+/- cuisine Description For describing the type of food served at an eating place. Group cuisine Element help Useful combination Key:name Key:operator Key:amenity diet=* Used combinations in World Australia/Oceania Europe (list) Asia (list) Central America (list) South America (list) Africa (list)

For recording food style at eating places.

cuisine=<value>

The value is left up to you, as the needs of different countries and regions may vary dramatically. A list of suggestions is made below.

Examples

• amenity=restaurant
  • name=Doyle's
  • cuisine=seafood

• amenity=fast_food
  • name=McDonald's
  • cuisine=burger
  • opening_hours=*

Suggested Values

Type of food

• bagel
• barbecue - There are several styles; chicken, beef, pork etc with or without skewer.
• bougatsa - common in Greece. Usually sell phyllo dough bread with spinach, cheese or 'custard cream'
• burger - e.g. McDonald's, Wendy's, Jollibee (Philippines)
• cake - a most of a time a small cafe where you can buy and eat cakes (main business cakes not coffee, see coffee_shop)
• chicken - e.g. KFC
• coffee_shop - Serves mainly coffee, may have some light cold snacks such as cakes
• crepe - Crêpe's, Pannekoekenrestaurant in Dutch.
• couscous
• curry - There are several style for curry, not only Indian style.
• döner - German Döner shops (Turkish / German / Swedish special character ö makes trouble e.g. with Garmin conversion, please use kebab instead!)
• doughnut - Use donut only in the company name e.g. Dunkin' Donuts
• fish_and_chips - Fish and chips, common in UK
• fried_food - fried food, often takeaway
• friture - Dutch and Belgian chip shop (fish_and_chips but usually without fish); also called friterie, frietkot, ...
• ice_cream - Ice Cream
• kebab - Turkish Kebabs
• mediterranean - food from the cultures adjacent to the Mediterranean Sea, especially less popular in the West: Armenian, Lebanese, Israeli, Moroccan, etc. Greek, Italian, French and other cuisines, while technically also being Mediterranean, get their own categories, but a fusion of those cuisines would fit this category.
• noodle - Japanese, Chinese, Korean noodles such Japanese Udon, Soba and Ramen, Chinese Dan Dan men and Tan men, Korea Renmyon and Bibin myon. Common throughout east Asia and increasingly global.
• pasta - Italian Pasta (spaghetti etc)
• pie - Pies, common in Australia
• pizza - Pizza, in conjunction use oven=wood_fired if it applies.
• sandwich - e.g. Subway
• sausage - Grilled sausages, common in Sweden (Korv), could be used for Hot Dogs (US).
• savory_pancakes - Japanese pancake, Okonomi_yaki, Monja_yaki and similar style.
• seafood - Specialising in fish and/or, shrimps, lobster ...
• steak_house - e.g. outback
• sushi - Japanese Sushi bar, common in Australia, Sweden and many other countries

Ethnicity

african 

arab 

argentinian 

asian 

balkan 

basque 

brazilian 

chinese 

croatian 

czech 

french 

german 

greek 

indian 

iranian 

italian 

japanese 

korean 

latin_american 

lebanese 

mexican 

peruvian 

spanish 

thai 

turkish 

etc...

Regional food

regional 

regional food

bavarian 

sichuan 

　Chinese sìchuān food

cantonese 

Chinese Kanton food

hunan 

Chinese Hunan cuisine

shandong 

Chinese Shandong cuisine include Beijing style

kyo_ryouri 

Japanese Kyoto style, traditional so called 'obanzai'

okinawa_ryori 

Japanese Okinawa food

capixaba 

Brazilian region Capixaba, state of Espírito Santo

baiana 

Brazilian region Baiana, state of Bahia

gaucho 

Brazilian region Gaucho, state of Rio Grande do Sul

mineira 

Brazilian region Mineira, state of Minas Gerais

Dietary requirements

Vegetarian and vegan food was previously indicated using the cuisine key, but that practice has now been replaced by a more comprehensive diet=* key. If you come across the use of cuisine=vegan and cuisine=vegetarian, this is what they originally meant:

• vegan - As vegetarian but also strictly no animal-derived products such as milk
• vegetarian - No meat or fish

Rendering

• cuisine=*^edit
• Map showing the different cuisines

See Also

• amenity=cafe
• amenity=fast_food
• amenity=restaurant
• takeaway=*
• diet=*
• origin=*

Opinion

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