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Cuisine Classification

Tag every menu item with its cuisine across 19 classes and 100+ languages. The model says so plainly when it is uncertain.

91 msAPI
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Paste your own menu, one item per line. The classifier tags each item with its cuisine.

12 items / 40 max

The playground classifies up to 40 items per run. The API itself handles 512 per call.

Verification is not set up here, so live runs are paused. You can still browse the examples.

The classifier covers 19 cuisine classes and is strong on most of them. Korean and Southeast Asian are its weaker classes on average, where harder or less common dishes are mislabeled more often or come back uncertain. Macro F1 is 0.77 across all classes.

Source: classifier v5 evaluation

12 items12 cuisinescurated example
91 msAPI
What just happened
One menu, 12 cuisines tagged in a single call. Cuisine is the dimension you filter, route, and merchandise on, and the model reads it straight from the dish name.
  1. Margherita PizzaItalian
    confidence
    0.968
    97%
  2. Tonkotsu RamenJapanese
    confidence
    0.607
    61%
  3. Tacos al PastorMexican
    confidence
    0.972
    97%
  4. Tom Yum SoupThai
    confidence
    0.981
    98%
  5. Mapo TofuChinese
    confidence
    0.774
    77%
  6. Butter ChickenNorth Indian
    confidence
    0.864
    86%
  7. Masala DosaSouth Indian
    confidence
    1.000
    100%
  8. BibimbapKorean
    confidence
    0.938
    94%
  9. Pho BoSE Asian
    confidence
    0.874
    87%
  10. Chicken ShawarmaMiddle Eastern
    confidence
    0.869
    87%
  11. Coq au VinEuropean
    confidence
    0.950
    95%
  12. Mac and CheeseAmerican
    confidence
    0.674
    67%

The bar is the classifier confidence. An uncertain item gets a dashed-border pill, the model declining to commit rather than guessing.

Use this in your app

Pre-filled with the items you just classified. Drop in a key and run it.

curl -X POST https://dish-embed.latimal.com/classify \
  -H "X-API-Key: $LATIMAL_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
  "items": [
    "Margherita Pizza",
    "Tonkotsu Ramen",
    "Tacos al Pastor",
    "Tom Yum Soup",
    "Mapo Tofu",
    "Butter Chicken",
    "Masala Dosa",
    "Bibimbap",
    "Pho Bo",
    "Chicken Shawarma",
    "Coq au Vin",
    "Mac and Cheese"
  ]
}'

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