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A shout out for London street food 2013
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UK music festivals: where’s the street food?
Not so long ago I wrote a piece for the Standard picking out one or two dishes that people might enjoy trying at various UK music festivals. In some cases this was easy because of the interesting selection of quality food available, but at some of the bigger, more commercial festivals, it seemed like noone appeared to care what […]
Tags: British Street Food Awards, burgers, Evening Standard, Festivals, frozen yoghurt, Indian, pizza, Trailers, veggie, wraps
London street food: some news bites
A few bits of street food news: 1 LONDON STREET FOOD FINDER If you haven’t already downloaded Richard Johnson’s British Street App, I’d recommend you do. It’s the best around at the moment, helping you locate your nearest street food – wherever you are. Plus you can rate the food after you’ve tried it. FREE […]
Tags: Brixton, bun, burgers, kerb, Markets, sandwiches, tacos, Vans
a biggish update on London street food in July
Wow, it feels like rather a long time since I did a street food tour of London. For a while after I launched the blog, it was the only thing I did on Saturday mornings. And then I realised I probably needed not to spend four hours eating fried chicken, schnitzel sarnies and flapjacks – […]
Tags: bun, cocktails, fish, gyoza, hot dogs, ice cream, ice lolly, Japanese, Pitt Cue Co, pulled pork, ribs, salted caramel, Stalls, steamed buns, tacos, Trucks, Vans, wraps
Introducing… Craig Ballinger, London’s secret street food accomplice
A few months ago, a man named Craig got in touch with me to introduce himself. A freelance chef and writer, he had been working with various street food traders over the last few months, and had lots to say about them. While he wouldn’t be able to review them impartially, it did get me […]
Tags: burgers, fish, flatbread, kimchi, meat, pizza, salt beef, veg, wraps
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
