# Asian food emoji

17 emoji from [Food & drink](https://emojichart.com/category/food-drink.md), with what each one means.

- 🍱 [Bento box](https://emojichart.com/bento-box-emoji.md): U+1F371. Drawn as a Japanese bento box, a lunch box divided into compartments holding rice, fish, vegetables and other small portions.
- 🍘 [Rice cracker](https://emojichart.com/rice-cracker-emoji.md): U+1F358. A flat, round Japanese rice cracker, known as senbei, baked or grilled until crisp and often seasoned with soy sauce.
- 🍙 [Rice ball](https://emojichart.com/rice-ball-emoji.md): U+1F359. Rice pressed into a triangle or ball and usually wrapped with a strip of seaweed, known in Japan as onigiri.
- 🍚 [Cooked rice](https://emojichart.com/cooked-rice-emoji.md): U+1F35A. A bowl of steaming white rice, heaped up and ready to eat.
- 🍛 [Curry rice](https://emojichart.com/curry-rice-emoji.md): U+1F35B. Showing a plate of rice with a thick curry sauce poured alongside it, like Japanese-style curry rice.
- 🍜 [Steaming bowl](https://emojichart.com/steaming-bowl-emoji.md): U+1F35C. A bowl of hot noodles in broth with steam rising and chopsticks on top.
- 🍝 [Spaghetti](https://emojichart.com/spaghetti-emoji.md): U+1F35D. Pictured as a plate of spaghetti noodles, typically topped with red tomato sauce or meatballs.
- 🍠 [Roasted sweet potato](https://emojichart.com/roasted-sweet-potato-emoji.md): U+1F360. A roasted sweet potato with a wrinkled purple-brown skin and warm orange flesh.
- 🍢 [Oden](https://emojichart.com/oden-emoji.md): U+1F362. A skewer of simmered Japanese stew ingredients, like fish cakes, daikon radish and boiled egg, from the winter dish called oden.
- 🍣 [Sushi](https://emojichart.com/sushi-emoji.md): U+1F363. Shown as a piece of nigiri sushi, a small oblong of vinegared rice topped with a slice of raw fish or other seafood.
- 🍤 [Fried shrimp](https://emojichart.com/fried-shrimp-emoji.md): U+1F364. A shrimp coated in crisp batter and deep-fried, with its tail left on, like shrimp tempura.
- 🍥 [Fish cake with swirl](https://emojichart.com/fish-cake-with-swirl-emoji.md): U+1F365. Depicting a round slice of Japanese fish cake with a pink spiral on white, called narutomaki.
- 🥮 [Moon cake](https://emojichart.com/moon-cake-emoji.md): U+1F96E. A round mooncake, a pastry with a pressed decorative pattern on its golden-brown top and a sweet or savory filling inside.
- 🍡 [Dango](https://emojichart.com/dango-emoji.md): U+1F361. Three small, round rice-flour dumplings threaded on a skewer, usually colored pink, white and green.
- 🥟 [Dumpling](https://emojichart.com/dumpling-emoji.md): U+1F95F. A plump, crescent-shaped dumpling with pleated edges, like a Chinese jiaozi, Japanese gyoza or potsticker.
- 🥠 [Fortune cookie](https://emojichart.com/fortune-cookie-emoji.md): U+1F960. Drawn as a crisp, folded cookie with a slip of paper inside that holds a fortune or lucky numbers.
- 🥡 [Takeout box](https://emojichart.com/takeout-box-emoji.md): U+1F961. A folded paper carton with a wire handle, the kind often used for Chinese takeout in North America, usually with chopsticks poking out.

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Source: Unicode Emoji 18.0 and Unicode CLDR 49.0.0. Emoji Chart: https://emojichart.com/category/food-drink/food-asian