About Street food and it's History:
Street food is ready-to-eat food or drink sold in a street or other public
place, such as a market or fair, by a hawker or vendor, often from a
portable food booth, food cart or food
truck. While some street foods are regional, many are not, having spread beyond
their region of origin. Most street foods are also classed as both finger
food and fast food, and are cheaper on average than restaurant
meals.
Today, people may purchase street food for a number of reasons, such as
to obtain reasonably priced and flavorful food in a sociable setting, to
experience ethnic cuisines, and also for nostalgia.
Food is an important part of Filipino culture, and the carts that often
line the streets of the cities are a great way to snack like a native. From the
tasty and familiar grilled hot dogs, fresh fruit shakes and roasted peanuts to
the more exotic oxtails, intestines and baluts, which are boiled fertilized
duck eggs with the partially developed embryos still inside, the Philippines
has many tasty treats to explore.
Differences
in culture, social stratification and history have resulted in different
patterns how family street vendor enterprises are traditionally created and run
in different areas of the world. Doreen Fernandez says
that Filipino cultural attitudes towards meals is one "cultural factor
operating in the street food phenomenon" in the Philippines because eating
"food out in the open, in the market or street or field" is "not
at odds with the meal indoors or at home" where "there is no special
room for dining".
