A national dish is a dish, food or a drink that represents a particular country, nation or region. It is usually something that is naturally made or popular in that country.
The concept is highly informal and vague, and in many, if not most cases the relationship between a given territory or people and certain typical foods is ambiguous.
However, more for fun than anything else, I decided to compile an informal list of national dishes. I’ll go alphabetically and try to build the list to cover every country eventually…..or get bored in the meantime.
| Cambodia |
Samlor Kako |
Meat & Vegetable Soup |
Cameroon |
Kondre |
Plantain Porridge |
Canada (French) |
Poutine |
Fried topped with gravy & cheese curls |
Canada (English) |
Maple Syrup |
Probably not, but very popular |
Cape Verde |
Catchupa |
Hominy & beans with fish |
Cent. African Rep. |
Cassava |
A beet which produces tapioca |
Chad |
No name found |
Peanut & squash stew |
Chile |
porotos granados |
Beans, corn & squash |
China |
Too varied |
Staples - South: Rice, North: Wheat |
Colombia |
Ajiaco Bogotano |
Chicken & Potato Soup |
Rep. of the Congo |
Yassa |
Chicken with Lemon |
Costa Rica |
Gallo Pinto |
Fried Rice with Black Beans |
Côte d'Ivoire |
Maquis |
Chicken & fish with onions & tomatoes |
Croatia |
Lamb in a čripnja |
Lamb on an open fire, inverted bowl |
Cuba |
el ajiaco |
soup-stew of root crops and vegetable |
Cyprus |
fasolada |
'Sailors' Bean Soup |
Czech Republic |
Svickova |
Corned Beef in Sour Cream Sauce |
