Eat My Pies
On a mission to elevate British staples such as Scotch eggs, pork pies and custard tarts to gourmet status, Eat My Pies owner Andy Bates has created a mobile menu that includes such delights as smoked haddock, Thai green curry scotch eggs, and pies filled with pork, sage, apple and currants.
£3+, Thurs, Fri 10am – 3pm
Whitecross St Market, EC1Y 8JA
Old St, Barbican, Liverpool St
Sat 10am – 4pm
Broadway Market, E8 4PH
Stations | Dalston Junction, Haggerston, Bethnal Green London Fields, Cambride Heath
eatmypies.co.uk
Spit & Roast
Relatively new on the London street food scene, Spit & Roast serves chicken that has been soaked in buttermilk before being thrown in the fryer.
Alternatively, the crew are already known for their rotisserie spit chickens, if you prefer your hen that way. Backing up the meat fest (there’s pork on offer, too) are sides including cornbread muffins, garlic and rosemary potatoes and herb gravy.
£6+, Saturdays 11am – 4pm Hackney Homemade Market, Lower Clapton Road, E5 0PD
Station | Hackney Central, Hackney Downs
spitandroast.com
Luardos
It’s hard to beat this lot for delicious, healthy-ish comfort eats.
The brainchild of Simon Luard, who studied cookery in Oaxaca, Mexico, Luardos sells its wares from two graffiti-covered vans: the pink one called Mary; the blue one, Jesus H.
All grub is prepared fresh daily and the chicken, beef, pork and veggie burritos are oozing with creamy guacamole, home-made salsa, herby salad and sour cream.
£5+, Mon – Fri 11.30am – 2pm Whitecross Street Market, EC1Y 8JD
Barbican, Old St, Moorgate Sat 10am – 2pm Brockley Market, Lewisham Way, London, SE4 1UT
Stations | Brockley, Lewisham, Deptford
luardos.co.uk
Street Kitchen
Bistro-style meals served from the side of an airstream trailer. The menu changes daily and you can find out what’s on offer with the Street Kitchen iPhone app.
Expect fish and meat with lush accompaniments. Yum.
£6+, Mon-Fri 11.30am -2.30pm Finsbury Avenue Square, EC2M 2PG
Stations | Liverpool St, Moorgate
Mon-Fri 12-2.30pm 33 Parkgate rd, SW11 4NP
Stations | Clapham Junction, Battersea Park
streetkitchen.co.uk
Jaz and Jul’s
This hot chocolate outfit prides itself on using real chocolate, spices and fruit oils. Its motto is ‘chocolate is the answer, the question is irrelevant‘ and the Chili con Choccy is to die for.
£3+, Sat and Sun Camden Lock market, NW1 8AF Camden Town, Chalk Farm
Sat: Broadway Market, Westgate St. E8 4PH
Station | Dalston Junction, Haggerston, Bethnal Green London Fields, Cambride Heath
Sun: Chatsworth Road, Clapton, E5 0LH
Station | Homerton, Hackney Central Hackney Downs, Clapton
.jazandjuls.co.uk
Hoxton Beach Falafel
Cheap, chirpy and tasty, Hoxton Beach’s falafel comes with salad, tahina and homemade organic pickles. The team have also been known to turn their hand to hot dogs.
£3+, Mon-Fri lunchtime Goodge Place Market, W1T 3JJ
Tube | Goodge St
hoxtonbeach.com
Mama’s Jerk Station
This Caribbean food stand serves up jerk chicken wraps, jerk pork sausages and jerk veggie bean cake among other delights. The secret is in the tropical mayonnaise.
£3, Mon-Fri 6pm-11.30pm, Sat 10am-1am, Sun 10am-11.30pm Old Truman Brewery, 91-95 Brick Lane, E1 6QL
Station | Shoreditch High St, Liverpool St
Mon-Fri 10am-6pm Camden Lock market, NW1 8AF
Station | Camden Town, Chalk Farm Sat 10am-5pm
mamasjerkstation.com
Well Kneaded Wagon
Sourdough firebread pizza smothered in tomato, pesto or garlic and topped with the likes of chorizo, Portobello mushrooms and goats cheese.
Don’t miss the sweet pizza, which comes dripping in maple syrup, apple and cinnamon.
A favourite at private parties, the Well Kneaded crew in their vintage van have been shortlisted in the Street Food Awards.
Fri 12-3 Eat Street Market, Kings Boulevard, Kings Cross, N1C 4TB
Station | Kings Cross, St Pancras
facebook.com/wellkneadedwagon
Read more: London’s best street eats will be crown recognised at the Street Food Awards
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Yum Bun
Soft, fluffy steamed buns filled to burst with slow-roasted belly pork, hoi sin sauce, cucumber, spring onion and shiracha.
The veggie version is crammed with Portobello mushroom, toasted walnuts and miso glaze.
Everything’s free range and organic, but these buns taste far from worthy and have indeed earned their ‘yum’.
£3+, Sat 10am-4pm Broadway Market, Westgate St. E8 4PH
Station | Dalston Junction, Haggerston, Bethnal Green London Fields, Cambride Heath
Weekly as rostered Eat Street
yumbun.co.uk
Churros Garcia
Unpretentious, unhealthy but oh-so-delicious, the churros from Churro Garcia are light and crispy and come with a pot of rich, thick chocolate, flavoured with cinnamon, in which to dip your dough stick.
This is a proper family business, running for 40 years, and is garnering increasing recognition.
£5+, Sat 9am – 6pm Portobello Road Market, W10 5TD
Station | Ladbroke Rd, Westbourne Park
Sat 9am – 5pm Broadway Market, Westgate St. E8 4PH
Station | Dalston Junction, Haggerston, Bethnal Green London Fields, Cambride Heath
Fri, Sat, Sun 10am – 8pm
churrosgarcia.co.uk
Anna Mae’s Smokehouse
“Put some South in your mouth!” suggest the folks behind Anna Mae’s Smokehouse, which specialises in Southern US grub like pulled pork, BBQ sauce and macaroni cheese.
Try the hugely popular ‘Kanye Western’: macaroni cheese with hot dog and BBQ sauce – or the ‘Notorious P.I.G’: a pulled-pork sandwich with everything.
£4+, Thurs 12-2pm Eat Street Market, Kings Boulevard, Kings Cross, N1C 4TB Kings Cross
http://www.anna-maes.com
Pizza Pilgrims
Neapolitan pizza cooked in the back of a Piaggio Ape van by a team who picked up their skills on a food pilgrimage around Italy. Fans rave about the nduja, a spicy Calabrian sausage topping.
£5+, Mon-Fri 12-3pm Berwick Street Market, W1F 8TW
Tube | Oxford St, Tottenham Ct Rd, Piccadilly Circus
pizzapilgrims.co.uk
Lucky Chip
Quality beef burgers named after American movie stars. Try the latest, the John Candy: two aged beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions – all on a sesame seed buns.
There’s no doubt the big man himself would have been proud to munch on one of these bad boys.
Mon-Fri 6-10pm, Sat 6-11pm, Sun 1-6pm The Sebright Arms, 31-35 Coate St, E2 9AG
Station | Bethnal Green
Sat daytime Netil Market, 13-23 Westgate St, E8 3RL
Station | Haggerston
facebook.com/Luckychip
Banhmi11
Vietnamese fast bites including baguettes, noodle soups and BBQ meats. Top stuff.
£5+, Mon-Fri 11am-3pm Berwick Street Market, W1F 8TW
Tube | Oxford St, Tottenham Ct Rd, Piccadilly Circus
Sat 10am-5pm Broadway Market, Westgate St, E8 4PH Dalston Junction, Bethnal Green
Sat 11am-4pm Venn Street Market, Clapham Common, SW4 0AT
Station | Clapham North, Clapham Common
Sun 11am-4pm
Station | Chatsworth
banhmi11.com
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Sorbitium
With flavours such as salted caramel; roast white chocolate and sour cherry almond; lavender, honey and pistachio; or Prosecco and elderflower, this is ice cream for grown-ups.
Sorbitium owners, ex-Petersham Nurseries chefs Pedro Confessore and Suzanna Austin, make everything from scratch, blending old-fashioned vanilla bean custard with seasonal ingredients. Leave Mr Whippy to the kids.
£2+, Wednesdays in September Eat Street Market, Kings Boulevard, N1C 4TB
Station | Kings Cross St Pancras
Saturdays Maltby St Market, London SE1 3PA
Station | London Bridge, Borough London Bridge
Every Sunday: Marylebone Farmer’s Market; 1st, 3rd and 5th Saturday of each month: Parliament Hill and Pimlico Farmer’s Markets; 2nd and 4th Saturday of each month: Wimbledon Farmer’s Market
sorbitiumices.com
Big Apple Hot Dogs
Promising “no nasty bits” in their 98 per cent meat hot dogs, the Big Apple crew, under the guidance of Abiye Cole do
a brisk trade in big dogs (a blend of pork and beef) and pimp steaks (all beef).
£3+, Tues-Fri 12-6pm
239 Old Street, EC1V 9EY
Stations | Old St, Shoreditch High St
bigapplehotdogs.com
The Arabica Food & Spice Company
Levantine dishes inspired by the two owners’ travels through Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Palestine and Israel.
Tempted by grilled squid with wild thyme, fennel and honey or oranges and pistachios with wild sumac?
Hit one of the markets and take your pick from mezze, dips and salads, pulses, pickles and preserves, blended spices and the famous Damascean falafel wrap.
£4+, Thurs 11am-5pm, Fri 12-6pm, Sat 8.30am-5pm Borough Market, 8 Southwark Street, SE1 1TL
Station | London Bridge, Borough
Sat 9am-4pm Broadway Market, Westgate St, E8 4PH
Station | Dalston Junction, Bethnal Green
Fri 11am-8pm, Sat 10am-6pm,
Sun 12-6pm Real Food Market, Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, SE1 8XX, UK
arabicafoodandspice.com
Meringue Girls
Cupcakes and macaroons are so passé, say the Meringue Girls and once you’ve tasted their chewy yet light meringues, you may not argue.
Flavours include fresh strawberry and black pepper, rhubarb and ginger and a sinful 70% dark chocolate and hazelnut. They also do a good turn in Eton Mess.
Banhmi11
Vietnamese fast bites including baguettes, noodle soups and BBQ meats. Top stuff.
£5+, Mon-Fri 11am-3pm Berwick Street Market, W1F 8TW
Tube | Oxford St, Tottenham Ct Rd, Piccadilly Circus
Sat 10am-5pm Broadway Market, Westgate St, E8 4PH Dalston Junction, Bethnal Green
Sat 11am-4pm Venn Street Market, Clapham Common, SW4 0AT
Station | Clapham North, Clapham Common
Sun 11am-4pm
Station | Chatsworth
banhmi11.com
Pizza Pilgrims
Neapolitan pizza cooked in the back of a Piaggio Ape van by a team who picked up their skills on a food pilgrimage around Italy. Fans rave about the nduja, a spicy Calabrian sausage topping.
£5+, Mon-Fri 12-3pm Berwick Street Market, W1F 8TW
Tube | Oxford St, Tottenham Ct Rd, Piccadilly Circus
pizzapilgrims.co.uk
Read more: London’s best street eats will be crown recognised at the Street Food Awards
