As the year comes to a close, food delivery service Deliveroo takes a moment to reflect on the food highlights of 2018 and reveal the most popular dishes around the world, as chosen by its customers. From bubble tea to burritos - this year's eclectic mix of take-away favourites certainly makes for an interesting read.
Here's a taster of this year's top ten dishes on Deliveroo around the world:
1) Pad Thaï from Thaï at Home, Paris
2) Cheeseburger from Five Guys, London
3) Sushi Lovers Poke Bowl from CALI-POKE, Dubai
4) Burrito from Boojum, Dublin
5) Bubble Tea from Tenren's Tea, Hong Kong
6) Grilled Chicken Burrito from Guzman Y Gomez, Sydney
7) Burrito from Gonzalez & Co, Barcelona
8) Beef Burger from Tommi's Burger Joint, Berlin
9) Poke Bowl from Temakery, Amsterdam
10) 2 Hot Wings® from KFC, Brighton
While noodles and Hawaiian poke bowls were trending this year, 2018 also saw healthy plant-based dishes grow in popularity. A firm favourite in last year, pizza remained a top choice for food delivery around the world with five appearing in the top 100.
Deliveroo also reports an increase in orders of more traditional takeaway cuisines, with favourites including a Doner Kebab from German Doner Kebab in Birmingham and Satay from Xian Street Food in Galway.
A closer look at Deliveroo's top 100 reveals some fun foodie ordering trends over the course of 2018.
Health Kick
With orders of healthy options almost tripling this year, it's no surprise dishes like The Original vegan Açaí Bowl from the UAE's The Acai Spot or Singapore's Harvest Protein & Grain Bowl from Harvest have made it into the top 100. The most frequently occuring dish in the list, featuring twelve times, from eight different countries is the incredibly instagrammable and equally nutritious Poke Bowl.
Comfort Foods
But it's not all raw fish and salads. Our classic comfort foods - burgers and burritos - fill almost a fifth of the spots on this year's Deliveroo 100, with favourites including Dublin's Boojum Burrito and Germany's Classic Burger from Tommi's Burger Joint.
Sweet Treats
It seems people have also developed a sweeter tooth this year, with five times more desserts appearing in this years top 100 compared to last, including the Banana Pudding from Dubai-based Magnolia Bakery and Berlin's Happy Waffle from Waffle Brothers.
Local Favourites
This year's top 100 also showed that people are celebrating their local favourites, in addition to the popular high street chains. Favourite national dishes include Tortilla Española from Madrid-based José Luis, Shrimp Dumplings from Dim Dim Sum in Hong Kong and Boulette Sauce Brusseleir from Ballekes in Brussels.
For the full list of Deliveroo's 100 most popular dishes ordered around the world in 2018, please see below:
| 1 Pad Thaï Thaï at Home Paris, France | 2 Cheeseburger Five Guys London, UK | 3 Sushi Lovers (Large) CALI-POKE Dubai, UAE | 4 Burrito Boojum Dublin, Ireland | 5 Bubble Tea Tenren's Tea Hong Kong |
| 6 Grilled Chicken Burrito Guzman Y Gomez Sydney , Australia | 7 Burrito Gonzalez & Co Barcelona, Spain | 8 Beef Burger Tommi's Burger Joint Berlin, Germany | 9
Amsterdam, Netherlands | 10 2 Hot Wings® KFC Brighton, UK |
| 11 Beef Tacos MasterTacos Lyon, France | 12 Mega San Sushi Maki-San Singapore | 13 Burrito Box Taqado Mexican Kitchen Dubai, UAE | 14 Boulette Sauce Brusseleir Ballekes Brussels, Belgium | 15 Poke Bowl Salmone Pokèria by NIMA Milan, Italy |
| 16 Steak haché 150g La Ripaille Burger Nantes, France | 17 Charred Flank Steak Fieldtray Farmer J London, UK | 18 Tortilla Española José Luis Madrid, Spain | 19 Pho Tai BEP Vietnamese Kitchen Hong Kong | 20 The OG Fishbowl Sydney, Australia |
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Tortilla Brighton, UK | 22 The Original (VE) The Acai Spot Dubai, UAE | 23 Margherita Pizza PizzaExpress Hong Kong | 24 Spaghetti Kastart De Kastart Ghent, Belgium | 25 Chicken Tenders Camden Rotisserie Dublin, Ireland |
| 26 Harvest Protein & Grain Bowl Harvest Singapore | 27 Mozzarella and Pomodoro Suppli Suppli Factory Nantes, France | 28 Van Dobben Croquet Van Dobben Eetsalon Amsterdam, Netherlands | 29 Build Your Own Pizza Mod Pizza Nottingham, UK | 30 Green Curry Fuchsia Urban Thai Dubai, UAE |
| 31 Beer Battered Fries 8 Bit Melbourne, Australia | 32 McMenu® - Sandwich, 50cl Drink and Large Chips, McDonald's Rome, Italy | 33 Pizza Margherita Pizzare Berlin, Germany | 34 Saumon (label rouge) Poke Me Paris, France | 35 Satay (Wok Dish) Xian Street Food Galway, Ireland |
| 36 TeaWood® Teawood Hong Kong | 37 Pasta Bocca Bocca Ghent, Belgium | 38 Chicken (nf) Roosters Piri Piri Brighton, UK | 39 Salmon Sushi SushiArt Dubai, UAE | 40 Tommy the Chook Boss Burger Co. Geelong, Australia |
| 41 Salmon Mentaiko Salmon Samurai Singapore | 42 Spicy Tuna Poke Bowl Poke House Milan, Italy | 43 The Palestinian Falafel (V) Umi Falafel Dublin, Ireland | 44 Classic Ahi Island Poké London, UK | 45 Fajitas Chipotle Beaugrenelle Paris, France |
| 46 Salmon Poke Poki Poké Brussels, Belgium | 47 Gyros Meat&Greek Amsterdam, Netherlands | 48 Build your own Flat MANA! Fast Slow Food Hong Kong | 49 Salmón Poke Aloha Poké Madrid, Spain | 50 Pizza San Marzano Lievità Milan, Italy |
| 51 Lemongrass Phad Thai Lemongrass Berlin, Germany | 52 Classic Burrito Barburrito Nottingham, UK | 53 Japanawaiiwan bowl O Ke Kai Paris, France | 54 Sliced Beef Pho (Ribeye) Pho Stop Singapore | 55 Chicken Katsu Curry Kokoro Brighton, UK |
| 56 Mary's Burger Mary's Sydney , Australia | 57 Pinzafied Margherita PINZA! Dubai, UAE | 58 Burrito Tierra Burrito Madrid, Spain | 59 Big Joe Les Super Filles du Tram Brussels, Belgium | 60 Chicken Schnitzel Schnitz Wollongong, Australia |
| 61 Poké Bowl Pololi Hong Kong | 62 Salmon and Shrimp Roll Temakinho Milan, Italy | 63 Mission Bo Bun Boeuf Terroir Écosse Mission Saigon Paris, France | 64 Manifesto Burger Paul's Boutique Station Ghent, Belgium | 65 Chicken Katsu Curry Wagamama London, UK |
| 66 Happy Waffle Waffle Brothers Berlin, Germany | 67 Poké Boxmaker Medium The Poké Box Rotterdam, Netherlands | 68 Assorted Dumplings La Maison Des Raviolis Marseille, France | 69 Shrimp Dumplings Dim Dim Sum Hong Kong | 70 Chicken Massaman Curry Saba Dublin, Ireland |
| 71 Doner Kebab German Doner Kebab Birmingham, UK | 72 The Marley Bowlful Dubai, UAE | 73 Nasi Ayam Penyet Uncle Penyet Singapore | 74 Poke nikkei Poké Si Barcelona, Spain | 75 Salmon Poke Canal Poke Paris, France |
| 76 Lite Chicken & Avo S'wich Gourmet Shawarmas Dubai, UAE | 77 Medium Banana Pudding Magnolia Bakery Dubai, UAE | 78 Classic Burrito Zambrero Adelaide, Australia | 79 Chicken Skewer | Kalmaki Kotopoulo Blu Kouzina Singapore | 80 Kebab L'Istanbul Reims, France |
| 81 Ebi Gyoza Musashi Dublin, Ireland | 82 Pizza Margherita Anema e cozze Milan, Italy | 83 Scoop Gelato Box Scoop Dublin, Ireland | 84 Raw Beef Noodle Xiao Wang Beef Noodle Hong Kong | 85 Cheeseburger Timesburg Barcelona, Spain |
| 86 Koriander Hähnchen Schale Fatoush Berlin, Germany | 87 Croquettes Lateral Madrid, Spain | 88 Chicken Tenders Rocket's Dublin, Ireland | 89 Couqley's Steak Frites Couqley French Bistro Dubai, UAE | 90 Pita Gyros Greek and Shop Madrid, Spain |
| 91 Cheeseburger Quick Brussels, Belgium | 92 Poke Bowl Poké Perfect Amsterdam Netherlands | 93 Bavet Spaghetti Bavet Antwerp, Belgium | 94 Hummus Vege Burger Haakon Superfoods & Juice Singapore | 95 Rajin Cajun The Bright Kitchen Dubai, UAE |
| 96 Chicken Pad Thai Ninety Nine Thai Sydney , Australia | 97 Poke Bowl Ohana Poké Sushi Den Haag, Netherlands | 98 Classic House Burger Burger House Munich, Germany | 99 Beef Ravioli Ravioleria Sarpi Milan, Italy | 100 Chicken Sandwich La Rotisserie Hong Kong |
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