World Street Food Festival - 1st - 5th June 2012

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Street food is going through a revolution as the greasy sausage merchants of yesterday are replaced by vendors of affordable, fresh, well sourced and truly exciting food...

The quality and interest in street food continues to climb, and in London you can find some of the best expressions of this new generation of authentic, quality-driven vendors around while the dodgy, greasy sausage merchants of yesterday are left flagging in the slow lane. We brought together the very best street food vendors to the Southbank last year for the first Real Street Food Festival during the Royal Wedding, creating a street party with food fit for a future king. We thought it was only fair to come back bigger and more mouth-watering than before with food fit for a Queen too for the Jubilee weekend this June. With the Olympics round the corner it also seemed a good time to celebrate the amazing flavours of street-food cultures from around the world so from the 1st-5th June we bring you the World Street Food Festival. For list of confirmed traders so far follow this link.

Coinciding with the launch of Southbank's 'Festival of the World', the World Street Food Festival will bring together some of the greatest street food around to London. With the finest ingredients sourced from the UK but with the influence and traditions of ethnic and international recipes, you will be able to eat the world during a wonderful exciting weekend on the banks of the River Thames.

THE EVENT IS ALSO FREE TO ATTEND

Cooked in front of you while you wait, street food is not about snobbery, fine dining and pretension but about sharing in a communal experience of affordable, great value, exciting, ‘fresh as you can get’ food.

At the World Street Food Festival you will find a realm of different street-food cultures and flavours from around the world to discover, taste and enjoy.  From prime burgers of the highest quality beef from our own British Isles; a taste of the vibrant street-food scene of South East Asia - featuring all the dazzling diversity of Malaysian, Korean, Taiwanese and Vietnamese specialities, including Bibimbap and bubble tea; the freshest, made-while-you-wait Italian pastas and arancini; 12" Loukanika Greek sausages; Spanish Paella, Churros and chocolate; authentic US-style hot dogs; traditional French crepes from Brittany; Indian pani puri, bhel puri and deep, aromatic, spicy curries; meze and free-range chicken shawarma from the Middle East and the Levant; Cevapcici traditional Balkan street food; artisan Polish smoked sausages... there will be something for all tastes with an overwhelming smorgasbord of sights, smells and flavours from all corners of the world!

There will also be a programme of fantastic live music throughout the weekend with an emphasis on song writers performing their own work, you will find some real musical talent to help you savour the exciting array food on display.

With the Queen sailing down the River Thames on her Jubilee Pageant this weekend too, the World Street Food Festival has got to be the best place to enjoy the celebrations.

See here for a list who who is coming so far...

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