Spicy, sour and sweet, street food is something that provides you a burst of mixed flavours and surprisingly, it all comes together delightfully well on your palate.

Those who love street food know that it is the authentic taste of the city we’ve come to call home, taste you won’t find anywhere else. All those who love street food, have their own favourite places to score the good stuff from.

For them, it is the street food they love that comforts them on their worst days and marks the beginning of special celebrations. Here are 11 things you will relate to with all your heart if you love street food:

1. Your friends depend on you for food suggestions because they know that you know each nook and corner of the city along what it serves the best.

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2. This also means that you know which famous places are totally overhyped and which lesser known place serves the good stuff. All those Delhi people who have stopped their friends from eating from the chaat corner outside UPSC know what is being talked about.

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3. You have the super power of eating golgappas/pani puri/puchka real quick and if you were to get paid for it, you’d be rich.

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4. You’ve definitely found yourself in fights where you’ve defended the speciality of your own city. Chhole bhature versus pav bhaji versus jhal muri versus thattu dosa is a discussion you’ve almost murdered for.

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5. However, in spite of these discussions about the best street food, you secretly know that all Indian street food is special in its own way and has its own taste.

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6. You judge people who judge you for eating street food because ‘eww, it’s so dirty’. They have no idea that they’re missing the real taste of the city.

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7. When you’re in another city, the thing that makes you homesick is not having your favourite street food around.

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8. At the same time, when you go to another city for travelling, you research more about the places for street food than tourist locations one can visit.

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9. It isn’t just the taste that takes you to your favourite street food but the whole idea of standing in the midst of aromatic food eating in the middle of the marketplace that makes street food such a wholesome experience.

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10. You take pride in the fact that the owners of shops or stalls you frequent know you and them greeting you with a warm smile makes even a bad day better.

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11. Standing in the line for a plate of your favourite street food? Not only have you done it before but will do it again.

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