Eat, Drink, Fiesta - on a Budget.
London is home to the best Latin street food in Europe. Operating from pop-up stalls and trailer trucks, you can go on an extraordinary culinary journey in this city. From Mexico to Argentina, there’s a brilliant range of dishes on sale. Here you can sample authentic Latin dishes and enjoy a delicious meal for under a tenner.
Check out some of London’s best Latin street food and find out why the UK is going crazy for chicken tamales and beef arepas!
Breddos (Mexico)
Mexican street food kings Breddos are the masters of tacos. Serving their finest dishes in markets across London, their grilled dishes are exceptional. Check out their short rib and crispy squid tacos and make sure you have plenty of change. Second servings are a common when Breddos are behind the grill.
Where: Dinerama, 19 Great Eastern Street, EC2A 3EJ (Thursday - Saturday 12pm - 12am and Sunday 12pm - 9pm)
Street Feast, Dalston Yard, Hartwell Street, E8 3DU (Friday & Saturday 5pm - 12am)
Average prices: £5-6 per taco
Maize Blaze (Colombia)
Maize Blaze offers a rich fusion of corn empanadas, arepas and salads. Rain or shine, they will be serving up hot, sizzling Colombian goodness into your hands. All of their food is gluten-free and this will appeal to vegans, vegetarians and meat eaters alike. Make sure to check out the traditional corn dough empanadas with fresh, modern salads.
Where: Camden Lock Market (open 7 days from 11.30am - 5pm) Devonshire Square (first week of every month, Tuesday-Friday, 11.30am-3pm)
Average prices: £6-7 per dish
Limeña (Peru)
Serving three freshly prepared appetisers of fish marinated in citrus juices, Limeña are the masters of Peruvian street food. Situated in Camden Market you can also have gluten free marinated quinoa, which is a healthy and inexpensive dish.
Where: Camden Lock Market (open 7 days from 11.30am - 5pm)
Average Prices: £6-7 per dish
Guasacaca (Venezuela)
Guasacaca is enormously popular with foodies across London. Their culinary focus is on traditional Venezuelan street food, Arepas, which is a corn flatbread made filled with meats, sauces and beans for a perfect meal on the go.
Where: Portobello Green Market is a good place to catch them (Saturday 10am - 5pm)
Average Prices: £6-7 per dish
Colombia Street Kitchen (Colombia)
Colombian street food again, but if you love crispy empanadas, succulent tamales and delicious frijoles then you need to pay these guys a visit!
Taste the wonders of Colombia at this year’s Comida Fest - London's biggest Latin American street food festival at the South Bank. Otherwise they are doing a six-month residency in the Green Rooms art hotel in Wood Green.
Where: Gabriel’s Wharf, South Bank, London, SE1 9PP
When: 18-19 June 2016 (Saturday 12-8pm, Sunday 11-6pm)
Average prices: £6-7 per dish
Porteña (Argentina)
Serving glorious slabs of Argentinian beef and sizzling empanadas in Borough Market, this London stall offers you a little flavour of Buenos Aires. Especially tasty on a Friday or Saturday night, get yourself down to London's most famous street food market and enjoy a taste of Argentina on your travels.
Where: Borough Market, 8 Southwark Street, London SE1 1TL (Monday - Thursday 10-5pm, Friday 10am-6pm, Saturday 8am-5pm)
Average Prices: £2-3 per empanada, £8 per steak sandwich.