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Jul 4, 2009

Eating your way through the alphabet

Thinking about doing a project to munch through cuisines (ethnic or food-type) from A-Z.

The only rule is that there must be a restaurant in London which is dedicated to that cuisine.

Help me fill in the blanks - with links if possible. I’ll add links to places soon.

A
Barbecue
Chinese
D
Eritrean
French
Ghanaian OR Greek
Halal
Indian OR Italian
Japanese
Kosher OR Korean
L
Mongolian OR Mexican
N
Okonomiyaki
Persian OR Polish
Q
R
Swedish OR Sudanese OR Scottish
Thai
U
Vegetarian
Wholefood
X
Y
Z

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16 Responses

  1. chris says:
    July 5, 2009 at 12:27 am

    Here’s a few more:

    A - Andalusian
    D - Danish [pastries don't count, though, right?]
    L - Lithuanian
    N - Nepalese
    R - Russian, Romanian
    Y - Yemeni

    There seems to be at least one restaurant for each in London - for U I was thinking Uruguayan, but couldn’t find one. And I have clue for the X or the Z though. This sounds like an awesome project, I hope you blog each cuisine as you munch your way through them.

  2. nick s says:
    July 5, 2009 at 5:02 am

    Q = Quebecois (poutine at the Maple Leaf in Covent Garden)
    U = Ukranian (Divo on Waterloo Place)
    Z = Zambian (Fredor in Forest Gate)

  3. giz404 says:
    July 5, 2009 at 6:52 am

    I don’t really know London, but I assume there must be a Lebanese restaurant somewhere…

  4. anna says:
    July 5, 2009 at 7:44 am

    I say C should be Cypriot or something. You can split Chinese into regions to fulfill another letter. Also: you get more halloumi this way.

  5. D says:
    July 5, 2009 at 8:06 am

    A - Afghan or Austrian
    L - Lebanese
    N - Nigerian or Nepalese
    Y - Yemeni
    For V you may want to also try Vietnamese (maybe to compensate in case you don’t find anything for X)
    Bon appetit!

  6. Jemima says:
    July 5, 2009 at 8:31 am

    A = Argentinian (if you count the steak houses, Gaucho)
    L = Lebanese

  7. Mia says:
    July 5, 2009 at 9:27 am

    A for American?

  8. Carmen says:
    July 5, 2009 at 12:40 pm

    Spanish! There’s a good one at Great Portland Street called Ibérica (rice pudding is soooo good!). Don’t go to one of those Tapas chains… that’s not Spanish food, they even have spelling mistakes on the menu.

  9. Anna F says:
    July 5, 2009 at 12:58 pm

    Is there an erotic bakery in London? Surely that can be renamed ‘x-rated’ for the sake of the alphabet!

  10. Angela says:
    July 5, 2009 at 7:31 pm

    Are there Locavores in London?

  11. thegirlinthecafe says:
    July 5, 2009 at 7:42 pm

    D = Dutch (I had to say that) (The Dutch Pancake place? And there is a Dutch cafe near Leicester Square)

  12. lomokev says:
    July 5, 2009 at 9:44 pm

    you need to drop french for F and for for fry up or full english

  13. Dave says:
    July 7, 2009 at 9:51 am

    A = Armenian ‘Deli from Helli’ of course ;)

  15. Cle0patra says:
    July 12, 2009 at 9:29 am

    N has to be New Zealand
    http://www.thekiwikitchen.co.uk/

  16. Courtney C. says:
    July 16, 2009 at 5:34 pm

    Perhaps for X you could just eat foods that start with X?

    xia - Chinese for shrimp

    xia mi - Chinese for dried shrimp

    xiang cai - Chinese for coriander

    xiangcaojing - Chinese for vanilla

    xiangchang - Chinese for sausage

    xiangjiao - Chinese for banana

    xiang jun - Chinese for dried black mushroom

    xianrou - Chinese for bacon

    xiaodianxin - Chinese for cookies

    xiaonijurou - Chinese for veal

    xihongshi - Chinese for tomato

    xi mi fen - Chinese for tapioca flour

    xingzi - Chinese for apricot

    xiphios - Greek for swordfish

    xocolatl - Ancient Aztec for chocolate

    xouba - small, sardinelike fish found near Spain

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