• Sichuan green beans, Ganbian sijidou
  • Zha qiehe
  • Xiaolongbao
  • Sichuan dry-fried cauliflower (干锅花菜)
  • Tomato egg drop soup
  • Hot n sour soup
  • Scallion pancake
  • Xian biangbiang
  • Guaiwei sauce (怪味)
  • Chengdu hotpot, Napa cabbage hotpot
  • Braised aubergine (鱼香茄龙)
  • Sichuan aubergine in yuxiang
  • Beijing pancake-dumplings (褡裢火烧)
  • Scallion pancake
  • Mapo tofu
  • Laksa
  • Pho
  • Mole negro
  • Cebollitas
  • Molcajete stew
  • Flautas, jaladas, frijolillas, panucho
  • Enchiladas de Cancun
  • Truffle habanero salsa
  • Sopa di tortilla
  • Chilaquiles
  • Rajas con crema
  • Penne alla norma
  • Aglio e olio, cacio e pepe
  • Roast friggitelli (not pickled) / pimientos de padron
  • Thakkali sadam
  • Bhindi bhaji
  • Gobi Manchurian
  • Pumpkin katsu curry
  • Kimchi omelette toastie
  • Trini doubles
  • Toad in the hole
  • Kirkwood roast seaweed
  • Balsamic on avocado
  • Muhu bread
  • Nutritional yeast on rye bread
  • Bloody mary ketchup
  • More garlic than you can believe
  • bamboo ginger in brine
  • only potato

  • Purple taro milk
  • White pomelo
  • Yanzhi gan lu (杨枝甘露)
  • Raasiku kali
  • Horchata
  • MSG on watermelon
  • Golden milk
  • Tres leches
  • Shoofly pie
  • Brita cake
  • Banoffee
  • Madeira cake
  • Pastel de nata
  • Red bean soup
  • Gelato (San Crispino, Grom, Venchi, Giolitti)



Restaurants

  • King’s Joy, Beijing
  • Rishi’s, Aberdeen
  • MUME, Taipei
  • 临湖素食 (The Lakeside Veggie), Shanghai
  • Kailash Momo, London
  • Mama Chang, Fairfax
  • Pujol, CDMX
  • Salon 1905, Belgrade
  • Bulrush, Bristol
  • Hapsal Dietrich, Haapsalu
  • Just a Maestro, Belgrade
  • Tast, Prague
  • Jietai Temple, Beijing
  • Mantel ja Korsten, Tallinn
  • New Balkan Cuisine, Belgrade
  • Chilpa, CDMX
  • Suyuan, Bristol
  • Veggienius, Taipei
  • Paco Tapas, Bristol
  • Eska, Prague
  • Little Tree Food, Taipei
  • Nusa Kitchen, London
  • Trongs, Ipswich
  • Mono, Glasgow
  • Mosque Kitchen, Edinburgh
  • Gemüse Corner Kebab, Prague
  • Della Passera, Rivareno, Perche No, Florence


Cuisines

It’s hard to choose between Sichuan and Mexico for #1 so I guess I choose the international language of potato.


  1. Sichuan* (200)
  2. Mexican* (500)
  3. Nepalese (10)
  4. South Indian (300)
  5. Balkan* (20)
  6. Sicilian (50)
  7. Hunan (10)
  8. Neapolitan* (200)
  9. Cantonese* (500)
  10. North Indian (300)
  11. Japanese* (300)
  12. Vietnamese (50)
  13. Lebanese (100)
  14. French* (200)
  15. Thai (150)
  16. Jiangsu (10)
  17. Turkish (30)
  18. Bengali (30)
  19. Malaysian (30)
  20. Ethiopian (20)
  21. Shandong (10)
  22. Spanish* (60)

Implicitly just ranking by quality of vegetarian options.

* = have eaten it in its home region

(xx) = number of times