Street Food (TV series)

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Street Food
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Genre Documentary
Created by David Gelb
Brian McGinn
Directed byVarious
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons3
No. of episodes21
Production
Running time30–34 min.
Production companies Boardwalk Pictures
Supper Club
Original release
Network Netflix
ReleaseApril 26, 2019 (2019-04-26) 
present (present)

Street Food is an American documentary that premiered on Netflix on April 26, 2019, created by David Gelb and Brian McGinn, exploring street food around the world. Archival footage is combined with face-to-face interviews and follows street food chefs and their history, which is intertwined with the big picture of how influential street food is on their native country. [1] [2] [3]

Contents

Episodes

Volume 1: Asia

EpisodeCityFeatured (Store Owner/Store Name)Featured DishInterviewee
1 Bangkok, Thailand Jay Fai (Raan Jay Fai)

Khun Sumeth (Sukhumvit 38 Famous Ba Mee)

Jek Pui (Jek Pui Curry)

Crab Meat Omelette

Tom Yum (Dry and Soup)

Hand Pulled Egg Noodles with BBQ Pork

Thai curry

Chawadee Nualkhair
2 Osaka, Japan Toyo (Izakaya Toyo)

Taizo Kit (Umai-Ya)

Goshi Yusuke (Fue)

Various Izakaya Dishes (including Sashimi)

Takoyaki

Okonomiyaki

Mana Kumagai

Yoko Suzuki

3 Delhi, India Dalchand Kashyap (Mangla Chat Wale)

Mohammed Rehan (Kallu Nihari)

Karimuddin Sahib (Karim's)

Dharmender Makkan (Nand di Hatti)

Potato Chaat

Nihari Stew

Seekh kebab

Chole bhature

Rana Safvi

Sangeetha Singh

4 Yogyakarta, Indonesia Mbah Satinem (Jajan Pasar Mbah Satinem) [4]

Leonarda Tjahjono (Arya Snack & Food)

Mbah Lindu (Gudeg Mbah Lindu)

Yasir Ferry Ismatrada (Mie Lethek Cap Garuda)

Jajan Pasar (Market Snack)

Jajan Pasar Modern (Modern Market Snack)

Gudeg (Braised Jackfruit)

Mie Lethek (Cassava Noodles)

Kevindra P. Soemantri
5 Chiayi, Taiwan Grace Chia Hui Lin (Smart Fish)

Li-Hua Liu-Zhu (Magistrate Liu's)

Tsui-Eh Wang-Li (A Eh Douhua)

Uncle Goat (Song Shan Tu Yao)

Fish head casserole

Chiayi turkey rice

Tofu Pudding

3 Day 3 Night Goat Stew

Joanna Liu
6 Seoul, South Korea Yoonsun Cho (Gohyang Kalguksu Stall)

Gunsook Jung (Honglim Banchan Stall)

Geumsoon Park/Sangmi Chu (Pakgane)

Jo Jungja (Dongdaemun Food Street)

Kal-guksu (Knife-Cut Noodles)

Gejang (Marinated Crab)

Bindae-tteok (Mung Bean Pancake)

Baked Baffle

Daniel Lee Gray

Yeonhak Jung

7 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Thái Thị Kim Phượng (Truoc's Snail Stall)

Huỳnh Quốc Dũng (Bánh Mì Bảy Hổ)

No Interviewee (Cơm Tấm Kim Ngân)

Anh Manh (Phở Miến Gà Kỳ Đồng)

Various Snail Dishes

Bánh mì (Vietnamese Baguette)

Cơm tấm (Broken Rice)

Pho (Noodle Soup)

Nikky Tran

Vo Quoc

8 Singapore Aisha Hashim (Haig Road Putu Piring)

Master Tang (Master Tang's Wonton Noodle)

Wayne and Paul Liew (Keng Eng Kee Seafood)

Niven Leong (Sin Kee Famous Chicken Rice)

Putu Piring

Wonton noodles

Chilli crab

Hainanese chicken rice

Debbie Yong

KF Seetoh

9 Cebu, Philippines Florencio Escabas/Entoy (Entoy's Bakasihan)

Leslie Enjambre (Leslie's Lechon)

Ian Secong (Azul Tuslob-Buwa)

Rubilyn Diko Manayon (Rubilyn's Carinderia)

Nilarang bakasi (Sour Stew with Reef Eels)

Lechon (Whole Roasted Pig)

Tuslob buwa (Cebuano Fondue)

Lumpia (Chinese Style Spring Rolls)

Tatung Sarthou

Jude A. Bacalso

[5] [6] [7]

Volume 2: Latin America

EpisodeCityFeatured (Store Owner/Store Name)Featured DishInterviewee
1 Buenos Aires, Argentina Pato Rodríguez (Las Chicas de la Tres)

Francisco Ibáñez (La Mezzetta)

Fabián Peralta (Lo de Fabi)

Rubén Batalla (El Puesto de Ruben)

Tortilla de Papas (Potato, Ham & Cheese Omelette)

Tortilla de Verdura (Vegetable & Cheese Omelette)

Fugazzeta (Argentine Stuffed Pizza)

Argentinean Empanadas (Filled Fried Maize Dough)

Choripán (Chorizo Sandwich)

Silvina Reusmann

Allie Lazar

2 Salvador, Brazil Suzana Sapucaia/Dona Suzana (Ré Restaurante)

Martinha Rodrigues (Martinhá do Abará)

Claudia Barbara (Acarajé da Baia)

"Kabaça" Clementino (Bar dú Kabaça)

Moqueca (Fish, Coconut Milk & Dendê Oil)

Abará (Steamed Ground Beans, Shrimp Paste & Dendê Oil)

Pirão (Yucca & Dried Sausage)

Acarajé (Ground Black-Eyed Peas Fried in Dendê Oil)

Feijoada (Brown Bean & Stewed Meat)

Tereza Paim

Vilson Caetano de Sousa Jr.

3 Oaxaca, Mexico Valentina Hernández/Doña Vale (Memelas Doña Vale)

Sandra Ortiz (Empanadas del Carmen)

Doña Brígida Manzano (Tlayudas la Chinita)

Aurora Sánchez/Doña Aurora (El Pocito)

Memela (Tortillas, Salsa & Cheese)

Empanadas de Amarillo (Tortillas, Chicken & Yellow Mole)

Tlayudas (Tortillas with Cheese, Beans & Grilled Meat)

Piedrazos (Bread, Vinegar & Cheese)

Aguas frescas (Fresh Fruit Waters)

Celia Florián

Rodolfo Castellanos

4 Lima, Peru Tómas Matsufuji/Toshi (Al Toke Pez)

Pablo Valverde/María Gonzales (Picarones Mary)

Angelica Chinen (Huerta Chinen)

Rosana Espirito (Doña Pochita)

Ceviche (Marinated Seafood)

Picarones (Peruvian Donuts)

Combinado (Combination Plate)

Anticuchos (Grilled Beef Hearts)

Javier Masias

Catherine Contreras

Gastón Acurio

5 Bogota, Colombia Luz Dary/Mamá Luz (Tolú)

Mary Renteria (Esquina de Mary)

Doña Bertha Segura (La Caseta del Tinto)

Pilar Delgado & Patrica Delgado (Comidas Pili & Cositas Ricas Doña Maria)

Ajiaco (Potato Soup with Chicken)

Mote de Queso (Yam & Cheese Soup)

Rompe Colchón (Coconut Fish Soup)

Arepas (Grilled & Fried Maize Dough)

Tamales (Masa Steamed in Plantain Leaves) & Bandeja Paisa (Platter of Meats, Beans & Rice)

Eduardo Martínez

Juliana Duque

Luisa Acosta

6 La Paz, Bolivia Emiliana Condori (Rellenos de Doña Emi)

Cristina Zurita (Plaza de las Cholas #6)

Carlos Suaznábar/Constantina Velasco (Apis Sabor Irupaneño)

Mery Costas (Helados Tradicionales)

Relleno de papa (Mashed Potatoes & Meat)

Sándwich de chola (Pork Leg Sandwich)

Buñuelo (Fried Dough)

Helado de Canela (Cinnamon Sorbet)

Sumaya Prado

Marsia Taha

Volume 3: USA

EpisodeCityFeatured (Store Owner/Store Name)Featured DishInterviewee
1 Los Angeles, California Juan Carlos "Billy" Acosta (Carnitas El Momo)

Elvira Chan (Dollar Hits)

Estella Dalé (Guatemalan Night Market)

Duane Earle & Cary Earle (Earle's on Crenshaw)

Carnitas

Filipino skewers (grilled meat & offal)

Guatemalan churrasco (grilled meats & tortillas)

Hot dogs

Bill Esparza

Matthew Kang

2 Portland, Oregon Thủy Phạm (Mama Đút)

Matt Vicedomini (Matt's BBQ Tacos)

Kiauna "Kee" Nelson (Kee's #Loaded Kitchen)

Collin Mohr & Aaron Kiss (Ruthie's)

Vietnamese vegan dishes

BBQ Brisket Taco

#Loaded Plate (comfort food)

Seasonal wood fired food

Karen Brooks

Mike Thelin

3 New York City, New York Tami Treadwell (Harlem Seafood Soul)

Gio Lanza (Luigi's Pizza)

Mando El Gammal (Mando's)

Dan Rossi (Hot Dog King)

Shrimps and grits

Shrimp po'boy

Pizza

Halal Chicken over rice

NYC hot dog

Chef JJ Johnson

Ed Levine

4 New Orleans, Louisiana Ms. Linda Green (Ms. Linda's Soul Food

Kirk Frady (Frady's One Stop)

Ashley Hansen (Hansen's Sno-Bliz)

James Simon (Mais La Seafood)

Yakamein

Po'boy

Snoballs

Boiled crawfish

Vance Vaucresson

Ian McNulty

5 Oahu, Hawaii James Martin & Leonard Nombris (Da Bald Guy)

Ryan Ching (Ry's Poke Shack)

Liko Hoe (Waiāhole Poi Factory)

Terry Aguinaldo & Romy Aguinaldo (Romy's Kahuku Prawns & Fish)

Plate lunch

Poke

Poi

Garlic prawns (Prawns sautéed in garlic butter sauce)

Lanai Tabura

Mark "Gooch" Noguchi

6 Miami, Florida Larry D. Reaves, Jr. aka Souseman Larry (World Famous Souseman Barbeque)

Melissa Elias (Luis Galindo's Latin American Restaurant #2)

Mercy Gonzalez (El Rey de las Fritas)

Noam Yemini & Melisanne Craan (Naomi's Garden Restaurant & Longue)

Souse

Cuban sandwich

Frita Cubana

Haitian platter (Plantain, bouillon soup, pikliz, legim)

Carlos Frías

Starex Smith

Release

The first season was released on April 26, 2019, on Netflix; [8] the second season on July 21, 2020; [9] and the third season on July 26, 2022.

Reception

Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported an approval rating of 100% based on 8 reviews, with an average rating of 8/10 for the first volume. [10] For the second volume, review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported an approval rating of 83% based on 6 reviews, with an average rating of 6.5/10. [11]

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Volume 1: Asia

Volume 2: Latin America

Volume 3: USA