London street food: some news bites
Mukhwas shortbread from Pistachio Rose (Acklam Road Market) 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... Read More
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 – however good they were – and should fill my time with other, more cultural things. So... Read More
Introducing… Craig Ballinger, London’s secret street food accomplice
Craig during his time as a salt beef sandwich loader (Photo: The Gaztronome) 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 thinking. Now... Read More
London Street Foodie on tour: tripe in Florence
Tripe is prepared from a stall in Florence (Pic: Sarah Hewer) 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 every opportunity... Read More
The Rib Man: making London saucier
One of the hottest sauces in town 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 the energy and passion to be up all hours of the night cooking... Read More
Street food coming atcha
Kimchi Cult’s Bulgogi fries 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: Kimchi Cult at the Black Heart What: ... Read More
New seller: Banhmi11
Fish banh mi 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 Food) and Fifteen restaurant’s 15th birthday held near Old Street held over the summer... Read More
New seller: Pizza Pilgrims
Margherita pizza 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 into a tiny van and driven around London on numerous occasions, they have probably made more dough... Read More
We can feast again: where to feast once the party’s finished
Beard to Tail‘s BBQ Pulled Pork Slider with Coleslaw at Feast, Tobacco Dock 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... Read More
New seller: Horn Ok Please
Gaurav from 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 I came across HOP, almost a year ago, Sandhya said that... Read More
