STREET FOOD DESTINATIONS

Not all the best grub is dished up in restaurants, as these tasty street eat locations prove...

1 French Market, New Orleans, USA The Big Easy’s oldest street food hub is a frenzy of activity, from hollering oyster vendors and pots of bubbling cajun gumbo, to raucous live music. Make a beeline for its po’boy sandwiches, usually stuffed with freshly fried seafood.

2 Mercado da Ribeira, Lisbon, Portugal This food hall pigeon-holes all of Lisbon’s best eats under one roof, from gourmet shacks by Michelin-starred chefs to outlets hawking staple snacks such as Portugal’s famed pasteis de nata (custard tarts).

3 Marche Sandaga, Dakar, Senegal Here exists a fusion of African, European and Middle Eastern flavours, but the legacy of Senegal’s French occupation (until 1960) lingers largest in the market’s food, with spiced dibi (grilled meat) served in a baguette an enduring staple.

4 Night Market, Luang Prabang, Laos At dusk, head to Luang Prabang’s Sisavangvong Road, where smoke filters out of tents cooking grilled meats and fish caught straight from the Mekong, tastily backed up by noodle soups and curries.

5 Queen Victoria Market, Melbourne, Australia Covering 70,000 sq m, Melbourne’s food Mecca has it all: a 1950s doughnut truck, pop-ups taking you from Sri Lankan roti to Hawaiian smoked pork. Even its Deli Hall drips with art deco charm.

Adapted from The World Atlas Of Street Food (Thames & Hudson, £25) by Carol Wilson & Sue Quinn. Out now.