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Dosa

A dosa is a thin, pancake-like dish originating in South India. It’s made from a fermented batter of rice and black lent...

Fermented Breakfast Crepe South Indian

9.2 Excellent

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Lu Rou Fan

Lu Rou Fan is a traditional Taiwanese rice dish featuring steamed rice layered with intensely flavorful, braised pork be...

Iconic Comfort Taiwanese Rice Bowl

9.0 Excellent

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Katsudon

Katsudon is a classic Japanese rice dish featuring a tender, breaded pork cutlet layered atop steamed rice and simmered...

Comfort Japanese Egg Donburi

8.9 Great

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Japanese Curry Rice

Japanese Curry Rice is a beloved rice dish originating from adaptations of British curry recipes introduced to Japan dur...

Comfort Classic Japanese Curry

8.9 Great

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Oyakodon

Oyakodon is a traditional Japanese rice dish featuring diced chicken and a soft-boiled egg simmered in a subtly sweet so...

Comfort Japanese Rice Bowl Donburi

8.8 Great

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Gyudon

Gyudon is a Japanese beef rice bowl of thinly sliced beef and onions simmered in soy and mirin over rice, widely popular...

Japanese Savory Quick Donburi

8.7 Great

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Idli

Idli is a traditional savory steamed cake from South India, notable for its unique texture achieved by fermenting a batt...

Fermented Breakfast Steamed South Indian

8.7 Great

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Nasi Lemak

Nasi Lemak is Malaysia's national dish, consisting of rice cooked in coconut milk and pandan leaf, served with sambal, a...

Breakfast Coconut Milk Malaysian National Dish

8.5 Great

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Omurice

Omurice is a Japanese fusion dish of ketchup-seasoned fried rice wrapped in a thin omelette, believed to have originated...

Comfort Japanese Ketchup Yoshoku

8.5 Great

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Khao Man Gai

Khao Man Gai is a Thai adaptation of Hainanese chicken rice in which poached chicken is served over rice cooked in chick...

Comfort Street Food Thai Poached Chicken

8.3 Great

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Kimchi Fried Rice

Kimchi Fried Rice is a Korean staple made by stir-frying day-old rice with fermented kimchi, often finished with a fried...

Korean Comfort Spicy Fermented

8.3 Great

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Appam

Appam is a distinct bowl-shaped South Indian pancake made from fermented rice batter and coconut milk, notable for its c...

Fermented Breakfast Kerala Rice Batter

8.2 Great

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Gukbap

Gukbap is a traditional Korean rice dish featuring steamed rice deeply immersed in flavorful broth. It’s notable for its...

Korean Comfort Classic Restaurant

8.2 Great

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Champorado

Champorado is a sweet Filipino chocolate rice porridge traditionally made with sticky rice and cocoa powder, commonly ad...

Comfort Sweet Breakfast Filipino

7.8 Good

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Xôi Mặn

Xôi Mặn is a savory Vietnamese sticky rice dish topped with various ingredients like pork floss, Chinese sausage, and fr...

Classic Savory Vietnamese Breakfast

7.6 Good

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Ven Pongal

Ven Pongal is a savory South Indian breakfast dish of soft-cooked rice and split yellow lentils seasoned with black pepp...

Traditional Savory Breakfast Tamil

7.4 Good

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Khao Piak Khao

Khao Piak Khao is a Lao rice porridge characterized by its thick, gluey texture, made by pounding short-grain rice and s...

Comfort Classic Breakfast Laotian

7.1 Good

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Juk

Juk is a Korean rice porridge slow-cooked until smooth and creamy, widely eaten as comfort food, during illness, or as a...

Simple Korean Comfort Healing

7.0 Good

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Kao Tom

Kao Tom is a Thai rice soup in which jasmine rice is simmered in a mild broth with ginger and garlic, typically served w...

Simple Comfort Breakfast Thai

6.8 Fair

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Cháo

Cháo is Vietnamese rice porridge in which rice is slow-cooked with abundant water or broth until creamy, served with top...

Simple Comfort Vietnamese Breakfast

6.8 Fair