Ranked: the world's tastiest street food dishes
This thick griddle cake or flatbread is made from cornmeal or rice flour, then stuffed with cheese or refried beans and accompanied by a fermented cabbage slaw with a serious kick
Served from street food vendors across Hungary, làngos is a fluffy, deep-fried bread that’s often rubbed with garlic and salt, before being topped with anything from sour cream and grated cheese to meat and yogurt.
This traditional Russian pancake was first made in pre-Christian times as a symbol of the sun, and was particularly popular at the end of winter, eaten to usher in the return of those rays.
The official food of the Nova Scotia city, a Halifax Donair will not disappoint – particularly as a late-night snack or hangover cure. It's said to have been invented in the 1970s by Greek immigrant and restaurateur Peter Gamoulakos, as a riff on the classic Greek gyros (see further down our list).
The origins of pasties are unclear, but today they're a speciality in the most south-westerly point of the UK: Cornwall. They're referenced as far back as the 13th century, and proved especially popular with Cornish tin miners as a complete meal that could be carried easily and eaten without cutlery.
The invention of walkie talkies dates back to the apartheid, when wealthy farmers would use the best cuts and leave the leftovers to their workers. Those workers were inventive, though; chicken feet (walkies) and heads (talkies) were boiled
One of Trinidad and Tobago’s most popular street foods, doubles is a dish made up of two pieces of fried flatbread (baras), traditionally topped with curried chickpeas and chutney. Enjoyed for breakfast from street vendors and restaurants