Food Identity Weekend Roundup #1

My Food Weekend Roundup Analysis #1:

     For my first Food & Identity Weekend Roundup Analysis, I will be analyzing the Copenhagen Street Food Market. Over the weekend, I attended the Red Bull Cliff Diving event at the Copenhagen Opera House. After the event, my friends and I walked over to the Copenhagen Street food Market for a quick afternoon snack. Not surprised due to the proximity to the Opera House, there was a huge lingering crowd of both Danes and what-I-assume-were tourists in the market area. In front of the entrance, there was a dj performing his music remixes as well as additional chairs/tables/sitting areas set up. When we entered, the aisles were packed with people. Due to some of my friends never been to the market before, we walked through by every food truck to see our present food options. Each with separate food cravings/tastes, we split up and got in line for the food that we wanted. I decided to get potato fries, double deep-fried in duck fat with ketchup, spicy ketchup, garlic, and homemade mayonnaise sauces. In order to get a bigger plate (one order of fries holder did not look so easy to use on the go), I had to purchase two orders of fries. I shared the fries with my friends as we decided to eat on-the-go back to our apartment.
     From this recent visit at the Copenhagen Street Food Market, I better understand and can analyze the food, identities, people, and culture present. From the food, the food trucks offer various genres of food such as: South Korean, Brazilian, Turkish, Gluten-free, Beer/Imports, Berlin/German, French, Belgian, Burgers, Surf & Turf, Danish, Italian, Colombian, Thai, Organic gourmet meats, Chinese, Shawarma, Mexican, and Japanese. From the various types of food, I can assume that the cooks and workers are of the nationality of their foods and/or inspired by and like the ethnic foods they sell. For identities, I believe that the food trucks share a cultural identity of the food they cook, identities of being part of a street food truck community, and identity of living in Denmark. Overall, I believe that the food they serve and the cultures of working in the food industry and the genre/nationality of the food are important factors to their own individual identity(s).