International cart fest Eight new vending carts serving ethnic foods have finally Annual location fee: $7,500 been approved. Here's where you'll find them. Serving: Pad thai, cashew nut chicken, green curry chicken, spring rolls and mango salad Vendor: Nancy Senawong. People are Queen s Park excited to try something, a spring roll Annual location fee: $7,500 for $1.50 or mango salad for $3 or $5. Serving: Chicken and beef kebab Now the economy is not good. Maybe (east) wraps, tuna wraps, baklava and people do not want to pay $7 or $8 in a Annual location fee: $15,000 yogurt restaurant. Serving: Biryani (rice dish with Mel Lastman Vendor: Issa Ashatrieh. The key in Square meat and vegetables); salsa this business is to be consistent, karahi (stuffed inside a pita or and I have been in SHEPPARDSHEP AVE. Yonge and Eglinton chapati or served with rice) the hospitality (northeast) Vendor: Seemab Ahmad. It s a industry for Annual location fee: $5,000 great thing for . I have over 35 years. Serving: Beef bulgogi with been in the States every city seasonal kimchi cabbage kimchi has beautiful kiosks, in winter and cucumber kimchi in but here they summer; tokbukki (a spiced rice are absent. cake), eomuk-guk (a fish cake soup) and japchae (cold noodles and vegetables) EGLINTONE AVE. Vendor: Young Jin Kim. Street food vendors are popular in ST.ST. CLAIRCL AVE. Korea. We wanted to bring this

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AVENUE RD. RD. AVENUE BLOOR ST.T. Nathan Phillips Square (west) Annual location fee: $15,000 Queen s Serving: souvlaki and breakfast Park sandwiches

Vendor: Blair Bonivento ST. YONGE COLLEGE ST. The funny thing is that every culture seems to have their Yonge and St. Clair (southeast) own version of a souvlaki Annual location fee: $5,000 or kebab. DUNDAS ST. City Serving: Jerk chicken fajita served with a mango salad Hall Vendor: Bridgette Pinder. My passion is food. This dish QUEEN ST. is a part of who I am. It s part of my cultural makeup I m from Guyana, but I have a mix of Chinese, Indian and African heritage. I think it s going to get a MetroMetro response.

KING SST.T. BAY ST. Metro Hall (John & King Sts.) HallHall Annual location fee: $10,000 FRONT ST. Serving: Chapli kebabs and samosas CN (south of Vendor: Noorullah Iman. Historically, Towerr CN Tower) YORK ST. YORK the people of Central Asia were YOR Annual location fee: $5,000 nomads samosas were the best Serving: Injera (a wrap made option because they were a handy with flour from African grain with snack, nutritious and could last for legumes and vegetables, lamb or several days. beef) Vendor: Andnet Zere. It is a bit of a challenge. I m excited about how I m going to do this. It was always there in my will I will do this one day.

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