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
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.
Q = Quebecois (poutine at the Maple Leaf in Covent Garden)
U = Ukranian (Divo on Waterloo Place)
Z = Zambian (Fredor in Forest Gate)
I don’t really know London, but I assume there must be a Lebanese restaurant somewhere…
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.
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!
A = Argentinian (if you count the steak houses, Gaucho)
L = Lebanese
A for American?
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.
Is there an erotic bakery in London? Surely that can be renamed ‘x-rated’ for the sake of the alphabet!
Are there Locavores in London?
D = Dutch (I had to say that) (The Dutch Pancake place? And there is a Dutch cafe near Leicester Square)
you need to drop french for F and for for fry up or full english
A = Armenian ‘Deli from Helli’ of course ;)
During my quest to find empanadas in London, I found…
Bolivian http://www.flickr.com/photos/secretlondon/3668594855/
Colombian http://www.london-eating.co.uk/36110.htm
Ecuadorean http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/52/1422107/restaurant/London/Bermondsey/Costa-Azul-Camberwell
Peruvian http://www.london-eating.co.uk/4123.htm
N has to be New Zealand
http://www.thekiwikitchen.co.uk/
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