Australia Street Food

From footy-ground pie carts to fish-and-chip shops, Australian street food is built for eating on the move — fast, hot, and usually wrapped in paper close to a stadium or servo.

4 street food dishes from Australia — what each one is, why it's made that way, and what to expect when you order it.

Signature street foods of Australia

Aussie-Owned Icon · Brewed Ginger Beer Bundaberg Ginger Beer It's actually brewed, not just flavored — slow-fermented with real ginger root and a proprietary yeast strain, a process largely unchanged since the… Bundaberg Ginger Beer is a naturally brewed soft drink made with real ginger root, cane sugar, and a house yeast strain fermented over several days for its signature spicy kick. It's sold… Bakery Classic · Footy Staple Meat Pie Australia has the highest per-capita meat pie consumption of any country in the world. A hand-sized pastry shell filled with minced or diced beef and gravy, the meat pie is sold hot from bakery ovens, service-station warmers, and footy-ground kiosks across the country. It's… 🥟 Deep-Fried Icon · Show Bag Staple Chiko Roll Despite the name, the Chiko Roll has never contained chicken — it was named to sound like an appetising cousin of the spring roll. A large, deep-fried tube of pastry packed with a dense filling of cabbage, beef, barley, and spices, the Chiko Roll is built to survive being eaten one-handed in a crowd. It's sold hot… Fundraiser Classic · Sausage Sizzle Sausage Sizzle ("Democracy Sausage") On election day, a barbecued sausage on white bread outside the polling booth is such a fixed ritual that 'democracy sausage' was named Australian… A sausage sizzle is a barbecued sausage served on a single folded slice of white bread with grilled onions and tomato sauce, never in a hot dog roll. The backbone of Australian community…

More street food in Oceania

• New Zealand
• Fiji
• Papua New Guinea
• Samoa
• Tonga
• Vanuatu
• Solomon Islands