How to pronounce Yantyk

Yantyk is written янтик where it comes from. In the International Phonetic Alphabet it is /jɐnˈtɪk/. In plain English letters that is yan-TIK, with the stress on the syllable in capitals. There is no recording by a native speaker yet, so use the spelling and the IPA.

What is Yantyk?

Yantyk is a street food of Ukraine. Where it comes from: Crimea. People usually eat it as a snack. Its main ingredients are lamb and wheat & flour. It tastes savory and spicy.

Where Yantyk comes from

Yantyk is one of 18 signature dishes of Ukraine on this map.

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• Varenyky вареники · Main dish · Ukraine

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• Chicken Kyiv котлета по-київськи · Main dish · Kyiv

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• Lviv syrnyk львівський сирник · Dessert · Lviv (Galicia)

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• Halushky галушки · Main dish · Ukraine

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Food of Ukraine

Dishes like Yantyk in other countries

Same type of dish and similar main ingredients as Yantyk:

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• Samsa somsa · Street food · Samarkand, Uzbekistan

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• Khuushuur хуушуур · Street food · Naadam fairgrounds, Mongolia

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• Bunny chow · Street food · Durban, South Africa

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