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It's even worse in Chinese language entry when you search for a dish that also happens to be the name of a place, e.g. Chongqing xiaomian (noodle) and then it s
by alisonatwork 3y ago
It's even worse in Chinese language entry when you search for a dish that also happens to be the name of a place, e.g. Chongqing xiaomian (noodle) and then it shows you noodle places in Chongqing. But then Yangzhou fried rice does show you places locally that do it. You never know till after you search what's going to happen.
It seems so simple to fix too. Favor close results over distant ones, and if no results are found within a couple of unzoom levels, pop a suggestion. And in particular if a string of searches is happening for different dishes, there should be a "this user is looking for something to eat right now" flag that engages to prevent serving results on the other side of the planet.