Cardiffs cuisine reflects strongly on its diversity.
There are at least 18 different ethnic cuisines for you to sample, including French, Italian, Greek, Chinese, Indian, Portuguese, Thai, Spanish and Japanese. And of course there is Welsh. Many hotels, restaurants, pubs and cafés offer a menu where Welsh dishes are included look out for the hungry dragon sign that indicates Flavours of Wales.
Local produce is uniformly excellent. Waless hilly interior doesnt lend itself to intensive farming, and organic methods are widely practiced. Many chefs rate Welsh Black beef more highly than Aberdeen Angus. Then theres Welsh lamb, for which were justly famous.
Less well known (but just as good) are delicacies like wild sewin from the rivers of West Wales, wines from the Vale, cockles and laverbread from Penclawdd, fruit and vegetables from Gower, pork and dairy products from Carmarthenshire not to mention Waless 732-mile coastline, which provides a rich harvest of shellfish.
Cardiff has something for everyone. From gourmet food, with many restaurants ranked amongst the very best in Britain, to the budget end of the market, served extremely well by cafés, sandwich bars and takeaways. Lunchtime eating in the city is especially good value, with most restaurants offering terrific mid-day deals.
