Approximately two decades ago, Dhaka’s street food view was changing day by day. Previous times the view was all about simplicity, such as crispy piyajus and singaras, deep-fried puris, or jhal muri. You would also discover various types of pithas, depending on the season.
In the early days, you and your friend might have enjoyed a plate of fuchka or chotpoti after boring classes, but nowadays the idea of a juicy burger, grabbing pizza, a full spicy and naga momo, grabbing a cheesy pizza with lots of tasty toppings, or a juicy meat box with lots of sauces from a street food cart is nowadays cringeworthy.
If we do compare, lots of changes will come forward. Because of the past 20 years, hundreds of restaurants and unlimited street food carts have sprawled across the city. You can find any type of food cart in almost every alley, which is operated by young educated people; they have the determination to become entrepreneurs.
They not only sell the foods, but also they bring global taste into tradition with their own creativity. These cards become preferred locations for their crabbings. They sell foods that are not going with our tradition, but they show traditions of other countries, such as Belgian waffles, Pakistani chaap, Indian belpuri, golgappa, and Nepalese momos.
Most of the cards start after sunset, and from that time till midnight, those places become crowded and the busiest places; all professions of people come here and gather there.
Most interestingly, you won’t find singara, samacha or puri, but tea never goes flop. Nowadays creative people start tea stalls, and they serve tea with their creativity. There you can find many variations of tea, and those are very delicious.
Vloggers also play a vital role in this part because they give reviews and post on their social media, and people become interested in tasting those delicious foods. Many nations and international organizations have done those works. Rather, international vloggers like Trevor James (The Food Ranger) and Sonny Side (Best Ever Food Review Show) visited the city, putting Dhaka’s street food on the global map.
Every food cart has its own stories; many students who can’t get a job start the business, and there are lots of stories in those food carts.
Source: The Daily Star
