STREET FOOD in ITALY | SICILIAN street food in PALERMO, SICILY | Sicilian MARKET food +

STREET FOOD in ITALY | SICILIAN street food in PALERMO, SICILY
We're in Palermo, Sicily! In this 3 part series we're exploring Palermo to hunt down the best Sicilian food. Palermo has a thriving street food culture that's big on offal and punchy, bold flavours.

This is our first video from Palermo and it's all about Sicilian street food and traditional Sicilian food! We start the day at one of Palermo's most popular local markets- Ballaro Market. Ballaro Market is packed with fresh produce, meat and seafood and has an abundance of ready to eat street foods to sample. Some of Palermo's most beloved street foods are here so we start with frittula. Frittula is a snack you won't find elsewhere in Italy it's made up of leftover scraps from a calf carcass that are boiled and then fried in lard. Next up it's time for some seafood- pulpo or octopus simply boiled and served with a squeeze of lemon and sardine rolled and stuffed with breadcrumbs, pine nuts, parsley and raisins. Before leaving the market we eat some snails- babalucci which are cooked in garlic and parsley. They're mouthwatering! We head for more food at one of our favourite trattoria's which is close to the market for some seafood pastas- swordfish and eggplant spaghetti for Thomas and cuttlefish and cuttlefish ink spaghetti for Sheena. Finally, we head to a famous local bakery to sample some Sicilian sweets for which the island is well known. #streetfooditaly #sicilianfood #sicilyfood

We hope you enjoyed this Sicilian street food video, thanks for watching!

What we ate and where we ate it:

Frittula, octopus, sardines and snails at Ballaro Market, Via Ballaro, 1, 90134 Palermo PA, Italy. Open daily 7:30am to late afternoon. Arrive in the morning for frittula as it sells out quickly.

Pastas at Trattoria Bersagliere, Via S. Nicolò All'Albergheria, 38, 90134 Palermo PA, Italy. Open Monday to Wednesday 12:00pm to 4:00pm and 6:00pm to 10:00pm, Thursday to Saturday 12:00pm to 4:00pm and 7:00pm to 10:00pm. Closed Sunday.

Cassata and Torta Settevelli at Pasticceria Cappello, Via Colonna Rotta, 68, 90134 Palermo PA, Italy. Open Thursday to Tuesday 7:00am to 9:30pm.

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We’re Thomas and Sheena, food and travel fiends. We travel full time, hunting for the BEST local food in the world to showcase via our YouTube videos. Food is a window into a country's culture and one of the most exciting ways to get to know a place.

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[ChasingaPlate]

🙋🏻‍♀️🙋‍♂️ if you are a fan of offal and would eat the food in this video?

[MrKinghuman]

when I was seven or 8 years old me and my cousins used to go snail picking after it rained, wed bring it to my mother and shed prepare it just like in this video. we used to have a feast. I miss sicily dearly. I still hold a grudge to my parents bringing me to the states.

[MakiCZE]

Thank you very much for all the Palermo vlogs! It has been very helpful for preparing our trip--can't wait to try all the deliciousness :))

[abroadnamedashley]

Sicily was definitely our favorite area in Italy. I lived in Parma as an au pair and the people were nice but not as warm and friendly as the people in Sicily. The northern Italians actually told me that Sicily was quite dangerous and unsafe. We visited Trapani and fell in love!

[pepa]

I love how you just devour all the food with fervor! 😄 There are many Palermo street food videos, but most folks are kinda scared and disgusted when trying stuff like frittula 🤷‍♂️

[MrFlanFran]

I’m surprised you guys are at only around 100k subscribers. Def. see you guys growing large due to the quality of your content. Love it =) Subscribed.

[Jessical_cy]

Amazing! I had to walk through Ballaro everyday to get to school and back home... all the smells and the shouting and colours was so invigorating 😅 definitely a change from my usual commute to school in New Zealand via train! Lol

[bomboomsreality]

You guys are such a beautiful couple love your videos 🌻

[DutchNomadFamily]

Stop stop stop... you just bring us back to our favorite spot in Italy. Never forget that pizza with pistachio and mortadella... and all the rest of the dishes we had in this city. And yes, that Cassata... how do you say it in English... To die for!

[sowathanakhamphean]

Oh my gosh! My mouth is watering. Been almost two years been unable to travel. Where have you been?

[adityarajpal]

I lived in Palermo 2 years. I love snails. 🐌 my favorite

[andyandy]

I would have tried everything except the frittola. I love octopus.

[pietrocontorno]

End very very nice for sicily en Palermo la city end beautiful end wonder

[mariagabbott]

As someone of Northern Italian heritage, I'm surprised of the popularity of offal in Sicilian food. You guys are brave, I could never eat intestines, that 'offal lucky dip mix' for breakfast haha.

You need to come to Tuscany and Bologna. Also the alps for great cheeses, dried meats, mushrooms, truffles (Bologna has the best food in my opinion).

[elenalogreco]

I'm from Palermo and never had the guts to try frittola ahah I admire this lady!

[tosht]

*_frittola_* - I like chicken cartilage deep fried or grilled so the frittola (I know it's not chicken parts) was not intimidating when I visited. The basket is reminiscent of tacos de canasta in Mexico City visually as well as the tradition I feel. Peel back the blanket, reach in, pull out some deliciousness! 👍
*_ink pasta_* - I've had it only once (not Palermo) but it was not prepared that well. So disappointed because I know it's super popular and quite tasty AND I love squid and cuttlefish in all forms. 😬😂
*_Awesome start to Sicily!_*

[eijunsawamura]

What is the name of pastry shop ? If I go to Palermo, I’ll go there, too.

[luigibacchetti]

Thomas & Sheena, you should eat pasta alla norma, in sicily

[FoodandFootprints]

So excited for this Sicily series! Palermo has such a great food scene

[kellikocha]

My great grandparents on my dad’s side are from Sicily and I really wanna go.