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
Karen MacNeilExamples of street food in a Sentence
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At first glance, the fine-dining spin on pad thai served at Potong bears little resemblance to the traditional street food dish.
—Isabelle Kliger, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 July 2024
Think tacos, smoked meats, street foods President Biden will be back in Philadelphia to launch a coalition to shore up support with Black voters
Trump’s hush money trial verdict could come this week.
—Hartford Courant, 29 May 2024
Its 32-foot Beef Bus food truck will be in town for 10 days to give metro Detroiters a chance to try its Chicago-style street food.
—Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 18 Mar. 2024
Brooks sidesteps the throngs of people lining up for Cambodian street food from a nearby booth and takes the plate into the mid-morning sunlight.
—Jamie Feldmar, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2024
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Isabelle Kliger, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 July 2024
Think tacos, smoked meats, street foods President Biden will be back in Philadelphia to launch a coalition to shore up support with Black voters
Trump’s hush money trial verdict could come this week.
—Hartford Courant, 29 May 2024
Its 32-foot Beef Bus food truck will be in town for 10 days to give metro Detroiters a chance to try its Chicago-style street food.
—Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 18 Mar. 2024
Brooks sidesteps the throngs of people lining up for Cambodian street food from a nearby booth and takes the plate into the mid-morning sunlight.
—Jamie Feldmar, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2024
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“Street food.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/street%20food. Accessed 15 Jul. 2024.
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