Myles and Jun Yakitori is labeled as a Japanese char grill, and it is fitting. There are over 20 different options of meat (ordered by the skewer) to be cooked over hot coals from chicken gizzard to beef heart to duck breast plus more standard items like shrimp, salmon, and ribeye. The menu is filled out with noodle, rice, and hibachi dishes.

Located next to a Fred’s and a bingo hall, to get back to the restaurant requires a short walk through its small convenience store. The focus is on Central American food, specifically from El Salvador, so go with an order of each of the pupusas. Don’t sleep on their soups, like caldo de res.

A Jewish deli and bakery located in Summerville near Bacon’s Bridge and Dorchester Road, this restaurant serves deep dish spinach pie, massive pastrami sandwiches, knishes, as well as breakfast. This means Charleston Bakery & Delicatessen is worth a stop any part of the day. Oh, it’s also an ice creamery.

Fans of Roadside Seafood that live further west down 26, should make a (shorter) trip here. The restaurant is surrounded by a Hardee’s, Burger King, and Pizza Hut, but victory awaits just pass those chains. The menu is split between the grill elements and the seafood offerings but is forgiving for someone who wants to try a couple items. Order extra hush puppies.

Located within the H&L Grocery store, this is the spot for noodle slurping in North Charleston. The menu is mostly Vietnamese dishes with pho (rhymes with duh, not faux). Order by letter and number combination: P1 is the standard bowl of pho with every meat option and M1 is duck with egg noodles. After eating, walk the aisles in what has the largest selection of Asian, as well as other international cuisine, foodstuffs in the Lowcountry.

This Jamaican restaurant keeps it simple with four daily specials that range from jerk chicken and curry goat to oxtails and stewed turkey wings. A large plate comes with rice and peas, but add extra sides to get the full experience. A Sorrel or Kola Champagne will wash it all down.

Peruvian chicken (whole birds cooked on a rotisserie) is the main draw at Pollo Loko, but plenty of other items on the menu are worth a look, like lomo saltado and bandeja paisa. Get the fried yucca to start, ask for the red sauce in the squirt jar, and end it with a walk next door to the butcher shop and store.

Tucked away in the Seaside Farms shopping center is a French cafe located in Mount Pleasant, in address only. Hours from morning until early evening allows customers to try Saveurs Du Monde’s wide-ranging menu that includes items like sweet crepes and waffles to galletes, quiches, and tartines. A second location is in the Belle Station Plaza.

Fan of the departed Lee Lee’s downtown or Aya in Mount Pleasant should cross the Ashley and eat at Red Orchids. Mostly focusing on Chinese dishes, the restaurant also offers Indonesian, Singaporean, Filipino, and other Southeast Asian dishes on the menu. Try the various flavors of Cirsea ice cream that use dairy sourced from within 150 miles of Charleston.

“Where do you get good sushi?” is a question heard often in this town. Kanpai should be one of the first places to explore. Chef Park was the executive chef at O-Ku before striking out on his own. Sharing a U-shaped business plaza with a Play It Again Sports and Molly Maid, Kanpai offers sushi as well as other Japanese and Korean dishes.

Baguette Magic is part French bakery and part breakfast and lunch cafe. On James Island, the restaurant catches the attention with small neon “open” sign from Folly Road. The menu is compact featuring various baguette sandwiches (pate and cornichons for traditionalists), croisandwiches, salads, and various egg dishes (sandwiches, omelets, and French toast).