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It sounds like you're Singaporean. Cheers! While some parts of Europe have street food, other parts of the west, such as the US do not. "There's no street fo
by theCodeStig 10y ago
It sounds like you're Singaporean. Cheers! While some parts of Europe have street food, other parts of the west, such as the US do not. "There's no street food in the western sense" would more accurately be "There's no street food like there is in the rest of Southeast Asia". Contrast hawker centers with the street carts like you see in Bangkok (literally street food).
- avar 10y agoI'm not, I didn't mean to give the impression that I was. I've been to Singapore a few times though, and have eaten in the Chinatown hawker center discussed in the article several times so I thought I'd correct beachstartup's misconception of it. It's certainly nothing like a "food court inside of a shopping mall" and the comment that it's "frequented by affluent professionals" is laughable. People from all walks of life eat in Singaporean hawker centers. By "street food" in the western sense I assumed beachstartup was talking about mobile hot dog / kebab stands you can find in the US, or similar (but more often stationary) stands you can find on the street in many European cities. I don't remember any of that in Singapore, although I wouldn't be surprised if it exists. Instead the demand for street food is satisfied by hawker centers.