Europe (48)
- Pizza napoletana · Bread & pastry · Naples, Italy
- Risotto alla milanese · Rice dish · Milan, Italy
- Croissant · Bread & pastry · Paris, France
- Tortilla de patatas · Main dish · Spain
- Bacalhau à Brás · Main dish · Lisbon, Portugal
- Moussaka μουσακάς · Main dish · Greece
- Souvlaki σουβλάκι · Street food · Greece
- Sauerbraten · Main dish · Rhineland, Germany
- Currywurst · Street food · Berlin, Germany
- Wiener Schnitzel · Main dish · Vienna, Austria
- Fish and chips · Main dish · London and Lancashire, United Kingdom
- Gulyás · Soup & stew · Great Hungarian Plain, Hungary
- Pierogi · Main dish · Poland
- Bigos · Main dish · Poland
- Borscht борщ · Soup & stew · Ukraine
- Varenyky вареники · Main dish · Ukraine
- Pelmeni пельмени · Main dish · Urals and Siberia, Russia
- Blini блины · Bread & pastry · Russia
- Beef Stroganoff бефстроганов · Main dish · Saint Petersburg, Russia
- Köttbullar · Main dish · Sweden
- Stamppot · Main dish · Holland, Netherlands
- Moules-frites mosselen-friet · Main dish · Brussels and the coast, Belgium
- Carbonade flamande stoofvlees · Main dish · Flanders, Belgium
- Cheese fondue fondue · Main dish · Fribourg and Vaud, Switzerland
- Rösti · Main dish · Bern, Switzerland
- Raclette · Main dish · Valais, Switzerland
- Irish stew stobhach Gaelach · Main dish · Countryside, Ireland
- Soda bread arán sóide · Bread & pastry · All Ireland, Ireland
- Svíčková svíčková na smetaně · Main dish · Bohemia, Czechia
- Vepřo knedlo zelo · Main dish · Bohemia, Czechia
- Smørrebrød · Bread & pastry · Copenhagen, Denmark
- Flæskesteg · Main dish · Jutland, Denmark
- Fårikål · Main dish · Eastern Norway, Norway
- Lohikeitto · Soup & stew · Coast and lakes, Finland
- Pašticada · Main dish · Dalmatia (Split), Croatia
- Zagorski štrukli · Bread & pastry · Zagreb and Zagorje, Croatia
- Soparnik · Bread & pastry · Poljica (near Omiš), Croatia
- Pljeskavica пљескавица · Street food · Leskovac, Serbia
- Karađorđeva šnicla карађорђева шницла · Main dish · Belgrade, Serbia
- Sarmale · Main dish · All Romania, Romania
- Mici · Street food · Bucharest, Romania
- Mămăligă · Main dish · All Romania, Romania
- Banitsa баница · Bread & pastry · All Bulgaria, Bulgaria
- Shopska salad шопска салата · Snack · Sofia region (Shopluk), Bulgaria
- Hákarl · Snack · Westfjords and Snæfellsnes, Iceland
- Cepelinai · Main dish · All Lithuania, Lithuania
- Šaltibarščiai · Soup & stew · Vilnius, Lithuania
- Draniki дранікі · Main dish · All Belarus, Belarus
Asia (33)
- Sushi 寿司 · Main dish · Edo (Tokyo), Japan
- Ramen ラーメン · Noodles & pasta · Tokyo and Yokohama, Japan
- Tempura 天ぷら · Main dish · Edo (Tokyo), Japan
- Peking duck 北京烤鸭 · Main dish · Beijing, China
- Kimchi 김치 · Snack · Korean peninsula, South Korea
- Bibimbap 비빔밥 · Rice dish · Jeonju, South Korea
- Tteokbokki 떡볶이 · Street food · Seoul, South Korea
- Pad thai ผัดไทย · Noodles & pasta · Bangkok, Thailand
- Som tam ส้มตำ · Main dish · Isan, Thailand
- Butter chicken मुर्ग़ मखनी · Main dish · Delhi, India
- Rendang · Main dish · West Sumatra, Indonesia
- Nasi goreng · Rice dish · Java, Indonesia
- Gado-gado · Main dish · Jakarta, Indonesia
- Nasi lemak · Rice dish · Malay Peninsula, Malaysia
- Adobo · Main dish · Luzon, Philippines
- Sinigang · Soup & stew · Tagalog region, Philippines
- Lechon litson · Main dish · Cebu, Philippines
- Khachapuri ხაჭაპური · Bread & pastry · Imereti and Adjara, Georgia
- Khinkali ხინკალი · Main dish · Georgian mountains, Georgia
- Nihari نہاری · Main dish · Karachi (from Old Delhi), Pakistan
- Kottu කොත්තු · Street food · Batticaloa and Colombo, Sri Lanka
- Beef noodle soup 牛肉麵 · Noodles & pasta · Taipei, Taiwan
- Mohinga မုန့်ဟင်းခါး · Noodles & pasta · Yangon, Myanmar
- Lahpet thoke လက်ဖက်သုပ် · Snack · Mandalay, Myanmar
- Fish amok អាម៉ុកត្រី · Main dish · Phnom Penh, Cambodia
- Num banh chok នំបញ្ចុក · Noodles & pasta · Siem Reap, Cambodia
- Khorovats խորոված · Main dish · All Armenia, Armenia
- Harissa հարիսա · Main dish · Armenian highlands, Armenia
- Beshbarmak бесбармақ · Main dish · The steppe, Kazakhstan
- Buuz бууз · Main dish · Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
- Larb ລາບ · Main dish · Vientiane, Laos
- Hainanese chicken rice 海南鸡饭 · Rice dish · Hawker centres, Singapore
- Chilli crab 辣椒螃蟹 · Main dish · East Coast, Singapore
Middle East & North Africa (18)
- Baklava · Dessert · Gaziantep, Türkiye
- Simit · Bread & pastry · Istanbul, Türkiye
- Ghormeh sabzi قورمهسبزی · Main dish · Iran
- Fesenjan فسنجان · Main dish · Gilan, Iran
- Tabbouleh تبولة · Main dish · Mount Lebanon, Lebanon
- Kibbeh كبة · Main dish · Levant, Lebanon
- Tagine طاجين · Main dish · Morocco
- Couscous كسكس · Main dish · Maghreb, Morocco
- Ful medames فول مدمس · Main dish · Egypt
- Sabich סביח · Street food · Ramat Gan, Israel
- Jerusalem mixed grill מעורב ירושלמי · Street food · Jerusalem, Israel
- Brik بريك · Street food · Tunis, Tunisia
- Kabsa كبسة · Rice dish · Najd, Saudi Arabia
- Saleeg سليق · Rice dish · Hejaz (Taif and Mecca), Saudi Arabia
- Masgouf مسكوف · Main dish · Baghdad, along the Tigris, Iraq
- Mansaf منسف · Rice dish · Amman and Karak, Jordan
- Saltah سلتة · Main dish · Sanaa, Yemen
- Rechta رشتة · Noodles & pasta · Algiers, Algeria
Sub-Saharan Africa (11)
- Injera እንጀራ · Bread & pastry · Ethiopian Highlands, Ethiopia
- Doro wat ዶሮ ወጥ · Main dish · Ethiopia
- Jollof rice jollof · Rice dish · West Africa, Nigeria
- Egusi soup ọbẹ̀ ẹ̀gúsí · Soup & stew · Southern Nigeria, Nigeria
- Thiéboudienne ceebu jën · Rice dish · Saint-Louis, Senegal
- Bobotie · Main dish · Cape Town, South Africa
- Nyama choma · Main dish · Nairobi, Kenya
- Githeri · Main dish · Central Kenya, Kenya
- Ugali and sukuma wiki ugali na sukuma wiki · Main dish · All Kenya, Kenya
- Chipsi mayai · Street food · Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
- Matoke matooke · Main dish · Buganda and the west, Uganda
North America & Caribbean (11)
- Mole poblano · Main dish · Puebla, Mexico
- Chiles en nogada · Main dish · Puebla, Mexico
- Ropa vieja · Main dish · Cuba
- Poutine · Street food · Quebec, Canada
- Butter tart · Dessert · Ontario, Canada
- Nanaimo bar · Dessert · Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada
- Ackee and saltfish · Main dish · Jamaica
- Pepián · Main dish · Antigua Guatemala, Guatemala
- Gallo pinto · Rice dish · San José, Costa Rica
- Casado · Main dish · Sodas everywhere, Costa Rica
- Olla de carne · Soup & stew · Central Valley, Costa Rica
South America (12)
- Ceviche cebiche · Main dish · Peruvian coast, Peru
- Feijoada · Main dish · Brazil
- Asado · Main dish · Pampas, Argentina
- Empanadas salteñas · Snack · Salta, Argentina
- Bandeja paisa · Main dish · Antioquia, Colombia
- Ajiaco santafereño · Soup & stew · Bogotá, Colombia
- Pastel de choclo · Main dish · Central Chile, Chile
- Empanada de pino · Street food · Central Chile, Chile
- Pabellón criollo · Main dish · Caracas, Venezuela
- Encebollado · Soup & stew · Guayaquil, Ecuador
- Fanesca · Soup & stew · Quito, Ecuador
- Chivito · Street food · Punta del Este, Uruguay
Oceania (3)
- Meat pie · Snack · Australia
- Pavlova · Dessert · Australia and New Zealand, New Zealand
- Kokoda · Main dish · Suva and the coast, Fiji
Source: National dish (Wikipedia), read 2026-11-02.
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