Among the antiques, new and vintage clothing and shoes, bedding and cookware are stalls selling sizzling takoyaki octopus balls.
Open noon-2am Mohammed Ali Road is the benchmark for skewered kebabs, which hang from smoking stalls like sizzling curtains.
(On that note: Google's new interactive map knows which polling booths are also offering sausage sizzles and cake stalls).
They were far outnumbered, though, by covered open-air stalls set up next to the canal serving sizzling stir-fries and fragrant curries to customers seated on low plastic stools.
She helped plan our school fete every year: fairground rides on the dusty school oval, games and stalls dotted around the play area, and an epic sausage sizzle – thousands of sausages and piles of onions on big barbeques.
Bunnings, which uses staff to front its television adverts, is also known for its "sausage sizzles" outside stores where local sports or community groups are allowed to set up stalls and sell food to customers.
