Baku Kitchen! An independent reference of traditional food

Every country.
Every dish!

6,130 traditional dishes and drinks from 196 countries, each with its recipe and the history behind it. Drawn, not photographed — one manga style for the whole atlas. No rankings, no sponsored dishes, no restaurant promotions.

196countries

6,130dishes & drinks

5,025full recipes

66ingredients

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The atlas's chef mascot slamming down a plate of ropa vieja, manga style

Chef Baku, your guideToday I’m in Havana. Ropa vieja — “old clothes” — shredded beef that looks like torn rags. Come, I’ll show you.

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Drawing the world…

AmericasEuropeAfricaMiddle East & C. AsiaAsiaOceaniaChef Baku’s route🏳️ flags: big countries always, more as you zoom inno polygon at 1:110m — reachable by search

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Counts are live from the atlas.

Europe45 countries · 1,616 dishes Asia25 countries · 1,014 dishes Africa54 countries · 1,438 dishes Americas35 countries · 1,181 dishes Middle East & Central Asia23 countries · 690 dishes Oceania14 countries · 253 dishes

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A rotating sample — not a ranking.

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Apfelstrudel, drawn in the atlas's manga style

Apfelstrudel🍰 dessert · AustriaPaper-thin strudel pastry around spiced apples and raisins.

Bacalhau à Brás, drawn in the atlas's manga style

Bacalhau à Brás🍽️ main · Portugalshredded salt cod scrambled with eggs, onions, matchstick potatoes

Adobo🍽️ main · PhilippinesChicken or pork braised in vinegar, soy, garlic and bay

Ackee and saltfish, drawn in the atlas's manga style

Ackee and saltfish🍳 breakfast · JamaicaNational dish of buttery ackee fruit sautéed with salt cod

Ají de gallina, drawn in the atlas's manga style

Ají de gallina🍽️ main · PeruShredded chicken in creamy ají amarillo-walnut sauce over potatoes

Baursak, drawn in the atlas's manga style

Baursak бауырсақ🥖 bread & pastry · Kazakhstanpuffed fried dough scattered across every celebration table

Americano, drawn in the atlas's manga style

Americano🍸 cocktail · ItalyCampari, red vermouth and soda over ice with orange; classic pre-dinner aperitivo.

Achu🍽️ main · CameroonPounded cocoyam with spicy yellow palm-oil soup, western Grassfields pride

Food types

Fifteen fixed categories. Drink is non-alcoholic; alcohol lives under wine & spirit and cocktail.

🍽️ main 🍲 soup & stew 🛺 street food 🥖 bread & pastry 🍰 dessert 🥤 drink 🥗 salad & side 🥨 snack 🍳 breakfast 🧂 sauce & condiment • charcuterie & cured • fermented & pickled • cheese & dairy 🍷 wine & spirit 🍸 cocktail

Chef Baku, the atlas mascot, presenting a plate

Why the drawings?!

The atlas is illustrated in one manga style on purpose. A drawing is this site’s own depiction of a dish — consistent from Samoa to Slovenia, free of restaurant marketing, and honest about what it is. Alt text describes each picture truthfully.

Read how the atlas is made →

Country outlines from Natural Earth; at 1:110,000,000 twenty-eight island microstates have no polygon and are reachable by search.

What cooks are saying

The latest reviews left on the atlas, by the people who cooked from it.

Kwame Addo😋 Perfect balance of yam and plantain 🌟Ampesi Abena Sarpong🎉 Comfort food at its very best 🥰Ampesi Kojo Antwi😄 With garden egg stew it is wonderful 🙌 and the anime styling is so cheerful ✨Ampesi Akua Owusu🍠 Simple, filling and joyful 😍💛Ampesi Nathalie Perez🥰 The anime design of this site is honestly the best I have seen 🎨💫Arepa dominicana Wilson Baez😋 Raisins in, always 🌟Arepa dominicana

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