Guess each dish's common country of association and/or origin! National dishes are the most popular and reminiscent food item viewed in a country. It is commonly associated with said country and defines the country's culture.
Answers must correspond to the yellow box.
Some dishes may originate from more than one country. The primary association(s) will be displayed once answered, but remaining countries will also be accepted.
According to Wikipedia. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_dish
Interesting quiz. I wonder how they decide upon some of these things. I've had many of these foods, often in the places famous for them. But I missed many countries where I have visited, eaten, even lived... a bunch I would associate with other foods.. like... Jamaica with Jamaican jerk chicken or patties, Mexico with tacos or burritos, India with curry or biryani or naan (my opinion maybe influenced by the number of Pakistanis vs Indians living in Saudi Arabia), Ethiopia with injera
I lived in Bahrain for over 2 years and don't think I ever heard of Machboos before. Spent a lot of time in Romania and not sure what Sarmale is (it's possible I ate it and didn't realize what it was called, I do that a lot). And though I know Pad Thai is very famous and widely thought of as the signature Thai dish... it's such a horrible representation. Thai food is delicious and wonderful but pad thai is just about the worst thing they make there.
I looked up Machboos and apparently it's a Bahraini variant of Saudi kabsa (spiced rice and meat)... so maybe the 6 years I spent in Saudi Arabia eating kabsa tired me on the concept and so I never bothered seeking this out in Bahrain.
I love this idea, but could have used a lot more time. I did better than most users (>93%) and still didn't even make it to the end of the list. Would have been fun to have some time to guess the ones where you could identify the region or language, but didn't know the specific country.
A nice idea, but not well put together; multiple dishes have multiple different countries (and/or vice-versa), and some countries are missed altogether
Some countries may share a single national dish such as Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia with couscous. That is why there might be more than one correct country for some of the national dishes. As for the "missed countries", I'm pretty sure I included all the countries listed on Quizmaster's countries of the world quiz, but please let me know if there are any countries specifically that I missed so that I can add them. This topic was pretty difficult because national dishes are rarely official, so I tried my best. Sorry if it's not the best. This was my second quiz after all. :)
Thank you for making this quiz - I learned a lot from it and it's made me hungry :)
Although we're not a sovereign nation (yet!) and therefore don't qualify to be part of the quiz, my country's national dish is cawl (lamb & leek soup) :)
I lived in Bahrain for over 2 years and don't think I ever heard of Machboos before. Spent a lot of time in Romania and not sure what Sarmale is (it's possible I ate it and didn't realize what it was called, I do that a lot). And though I know Pad Thai is very famous and widely thought of as the signature Thai dish... it's such a horrible representation. Thai food is delicious and wonderful but pad thai is just about the worst thing they make there.
Also more time would be useful.
"Ackee rice, saltfish are nice, and the rum is fine any time of year"
Here is the recipe for making Kottu:https://youtu.be/CuopAlIi5yM
Try it and Enjoy it
Although we're not a sovereign nation (yet!) and therefore don't qualify to be part of the quiz, my country's national dish is cawl (lamb & leek soup) :)