Treats from all over the world: what street food is worth trying in New York

On the streets of New York, you can taste all the dishes of the world. Residents of the largest metropolitan area in the United States do everything on the run, which is why food carts are everywhere. The author of the channel "50 shades of New York" told about the most popular street food dishes on the website Yandex Zen.

“In midtown Manhattan, you can find solid-looking office workers in expensive suits, hastily eating Chinese noodles from paper boxes. They just have no time to decorously gobble up a business lunch in nearby establishments, ”the author notes.

Therefore, fast food vans and all kinds of portable street food carts can be found everywhere in New York. At the same time, unlike street food in Asian countries, the chance of poisoning is minimal here.

From this publication you will learn about most popular street food dishesthat "attract hungry tourists and residents of the city with clubs of exciting flavors."

1. Pretzel. This legacy of German settlers is one of the symbols of the Big Apple. Both locals and hungry tourists go around famous sights and greedily eat a hot crispy bagel with large crystals of salt. “It seems to me that in the center of such points (where you can buy a pretzel - Ed.) - 5 pieces per quarter, and all are brisk trade ", - the author notes.
2. Hot dog popular for being the cheapest hearty snack option in Manhattan. It costs only $ 2 in the minimum configuration. You can buy it, for example, at the entrance to Central Park - there is a trailer from the cult Nathan's Famous diner, which sells President Roosevelt's favorite hot dogs. "They say he even ordered them for the Yalta conference!" - the author writes.
3. Halal. Halal, halal - "everything that is permitted and permissible in Islam." Most often, this concept is used to refer to food that is properly prepared and allowed by Muslims. Trailers where you can buy it are found throughout New York. “Lately I see them even more often than others. Such stalls are kept by immigrants from Egypt and Bangladesh. There are several types of sandwiches on the menu. These are variations on the theme of our shawarma and rice with meat, ”the author explained.
4. Lobster roll - this, according to the author, is a purely New York delicacy. “The city is on the ocean, and the local catering offers a lot of local seafood dishes. Juicy lobster meat, seasoned with spices and lime juice, served in a soft bun - delicious…. It is useless to describe it - you have to try, ”the author notes. True, such a pleasure is not cheap - $ 12-14.
5. Pizza. New York has developed its own culture of pizza making - from very thin dough, with a crispy crust that allows you to fold a piece in half and deftly consume on the go. Moreover, New Yorkers believe that their city is the world capital of this Italian dish, once brought by emigrants.
6. Bagel. Long a part of American street food culture, this heritage of Jewish cuisine is a very popular snack in the Big Apple. A bagel is a soft bagel made from pre-cooked yeast dough.
   

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   "It is cut in half and filled with all kinds of hearty or sweet fillings," the author of the publication explained.

7. Falafel. You can buy this Middle Eastern dish at one of the many wheeled eateries. “Fried chickpea balls are a favorite treat of vegans around the world, half of which, I believe, live in New York,” the article says. - I just adore it and consider it quite a worthy substitute for meat.
8. Mexican tacos... New Yorkers simply love these flatbreads with all kinds of vegetable and meat fillings. “It would be strange if in a city where the second most popular language is Spanish, spicy Latin American food was not sold at every step,” the author emphasized.
9. Chinese food. Dishes of Chinese cuisine are presented in New York in assortment. You can get fried rice or noodles in a cardboard box anywhere, including far beyond Chinatown.

10. Ice cream. Scattered all over New York City are a multitude of colorful vans with "unmatched Italian gelato." “A strange melody often sounds from them, reminiscent of the sounds of a barrel organ - I heard that it annoys not only me,” the author writes and specifies that this ice cream is “the only salvation from the merciless summer heat”.

This is not the whole list of dishes that may surprise you in New York. However, this is enough to understand that it is simply impossible to stay hungry in the Big Apple.