I walked by this hamburger cart in Bogotá the other day and it got me thinking about how creative people can be here in Colombia. This small space only just fits one woman, and here she sells hamburgers for $1,000COL pesos or about 50 cents and hot dog combos for $1,500COL pesos or 75 cents.
If you have $2 in your pocket in Bogotá you can buy yourself breakfast, lunch or dinner with street food in Bogotá. Ok, it’s not going to be the most flash meal you’ve ever had, you know that, but here are some of the foods available on the streets of Bogotá and all for under $2.
- Hamburgers
- Hot dogs
- Fried ribs
- Arepas
- Pizza
- Fruit salads
- Fried potato chips
- Chorizo on a stick
- Fruit juices
- Buñuelos
- Sandwiches
- Coffee
- Cereal with yogurt
- Meat and chips
- Stuffed potatoes
- Corn
- Pelanga
- Raspao or snow cones
- Cholado
- Empanadas
I am sure I have missed so, so many street food options. What have you tried?
You are making me very hungry 😛 Here in Brazil they have the biggest burgers I have ever seen in my life for about 6R$ which is like 2.50 euros… At home in Ireland the same burger would cost about 12 Euro… kind of depressing!
I know what you mean! Sometimes I am so surprised by how little I can spend on food. I can cook a meal here for four people for around $4. Back in Oz, I’d be lucky to buy a drink to share with four people for $4!
We have that same street food culture here in Turkey. Let’s see. There is a lot of bakery stuff like simit (a traditional sesame ring), kumru (sesame bread sandwich with goat cheese, tomatoes and a slice of spicy green pepper) boyoz (a millefeuille pastry roll typical to Izmir). There are also some carts selling corn (same as in Colombia), chestnuts, pop corn, rice with chicken, fish in a bread, kokoreç (some kind of grilled intestine which actually smells quite nice but I have never tried it). I usually stick to the bakery stuff and for the rest avoid buying food on the street. Oh, mussels filled with rice are very popular as well! They sell them at almost every corner and you can buy them by the piece. They open them up in front of you and spread some lemon juice on them. I used to like them until I heard about the health risks. Oh well, what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger… :))
Oh Ana, I absolutely love Turkish food. I am salivating at the thought of goats cheese bread and lemon mussels!
I have eaten some pretty questionable things on the street here in Colombia. When I first arrived here I decided I would give pretty much anything a go – from 2am hot dogs to fried pig face, but I have yet to get Bogotá belly, thankfully. 🙂