Written by: Tatsam Gautam - 23045, Grade XI
Posted on: 01 February, 2022
Street food is the ready to eat food or drinks sold in the streets. These foods are sold on portable vendors or food trucks or food vans. These foods are made for immediate consumption. Street food differs from street to street but especially differs from region to region because of its origin or its consumption around the locality. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization(2007),2.5 billion people around the world eat street food everyday. Many people rely on street food because their timing of lunch and dinner doesn't match and to get quick access to foods. As many people can't afford a proper meal, street food has become that food that can be easily accessible at a reasonable price.But for many other people street food is like trying new things everyday with various tastes.
If someone has to taste real food or authentic food, it has to be street food.It is a culture of eating outside, drinking outside and hanging around the street eating street food. Having street food is like having a party, just chilling out, eating and drinking something. Street food is like a paradise to many people and it is like sharing your taste and uniqueness that you have added to a food. Many people are making their living by selling street foods.If you start selling street food, you don’t like to quit that thing because you get a lot of happiness and people appreciate your work instantly.
That's why people have been doing the same dish for 10, 20, 30 years and they never get tired. If you look at many developing countries and their cities almost half of the population is selling on the street.
Looking towards street food, consuming it daily can harm our health.Awareness to both seller and consumer should be given. But, due to Covid-19,sellers are aware and maintaining a proper hygiene in their food carts and consumers are eating only those places where peoples are maintaining a proper distance, hygiene,etc.
