did you say street meat?

i love to cook and often take food magazines out of the library to try new recipes. one of the recent magazines i took out had an article about street food around the world. kebabs in turkey and north africa, tacos and burritos in mexico and parts of latin america, crepes in france and other unbelievable delights. having traveled a fair bit, i know that it's in the streets where a city thrives. indeed i've had some of my most memorable meals standing at a roadside noodle stand in calcutta or at a curbside creperie. thinking about this led me to ask, what does vancouver or canada in general have to contribute?

don't get me wrong, i love a good poutine or sausage as much as the next guy. nothing (and i do mean nothing) gets me going like a good poutine. and maybe that's just it, maybe i need to celebrate that a bit more. but even then, poutine is pretty much a quebecois thing. even sausage stands are only in really wide appeal in toronto short of the couple on robson st. is .99 cent pizza vancouver's equivalent to a roadside creperie, or even a good ol' fashioned tube steak? and the idea of street sushi is just wrong.

vancouver has a lot to be proud of in terms of culinary delights. choice is plentiful and prices reasonable. whether it's la nostalgie or not, i can't help but wish we had something we could call our own.