Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

cuisine ludique

English translation:

creative cuisine

Added to glossary by Miranda Joubioux (X)
Feb 13, 2006 11:16
18 yrs ago
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French term

cuisine ludique

French to English Other Cooking / Culinary
context:
vous pourrez déguster tous les midis face à la mer, une cuisine « ludique et saveurs du monde »

I know what "ludique" means, I've just never seen it in this context.
Anyone got any ideas? I'm a bit slow this morning.

Proposed translations

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5 mins
Selected

Inventive / creative cuisine

another suggestion :)
Peer comment(s):

agree Sandra Petch : I like inventive!
5 mins
Thanks Sandra!
agree Sylvia Smith : good ideas
9 mins
Thanks Sylvia!
agree Laura Iglesias : creative cuisine
14 mins
Thanks Laura!
agree Philip Taylor : creative is good
29 mins
Thanks Philip!
agree Carolyn Brice : with creative
1 hr
Thank you Carolyn!
agree Rachel Ward : Creative sounds good to me too
7 hrs
thank you Rachel!
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "There was lots to choose from, but this seemed to capture the meaning best. Thanks!"
9 mins

fun cooking

Another possibility going more towards "ludique"
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18 mins

beguiling

ludique >> entertaining >> "beguiling" with a little help from Mr Roget.

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39 mins

adventurous cuisine

'adventurous' might fit well with the "saveurs du monde" part.

adventurous cuisine from around the world


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+3
1 min

imaginative cuisine

The French find so many things "ludiques"....

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Note added at 23 mins (2006-02-13 11:39:45 GMT)
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At a push, "playful"... !!!

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Note added at 50 mins (2006-02-13 12:07:05 GMT)
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Philip, on the contrary! ;-)
http://www.rit.edu/~ksh8863/saxtonfreymann.html
Peer comment(s):

agree Philip Taylor : Imaginative is a good option /// not sure about playful though, could sound like they're not taking things very seriously in the kitchen - plus, I for one was always told not to play with my food
10 mins
Thank you Philip :-)
agree Judy Gregg
5 hrs
Thank you Judy!
agree Rachel Ward : I like imaginative too.
7 hrs
Thanks Rachel, a nice "boost" on a tired end-of-evening!
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+1
2 hrs

playful cuisine

Why not? it's a direct translation and it works.
Peer comment(s):

agree Sandra Petch : in fact I added it to my initial suggestion :-)
12 mins
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4 hrs

exotic

of course it's not the translation, but just another word that may work for you
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