This Copenhagen stall has been named the best street food vendor in Europe

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Hija de Sanchez
Alice Howarth30 April 2018

It’s a well known fact that sampling a country’s cuisine when travelling is one of life’s finest pleasure and when you find it on a street corner - somehow it always tastes that bit better, doesn’t it?

Street food in recent years has become huge with people all over the world opening markets and vans that prove so popular they often set-up permanent residencies.

People simply can’t get enough of the soulful dishes that come from stalls instead of served in five-star restaurants and with the quality of choice there is nowadays, it’s not hard to see why.

Setting out to find which are the very best street food vendors in Europe, easyJet along with a team of 73 food experts including Michelin-starred Noma chef, René Redzepi, tried and tested exactly what the continent had to offer.

Creating a master list of eats to tick off from Lisbon to Paris, Budapest to London, the good news is, if you want to try the very best, you won't have to travel far.

Based in Copenhagen, Hija de Sanchez, which began life as a Mexican food truck in 2015, came out on top. Founded by Rosio Sanchez, her menu has become famous world-wide for mixing Mexican spices with Nordic ingredients. The stall is still in the city’s Torvehallerne area but a new permanent restaurant has opened in the neighbourhood of Vesterbro.

“Mexican dining is about colour, diversity, sharing. It’s hard to find good Mexican in Europe,” Sanchez said after learning she’d won, predicting customers would return “like ants” when her stall reopens this spring.

Coming in at second was Sea Me in Lisbon, which makes Japanese and Portuguese fusion seafood, and Alain Miam Miam in Paris, which is famed for its grilled buckwheat galettes, came in at third.

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Check out the top 10 list below…

  1. Hija de Sanchez in Copenhagen, Mexico taco truck 
  2. Sea Me at the Time Out Market in Lisbon, which does Japanese/Portuguese fusion food.
  3. Alain Miam Miam in Paris, famed for grilled buckwheat galettes.
  4. AmsterDAM Good Cookies in The Netherlands, who sell their famous stroopwaffles.
  5. Mordi e Vai in Rome, serving traditional Italian staples.
  6. bone. BERLIN in Berlin, Germany, which is a kimchi/poutine mashup.
  7. Aleppo Bahebek, an Oslo-based shawarma joint staffed entirely by Syrian refugees.
  8. Lángos Máshogy in Budapest, which blends hipster and traditional with its full, flavoursome Langos Burger.
  9. Korvar Kiosk, a Stockholm hotdog stand run by larger-than-life local celeb, Günter.
  10. Yum Bun in London, which is a multi-site bao bun institution.

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