Broward County has a sizeable Vietnamese population, which not only means that there are enough Vietnamese restaurants to fill a separate map, but also that Broward’s Vietnamese culinary scene is as authentic as it gets in South Florida. Pho, banh mi, and hot pot places abound in Miami’s neighbor to the north, and every local has his or her favorite. Saigon Cuisine in Margate has one of the most expansive menus of any Vietnamese restaurant, and it cater to a mostly Vietnamese crowd. The menu features the requisite pho with a range of toppings from the quintessential rare beef to the connoisseur’s favorite, soft tendon. There is also a selection of banh mi along with rice and noodle bowls. The menu also has quite a few other items that cannot be found in Miami, like tapioca noodles.

While people in Miami may get excited when they see bulgogi on a pan-Asian menu, Broward residents have long had their choice of multiple exclusively Korean eateries. There are Korean restaurants scattered all throughout Broward County, but the area around University Drive between Commercial and Oakland Park can be seen as South Florida’s unofficial Little Seoul. Everything from expansive markets to bakeries and late-night all-you-can-eat barbecue are to be found north of County Line Road. Perhaps the most famous is Gabose, which specializes in grill-at-the-table barbecue specialties like galbi, along with hearty stews and savory pancakes. The popular restaurant has most recently opened an authentic Korean-styel bar, Gabose Pocha, in the same strip mall where people can enjoy classic Korean bar snacks along with soju and a playlist of K-pop hits.

Miami may have a few British-style curry houses, as well as some expertly reimagined haute Indian cuisine, but Broward residents have easy access to no-frills, authentic regional South Indian food. This is the zestier, lighter, and more vegetable based counterpart to the rich, ghee-laden gravies many diners may be more familiar with. Woodlands Indian Cuisine in Lauderhill offers an exclusively vegetarian menu of favorite specialties like idli and uttapam. The restaurant also specializes in Southern India’s most iconic dish, dosa. These are enormous crispy crepes stuffed with a variety of spicy fillings that can include anything from curried potatoes to Chinese-style stir-fried vegetables. Woodlands serves them with several chutneys and a soul warming lentil soup called sambhar.

Miamians may be experts on pastelitos, but Broward residents have bragging rights when it comes the diversity of pastries on offer. There are authentic bakeries from just about every continent in Broward County, and Meal in a Pie in Fort Lauderdale is South Africa’s contribution to the global baked goods scene. The specialties here are savory, puff pastry pies with a variety of fillings. To translate that into Miami speak, that would be like an empanada, but bigger and spicier. The signature is the bobotie, made with ground meat studded with dried fruit and seasoned with fiery South African curry powder. The crust is tender, flaky, and buttery. The filling is moist and addictive enough to forget about those guava and cheese things for a while.

Tiki cocktails seem to be having a moment in the spotlight now as bars and restaurants ironically feature them as quirky throwback items. Fortunately, there is a place in Fort Lauderdale where flamboyant tropical cocktails have never gone out of style since it opened in 1956. Mai Kai offers a pretty spot-on, mid-twentieth century tiki experience that includes everything from pupu platters to a live Polynesian review. The bar has some of the best old school tiki cocktails in the state, if not the world. The historic restaurant was named best tiki bar in the world in 2015. The best part? There is a happy hour every day with half priced drinks and appetizers.

Stepping into Uncle Lui’s in Sunrise feels like being at an Eastern European grandmother’s house, or at one of many similar restaurants found in the Midwest. Regardless of where it transports diners, Uncle Lui’s is quite the departure from anything found in Miami. The fare is simple Hungarian home cooking, served generously and economically. Expect large, crisp schnitzel, fragrant chicken paprikash enriched with sour cream, and freshly made spaetzle. A meal is not complete without a piece of strudel or palacsinta, which are both said to have originated in Hungary.

Cincinnati Chili will completely change whatever notion of chili you may have had in your head. It is a love it or hate it kind of dish, but Cincinnati natives are fiercely loyal to their local specialty. There must be many transplants from Porkopolis (as Cincy is sometimes known) in Broward County because Broward is home to two locations of the Ohio city’s most famous chili purveyor, Skyline. The chili here is not as thick as other varieties and is seasoned with Greek spices, which Skyline’s founder brought over from his homeland. It is famously served atop spaghetti with cheese and onions (a 3-way), or on top of miniature hotdogs called coneys.

Tropical weather and rich German food don’t seem to go together, but every now and again the weather dips below 80 degrees and sends South Floridians off in search of warming comfort. While this may be the most ideal time to enjoy hearty plates of bratwurst and sauerbraten, any time is a good time to visit one of Broward’s many German eateries. Few are as iconic or instantly recognizable to Broward locals as Old Heidelberg. The traditional Bavarian façade and permanent Oktoberfest trappings straight from Munich make the restaurant hard to miss. The interiors are perhaps even more authentically German than the exterior, and the dirndl-wearing waitresses and live music transport you back to the old country. The food is reliably good and filling here, and the beer selection is incomparable with its small beer stein considered an extra-large anywhere else. The beer boot definitely should not be missed.

Stirling Road between Interstate 95 and State Road 7 is arguably South Florida’s Israeli corridor. It is hard not to notice the concentration of kosher eateries offering hummus, falafel, and shawarma, and shakshuka. Each business has its devoted fans, but few offer a shawarma as flavorful as Pita Xpress & Grill. The shreds of meat are headily perfumed with warm, sweet spices and it is so generously stuffed into every pita sandwich that it is difficult to gracefully enjoy it. Pita Xpress also offers an enormous bin of complimentary pita chips, as well as a complimentary salad bar featuring a garlicky carrot salad and spicy chickpeas. There is also homemade couscous on Thursdays.

The United States has many styles of pizza, and some may be less well known than others. Case in point: the tavern pizza. This thin crust pizza is popular in the Midwest, particularly in Chicago where deep dish tends to steal all the limelight. That doesn’t mean that tavern pizza is not as good. It is, after, the inspiration for the thin crust pizza found at many chains. Villa Rose in Hollywood has been drawing in customers since 1957 for just this type of pizza. The crust strikes the balance between crunchy and chewy, and the bold tomato sauce is good enough to eat with a spoon.

Hollywood is home to a pretty significant Romanian community that has brought over a very rich culinary heritage to the area. The cuisine has influences from the Middle East, as well as its European neighbors that are best appreciated in dishes like mititei, tiny grilled ground meat fingers, with sides of mamaliga, a rich polenta typically served with sour cream. And of course there is a tradition of decadent pastry making. Downtown Hollywood has a couple of places where you can sample this cuisine, but Chocolada is an ideal venue to enjoy both the savory and sweet sides of Romanian food with its café menu and abundantly stocked pastry cases.

There is no question that Miami has some restaurants that serve dim sum, but there are none that offer the experience, variety, quality, and value of Gold Marquess in Pembroke Pines. Dim sum is offered every morning at this elegant Chinese restaurant, and the wait can be pretty long during peak hours on weekends when the venue is packed with Chinese families enjoying feasts of traditional Cantonese fare. Carts laden with everything from dumplings to congee are constantly being pushed around the dining room, stopping at each table for diners to take their pick. As a true sign of authenticity, the restaurant also offers an impressive selection of loose leaf teas to pair with the dim sum. Ask for Chrysanthemum blossoms.