Street Foods of the World Trivia Word Search

Crisp fried wafers topped with noodles and chutney make up this Mumbai street snack.

These Polish stuffed dumplings are a fixture of street fairs and outdoor markets.

This crispy fried dough disc, shaped like a flying saucer and dipped in syrup, is an Indian sweet street treat.

This Korean rice roll, wrapped in seaweed around vegetables and meat, travels well as a portable snack.

This Vietnamese baguette sandwich blends French bread with pickled vegetables and meat.

This dense, slow-churned frozen dessert is South Asia's answer to ice cream.

This Chinese steamed bun is filled with pork, vegetables, or sweet paste.

This thin, savory Chinese street-food crepe is folded around egg, herbs, and a crispy cracker.

This Greek spit-roasted meat, wrapped in pita with tzatziki, shares its name with a spinning motion.

This crunchy Mumbai snack mixes puffed rice, vegetables, and tangy chutneys in one bowl.

This fermented rice cake is steamed and served for breakfast across South India.

This stir-fried rice noodle dish, often served with peanuts and lime, is Thailand's best-known street food export.

This flaky South Asian flatbread, cooked on a griddle, is sold hot from street vendors' stalls.

Bite-sized dishes served from steamer baskets and small plates are known by this Cantonese term.

These vegetable fritters, dipped in chickpea batter and deep-fried, are popular across the Indian subcontinent.

This Brazilian snack shapes shredded chicken and dough into a teardrop before frying.

This fish-shaped Japanese cake is filled with sweet red bean paste and cooked in a special mold.

These grilled cornmeal cakes, split and filled, are a staple street food in Venezuela and Colombia.

This spicy coconut-based noodle soup is a signature street dish of Singapore and Malaysia.

Crisp hollow shells filled with spiced tamarind water are known by this name across much of India.

Chicken marinated in yogurt and spices, then roasted in a clay oven, gives this dish its name.

These fried dough sticks, dusted in sugar or cinnamon, are sold by street vendors and dipped in hot chocolate.

This spiced, layered rice-and-meat dish is a festive street favorite across South Asia.

Skewers of grilled chicken, often basted in a sweet soy glaze, are sold at Japanese food stalls under this name.

Sliced sausage topped with a spiced tomato sauce and a fragrant spice blend is a beloved Berlin street-food invention.

Grilled corn on the cob, slathered with mayonnaise, cheese, and chili powder, is this Mexican street classic.

This triangular fried pastry stuffed with spiced potatoes is eaten across South Asia and beyond.

This spiced lentil curry poured over bread is a fiery Mumbai street breakfast.

This Indonesian meatball soup is a common cart food sold from mobile carts called gerobak.

These steamed dumplings, filled with meat or vegetables, are sold at stalls across Tibet, Nepal, and North India.

This South African dish hollows out a loaf of bread and fills it with curry.

This Vietnamese noodle soup, built on a beef or chicken broth, is eaten at all hours from street stalls.

This sweet, syrup-filled Korean pancake is fried on a griddle at street stalls, especially in winter.

This Brazilian fried pastry comes stuffed with cheese, meat, or hearts of palm.

This Japanese rice ball, often wrapped in seaweed around a savory filling, is a portable street snack.

Fresh or fried, this Vietnamese and Chinese snack wraps vegetables and sometimes meat in a thin wrapper.

This wrapped and rolled Tex-Mex favorite can hold rice, beans, and meat inside a large flour tortilla.

This slow-cooked fava bean dish is a cheap, filling Egyptian street staple.

These fried tortilla chips, topped with melted cheese, began as a quick snack at a Mexican border town.

Mashed spiced vegetables served with buttered bread rolls make up this beloved Mumbai dish.

In Jamaica, meat marinated in Scotch bonnet peppers and allspice, then smoked over pimento wood, gets this name.

Fried potato strips are said to have been sold by Paris street vendors in the late 1700s, though Belgium disputes it.

This pecan candy, made from sugar and cream, is a classic New Orleans street sweet.

Layers of flaky filo pastry, nuts, and honey syrup make up this Middle Eastern and Balkan sweet.

This Portuguese custard tart, a bakery and street favorite, gets its name from the filling it's named after.

Canada's contribution to street-food fame tops fries with cheese curds and brown gravy.

Sold from Indonesian food carts, nasi _ _ _ _ _ _ takes the Indonesian word for 'fried' in its name.

This sausage, coated in cornmeal batter and deep-fried on a stick, is an American fairground classic.

Fried fish served alongside deep-fried potato slices is a beloved British seaside street meal.

Victorian Londoners bought this shellfish from street stalls, alongside whelks and eels.

This general term for skewered, grilled meat is used from the Middle East across South Asia.

This mildly sweet Taiwanese tea drink gets its name from the chewy tapioca pearls settled at the bottom of the cup.

This Southeast Asian fried pastry is filled with a spiced curry mixture.

This Australian street classic wraps minced meat and gravy inside a pastry crust.

Coconut milk gives this fragrant Malaysian rice dish its rich flavor.

Citrus juice 'cooks' raw fish in this bright Peruvian dish, often sold from coastal carts.

This Greek grilled-meat skewer is typically served wrapped in pita with tomato and onion.

This Indonesian vegetable salad is dressed in a thick peanut sauce.

Minced-meat sausages, grilled and served in flatbread, are a beloved street food across the Balkans.

Spicy skewered meat, grilled over open flames, is a beloved Nigerian street snack.

This sesame-crusted bread ring is sold hot from carts on the streets of Istanbul.

This sour, spicy Thai soup gets its punch from lemongrass, lime leaf, and chili.

This El Salvadoran griddle cake is stuffed with cheese, beans, or pork before cooking.

Skewered and grilled, this Indonesian and Malaysian street dish is served with a rich peanut sauce.

This tomato-based, richly spiced rice dish sparks friendly rivalry between Nigeria and Ghana.

This square of fried dough, dusted in powdered sugar, is a New Orleans breakfast street food.

This corn-dough parcel, steamed inside a corn husk or banana leaf, dates back to Aztec market stalls.

This Turkish spit-roasted meat, sliced thin, is the ancestor of the Greek gyro.

Roasted over open braziers, these nuts are a classic winter street snack across Europe.

This chewy, pounded Japanese rice cake is often sold plain, filled, or grilled at festival stalls.

This fermented rice-and-lentil crepe is a South Indian street-food classic, often filled with spiced potato.

This chilled, blended yogurt drink cools diners down at Indian food stalls.

Cooked on a hinged iron press, these gridded cakes are sold hot from Belgian street stands.

Spun sugar, whipped into a fluffy cloud and twirled onto a stick, is a fairground treat known by different names in the US and Britain.

This meat is shaved off a slowly turning vertical spit and stuffed into flatbread across the Middle East and Turkey.

This stuffed, fried or baked pastry pocket is popular across Spain and Latin America.

This crispy Indian potato patty, often served with chutney, gets its name from the Hindi word for potato.

This dried, cured strip of meat is a South African snack food sold at roadside stands.

This New York street-cart classic is a dense, boiled-then-baked ring of bread, often topped with sesame seeds.

In Mexico these corn tortillas folded around a filling are the country's most famous street snack.

This small Brazilian savory pie is a common bakery and street stall item.

This Japanese wheat-noodle soup traces its roots to noodle dishes brought over by Chinese immigrants.

This twisted, salted baked dough snack is a beer-garden and street-cart favorite in Germany and the US.

These fried Sicilian rice balls are stuffed with ragu, cheese, or peas before being breaded.

Victorian Londoners bought this fish cooked and set in its own gelatin, sold from street stalls.

Sold by the slice from countless city carts, this Neapolitan flatbread became a street-food staple worldwide.

Grilled meat cooked over an open flame is called this across much of South America.

This sausage in a bun became a fixture of American ballparks and city street carts.

This Mexican sandwich, served on a crusty roll, can be filled with anything from meat to beans.

This spicy Korean rice-cake dish is simmered in a bright red gochujang sauce.

Balls of battered octopus, grilled on a special molded pan, are an Osaka street-food icon.

Rice, lentils, pasta, and a spiced tomato sauce are layered together in this popular Egyptian dish.

This thin French pancake, folded around sweet or savory fillings, is cooked to order on street griddles.

This flaky fried pastry stuffed with lentils or spices is a favorite North Indian street snack.

This South African farmer's sausage is grilled at roadside stands and braais.