Gochizu

Gochizu (written ゴチ図 in Japanese) is a browser game about where food comes from. Every day it serves the same five dishes to everyone. A round opens with a photo of the dish and a few lines of clues about how it is made and where people eat it, while the dish's name and its ingredients stay blurred.

You answer by typing a country or picking it on a world map. A wrong guess is marked correct, near or far, tells you whether you share a border, and points roughly toward the answer; you get three guesses a dish, and each miss unlocks the next clue, first the dish's name and then its ingredients. Points add up over the five rounds, and the results screen recaps each dish with its name, region, ingredients and a cultural note or a common misconception.

The daily game plays without an account, and you can share your result. With an account you can record your score on a friends leaderboard, leave comments for friends and save dishes you liked. Yesterday's game is a tap away, and a calendar of past days is opened by a one-time VIP purchase, which also adds a profile badge and more statistics; there is no subscription.

Compared with other dish-guessing games such as FoodGuessr or Tastedle, Gochizu gives you written clues alongside the photo and shows direction and distance after a miss, so a guess you are unsure of still teaches you something. The site has no ads today; its privacy policy says Google ads may be added on results pages, and VIP accounts would not see them. It can be played in thirteen languages, Japanese and English among them, and it suits anyone who likes geography quizzes or cooking from other countries.