Discover Local Food
Type a city and get the local dishes worth knowing, with their native names explained.
What this Act helps you do
Type a city and get the local dishes worth knowing, with their native names explained.
Apps this Act uses
When to use it
From install to action
Download Acti and enable the keyboard on your iPhone or Android phone.
Add Discover Local Food in Acti. The Act appears in the Act Panel on your keyboard. You can also assign it to a letter key or add it to your Acti Wheel.
Type the city in any text field, and add any dietary preferences.
Tap Act on your keyboard and choose Discover Local Food. If you assigned it to a key, hold that key to run it. The guide appears in a preview above the keyboard.
What Discover Local Food does
Discover Local Food introduces the iconic local food and culinary culture of the city you type, tailored to your dietary preferences. It gives native dish names together with accessible explanations, and shows the result in a preview above your keyboard.
Why it belongs on the keyboard
Food questions come up while you are making plans with other people. Looking a city up from the keyboard lets you read the answer and reply in the same chat.
Where it fits
This Act is about dishes and food culture. If you have allergies or strict dietary needs, confirm the ingredients with the restaurant, since recipes vary from place to place.
Discover Local Food FAQ
What should I type?
A city. You can add dietary preferences so the suggestions fit you.
Why does it give native dish names?
So you can recognize a dish on a menu or ask for it by name. Each name comes with an explanation.
Where does the result show up?
In a preview above the keyboard.