Junk's award-winning Spanish Armada dish (Image: SM)Īnd boy, this was so so good. In the end, we decided we'd try an award-winning dish from elevated street food specialists Junk, who EL have covered before, with their European Street Food Awards best snack award-winning Spanish Armada dish (£7.50) a mouth-watering combo of crispy tattie skins, puree de patatas, sobrassada (sausage from the Balearic Islands), black garlic and chilli. With so many excellent vendors to choose from it was a little overwhelming to decide where to go next, should we try Homies' Detroit-style pillowy square-pan pizzas or maybe the hip Duck burger specialists What Le Duck? Or maybe even go Mexican and plant-based with Antojitos? This was the perfect start, dipping the cubed pork belly into Carlo's own Aji Verde dip - a mix of jalapenos, coriander and mayonnaise) - before stuffing our faces with them, was definitely one of the many highlights of the afternoon. We grabbed a seat while Carlo brought over a heaped bowl of the delicious cubes of pork stacked on top of a mound of crisp orange fries covered in a refreshing salsa criolla, reminding us of why street food is so good, as it allows you to try some of the incredible cuisines from around the world (as well as modern riffs of them) that you'd struggle to come across anywhere else. The mouthwatering bao buns from Bundits (Image: SM) We grabbed a table and had a peruse around what was a crowded room, busy with young mums with their babies enjoying a spot of lunch together, tourists enjoying the city, young families, and even old dears out for a wee blether and bite to eat all serving for a pretty lively atmosphere.Įverything seems pretty laid back and easy to navigate here, simply scan the QR code at your table, check the menu, order, pay and give them your table – all done via your phone.Īnd for those liking the personal touch, it is also easy enough to order straight from the vendors themselves, we enjoyed getting around chatting to the owners like Cameron Laidlaw of Junk and Carlo Carozzi of the Peruvian, who was only delighted to have a quick chat to us while we asked about his enticing menu. Outside was a spacious al fresco seating area (heated too) while inside was yet more brightly coloured seats, vibrant lighting, colourful artwork and honestly, a bewildering (in a very good way) number of top street food vendors, each with their own industrious little kitchen spaces. We arrived cold and hungry on a pretty dreich Thursday afternoon and the bright lights and neon signage of the ESF were a very welcome sight. READ NEXT: Edinburgh CAMRA pub of the year is cosy secret basement bar Set to be the place to go this summer for people looking for the freshest dishes and most exciting drinks, Edinburgh Street Food (ESF) has taken over a corner of the Omni Centre and as always Edinburgh Live popped along to find out what you can expect. Now, a new venue just opened on Leith Street is offering Edinburgh's foodies access to some of the best vendors from around the country, seven days a week, with both indoor and outdoor seating. Street food's popularity shows no signs of slowing as people across the capital enjoy the laid-back atmosphere, value, accessibility and sheer deliciousness of some of the best cuisines from around the world.
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