Sounds easy, quick and convenient, isn't it? Indians have been enjoying this luxury and convenience since ages now. Street food is very common in any part of India you go, especially in Ahmedabad (the place where I hail from). There are streets full of vendors selling hot food and these streets are actually for transportation, but vendors capture a huge part of these streets to do their business and make a living.
In India we call it lari (stall) food. This food is usually junk and quick food. But the variety available in food on streets have increased over the time. So much so that, people can easily have a good nice meal or a heavy breakfast on these stalls. Almost all the food items are available on these 4 wheeled, flat, small stall. The arrangement there is to have food standing or sitting on a stool.
It's not that uncommon here either. There is a lane near Chatswood station, where there are people selling hot food on the street. And the whole scenario reminds me of my country. They have different stalls of different cuisines like Mexican, Italian, Indian and Thai. It's like a roadside market in the midst of which one can get fresh, hot food. But, it would be certainly amazing if we can have such type of food available all around Sydney. If you want to know more about it then blog sheds some light on street food. I am sure bachelors out there are nodding there heads!
Good one Nehal...you're right as that street in Chatswood is famous for hot food stalls. However, an example of having food within the comfort of your car is drive through facility available at major fast food chains!
ReplyDeleteYes, I agree but it's still different as we don't have the comfort of having the food in the car really! we can just grab it as we drive through.
ReplyDeleteThe biggest trend around the world right now is the recession; it’s the street food/ trattorias that provide good casual home cooking and great quality food that makes street food and trattorias so great! There are no celebrity chefs, ingredients are local and seasonal, and the recipe may be older than the building. Trattoria and street food menus are curiously identical and fiercely faithful to the old country. Great post Nehal!
ReplyDeleteThat's true David. Yeah, It's simple and cheap food and I love that. Good to know about trattorias as well. Thanks David.
ReplyDeleteCheers for the link Nehal. I've actually moved things over to http://www.streetfoodie.com if your interested. Would love to go to India some day!
ReplyDeleteHey, thanks for the reply. I will surely vist your visit your website. Yeah, India is great. Do visit it once.
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