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One of my favorite types of international street food is the steamed rice noodle rolls in NYC's Chinatown.

My favorite are the halal chicken and lamb carts, particularly the one on 53rd and 3rd outside of Vong. The gentleman is so nice and does the best chicken/lamb mixed plate, I go there every day after work, YUMMM!!!

¡tamales!

falafel. definitely.

fransk hot dogs in denmark, so delicious!

oh yum halal carts! only the ones where the guy isn't enclosed in the cart -- has to be open, with the person grilling stuff right there on the spot.

just one? ok, i'll go with indian because i'm totally craving channa masala at the moment.

Mexican please

not very original, but the dosa cart at the bottom of washington square park. mmmm. now i want one this minute.

Currywurst! Wish they had the stands here like they do in Germany. Mmmmm good.

Dosa cart

falafel sandwich

It's a toss-up between anything fried from one of Hong Kong's dai pai dongs or a real Brussels style gaufre. Or how about a dumpling wrapped in a waffle on a stick covered in Nutella?

Sno cones

Tacos in Cali, turnip cakes in NY's Chinatown

Falafel

Taiwanese fried chicken carts!

anything korean! bulgogi, kalbi, tacos, kimchi, fried chicken...

I second the steamed rice rolls w fishballs from the carts in chinatown. my favorite one is the one on E Broadway and Rutgers St.

Mexican tortas are the best thing to hit the New York streetfood scene since the onion knish in 1923!

only found in the street carts in korea, i'd have to say that "toast", a ridiculous sandwich of a slice of pork, omelette, cheese, cabbage, ketchup, mayo served between two slices of toast (buttered with cinnamon and sugar and then grilled)... http://www.flickr.com/photos/42775949@N00/2516488460

Falafels!

I am a huge proponent of the deliciousness that is takoyaki. The way you bite into a steaming ball of grilled batter and there's the lovely surprise of a lovely tender piece of tako (octopus) just waiting for you. A little pickled ginger, mayo and bonito flakes, and it's heaven!

a good falafel

Washington Square Dosa Cart

I'm partial to sweets, so I'll have to say crepes or wafels.

Halal food

Mexican huaraches from the Azteca Pride taco truck in Astoria

lengua taco

Papusas!

Love you Red Hook Ballfield vendors.

Falafel!

Amazing bowls of Bun Rieu (a crab and pork noodle soup) in Saigon. Yum! Yum!

Egg puffs / Eggettes from Hong Kong FTW!

kabobs!

Dumplings from the Rickshaw Dumpling truck! :)

I love Italian Sausages & Peppers@NYC street fairs!

takoyaki!!!!!!!!!!!!!

falafel definitely

lamb gyro in a crispy hot pita pocket with extra veggies and tzatziki sauce.

kwik meal falafels

Why of course, grilled beef liver kabobs in Tehran in the summertime!

tacos, or anything else delicious from the red hook vendors.

Pad thai wrapped in a 3 egg omelette

Pupusas from the Red Hook vendors...mmmm cheese and jalepeno with a side of maduros.

this is a really difficult question...too many good things to choose from but i'm going to go with an old standby - the falafel

sushi... if only they had it in a food cart! but since they don't tacos from the taco truck

Fish tacos at El Dorado in Tijuana or chorizo tacos at El Rey also in Tijuana. You must check these places out if you are in Tijuana. Food taste even better with all the bullets flying around.

Doner Kebabs wrapped in flat bread baked to order. I had these at least twice a week when I worked in Frankfurt and they are still make my mouth water. Too bad I can't find anything similar to it in the city.

zha jiang noodles from beijing

Jerk Chicken from the Dutchy Cart in Midtown!

although i am a big meat eater, my favorite cart in the city is still ny dosas. so dosas it is.

jasmineleilani - i think they're called egg custards, and i agree, they are very good! :)

Murtabak I had in Sumatra.

Korean tacos. NY'ers need to get moving with this.

@pickled - Dear me, murtabak is fantastic... I totally forgot about all my SE Asian favorites: roti canai, popiah, satay (indonesian styles are best).

Halal chicken on rice with lots of red sauce!

Grilled corn, with lime and chili - I think they do this in many areas of the world. So, so delicious.

Also - crepes, so hot that the sugar melts. Mmmm

25 years later, my vote is still with the ice cream truck

Northern Chinese lamb kebab.

Ice kacang.

Tacos!!!

kati! (Indian)

Chicken and lamb mix over rice, with an healthy (unhealthy?) layer of yogurt sauce from the cart at 53rd and 7th (the real one).

The cheese, squash blossom and huitlacoche baked empanadas I had in Oaxaca.

Halal meat, please, please please me.

Wow! This is event is gonna be amazing!
Bhel Puri (Indian Chaat) or Pork Tacos. I can't decide. Did I just get disqualified? Good luck dudes

Fried chow mein from chinatown carts!
For dessert, baby cakes from chinatown! 10 for $1.

Most out-of-place street food vendor I've seen: a sushi cart in land-locked Vienna

THE BEST falafel on broadway in queens

Tacos

good gyros!

Dosas. Specifically the lentil-and-rice crêpes served from the cart at Washington Square South and Sullivan Street.

i just love gyros - i know, simple. but still soooo good.

it's gotta be tacos.

My favorite streetfood is the one being served within smelling distance.
Whether it's kanom krok in Bangkok, merguez in Fez, bhang lassi in Varanasi, or arepas under the el tracks. I love it all. It's the most accessible way to understand a culture's belly.

gelato

Not to knock composite lamb on spit, which has it's time and place in the pantheon of delicious street foods, but in Greece, that rotating log of lamb is made from real slices of shaved, juicy, tasty meat. No ground stuff there. Best gyro in my life.

Malaysian satay with peanut sauce!

grilled shiskebobs dusted with cumin in flushing

oh i do so love me my falafels!

masala dosa

roasted chestnuts - HK

butter/sugar crepes - Paris

sticky rice in bamboo - Thailand