street food
noun
plural street foods
: prepared food of a kind that is typically sold to customers on a street or sidewalk and that is often designed to be carried and eaten while walking
Pizza is quintessentially a street food: a quick lunch or a quick snack often eaten standing up or on the go.—
Don Lesser
Don LesserTraditionally eaten as street food, empanadas are ideal for snacking on the go but are just as satisfying to sit down to for a simple dinner.—Melissa Roberts and Maggie Ruggiero
Melissa Roberts and Maggie RuggieroSatays, which are skewered and grilled morsels of beef, fish, chicken, pork, or vegetables, are street food in Southeast Asia, devoured day and night with gusto.—Karen MacNeil
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EW.com, 31 Mar. 2025
The beloved street food is fermented for days until deep-fried; the exterior is ultra crispy, and the inside is silky and custardy.
—Kaila Yu, Forbes.com, 29 Mar. 2025
That place will be dishing up Taiwanese street food.
—Jason Mastrodonato, The Mercury News, 25 Mar. 2025
This spring, Expedia has seen a 25% increase in lodging searches to the Korean capital, where travelers can indulge in cheap but delicious street food and explore grand palaces, including the UNESCO World Heritage Site Changdeokgung.
4.
—Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 17 Mar. 2025
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“Street food.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/street%20food. Accessed 11 Apr. 2025.
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