Street Food

The Empanada is a dish in which the fillings change from country to country and from city to city.

This second episode of The Encyclopedia of Latin American Food highlights how this fish soup, which is typically found in restaurants and on the streets of Ecuador, is capable of curing even the most brutal of hangovers.

Based in the neighborhood of Boyle Heights in Los Angeles, people come far and wide for the tacos at family-owned Carnitas El Momo, and its beloved owner, El Momo.

Welcome to the Encyclopedia of Latin American food. In this series we travel across the continent to investigate and try the most popular dishes of each place.

Dee Dee is a Northern Thai Street Food truck located in Austin, Texas started by Lakana and Justin Trubiana.

Jose Luis Perez Mendez, better known as El Primo, is king of breakfast tacos in Austin, TX.

Malcolm Lee, chef of the Michelin-starred restaurant Candlenut, visits his aunt to learn the secret reasons his own babi buah keluak might impress the food critics, but not his aunties.

Keith Garrett of All Flavor No Grease sells his take on Mexican street food out of his food truck in South Central Los Angeles.

Dollar Hits is a Filipino street food staple in Los Angeles, specializing in meat skewers that cost $1.

Mo Robinson Jr. has been serving the greater Harlem community for over 30 years, whipping up burgers, hot dogs, sausages, and punch right outside the barbershop that he owns.

Mama Jo has been serving breakfast staples like bacon, egg, and cheese sandwiches and omelets and traditional Greek pastries, such as spanakopita and baklava, from her food truck in Midtown Manhattan for over 35 years.

Karina joins a Hyderabadi food blogger at his go-to food spot before flying to Jaipur to try some famously spicy street food. Will the heat stack up? Watch to find out.