1. Japan
Fried fish, dried seaweed, tomatoes, miso soup with potatoes, rice in a metal container, served with milk.
2. Austin, Texas
Turkey taco salad, mashed potatoes, peach cobbler, and iced tea.
3. South Korea
Pickled sesame leaves, kimchi, doenjang (a soybean paste) stew served with rice and a side of grapes.
4. Shanghai German School
Hot dog, french fries, carrot salad, slice of cake.
5. Israel
Falafel, pitta chips, yoghurt and cucumber sauce, with green leaves.
7. Czech Republic
Semolina and vegetable soup, beef with garlic, spinach and potato dumplings, an orange.
8. Brazil
Meat in BBQ sauce, rice, green salad, pudding, and a strawberry juice.
10. Barcelona, Spain
Tomato fusilli, deep fried fish, salad, bread, and an apple.
12. United Kingdom
Peas, baked potato, cake, and custard. (This is a veggie option).
Update: A commenter adds that the third item might be cauliflower cheese.
13. Chennai, India
Lentil soup, snake gourd, rice, curd, and kesari, served with buttermilk.
14. Canadian International School, Bangalore
Fish nuggets, spring roll, salad, veggie noodles.
15. France
Fries and nuggets with broccoli, bread, pasta salad, and a slice of cake.
16. Sweden
Potatoes, cabbage, and beans, served with a cracker and lingonberry juice.
If you’re particularly interested in school lunches around the world, read the brilliant blog Never Seconds, which also works with the charity Mary’s Meals to “provide daily meals to chronically hungry children in a place of learning”.
CORRECTION
Thanks to a commenter, the third item on the British lunch plate has been identified as possibly cauliflower cheese. Sept. 16, 2014, at 2:34 p.m.
CORRECTION
An example from the UAE was removed as it was a lunch brought from home, not supplied by the school. Sept. 16, 2014, at 5:03 p.m.
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22 septiembre 2014 at 6:16
La comida de Ucrania es como para no entrar en el comedor… y hay algunas otras cosas que no me comería ni atada. El pescado frito japonés tiene una pinta de suela de zapato…
Marisol
22 septiembre 2014 at 8:50
Probablemente tienes razón, pero hay que tener en cuenta algunas preferencias locales. En Centroeuropa las salchichas son muy populares y los dietistas las consideran nutricionalmente adecuadas. Son los mismos que no se comerían una sepia recién pescada a la plancha, con su ajito picado y perejil, ni atados de pies y manos.
Aunque concurriría en que las salchichas y los acuerdos políticos, mejor no saber como los han hecho…
Xallue
22 septiembre 2014 at 16:52