Khachapuri Georgian cities by the Khachapuri index, developed by the International School of Economics at Tbilisi State University. There are several distinctive types of khachapuri in Georgian food from different regions of Georgia: Khachapuri is popular in the post-Soviet states, including Russia. It was reported that 175,000 khachapuris were consumed during the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. Khachapuri is a popular street food in Armenia, where it is widely served at restaurants and school cafeterias. It has become increasingly popular as a brunch food in Israel among Georgian Jews. Khachapuri Khachapuri ( from ხაჭო "xach'o" "curds" + პური "p'uri" "bread") is
National dish as the "sancocho" of the Dominican Republic, Colombia, and Panama, are examples of platos nacionales. Janer (2008) observes that this sharing of the same "plato nacional" by different countries calls into question the idea that every country has a unique national dish that is special to that country; she states that cuisine does not respect national and geopolitical borders. The identification of Latin American national dishes is stronger among expatriate communities in North America. In Latin American countries, the "plato nacional" is usually part of the cuisine of rural and peasant communities, and not necessarily part of the everyday cuisine