May 24, 2005
So that’s what San Francisco is missing — good street food! We’ve got some of the greatest restaurants in the world, but for a cheap, greasy meal on the sidewalk, there’s a serious void to be filled.
(Yes, yes, burritos, i know… but that’s a whole different story! more on that later….)
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February 28, 2010 at 10:09 am
Ref Street Food
Just listened to this podcast. Has the provision of street food improved over the last 5 years since your recording? I rather hope not if the state of UK streets are anything to go by. We don’t really have ‘street food’ as such here, that is, food bought from a stand or stall in the street. People tend to buy food, such as our great delicacy fish and chips, and eat the food in the street. Other favourites are curry or pizzas. The result is that the streets are littered with discarded food, polystyrene, cardboard and paper. The UK must be one of the dirtiest countries in the world. I hope San Francisco is cleaner than we are. Best wishes.