21 Street Foods To Eat In Scotland Before You Die

Alpine dumplings with parmesan buttermelt sauce? Yes please.

1. Jones & Son

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Where: Edinburgh.

What: A popular and tasty barbecue food stall serving slow roasted pulled pork rolls with coleslaw or their homemade chilli jam and beetroot chutney.

2. Babu Bombay Street Kitchen

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Where: Glasgow.

What: Delicious freshly made curries, chai tea and filled rotis. They're based in Glasgow but visit Stockbridge Farmer’s Market in Edinburgh every Sunday.

3. Alplings

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Where: Edinburgh.

What: Alplings is a travelling pop up kitchen serving traditional Alpine vegetarian dumplings (cheese, spinach and beetroot) with a variety of tasty sauces.

4. Ninja Buns

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Where: Edinburgh.

What: Ninja Buns is a relatively new Taiwanese burger stall specialising in steamed buns filled with spicy marinaded meat, pickled veg and crunchy peanuts.

5. smoak

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Where: Glasgow.

What: The founders of smoak pride themselves on their Texan-style, slow-smoked BBQ brisket. You can sample their food at New York Kitchen TriBeCA.

6. Union of Genius

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Where: Edinburgh.

What: Union of Genius serve up hearty, creative and delicious soups from their cafe on Forrest Road and from their very pretty travelling soup van.

7. Harajuku Kitchen

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Where: Edinburgh.

What: This Japanese bistro started life as a stall on Stockbridge Market. Their crispy gyoza, tempura and sublime sushi are available as a £5 takeaway lunch.

8. Kimchi Cult

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Where: Glasgow.

What: This roving Korean fast food company moved to Glasgow from London in 2014. They specialise in beef burgers served with kimchi.

9. Civerinos

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Where: Edinburgh.

What: A fun, friendly Italian street food and pizza slice bar on Hunter Square. Their piadina - a type of Italian stuffed flatbread - is particularly good.

10. scoop

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Where: Glasgow.

What: scoop are a popular pop up dining company who serve innovative American inspired dishes from their shiny silver trailer - nicknamed “The Bullet”.

11. Steampunk Coffee

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Where: Edinburgh.

What: A roving food van run by a rustic, charming North Berwick cafe that serves up tasty sandwiches and delicious cakes at various spots around the capital.

12. The Hanoi Bike Shop

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Where: Glasgow.

What: This gorgeous Vietnamese street food cafe is tucked away on one of Glasgow's prettiest lanes. Be sure to try their cari spiced pheasant curry.

13. Tupiniquim

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Where: Edinburgh.

What: Freshly made, gluten free Brazilian crepes stuffed with a variety of fillings including goat cheese, basil, pecans, spinach and jalapenos.

14. Pinto

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Where: Glasgow and Edinburgh.

What: A Mexican street food chain with three locations in Glasgow and two in Edinburgh. They serve delicious burritos, nachos and tacos to eat in or takeaway.

15. Pad BKK

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Where: Edinburgh.

What: A mobile restaurant/ food truck that serves bold, vibrant and spicy Thai street food. Don't miss their crispy roast pork salad with peanuts and chilli.

16. Bollywood: The Coffee Box

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Where: Edinburgh.

What: Indian food served alfresco beside Bruntsfield Links by aspiring restaurateur Nutan Bula. Don't miss her delicious rasam soup with lentils.

17. Fire In Babylon

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Where: Glasgow.

What: A social enterprise serving delicious, authentic West Indian food at various locations in Glasgow: you can keep track of them via their Facebook page.

18. Casa Roble

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Where: Edinburgh.

What: Fantastic freshly cooked paella available at various markets and events throughout Edinburgh, including Stockbridge Market and Castle Terrace.

19. Antojita Cantina

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Where: Edinburgh.

What: Antojito slow cook shoulders of pork and legs of beef for hours, then turn them into pulled pork chilli and barbacoa beef burritos served from a mobile trailer.

20. The Big Blu

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Where: Dunbar/ Edinburgh

What: The owners of The Big Blu serve delicious pizzas and classic French dishes like roast tronçon of turbot from their beautiful vintage French Citroen H Van.

21. Tuk Tuk

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Where: Edinburgh.

What: This casual restaurant serves great value curries with names like 'railway station makhni': the sort of meals you can pick up at roadside stalls across India.

Mar. 16, 2015, at 11:08 AM

Smoak work with TriBeCa. An earlier version of this article said that Smoak worked with Ox and Finch.