New York Street Food

Eat St at Kings Cross by grahamc99. Creative Commons Attribution Licence.

It’s no secret to our readers how popular food trucks have become across the USA. Every single one of the largest cities in the US has an active food truck scene, as do many smaller cities and metropolitan areas.

What’s a little more surprising is how upscale and popular food trucks have become in some cities in Europe like London and Paris. They always had lunch vans around office and construction sites, just as we always had what were disdainfully referred to as “roach coaches”.

But these days, you’re more likely to find kimchi sliders and Japanese-style hot dogs smothered in wasabi mayo than tuna fish sandwiches or cold cut heros.

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Ed Alcock for The New York Times

The food truck phenomena keeps growing and growing.  The latest city to catch food truck fever is also one of the most unexpected – Paris.

Street food itself isn’t new to France, with street vendors selling pizza, crepes or spicy Moroccan merguez sausages, cooked on griddles and stuffed into baguettes.

Yesterday the NY Times had an article about new food trucks in Paris that serve tacos, burgers and similar cuisine.  While Americans were previously known only for fast food, among young Parisians, there is currently no greater praise for cuisine than “très Brooklyn,” a term that signifies a particularly cool combination of informality, creativity and quality.  Food trucks fit that description to a t.

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