Rest of World has written extensively about the many ways food delivery platforms have reshaped lives — and appetites — around the globe. Let’s see how closely you’ve been paying attention.
1. This is the most-ordered delivery dish in which country? (Hint: It’s the most populous in the world.)
- Malaysia
- Mongolia
- India
- Nigeria
2. Welcome to Colombia! What delivery app has the highest share of sales in this country?
- Rappi
- Uber Eats
- iFood
- Didi Food
3. Biryani is India’s favorite delivery food. What’s second place?
- Samosa
- Butter chicken
- Pizza
- Lo mein
4. More than a quarter of adults in this country have purchased from KFC in the last four weeks.
- Germany
- South Africa
- Brazil
- South Korea
5. Which food was ordered more than any other from Thailand’s leading delivery service?
- Larb moo (spicy minced pork salad)
- Khao soi kai (Northern Thai curry noodles with chicken)
- Som tum poo pla ra (papaya salad with crab and fermented fish)
- Grilled pork neck
6. What was the most requested item by residents in São Paulo from iFood, Brazil’s leading food delivery app?
- Burger
- Tacos
- Pizza
- Pasta
7. What was the most popular Ghanaian dish ordered from Jumia, formerly one of Africa’s leading food delivery platforms?
- Red red (stewed beans and cassava flakes)
- Waakye (rice and beans)
- Banku (a mixture of corn and cassava dough, often served with okra soup)
- Angwamu (fried rice)
8. When it’s time to order fresh fruit in Bahrain, what do most customers choose?
- Oranges
- Apricots
- Grapes
- Bananas
9. You can order Uber Eats in all these places, except for one. Which is it?
- Kenya
- Singapore
- Taiwan
- Ecuador
The answers
1. C
Biryani
According to Swiggy and Zomato, India’s most popular delivery platforms, biryani was the top dish in 2023.
2. A
Deliveries on the platform Rappi accounted for more than half of Colombia’s on-demand food delivery market in 2022.
3. C
Last year, Indians placed 74,500,000 pizza orders, according to Zomato. That’s enough pizza to cover five cricket stadiums.
4. B
South Africa is one of the biggest markets for KFC, just behind China, the United States, Japan, and India.
5. C
Thailand’s most popular dish is som tum poo pla ra, according to the country’s top delivery company, GrabFood, with 4.4 million orders in 2023. But coffee was even more popular, with deliveries of 4.6 million cups nationwide in 2023.
6. A
iFood, where Brazilians turn for burgers, pharmaceuticals, and even pet food, first launched in 2011. It now sees an average of 70 million monthly orders in the country.
7. A
Red red, often eaten with plantains, is a delicacy associated with the Ewe people. On Jumia, vendors offered it for as little as 10 cedis, or about 64 cents.
8. D
The Middle East’s largest food delivery company, Talabat, was started in Kuwait in 2004, and is now owned by Germany’s Delivery Hero.
9. B
All told, Uber Eats is available in 30 countries, across six continents.