Immigrant life: talk about food and drink (street food)

For street food, everyone may have different imaginations depending on their age. The younger generation is almost like those small shops. In places like Tsim Sha Tsui, Causeway Bay, Mong Kok, there will always be similar shops, such as checkered cakes, fish dan siu mai, and fried stuffed three treasures. But for the older generation, each trolley may only sell one kind of food. After eating fish eggs in this block, you can eat bowls of fins in a few blocks.

When traveling abroad, in some Southeast Asian regions, there are still such night markets, or cooked food stalls, and everyone is drooling. As for Europe and the United States, they also have their own unique street food culture. I would like to share with you my experience in Toronto.

The first time I encountered these street snacks was at the CNE playground, a temporary playground held every year. It is the last project of the summer vacation, and it has been more than 140 years old for students to have one last carnival before school starts. The new school year in Canada begins the day after Labour Day (the first Monday in September each year). And this playground was held about three weeks before school started. It was very old-fashioned, with simple mobile games and game booths. It was similar to the previous Lai Yuen in Hong Kong, except that there were no animals. Many people disdain those games, but the biggest reason for admission should be for food. Many such playground foods may not be easy to buy outside.

Some are very traditional, such as Candied Apple, a real apple (peeled) and a dip of red sugar gum. You should have seen it, but it is not to our taste. Others like pop corn are not so special, but it has had a variety of savoury and sweet flavours a long time ago. Further down are hot dogs, hamburgers and fries, but they must be bigger than those in Hong Kong. They also have a hot dog called Corn Dog or Hotdog on a stick, which is to insert a bamboo stick into a hot dog sausage, dip it in the flour paste, fry it, and then add various sauces to eat it directly. I like it very much. Later, Hong Kong also has it, but it is rarely sold immediately after being fried, and it will not taste good when it cools down.

As for the french fries, it is also worth mentioning. You can buy them on the street, and some shops also use them. Most of them are thick fries, or even potato chips called wedges. Compared with those in fast food chain restaurants, which are the size of toothpicks, it is completely different. When I first came here, I saw that the locals mostly eat it with salt and vinegar. There is always a bottle of vinegar on the table. After trying it, it is quite acceptable. It can neutralize the greasy feeling. In addition, they also like to eat it with gravy. And a Canadian authentic delicacy evolved from French fries is called Poutine (it is said to be from Quebec, so it is French, be careful not to confuse it with Putin), which is to add cheese grains on the French fries, and then drizzle with gravy, quite Evil but very tasty. It was not common before, but now many restaurants have it, even in Hong Kong I found a hamburger shop for sale.

Toronto's Theme Park is called Wonderland. When I was young, I would go to it once or twice a year. In addition to the thrilling games such as roller coasters, of course I ate it. Funnel Cake was there when I first encountered it, and I haven't seen it anywhere else. Funnel means funnel, which is to pour the slurry into the funnel, then let it flow into the oil stove, move it while moving, and finally form a cake like a bird's nest, sprinkle with icing sugar and strawberry jam, it is already very delicious, if you add ice cream , I just don't know what the world is like. Since it is only available in that theme park, it is really an annual, must-eat choice. Seen on other occasions slowly, but not often. There are many large-scale outdoor events in Toronto every year, such as street festivals, which are also the gathering of different foods.

Especially the food festival, the largest one is called Taste of the Danforth, which is adjacent to Little Greece and has a history of nearly 30 years. It originally promoted the Greek community, and nearby restaurants also set up counters outside the door, and some dishes were changed to snacks In the form of a small box and a small skewer, everyone eats as they go, especially the Greek kebab Souvlaki, which has been grilled all the time, and the fragrance is overflowing, which is particularly attractive. Later, it became bigger and bigger, and various communities joined in, cultural song and dance performances, and of course other commercial activities, becoming the largest and most successful food exhibition. And other larger communities, Italian, Indian, Chinese, etc., have seen this, and they are also stirring up one in their own community. Although they are not of the same scale, they also provide different colors and activities.

If it was available on the street all year round, it would be a Hot Dog Cart, and really, they're still open even in the freezing winter. Usually in some fixed corners of the city center, these hot dog stalls sell mostly high-end German sausages, especially thick ones, and various sauces. In addition to the three most common red, yellow and green, there will also be onion diced, pickled melon Paired with Hot Pepper, etc., it must not be taken lightly as a snack. Others have some food trucks with a variety of different foods. In the student hall of the University of Toronto, there are often several racks to cater for the needs of the students. Later, there is another rack that is operated by Chinese, selling fried noodles and plate rice, all of which have business ideas. There are more and more Chinese students at the University of Toronto. . I also helped once, uh, barely, the cooking skills are very sloppy, without losing the characteristics of college decadent rice!

Of course there are many more, but it's too long, so let's stop there. Finally, let's take a look at the clips of this Canadian Food Channel, many of which are no longer street food. Warning: Do not watch on an empty stomach!