Taste Atlas is a fascinating wormhole to be sucked into if you're into "foodways" as wonky geographers call it. You can pan and zoom all over the world to see what the local dishes are.
On one hand I like that certain cliches are avoided. In an example near to my heart, for Philadelphia they ignore the Cheesesteak* which you can get anywhere (though usually poorly made) in favor of the Roast Pork Sandwich, truly hard to find outside of southeastern Pennsylvania. On the other hand some of the choices seem like missed opportunities like they can't come up with something better than hot dogs to represent New York** or Cheeseburgers for Los Angeles. Then again after writing this and doing more panning and zooming, I found different items showing up in these places.
Here is part of South America.
Another option is to click a country, city or region to see what they eat there.
Click on the dishes to get descriptions, mouth watering pictures, suggestions of where to eat them with restaurant details and often recipes.
In the mood for Indonesian?
* Upon further clicking the Cheesesteak did appear, it's just not the first item to appear.
** Upon further clicking the Rueben did appear for NYC, it's just not the first item to appear.
Here is part of South America.
** Upon further clicking the Rueben did appear for NYC, it's just not the first item to appear.
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