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According to TasteAtlas, Armenia took the 90th place in the ranking of the world's best cuisines in 2022.

The TasteAtlas food experience guide ranks the world's cuisines based on authentic (original) recipes, food critic reviews, and research articles on popular ingredients and dishes, as well as voting on ingredients, dishes, and drinks.

Accordingly, Italy, Greece, Spain, Japan, and India are in the top five of 95 cuisines of the world.

Armenia ranks 90th, with 3.80 points. The list of popular Armenian dishes includes lavash, lahmajo, tolma, harissa, ghapama, and of course, khorovats (barbecue) and kebab.

And among the unexpected Armenian dishes are manti, as well as topik.

Photos: Pinterest/Tasteatlas.com

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