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Default Local Snack/Street Food


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> dee wrote:
> > I got back to Hong Kong recently. And am reminded about all the
> > wonderful street food and snacks - both savory and sweet. One is egg
> > balls (sweet) they are hollow inside. Simple and great when eaten when
> > it's just made.
> >
> > I would like to know about your favourite local snack or street food
> > and the like from where you live? May include photo as well. Thanks.

>
> Street food:
> Chips hot from the chip wagon or maybe a real poutine.
>
> An old favourite, but I don't live there now, was a shwarma from the
> street vendors in Dammam or Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia.
>
> The Kingston and Ottawa shwarmas are good but just not the same as
> those in Al Khobar.
> John Kane, Kingston ON Canada


Thanks. Shwarma is a new word for me, a great description he
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shwarma