street food

See also: streetfood

English

Etymology

street + food

Noun

street food (countable and uncountable, plural street foods)

1. Ready-to-eat food obtainable from a streetside vendor, often from a makeshift or portable stall.
   • 1997, Irene Tinker, Street Foods: Urban Food and Employment in Developing Countries:

     All studies sought to distinguish between street food meals and snacks...

   • 2000, Catherine Hanger, Morocco: World Food:

     In fact, street food may well be fresher than that served in restaurants and cafes, as it is cooked at the point of sale. It's certainly much cheaper.

   • 2002, Mary Deirdre Donovan, Careers for Gourmets and Others who Relish Food:

     They specialize in all sorts of events, such as athletic competitions, fairs, and conventions, as well as receptions, banquets, and street food.

Alternative forms

• streetfood

Translations

food obtainable from a streetside vendor

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Burmese: လမ်းဘေးစာ (lam:bhe:ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 街頭小吃／街头小吃 (jiētóu xiǎochī), 街头小吃 (jiētóu xiǎochī)

• Finnish: katuruoka (fi)
• French: bouffe de rue, cuisine de rue
• Khmer: ម្ហូបតាមផ្លូវ (mhoup taam phləw)
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• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: у́личная еда́ f (úličnaja jedá)
• Spanish: comida callejera f
• Swedish: gatumat (sv) c, gatukäk n, streetfood
• Thai: อาหารข้างถนน (aa-hǎan-kâang-tà-nǒn)
• Turkish: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

Anagrams

• food street