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Liège, Belgium

Lacquemant wafel

Lacquemant

Lacquemant is a thin Liège waffle sandwich filled with dark syrup and warm spices.

India

Laddu

लड्डू

Round sweets of gram flour, ghee and sugar, offered at every celebration.

Seychelles

Ladob

Seychelles' signature dessert — ripe plantains and sweet potatoes (or cassava, breadfruit, or corosol) boiled with coconut milk, sugar, nutmeg, and vanilla pod until the fruit is soft and the sauce is creamy; also made as a savoury dish with salted fish, plantain, cassava, and breadfruit (with salt instead of sugar, no vanilla); an echo of French daube.

Trinidad and Tobago

Ladoo

A Trinidadian (Indo-Caribbean) sweet ball made from roasted chickpea flour, ghee, and sugar, often flavored with cardamom.

North Aegean, Greece

Ladotyri

Λαδοτύρι

A Greek PDO cheese from Mytilene (Lesbos), aged in olive oil, hard and spicy. A table and grating cheese, a regional specialty, savory and aromatic, an island dairy with a unique method.

Comoros

Ladu

Coarsely ground raw rice cooked in ghee until browned, then mixed with powdered sugar, cardamom, and coarsely ground black pepper; shaped into balls or bricks; a distinctive sweet-spicy Comorian sweet.

United States

Lady Baltimore Cake

A Charleston layer cake with white frosting studded with figs, raisins, and pecans.

Israel

Laffa

לאפה

Iraqi flatbread brought to Israel by Iraqi Jewish immigrants, baked against the wall of a taboon oven. Soft and pliable, it is commonly used to wrap shawarma or served with dips and grilled meats.

Sierra Leone

Lafidi

A thick Sierra Leonean sauce of pounded eggplant, pepper, okra, sesame (benne), and dried powdered fish; served over rice, with a smoky, nutty, and slightly slimy texture similar to Guinea's footi.

Nigeria

Lafun

A Nigerian white swallow made from fermented cassava flour, smoother and lighter than fufu, served with soups like gbegiri, ewedu or obe ata.

Greece

Lagana

Λαγάνα

Greek flatbread, oval and soft, sprinkled with sesame, baked only on Clean Monday. A Lenten tradition, a national bread, soft and chewy, a once-a-year specialty, a Clean Monday staple.

Libya

Lagbi

Sap tapped from a date palm and drunk the same day, sweet and cloudy, turning alcoholic within hours if left.

Tunisia

Laghmi

لاقمي

Sap tapped from the crown of a date palm and drunk the same day — sweet and milky in the morning, fermented and alcoholic by evening.

Kutaisi, Georgia

Lagidze Waters

Ლაღიძის წყლები

Carbonated water mixed to order with fruit and herb syrups — cream, chocolate, tarragon, grape — poured from tall glass cylinders.

Denmark

Lagkage (Layer Cake)

Lagkage

A Danish layer cake with sponge, cream, custard, and fruit, a birthday and festive classic

Xinjiang, China

Lagman

Lag'mon

Lagman is a Uyghur and Central Asian noodle dish built from hand-pulled strands served with meat, peppers, onions, and tomato in a savoury broth or sauce.

Greece

Lahanodolmades

Λαχανοντολμάδες

Cabbage rolls in avgolemono.

Greece

Lahanosalata

Λαχανοσαλάτα

Greek cabbage and carrot salad with lemon-oil dressing, a crunchy, tangy side. A winter and home classic, served with grilled meats, a refreshing and healthy salad.

Lebanon

Lahmacun

Լահմաջո

A very thin flatbread spread with minced meat, onion, tomato, and herbs, then baked quickly. Lahmacun, Armenian lahmajo, and Levantine or Iraqi lahm bi ajin are related regional forms with different seasonings and serving styles.

Afghanistan

Lahndi

لاندی

Whole sheep salted and hung to dry in the cold Pashtun winter, then cut down through the season for stews and rice.

Djibouti

Lahoh

A batter of sorghum or wheat left to sour overnight and cooked on one side only, coming out spongy and covered in holes.

Lahore, Pakistan

Lahori Chargha

لاہوری چرغہ

Whole chicken marinated in yoghurt, vinegar and spice, steamed until cooked through, then deep-fried whole so the skin blisters.

Latvia

Laima Chocolate

Laima šokolāde

Latvia's largest confectionery producer since 1870, named after the Latvian goddess of fate, iconic Serenāde candy.

Hungary

Lajta Cheese

Lajtai sajt

Lajta Cheese is a soft washed-rind cheese with orange tone and assertive flavor.

Vaud, Switzerland

Lake Perch Fillets

Filets de perche

Small perch fillets floured and fried in butter, served with lemon, tartare sauce and boiled potatoes at lakeside restaurants.

Lake Skadar, Montenegro

Lake Skadar Carp

Krap sa Skadarskog jezera

Carp from Lake Skadar, either grilled fresh over vine cuttings or smoked whole and then stewed with prunes and dried plums.

England, United Kingdom

Lakeland Herdwick

Lakeland Herdwick is a protected collective food or drink identity with a defined regional specification.

Istanbul, Turkey

Lakerda

Lakerda, salt-cured bonito sliced for the meyhane table, is a named Istanbul preserve with its own autumn production window.

Mauritania

Lakh

Laax

Coarse millet porridge cooked thick and served cold under sour milk and sugar, sometimes with a peanut and baobab sauce.

Kathmandu Valley, Nepal

Lakhamari

लाखामरी

A Newari sweet of flour, ghee and sugar, shaped and fried, given at festivals.

Western Sahara

Lakhlii

Camel meat cut into cord-like pieces, sun-dried, then mixed with hot melted camel fat (wanak); a symbol of generosity and the greatest honor for guests in Sahrawi culture; the preservation method allows meat to keep for months in the desert heat.

Uganda

Lakotokoto

A Ugandan leafy vegetable preparation cooked with groundnut or sesame sauce.

Denmark

Lakrids (Licorice)

Saltlakrids

A Danish licorice candy, sweet or salty

Korçë, Albania

Lakror

A Korçë-style lakror made with two thin pastry sheets around a generous savory filling, traditionally baked under a covered saç pan.

Johor, Malaysia

Laksa Johor

Laksa Johor is a thick fish gravy served over spaghetti-like noodles in southern Malaysia.

Kelantan, Malaysia

Laksam

Thick soft noodles with rich coconut gravy and fresh fish.