Community Canon: Food

Pad thai is a stir-fried rice noodle dish commonly served as a street food in Thailand as part of Thai cuisine. It is typically made with rice noodles, shrimp, peanuts, green onions, scrambled egg, sugar and bean sprouts. The ingredients are fried in a wok.

Mango sticky rice is a traditional Southeast Asian and South Asian dessert made with glutinous rice, fresh mango and coconut milk.

Cendol, also known as lot chong, mont let saung, nom lut, lod song and bánh lọt, is a traditional Southeast Asian dessert characterised by soft, green, worm-like jelly strands made from rice flour or mung bean starch, coconut milk and palm sugar syrup, typically served over shaved ice. The jelly is flavoured with pandan and combined with a creamy coconut milk base and the caramel-like sweetness of palm sugar. It is widely consumed in Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Laos, Myanmar,…

Kimchi is a traditional Korean side dish (banchan) consisting of salted and fermented vegetables, most often napa cabbage or Korean radish. A wide selection of seasonings are used, including gochugaru, spring onions, garlic, ginger, and jeotgal. Kimchi is also used in a variety of soups and stews. Kimchi is a staple food in Korean cuisine and is eaten as a side dish with almost every Korean meal.

The French Laundry is a three-Michelin star French and Californian cuisine restaurant located in Yountville, California, in Napa Valley. Sally Schmitt opened The French Laundry in 1978 and designed her menus around local, seasonal ingredients; she was a visionary chef and pioneer of California cuisine. Since 1994, the chef and owner of The French Laundry is Thomas Keller. The restaurant building dates from 1900 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

Peruvian cuisine refers to the culinary and gastronomical traditions of Peru, which originated in the pre-Columbian indigenous populations in its three main geographical regions along the Pacific coast, the Andes and the Amazonian areas. Some of the fare blends traditions that came after the arrival of the Spaniards in the 1530s, with immigrants from Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and Africa. Lacking ingredients often available in their original countries, these immigrants blended their…

Lebanese cuisine comprises the culinary traditions and practices originating from Lebanon. It includes an abundance of whole grains, fruits, vegetables, fresh fish, and seafood. Poultry is eaten more often than red meat, and when red meat is eaten, it is usually lamb and goat meat. Dishes include copious amounts of garlic and olive oil, and are often seasoned with salt and lemon juice. Chickpeas and parsley are also staples of the Lebanese diet.

Just Eat Takeaway.com N.V. is a Dutch multinational online food ordering and delivery company.

Marrakesh is the fourth-largest city in Morocco. It is one of the four imperial cities of Morocco and is the capital of the Marrakesh Safi region. The city lies west of the foothills of the Atlas Mountains.

Stumptown Coffee Roasters is a coffee roaster and retailer based in Portland, Oregon, United States. The chain's first location opened in 1999. Three other cafes, a roastery and a tasting annex have since opened in Portland, as well as locations in Seattle, New York, and Pasadena. Stumptown is owned by Peet's Coffee, which in turn is owned by Keurig Dr Pepper. The company was an early innovator with cold brew coffee in nitro cans and have continued to develop other cold brew product innovations.

In-N-Out Burgers, doing business as In-N-Out Burger, is an American regional chain of fast food restaurants with locations primarily in California and to a lesser extent the West Coast and Southwest. It was founded in Baldwin Park, California, in 1948 by Harry (1913–1976) and Esther Snyder (1920–2006). The chain is headquartered in Irvine, California, and has expanded outside Southern California into the rest of California, as well as into Arizona, Nevada, Utah, Texas, Oregon, Colorado, Idaho,…

Jamón ibérico, known in Portuguese as presunto ibérico, is a variety of jamón or presunto, a type of cured leg of pork produced in Spain and Portugal, in the Iberian Peninsula. It is considered a staple of both Portuguese cuisine and Spanish cuisine.

Tangyuan is a traditional Chinese dessert made of glutinous rice shaped into balls that is served in a hot broth or syrup. They come in varying sizes, anything between a marble to a ping-pong ball, and are often stuffed with filling. Tangyuan are traditionally eaten during the Lantern Festival, but because the name is a near homophone for reunion and symbolizes togetherness and completeness, this dish is also served at weddings, family reunions, Chinese New Year, and the Dōngzhì festival.

The Wolseley is a restaurant located at 160 Piccadilly in Westminster, England, next to The Ritz London. Designed by the architect William Curtis Green, the Grade II* listed building was erected by Wolseley Motors in 1921 as their regional offices with a ground floor showroom. The ground floor was occupied by a branch of Barclays Bank between 1927 and 1999. After a brief period as a Chinese restaurant, it reopened in 2003 as the Wolseley following extensive renovations by British restaurateurs…

Joël Robuchon was a French chef and restaurateur. He was named "Chef of the Century" by the guide Gault Millau in 1989, and awarded the Meilleur Ouvrier de France in cuisine in 1976. He published several cookbooks, two of which have been translated into English, chaired the committee for the Larousse Gastronomique, and hosted culinary television shows in France. He operated more than a dozen restaurants across Bangkok, Bordeaux, Hong Kong, Las Vegas, London, Macau, Madrid, Monaco, Montreal,…

Arrabbiata sauce, known in Italian as arrabbiata, is a spicy sauce made with tomatoes, garlic, peperoncino, parsley, and extra virgin olive oil. The sauce originates from the Lazio region of Italy, and particularly from the city of Rome.

Stinky tofu is a traditional Chinese delicacy made from fermented tofu, renowned for its distinctive and pungent aroma. Despite its strong odor, it typically has a surprisingly mild and savoury flavour.

Cottage cheese is a type of fresh cheese with a mild flavor and a creamy, heterogeneous texture made from skimmed milk – hence the low milkfat content. It is made by adding an acid – like vinegar or lemon juice – to the milk which causes the milk proteins (curds) to separate from the liquid (whey). The curds are then drained and mixed with cream and salt, giving cottage cheese its slightly tangy taste and creamy texture. The addition of a "dressing" to the curd grains is primarily responsible…

Dak-galbi, or spicy stir-fried chicken, is a popular South Korean dish made by stir-frying marinated diced chicken in a gochujang-based sauce with sweet potatoes, cabbage, Korean perilla, spring onion, tteok, and other ingredients. Lettuce and perilla leaves may be served as ssam (wrap) vegetables. Many dak-galbi restaurants have round hot plates that are built into the tables.

Portland most commonly refers to:Portland, Oregon, the most populous city in the U.S. state of Oregon Portland, Maine, the most populous city in the U.S. state of Maine Isle of Portland, a tied island in the English Channel

A stroopwafel is a thin, round biscuit made from two layers of sweet baked dough held together by a treacle/syrup filling, often caramel. First made in the city of Gouda in South Holland, stroopwafels are a well-known Dutch treat popular throughout the Netherlands.

Shake Shack is an American multinational fast casual restaurant chain based in New York City. It started out as a hot dog cart inside Madison Square Park in 2001, and its popularity steadily grew. In 2004, it received a permit to open a permanent kiosk within the park, expanding its menu from New York–style hot dogs to one with hamburgers, hot dogs, fries and its namesake milkshakes.

Pho is a Vietnamese soup dish consisting of broth, rice noodles, herbs, and meat – usually beef, and sometimes chicken. Pho is a popular food in Vietnam where it is served in households, street-stalls, and restaurants nationwide. Residents of the city of Nam Định were the first to create Vietnamese traditional pho.

Hotteok, sometimes called hoeddeok, is a type of filled pancake known as a popular street food in South Korea. It originated in Qing dynasty China and was first brought into Joseon Korea during the 19th century.

Iron egg is a special version of soy egg, a snack from Taiwan. They are considered a delicacy and originated in the Tamsui District of New Taipei City.

Char kway teow is a stir-fried rice noodle dish from Maritime Southeast Asia. In Hokkien and Teochew, char means 'stir-fried' and kway teow refers to flat rice noodles. It is made from flat rice noodles or kway teow of approximately 1 cm in width, stir-fried over very high heat with garlic, light and dark soy sauce, chili paste, whole prawns, shelled blood cockles, chopped Chinese chives, slices of Chinese sausage, and bean sprouts. Other common ingredients include fishcake and belachan.

Polbo á feira, is a traditional Galician dish.

Okonomiyaki is a Japanese teppanyaki savory pancake dish consisting of wheat flour batter and other ingredients cooked on a teppan. Common additions include cabbage, meat, and seafood, and toppings include okonomiyaki sauce, aonori, katsuobushi, Japanese mayonnaise, and pickled ginger.

Strained yogurt, Greek or Greek-style yogurt, yogurt cheese, sack yogurt, hung curd, or kerned yogurt is yogurt that has been strained to remove most of its whey, making it thicker while preserving its sour taste. In Europe and North America, it is often made from low-fat or fat-free cow's milk. In Iceland a similar product named skyr is made. Labneh is a strained yogurt thicker than Greek yogurt.

Cousins Maine Lobster is a franchise food truck business based in Los Angeles, California, United States. In addition to food truck locations in Southern California, it has franchise locations throughout the U.S.

A Whiskey Sour is a mixed drink or shot containing whiskey, lemon juice, and simple syrup, and traditionally garnished with a cherry or sometimes a lemon wedge. It is a blend of sour, bitter, and sweet flavors.

Shakshouka is a Maghrebi dish of eggs poached in a sauce of tomatoes, olive oil, peppers, onion, and garlic, commonly spiced with cumin, paprika, and cayenne pepper. Shakshouka is a popular dish throughout North Africa and the Middle East.

Ais kacang or air batu campur, Jawi: ‏اءير باتو چمڤور "mixed ice", often abbr. ABC) is a dessert common in Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei.

In Vietnamese cuisine, bánh mì, bánh mỳ or banh mi, is a short baguette with thin, crisp crust and a soft, airy texture. Similar to a submarine sandwich, it is often split lengthwise and filled with meat and savory ingredients and served as a meal, called bánh mì thịt. Plain bánh mì is also eaten as a staple food.

Amatriciana sauce, known in Italian as amatriciana, is a sauce made with tomatoes, guanciale, pecorino romano or pecorino di Amatrice cheese, black pepper, dried chili pepper, extra virgin olive oil, dry white wine, and salt.

Tom yum kung, or Tom yum goong, is the Thai spicy and sour shrimp soup—a variant of Tom yum, combined with many of Thailand's key herbal and seasoning ingredients, often served with a side of steamed rice, sometimes with a dollop of chili paste and a splash of lime juice, enhancing its spicy and tangy profile. Presently, there are two profiles of Tom yum kung recipes: Tom yum kung nam khon—a creamy broth with mellow and smooth flavor, and Tom yum kung nam sai—a clear broth with a stronger…

Barcelona is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second-most populous municipality of Spain after Madrid. With a population of 1.7 million within city limits, its urban area extends to numerous neighbouring municipalities within the province of Barcelona and is home to around 5.7 million people, making it the fifth most populous urban area of the European Union after Paris, the Ruhr area, Madrid,…

Takoyaki is a ball-shaped Japanese snack made of a wheat flour–based batter and cooked in a special molded pan. It is typically filled with minced or diced octopus, tempura scraps, pickled ginger, and green onion. The balls are brushed with takoyaki sauce and mayonnaise, and then sprinkled with green laver and shavings of dried bonito.

In Japanese cuisine, yakitori is chicken cooked on a skewer over a charcoal fire and seasoned with tare sauce or salt. The term sometimes refers to kushiyaki in general.

Nasi goreng, is a Southeast Asian rice dish typically prepared with pre-cooked rice stir-fried in a small amount of oil or margarine and seasoned with ingredients such as sweet soy sauce, shallots, garlic, ground shrimp paste, tamarind and chilli. It is commonly served with additional ingredients, including egg, chicken, prawns and vegetables.

Verve Coffee Roasters is a coffee roaster based in Santa Cruz, California, founded by Colby Barr and Ryan O'Donovan. Verve opened in November, 2007 in Pleasure Point, California. The company currently operates in several California-based locations, including four in Santa Cruz, four in Los Angeles, one in San Francisco, one in Manhattan Beach, one in Palo Alto, and two in Menlo Park at the campuses of Meta and SLAC. They also have seven locations in Japan: five in Tokyo, including the Shinjuku…

Boat noodles is a Thai-style noodle dish with a strong flavor. It contains both pork and beef, as well as dark soy sauce, pickled bean curd, and some other spices, and it is normally served with meatballs and pig's liver. The soup is seasoned with pig or cow blood mixed with salt and spices. The colour is similar to that of beef noodle soup, but the soup is considerably thicker due to the added blood. It is commonly served in a small bowl.

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Falafel is a deep-fried ball or patty-shaped fritter of Egyptian origin that features in Middle Eastern cuisine, particularly Levantine cuisines. It is made from ground fava beans, chickpeas, or both, and mixed with herbs and spices before frying.

A marquesita is a dessert native to the state of Yucatán, Mexico. It consists of a crepe, rolled and filled with cajeta, condensed milk, jam, chocolate or edam cheese, also known as queso de bola. They are sold in squares, parks and streets.

The Arlington Club is a private social club organized in 1867 by 35 business and banking leaders of Portland, Oregon. It is organized as a 501(c)(7) First called the Social Club and later renamed the Arlington Club, it offered its all-male, largely white membership consisting of banking and business leadership.

The espresso martini, also known as a vodka espresso, is a cold caffeinated alcoholic drink made with espresso, coffee liqueur, and vodka, served in a martini glass. It is not a true martini as it contains neither gin nor vermouth, but is one of many drinks that incorporate the term martini into their names.

A churro is a type of fried dough from Spanish and Portuguese cuisine, made with choux pastry dough piped into hot oil with a piping bag and large closed star tip or similar shape. They are also found in Latin American cuisine, Philippine cuisine and in other areas that have received immigration from Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking countries, especially in France and the Southwestern United States.

Dandan noodles is a Chinese noodle dish originating from Sichuan cuisine. The dish consists of wheat noodles served with a spicy sauce that usually contains pickled vegetables such as zha cai or ya cai, chili oil, Sichuan pepper, and minced pork, and is topped with scallions and peanuts. The dish can be served either dry, as in the Chengdu style, or as a noodle soup, as in the Hong Kong style.

Al ajillo is a typical cooking style utilizing garlic in the cuisines of the Spanish-speaking world. The origin is Spain, with influence by the Moors. Beyond Spain, the style has influenced Latin America and broader Hispanic cuisines through colonization and migration, appearing in adaptations.