How to Use street food in a Sentence

street food

noun
Definition of street foodnext
  • The song is named after a street food found in the Philippines.
    — Vulture, 15 Sep. 2023
  • Her restaurant serves Isan and Bangkok-style Thai street food.
    — The Arizona Republic, 15 Feb. 2024
  • This dining style is about as street as street food gets.
    — Nguyên Lê, Chron, 21 Apr. 2023
  • The springy street food staple comes with a tamarind sauce that’s pungent with cilantro.
    — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 7 Apr. 2023
  • Bangkok streets seem to sizzle at all times of day with some of the most coveted street food on the planet.
    — Meagan Drillinger, Travel + Leisure, 8 Sep. 2023
  • There will be Indian street food, dancing, a DJ and much more.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Mar. 2023
  • But no one in her family has enough to eat or even space to cook, living off a shared bite or piece of street food each day.
    — Caitlin Stephen Hu, CNN, 18 Mar. 2024
  • The ship also hosts a new Italian street party with live music and street food at the ship’s Lido pool.
    — Nathan Diller, USA TODAY, 16 June 2023
  • Take a break for lunch at Barba, serving modern street food.
    — Wendy Hu, Travel + Leisure, 24 July 2023
  • 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
  • The place serves fusion cuisine featuring street food with a twist.
    — Jahnavi Bhatt, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Dec. 2023
  • The festival wraps on Sunday with a fair featuring a range of Asian street food, plus live DJs.
    — Olivia McCormack, Washington Post, 14 Sep. 2023
  • Much like many large cities in Thailand, Lampang has its fair share of temples, street food, and markets.
    — Meagan Drillinger, Travel + Leisure, 4 Feb. 2024
  • Think of the ballpark as a giant buffet of Korean street food.
    — John Yoon Jun Michael Park Shawn Paik, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2024
  • Look for street food and live music at El Parque de las Palapas, a small downtown plaza.
    — Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 21 Jan. 2024
  • The founder of food blog Busy in Broooklyn puts her spin on arayes, a popular Middle Eastern street food.
    — People Staff, Peoplemag, 16 May 2023
  • The dining room’s a la carte menu features modern takes on both street food and classic dishes.
    — Amy Drew Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 24 Feb. 2023
  • Chef Angelo Sosa’s menu is inspired by some of his favorite Asian street foods.
    — Georgann Yara, The Arizona Republic, 14 May 2024
  • Both have soft spots for street food, tacos in particular, Ronnie Lee said.
    — The Courier-Journal, 22 Feb. 2024
  • One, a riff on doubles, is a shout out to street food and Trinidad: chickpeas jazzed up with cumin, ginger and fenugreek and piled atop a crisp-chewy saucer of fried plantains.
    — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 26 Jan. 2024
  • In those early days, sushi was primarily a street food; a piece of sushi was three times the size of today’s offering.
    — Claire Wang, NBC News, 30 Sep. 2023
  • The brand, which features Asian street food and wok dishes, also is one of the vendors in Doral’s popular Shoma Bazaar food hall.
    — Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 24 Jan. 2024
  • The new concept serves urban street food from various vendors, with live music and DJs on the patio.
    — Jordyn Noennig, Journal Sentinel, 28 June 2024
  • Phở — a combination of broth, rice noodles, herbs and meat — is a savory street food with a colonial past and foodie present.
    — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2023
  • The street food options are plentiful, with dishes on the menu such as samosas, chole puri, which is chickpea curry with fried flatbread, and dabeli.
    — Alexandra Maloney, Charlotte Observer, 29 May 2024
  • Looking to immerse yourself in delicious street food and fine art?
    — Kaitlyn McInnis, Travel + Leisure, 30 June 2023
  • Consider cooking your own meals or eating at street food stalls to save money.
    — Sarah Bahari, Dallas News, 7 Mar. 2023
  • While the red and blue tents along the main thoroughfare sell souvenirs and art pieces, the market has street food galore as well, like Laotian baguettes, laap, and green papaya salad.
    — Staff Author, Travel + Leisure, 8 July 2023
  • The bird is, in fact, a rather family-friendly hybrid, one that erects a bridge between Peruvian pollo a la brasa and Malaysian street food.
    — Tim Carman, Washington Post, 12 Dec. 2023
  • Ask any Korean what their favorite street food is and, most likely, at the top of the list will be tteokbokki — the pillowy soft rice cakes doused in a sticky red pepper sauce.
    — Youyoung Lee, NBC News, 3 Mar. 2023

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