World Dishes Arena

About World Dishes Arena

Six competitions use real, individually reviewed photographs of dishes from every continent. Identify each from its photograph, search its name, choose its country of origin or kind of dish, pin where it comes from on a world map, or match ten photographs and names. Worldwide score, time and player name lead the main menu.

462 dishes in nine regional collections, from Western Europe to Africa. Country and Map Pin use 172 countries of origin, Dish Type 286 kinds; two researchers read each fact from dictionary definitions independently, and only facts both agree on are played.

How to play

Goal

Recognize famous dishes of the world and learn their names, their countries, their kinds and where they come from on the map.

How it ends

Finish ten questions or ten pairs, exhaust the sprint clock, or make one sprint mistake.

Record

Best score, highest map reserve or fastest matching finish, with time and the player’s name.

1. Recognition Sprint: choose the pictured dish from eight names, mostly dishes of the same region or kind. You have 90 continuously running seconds; one wrong answer ends the run. Most correct answers wins, with time of the last correct answer breaking ties.
2. Name Search: identify ten photographs. Type part of the dish's name, ignoring case and accents, and choose the exact dish from the filtered list. Correct answers rank first, then faster time.
3. Country: choose the country the named dish comes from, from eight. When sources name more than one country, any of them earns the point. Countries are today's. Complete ten questions.
4. Dish Type: the dish is shown by name only, without a photo; choose its kind from ten: soup; stew or curry; dumpling or filled pastry; noodles or pasta; rice dish; bread or flatbread; sandwich, wrap or taco; salad or cold dish; grilled, fried or roast; dessert or sweet. Any kind the sources give earns the point. Complete ten questions.
5. Map Pin: tap the world map where the named dish comes from, then confirm. You start with 1,000 reserve. A pin inside a country of origin, or within 25 km of its border, costs nothing; beyond that you lose one point per 30 km, at most 100 per dish. Complete ten dishes; highest reserve wins, with time breaking ties.
6. Matching Table: select a photograph, then its dish name. Match all ten pairs. Each wrong pair adds three seconds; fastest adjusted finish wins.

Controls

Tips

• Look at the vessel Clay pots, bamboo steamers, banana leaves and skewers often say as much about a dish as the food on them.
• Borders, not capitals Map Pin measures to the nearest border of any country of origin, so a pin anywhere inside that country is perfect.
• Kinds follow the dish, not the plate Gyros and quesadillas count as sandwiches, wraps or tacos; pierogi, samosas and empanadas as dumplings or filled pastries.

Good to know

Every photograph retains its creator, chosen licence, original title and source links. Creator credits appear beside the photograph; Full photo credit opens the complete attribution and sources. Opening full credits during a question, leaving the tab, restoring an unfinished run or a mid-run photo-loading interruption makes that attempt practice. Country borders come from Natural Earth (public domain).

Watch how to play

Watch the tutorial 4:13

Questions