Fried Rice Enters 20 List Of The Most Popular Street Foods In The World

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JAKARTA - Indonesian food, fried rice, recently became one of the most popular foods in the world. The list is published by a platform called Remitly.

Launching from Timeout, Sunday, December 1, 2024, the platform uses TikTok as a reference for determining the world's most popular street food. Calculation results show that fried rice ranks 15th out of 20 lists of popular street foods in the world.

Indonesia is one of the Southeast Asian countries whose typical food is included in the list, along with Vietnam. Street food Vietnam which is included in the list is pho, which ranks 8th.

The top ranking on the list is occupied by kolos, a popular Mexican street snack and widely posted on TikTok social media. In second place occupied by the pani purifier, a snack from India.

Pani puryo is a snack in the form of crunchy skin filled with spicy potatoes and cutting onions. The following is a complete list of the 20 most popular street foods in the world.

1. Taco (Mexico)2. Pani puryo (India)3. Hot dog (United States)4. Waffle (Belgium)5. Croissant (France)6. Tamale (Guatemala)7. Empanada (Spain)8. Pho (Vietnam)9. Cevich (Peru)10. Crepes (France)11. Macaron (France)12. Churros (Spain)13. Shawarma (Bahrain)14. Frites or the type of French fries (France)15. Nasi goreng (Indonesia)16. Poutine (Cananda)17. Paella (Spain) 18. Fou fou (Guinea)19. Croquetas (Spain)20. Elite (Mexico)