Italian cuisine might be more closely associated with long, lazy sit-down lunches with multiple courses, stretching out over many enjoyable hours. But Italiy also excels at street food, a fact that's just been recognised in a new index published by travel site My Late Deals.

Rome and Palermo were named as some of the top 20 street food cities in the world, alongside places like Bangkok, Berlin and Sydney. Rome took 6th place on the list, while Palermo was 16th.