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Discover 1807 iconic traditional dishes from 151 countries - what they are, what's in them, and where to taste the real thing.
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Künefe
A hot Turkish dessert of crisp shredded pastry and molten cheese, soaked in syrup and topped with pistachios.
Turkey ·
Hatay 
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Kunik
A triple-cream soft goat cheese from the Adirondack Hudson Valley - goat milk blended with cow cream, bloomy-rinded, and aged into a near-liquid, buttery centre.
United States ·
Hudson Valley and southern Adirondacks, New York Lakka
A golden Finnish liqueur made by steeping wild cloudberries in neutral spirit with sugar - intensely fruity and sweet, traditionally served ice-cold as a digestif or poured over ice cream.
Finland ·
Finland (especially Lapland and the northern peat-bog regions) 
Laksa
Spicy noodle soup in fragrant coconut and chilli broth, or the sour tamarind-based version of Penang.
Malaysia ·
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Limppu
A soft, sweet Finnish mixed-rye loaf baked in a tall pan, eaten daily with butter, cheese, herring, or salmon at every meal across the country.
Livarot
Livarot is a pungent Normandy cow’s-milk cheese with an orange washed rind, bound with rush bands and nicknamed “le colonel” for its stripes.
France ·
Normandy (Calvados) Lovo
Lovo is a Fijian earth-oven feast, where meat, fish and root crops are wrapped in leaves and slow-cooked over heated stones.
Fiji ·
Nationwide 
Mango Sticky Rice
Steamed glutinous rice soaked in salted coconut cream, served with slices of ripe mango.
Thailand ·
Nationwide 
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Minorcan Clam Chowder
A tomato-based Florida chowder of clams, potatoes, and datil peppers, brought to St. Augustine by Mahón-Menorca settlers in the 18th century.
Mole
Mole is a family of thick, slow-cooked Mexican sauces, best known as the dark, chile-based mole poblano served over turkey or chicken.
Mexico ·
Nationwide 
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Montgomery's Cheddar
Traditional clothbound farmhouse cheddar from Somerset, made by the Montgomery family at Castle Cary and aged at least a year on wooden shelves - savoury, dense, and slightly crystalline.
United Kingdom ·
Somerset (southwest England, around Castle Cary and Bruton) 
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Oberlausitzer Biokarpfen
Oberlausitzer Biokarpfen is a PGI organic carp from Upper Lusatia, Saxony, raised in medieval monastic pond systems without artificial feed.
Germany ·
Saxony 
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Penne Lisce
Penne lisce are smooth, plain Italian quill pasta whose unridged surface suits light oil, tomato and cheese sauces, a versatile Campanian home staple.
Italy ·
Campania 
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Pepes Tahu
Pepes tahu is Sundanese steamed tofu, mashed with coconut, egg and spices, wrapped tightly in banana leaves and steamed until fragrant.
Indonesia ·
West Java - Bandung, Cianjur, Bogor and Sundanese restaurants across the province 
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Perkelt od Podolca
A Slavonian beef stew made from the Podolac cattle breed, slow-cooked with onion and a heavy hand of paprika until the sauce turns brick-red - served with rezanci noodles.
Croatia ·
Slavonia (eastern Croatia) 
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Pita Ćora
Pita Ćora is a traditional savoury pastry from Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Bosnia and Herzegovina 
Popara
A humble Serbian breakfast of stale bread torn into a bowl, scalded with hot milk and dressed with butter, crumbled white cheese, bacon cracklings and a little ground red pepper.
Serbia ·
Serbia (Vojvodina, Šumadija, eastern Serbia - Novi Sad, Belgrade, Niš, Zaječar, Smederevo) 
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Poulet dg
Poulet dg is one of the classic dishes in the chicken dish tradition of Cameroon.
Cameroon 
Rechta
Rechta is a festive Algerian dish of fine hand-rolled noodles with chicken and chickpea broth, closely associated with Algiers and the north.
Algeria ·
Algiers 
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Rùn Bǐng
Taiwanese paper-thin scallion pancake rolled with sprouts, carrot, coriander and savoury fillings, a Tainan street-food classic eaten year-round and especially at Lunar New Year.
Taiwan ·
Taiwan (Tainan, Taipei) Sainte-Maure-de-Touraine
AOP-protected log-shaped goat's cheese from the Loire Valley, rolled in vegetable ash with a rye straw through the centre - creamy, lactic, and distinctly tangy when fully ripe.
Satay
Grilled meat skewers with rich peanut dipping sauce.
Shawarma
Marinated meat roasted on a vertical spit and shaved into flatbread wraps with garlic sauce and pickles.
Lebanon ·
Nationwide Shor Nakhod
Afghan street food of boiled chickpeas and potatoes in a sharp garlic, vinegar or yogurt dressing, sold by the bowl.
Afghanistan ·
Kabul Showing our 516 fully written-up dishes.
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