Street Foods Fever Worldwide!

Street foods are widely serve in Philippine sidewalk.It is obtainable from street side vendor often from a makeshift or portable stall. While some street foods are regional, many are not, having spread beyond their region of origin. Most street foods are both finger and fast food.

Filipinos have fun eating street foods.It is part of our culture.Wherever and whenever you will saw Filipinos eating street foods.Some think that you will not be completely Filipino if you never experienced eating street foods. Although some criticize the cleanliness and sanitation of street foods that's why they are refusing to even try this reluctant food.

There has a varieties of street food in the Philippines.The most common street foods you will see in our sidewalk include fried squid balls, fish balls, kikiam —a type of processed chicken, which is served on a stick, with a variety of dipping sauces.Roadside stands also serve barbecued pork, chicken,betamax, chicken heads (helmet), chicken feet (adidas) pig's ears (tenga) and chicken intestines (isaw). Among more esoteric foods are balut and penoy (duck eggs; with fetus and without, respectively), tokneneng and quek-quek and deep-fried day-old-chick.

Calamares (battered squid pieces deep-fried in cooking oil [a lot cheaper than the traditionally available]) is also widely consumed throughout the country. It is gaining its popularity because of its cheap price.

Do you know that Street foods are also serve in other country.In Japan,udon, soba, and ramen noodles are ubiquitous, as highlighted in the film Tampopo. Takoyaki(octopus dumplings),nikuman and Castela (a kind of spongecake ) are also famous as street food in Japan.

Some popular street foods in the heart of the the progressive city of South Korea are Tteokbokki, odeng, mandu, gimbap, fried squid, fried shrimp, and chicken skewers foods found in food stalls . Although not that popular today, beondaegi (boiled chrysalis) is stilled served as a snack sometimes. Vendors will fire up their woks or large pots of frying oil in the evenings in anticipation of pedestrian traffic. For breakfast, Korean-style toast sandwiches are still very popular in Seoul and other large cities. Other commonly eaten snacks are sweet-filled pastries such as hotteok and bungeoppang.

Today, street foods are also served in food stand inside the mall and other restaurants.


By: Menard Salvador BJ3-1N