Introduction
Seafood is Virginia's forte, and almost every restaurant offers some kind of fish or shellfish. In rural areas, you'll find southern fare: grits and greens and red-eye gravy, but only in refined dining rooms can you sample Smithfield, or "country," ham and delicacies like batter bread (called spoon bread too). What the state is not noted for is its diversity of authentic ethnic cuisines, although gradually the ethnic horizon is broadening. Most towns have the American version of Italian and Chinese eateries, and true Asian, Mediterranean, and Latin American restaurants are turning up in some surprising places.
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