Street Food is one of my favourite things ever. I'm not usually one for the latest trends, I like what I like, but Street Food seems to be the hottest thing in the foodie world and I love it.
The best thing about the Street Food takeover and living in a city means there are far more festivals and events celebrating humble and delicious delights. The German Christmas market in Leeds is just a few weeks away now, and it marks the official start of the festive period for me, while the June Food Festival is the highlight of my summer.
The best thing about the Street Food takeover and living in a city means there are far more festivals and events celebrating humble and delicious delights. The German Christmas market in Leeds is just a few weeks away now, and it marks the official start of the festive period for me, while the June Food Festival is the highlight of my summer.
Because of my undying love for food, and food festivals, and basically anything that will allow me to try loads of new stuff in a short space of time and all in one convenient place, I went along to the British Street Food event with a few friends. Unfortunately, there aren't as many photos as I would have liked as we were late getting there and the sun has now started to fade at like 6 - sad times.
However, I'm hoping the photos I did manage to snap with my trusty iPhone will be enough to give you a flavour of the event.
However, I'm hoping the photos I did manage to snap with my trusty iPhone will be enough to give you a flavour of the event.
We decided to half everything we bought, mainly so I could eat and sample more things and I think this was an ideal tactic. I picked the Austrian burger (pictured above) and it was all kinds of delicious. The meat (beef I believe) was rich and the sauces they put on were a party in the mouth. It was potentially the messiest thing I have ever eaten (not first date food) as the meat was kind of like pulled-pork texture and it just fell apart. Haha. To be fair, I'd cut it in half, which probably did not help matters.
Next up was two sweet potato, chana and saag 'pasties'. They were halfway between a pasty and a chapati and packed a whole lot of spice. I love hot food, but even I was glad of the mint yoghurt it was served with and my mouth had more than a little burn after taken a few bites.
Next up was two sweet potato, chana and saag 'pasties'. They were halfway between a pasty and a chapati and packed a whole lot of spice. I love hot food, but even I was glad of the mint yoghurt it was served with and my mouth had more than a little burn after taken a few bites.
My friend also headed to the Austrian burger van and had this delicious concoction, along with a handy shot of schnapps (apparently that's how Austrian's roll), we also sampled pig cheeks and other pig-related offal, which were surprisingly nice.
The one complaint I had about the event was that, you paid £8 for a ticket and then still had to pay £6/£7 for each item. I know this is reasonable for food festival produce but on top of the ticket price it just felt a little steep. However, me and my friends had the best time with lots of laughs and pickle-related cocktails (yup). There was also crazy golf there, which seemed a little odd, but went down a treat.
The British Street Food is on a tour around the UK, landing in Glasgow next. If you are nearby, I would definitely recommend going along - just take plenty of pennies and maybe a spare stomach.
The one complaint I had about the event was that, you paid £8 for a ticket and then still had to pay £6/£7 for each item. I know this is reasonable for food festival produce but on top of the ticket price it just felt a little steep. However, me and my friends had the best time with lots of laughs and pickle-related cocktails (yup). There was also crazy golf there, which seemed a little odd, but went down a treat.
The British Street Food is on a tour around the UK, landing in Glasgow next. If you are nearby, I would definitely recommend going along - just take plenty of pennies and maybe a spare stomach.