The King of Roman Street Food: Supplì

And where to get the best one of course.

Italians are known all over the world for their slow food philosophy, their rich culinary tradition and for their habit of having neverending lunches and sit-down dinners.

Besides the great pleasure that Italians find sitting at a table, at home or at the restaurant, Italy has a very long tradition of street food too.

In fact many of the most famous italian dishes that we know today were originated “on the streets”.

In 2020 an old ancestor of a street food shop was found by the archelogists in Pompei, the city destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvus in 79 AD.

The ancient counter, known as thermopolium, served up the equivalent of modern street food to passerby.

Over the centuries Italians continued to cook and serve their food on the streets, especially in the big cities.

In the late 1800s Naples, for example, was an extremely densely populated city and most of the food was prepared by street vendors.