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Ever found yourself completely unsure what you want for dinner? Maybe you want to eat out out but have no idea what your in the mood for... maybe you're not particularly hungry, or maybe you really want to try something new. This page should help!
The list below contains an exhaustive list of the main types of restaurants/cuisine/food you might consider with examples of each. Read through the list and hopefully you'll find something that makes your mouth water and come to a decision. If not you really aren't hungry!
Most of this list this list from the free Urban Spoon smart phone application, which I highly recommend installing if you even want or need to randomly find a restaurants at short notice.
List of My Favourite Restaurants Discovered
| ...............Type............... | Rating | Examples |
|---|---|---|
| Afghan | ? | (most similar to indian) naan, yogurt, shami kabob, rice, stuffed grape leaves |
| African | ? | game. eithiopian, injera (pancake bread), couscous, stew |
| American | **--- | apple pie, sirloin steak, crab, pizza, hot dog, baby-back ribs |
| Asian | ****- | chinese (peiking duck, satay), japanese (sushi), indian (chicken tikka), phillipean, thai (tom yum soup) |
| Bagels | *---- | cream cheese, pretzels, ham, sweet |
| Bakery | **--- | pull-apart bread, pizza bread, hot dinner rolls, apple turnover, eclair |
| Barbecue | ****- | ribs, steak, sausage, corn, buffalo wings |
| Brazilian | ? | Vatapá (coconut shrimp soup), rice and beans, soybean pasta |
| Breakfast / Brunch | ***-- | pancakes, french toast, sausage, scrambled eggs, cereal |
| Buffet | ***-- | sizzler, salad, lasagna, drumsticks, shrimp |
| Burgers | **--- | hamburger, chicken burger, fish-burger, mcdonalds |
| Burmese | ? | laphet (eaten tea), ginger, tomato, seafood |
| Cajun / Creole | ? | |
| Caribbean | ? | jamaican jerk spice, rice 'n peas, coconut, plantais, cassava, cilantro, bell pepper |
| Charcuterie | **--- | meat that goes with cheese boards |
| Chicken | **--- | chicken roast, rosemary, drumsticks, chicken mushroom, red rooster, KFC |
| Chinese | ***** | sweet and sour pork, black bean, beef noodle soup, green tea |
| Coffee | ? | |
| Cuban | ? | |
| Delicatessen | ? | |
| Desserts / Ice Cream | ***-- | |
| Dim Sum | ? | |
| Diner | ? | |
| Donuts | ? | glazed, custard, jam |
| Eastern European | ? | |
| Ethiopian | ***-- | injera (pancake like bread used as plate), stew, meats |
| English / Irish | ? | |
| Fast Food | *---- | |
| Filipino | ? | |
| Fondue | ? | |
| French | ? | |
| Gastropub | ? | |
| German | ? | blood sausage |
| Greek | ? | greek salad, gyros, moussaka, pita bread, feta and olives, spanakopita |
| Hawaiian | **--- | (fatty with lots of pineapple and pork) shrimp plate, taro, sweet potatoes, spam musubi (similar to sushi), ahi poke (tuna on cabbage) |
| Hot Dogs / Sausages | **--- | mustard, sausage, frankfurter, enough said |
| Indian | ***** | naan, rice, chicken tikka masala, rogan josh (spicy), tandori chicken, samosa |
| Indonesian | ***-- | sate, roasted fish in banana leaf, rendang daging (goat in coconut milk) |
| International | ?--- | fusion cusine - for example smoked salmon in rice paper with avacado (fusion of Vietnamese and Japanese) |
| Italian | ***** | neapolitan pizza, cheese and tomato, pasta, lasagna, bolognese |
| Japanese | ***-- | tempura, udon noodles, rice wine, miso soup |
| Korean | ? | |
| Kosher | ? | jewish diet laws no pork, no shellfish etc. |
| Latin American | ? | |
| Malaysian | **--- | similar to indonesian |
| Mediterranean | ? | lots of fruit and vegetables |
| Mexican | ***** | taco, flour tortillas, fajitas, beans, rice, tamale |
| Middle Eastern | ? | |
| Modern American | ? | |
| Moroccan | ? | |
| Noodle Shop | ? | |
| Organic | ? | |
| Pakistani | ? | |
| Pizza | ****- | pepperoni, neapolitan, supreme, meat lovers, new york style, chicago style |
| Portuguese | ? | |
| Pub Food | ? | pot pie, burger, chilli con carne, mussels, pickled egg |
| Raw Food | ----- | |
| Russian | ? | |
| Salads | ***-- | |
| Sandwiches / Subs | ? | |
| Seafood | ***** | prawn, crab, seaweed, shellfish, lobster, calamari, fish, tuna, salmon, freshwater fish, moreton bay bug |
| Smoothies | ***-- | berry, banana, juice, colored ice. |
| Soups | **--- | polish mushroom soup, tom yum, wanton soup, pha |
| Southern / Soul | ? | |
| Southwestern | ? | |
| Spanish | ? | |
| Steakhouse | ***-- | |
| Sushi | ***** | |
| Tacos | ***-- | |
| Tapas | **--- | |
| Tea | **--- | |
| Teriyaki | ***-- | chicken teriyaki, duck, yellowtail |
| Tex-Mex | ? | |
| Thai | ***-- | |
| Turkish | ***** | |
| Vegetarian | ? | |
| Vietnamese | ? | |
| Wine Bar | ? |
Links
- Types of restaurants - Wikipedia - includes strange things like "dinner train" (rather than types of cuisine).
