
Poland
Rosół
The queen of Polish soups: a clear, golden chicken (or hen) broth simmered for hours with vegetables and herbs. Served with fine egg noodles, a Sunday and wedding classic.
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Poland
The queen of Polish soups: a clear, golden chicken (or hen) broth simmered for hours with vegetables and herbs. Served with fine egg noodles, a Sunday and wedding classic.

Guyana
A soft, thin Guyanese flatbread served with curried chicken, goat or vegetables in Indo-Guyanese homes and roti shops.

Suriname
A soft, thin Surinamese flatbread served wrapped around curry chicken, potato and vegetables at home and in roti shops.

India
रोटी
An unleavened whole-wheat flatbread cooked on a dry griddle. It is the daily bread across North India, rolled thin and puffed over an open flame

Malaysia
Dense, multi-layered roti with ghee, dense rich texture with sweet ghee flavor and many layers, a decadent mamak creation.

Jakarta, Indonesia
Roti buaya, the metre-long crocodile-shaped bread carried by the groom at a Betawi wedding, is a named ceremonial item and is unlike anything else in the catalog.

Singapore, Malaysia
Roti Prata
Flaky flatbread made with flour and ghee, stretched and folded, served with dhal and curry, flaky layers with crispy exterior and soft interior.

Singapore, Malaysia
Roti john is a bread-based sandwich with an egg and minced-meat mixture, commonly sold at street stalls.

Fiji
A soft roti wrapped around curry — potato, chicken, goat or bean — folded into a square and sold in paper.

Thailand
โรตีสายไหม
Thin crispy crepe wrapped around hand-pulled cotton candy, a beloved Thai street fair treat.

Somalia
Roti
Layered Somali roti cooked on a hot griddle and served with meat or tea.

Malaysia
Paper-thin crispy flatbread, often cone-shaped, extremely thin and crispy with golden brown color and sweet coating, a theatrical mamak creation.

Comoros
A Comorian griddled flatbread rolled around a savoury filling and eaten hot from island stalls.

Norway
Rotmos
A Norwegian swede (rutabaga) purée, golden and sweet, served with pinnekjøtt and smalahove

Algeria
رقاق
Very thin sheets of semolina dough spread with the hand on a hot plate and cooked in seconds until dry and brittle.

Madagascar
A Malagasy tomato, ginger and chili relish served fresh beside rice and grilled foods.

Mauritius
Mauritian rougaille is a spiced tomato preparation, often saucy and sometimes cooked with meat or fish. In Réunion, rougail can mean a raw tomato accompaniment or a cooked dish such as rougail saucisse; Seychelles has related chilli condiments under local names. Recipes differ across islands.

Comoros
Rehydrated salt cod slowly simmered in a rich tomato-onion sauce with garlic, ginger, chili, turmeric, and coriander; can include vegetables like carrots, green beans, and bell peppers; a Portuguese-influenced Comorian dish.

Provence, France
Provencal saffron-garlic mayonnaise, traditionally served with fish soup.

France
Rouille de seiche is tender cuttlefish served in a garlic-and-red-pepper rouille sauce with aromatic broth.

Finland
Limppu
Traditional Eastern Finnish dark sour rye bread, round and bulbous, dense and heavy with milder flavor.

Fiji
Taro leaves stewed down in coconut milk with onion and salt into a dark green side dish.

Tunisia
رز جربي
Djerba dish of rice steamed with minced meat, liver, chard, parsley and spices until it takes on a dark green colour.

Taiwan
肉燥飯
Braised pork rice from Kaohsiung: minced pork belly over rice with a soy-sugar sauce.

Tunisia
روزاطة
Almond and geranium-water syrup diluted with cold water into a milky, faintly floral drink served to guests.

South Korea
궁중떡볶이
The original, non-spicy version of tteokbokki from the royal court, stir-fried in soy sauce with meat, vegetables, and nuts.

South Korea
신선로
An elaborate royal court hot pot with a rich broth and meticulously arranged ingredients (meat, seafood, vegetables, nuts) in a special vessel.

Egypt
رز بالخلتة
A Egyptian rice dish with mixed nuts, raisins, and liver or meat, a festive and daily classic

Egypt
رز باللبن
A Egyptian creamy rice pudding with milk, sugar, and vanilla or cinnamon, a daily and home classic

Egypt
رز معمر
An Egyptian baked rice dish of rice and milk or broth with chicken pieces, seasoned and baked until creamy.

Thailand
รวมมิตร
Ruam mit is a Thai iced dessert of mixed jellies, water-chestnut rubies, jackfruit, and sweet coconut milk.

Libya
Dates or carob boiled down to a near-black syrup used on asida, bread and in sweets.

Chubu, Japan
ルビーロマン
Ruby Roman grapes, sold at auction for record sums and gift-boxed as single bunches, are bought as themselves and are a genuine expression of Japan's luxury-fruit culture.

Kurzeme, Latvia
Rucava white butter, EU PDO.

Denmark
Rugbrød
Denmark's dense, dark sourdough rye bread, the base for smørrebrød and a daily staple.

Israel
רוגלך
Rugelach are filled rolled pastries in Eastern European Jewish food traditions. The Jerusalem chocolate version uses a puffier yeasted dough and is soaked in syrup.