One of the things I love most about travelling is all the great fast food one can buy on the street. What's your favorite?

Gee, where to start ....

Tacos anywhere in Mexico, noodle soup anywhere in Thailand (can't believe just last week I paid $10 in Columbia, SC for what costs less than a buck in Thailand - granted in a mom and pop restaurant), roasted chestnuts in Europe.

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I love the street tacos in Mexico. Gorditas and Molotes are also on the top of the list. Gorditas are thick corn tortillas stuffed with meat, beans, cilantro and onions. Molotes are fresh tortilla dough stuffed with potato, cheese, meat and pretty much whatever else you feel like, then fried.

That's a great thread!

So many places, so little time. I agree with Mexico for my tops probably, although Thailand is great as well; I love some of the various skewered grilled meats in China, chaat in parts of India. Mmm, I'm drooling and I just finished lunch.

Also, a few particularly good carts in NY for a variety of options--14th &6th, 45th & 6th, 49th & 6th ,53rd&6th, 54th & 5th, 96th and Bway, the chili downtown (can't remember the address), Madison Square Park, etc...

Does Gelato in, well, pretty much anywhere in Italy count?

Brazil has great BBQ-ed cheese and little sausages (god knows what they're made of, but they're so good...especially when you're coming home drunk at 500am). They also serve great drinks at the street party in Lapa.

Thailand has great street noodles, guava with chili salt...just yum.

Malaysia has this weird burger with chili, mayonnaise, an egg, and something else that is absolutely delicious.

Poland (my homeland!) has great obwazanki (they're like a cross b/w bagels and pretzels) and smoked goat cheese (that's now often served off the grill with cranberry sauce).

Chile/Argentina--delicious empanadas

New York (not sure if this counts)...but there's no better way to get me started than a Bacon Egg & Cheese bagel with Coffee from a streetcart.

Cheesesteaks from the food trucks in Philadelphia...mmm.

Hotdogs in Manhattan

Seriously.. loved the stalls at the night market in Hong Kong

It probably shouldn't count since I grew up there, but Vienna hot dogs or polish in Chicago (or anywhere for that matter).

Waffles in Brussels.

Also, a big roasted chestnuts fan.

Roasted, cinnamon covered almond in Copenhagen. Especially when they are warm and it is cold outside.

Roasted nuts on the street stands in NYC, same conditions.

Roasted corn out of the cart at the bottom of the ski slope at Squaw Valley in Lake Tahoe.

Waffles with chocolate in Berlin.

Crepes with nutella in Paris.

Bratwurst mit brochen pretty much anywhere in Germany

Carne Asada tacos in Tijuana, lime-y fish tacos in San Diego, and I still dream of chili rellenos "burritos" from a stand in LA

A warm puffy bagel, cream cheese and coffee from a manhattan street vendor on a cold morning - I know, but I *like* the big puffy, slightly sweet "Ess-a-bagel" style bagels

Amsterdam frites with mayonnaise sauce

pierogi and potato cakes at certain PA Polish area church fairs

Lebanese thyme bread, wherever I can find it

Crawfish pies in New Orleans

lobster rolls in Maine

Dang, now I'm hungry ....

Hot dogs outside the bars in Toronto mmm Corn relish
Hot dog on a stick in Shanghai (no, it's not a hotdog) (most tender meat you can find)
Dumplings or potstickers in Taipei (shi lin nightmarket)
Dried squid in Malaysia
Grilled squid in Taipei (with the hot chili powder)
Shaved ice in Taipei
Mexican style popsicles in San Jose (okay it's not traveling)
Deep fried grasshoppers in Bangkok.

I miss Asia already. I hope that Europe has a decent quality street food.

Doner Kebab in Germany.

The best to date was at a small shop in Bad Reichenhall.

Thailand is my favourite place for street food.

Breakfast: Pineapple and Melon from the hawkers with the hand cart full of ice. Or the fresh fruit smoothies/ice shakes they make for you.

Desert: Banana pancakes with sweet milk.

Yum.

I feel sorry for all the people who are too timid to eat at the street stalls. If it looks OK, it's cooked in front of you, steaming hot and other people are eating it then it's probably fine!

Sadly in the UK the tradition of fish and chips in a wrap of newspaper on the way home from the pub is dying out but can still be found in the smaller towns where ethnic takeaways haven't taken over.
Fish,chips,scraps ( the bits of fried batter left over ) and mushy peas all liberally doused in salt and vinegar.Yabbadabbadoo !
You also sometimes still get the seafood sellers who tour the pubs selling cockles,whelks,mussels and fish sticks.
Eels in South London.
Deep fried Mars Bars in Glasgow.

Yes,we know how to eat well !