The food carts in U.S. cities usually sell ice cream, hot dogs, and soft pretzels. (In New York City, you can add hot chestnuts, sugar-coated nuts, and potato knishes into the mix.) But in Japan, the street treats are much healthier – and tastier. In the Chinatown area of Yokohama, a city 30 minutes outside of Tokyo, a popular street delicacy is “an-man”: large steamed rice flour buns stuffed with hot, sweet red bean paste.
At popular tourist attractions, if you see a vendor selling something purple on a stick, you might be surprised to learn that it’s grilled squid on a skewer. Noodles are one of the most popular Japanese street foods. In the fall, relatively elaborate stands with seats are set up outside of Tokyo train stations like Shinagawa Station, where you can sit and slurp a bowl of hot soba. Street eating in Japan is cheap, delicious, and varied.
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I think Street Food is great in every country. In London, I think street food would be the chestnuts or peanuts you would find along Westminster Abbey, Shawarma and Pitta fast food is abundant in Arabic parts of London like Bayswater. In USA, the Street Food is Mexican and it’s everywhere !