Food World
Discover 1708 iconic traditional dishes from 147 countries — what they are, what's in them, and where to taste the real thing.
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1708 totalLaddu
Round sweets of flour, ghee and sugar for festivals.
📍 Nationwide
Lagman
Hand-pulled noodles with lamb and pepper sauce.
📍 Nationwide
Lángos
Deep-fried dough slathered with sour cream and cheese.
📍 Nationwide
Larb
Zesty minced-meat salad with herbs and toasted rice.
📍 Nationwide
Lassi
Cooling whipped-yoghurt drink, sweet or salted.
📍 Punjab
Lavangi
Chicken or fish stuffed with walnut and sour plum paste.
📍 Lankaran
Lavash
Paper-thin flatbread baked on the wall of a clay oven.
📍 Nationwide
Liangpi
Cold, chewy wheat-starch noodles in spicy vinegar sauce.
📍 Shaanxi
Liliputas
Hailing from Lithuania, Liliputas is a much-loved cheese.
Lion's Head Meatballs
Giant tender pork meatballs braised with cabbage.
📍 Jiangsu
Lobio
Spiced kidney-bean stew with walnut and herbs.
📍 Nationwide
Lukanka Panagyurska
Lukanka Panagyurska counts among the traditional food of Bulgaria, a sausage locals hold dear.
📍 Panagyurishte
Lumache
Lumache is a pasta from Italy.
Lumache Alla Bresciana
Hailing from Italy, Lumache Alla Bresciana is a much-loved snail dish.
Lumache Alla Piemontese
Lumache Alla Piemontese is one of the classic dishes in the snail dish tradition of Italy.
Luqaimat
Crisp fried dough balls in date syrup.
📍 Nationwide
Lynchburg Lemonade
Lynchburg Lemonade is a cocktail from the United States.
Maamoul
Semolina cookies filled with dates or nuts.
📍 Levant
Mac and Cheese
Macaroni bound in a rich, gooey cheese sauce, baked till bubbling.
📍 Nationwide
Machboos
Fragrant spiced rice with meat and dried lime.
📍 Nationwide
Madeleine
Shell-shaped sponge cake with a signature little bump.
📍 Lorraine
Mafé
Rich groundnut stew with meat and vegetables.
📍 Nationwide
Manakish
Flatbread baked with za’atar and olive oil.
📍 Nationwide
Manti
Tiny meat dumplings under garlicky yoghurt and chilli butter.
📍 Kayseri