be set up at short notice and trailers can be loaded and unloaded with relative ease – and of course streets tend to be excellent hosts. Here at LondonStreetFoodie we like to travel – that is, I have always taken [...]
Tags: bun, Florence, Italian, sandwich, tripe
The Rib Man: making London saucier
Let’s play a little game. But first, a few things. One, this is a mostly multiple choice kind of game so you can’t prepare for it. Two, the man in question is one of the best examples of why London street food is buzzing, not only because his ribs taste good but because he has [...]
Tags: Brick Lane, bun, hot sauce, pork, pulled pork, ribs, sandwich
Street food coming atcha
It looks like British weather might have finally got over itself. This means that there is no excuse for failure to explore the street food markets and the splattering of new pop-ups that are trundling through London. Here is our handy list to help you plan your best line of attack. RESIDENCY OF THE MONTH: [...]
Tags: burgers, fish, fried chicken, hot dogs, kimchi, Markets, pizza, ribs, salt beef
New seller: Banhmi11
On this rainy afternoon I would like to introduce something that I reckon if you think about enough, might even warm you up. This is Banhmi11, a London street food stall run by Van and Anh who I have eaten from a few times in the last year, the first being at the eat.st (now Kerb [...]
Tags: Broadway Market, pizza, Soho, soup, Vietnamese
New seller: Pizza Pilgrims
If you are having a bit of an off day, I know a team of people who you can count on to cheer you up. Two brothers, James and Thom Elliot began their street food business Pizza Pilgrims around a year ago. And what a year it has been. In that time they have squeezed [...]
Tags: pizza, Soho
We can feast again: where to feast once the party’s finished
Who made it to Feast a few weeks ago at Tobacco Dock? Sadly I couldn’t but I have been to past events and I think it’s a good format. The organisers have struck the right balance of presenting existing street food traders with the opportunity of getting continuous trade for 3-4 days and also restaurants [...]
Tags: burgers, Markets, pulled pork, risotto balls, sweet stuff
New seller: Horn Ok Please
It has been a wee while since a new seller profile made an appearance but I am pleased to direct you to LSF’s new trader, Horn Ok Please (HOP). I have visited Gaurav and Sandhya’s Indian street food stall on a number of occasions and felt it was about time word was spread. The first time [...]
Tags: borough, In, kerb
Some new London street food traders
While I am loath to recycle writing material, I realised that my blog has a slightly different audience to that of the London Evening Standard (where I work during the week). Given that my primary aim with LSF has always been to simply to show people what delicious, affordable food there is to eat [...]
Tags: fish, pizza, pulled pork, sandwiches, sweet stuff
