DishRizz · Palate match: get menu picks for American, Asian

Palate match: get menu picks for American, Asian, try-new, and favorites.

Snap the menu → DishRizz highlights dishes that fit your palate lanes → tap for cards. No blank chatbot prompt at the table. Built for Chicagoland HS and college students first.

Short answer — Your picks in one snap

Set what you like once (tweak anytime). On each new menu, Your picks surface dishes that fit — with a one-line “why it fits you” when available. Photos in the product are labeled typical look, not this restaurant’s plate.

The four palate lanes

American

Comfort and familiar US and US-style plates when you want “something I know.”

Asian

East / Southeast / South Asian–leaning picks when that lane is on. Honest limit: based on menu text + your profile — not a cuisine dissertation.

Try-new

Stretch picks adjacent to what you’ve liked, with plain-language why — so adventure isn’t a random dart throw.

Favorites

Dishes and patterns you’ve saved or repeatedly liked. Memory can follow you across restaurants via the shared menu bank when a place is already in the bank.

How palate match works

Your profile follows you in-product (browser demo today; full account at launch). Switch lanes per night. Edit likes and dislikes. Age gate: 13+. Consent to save food likes is optional and not required to try the demo.

Foodie coach — similar foods (and what you might skip)

After you like a dish (not at signup), DishRizz soft-asks: “Do you want to become a foodie? How do you want us to educate you?” The foodie coach then suggests similar foods, flags ones you might skip, and teaches vocabulary with pictures at a high school / college level — so you learn over time, not just survive tonight. Launch educate-you options (only these four): pictures + vocabulary on the dish card; AI suggests similar foods and flags skips; answer questions about dishes (Q&A); short lessons or quizzes. Deep dive: order like a regular. We do not invent a quiz at signup.

Set it once, tweak anytime

Switch lanes per night. Edit likes and dislikes. Age gate: 13+. Consent to save food likes is optional — leave it off and picks stay session-only on the demo; check it when you want memory across restaurants. We never sell your taste profile. See the privacy notice (draft).

What Your picks look like in practice

You snap a menu at a campus-adjacent Thai spot or a Lincoln Park Italian place you’ve never tried. DishRizz builds tap-able cards from the menu text. Then Your picks highlight dishes that fit the lane you’re in — with a one-line “why it fits you” when the profile has enough signal. Product photos (when shown) are labeled typical look, not this restaurant’s plate.

American tonight if you want comfort. Asian when the menu leans that way and so do you. Try-new when you’re ready to stretch without a random dart throw. Favorites when you want patterns you’ve already liked to surface again. Dig the full product loop on order like a regular.

Why palate beats a blank “what should I order?” prompt

Asking ChatGPT “what should I get?” works if you already describe your tastes, the whole menu, and your constraints. At a noisy table with friends splitting checks, that’s friction. DishRizz is point-and-tap on the menu in your hand: lanes you already set, cards you can skim, coach that only soft-asks after you like a dish — never as a signup interrogation.

Soft ask (locked wording): “Do you want to become a foodie? How do you want us to educate you?” Launch educate-you options (only these four): pictures + vocabulary on the dish card; AI suggests similar foods and flags skips; answer questions about dishes (Q&A); short lessons or quizzes. Deep dive: order like a regular.

Chicagoland students first

Early waitlist focus is Chicagoland high school and college students — dorm-to-downtown nights, CTA rides to a new neighborhood, suburban date spots, group dinners where one person is picky and one wants adventure. The product works on any photographable menu; geography is go-to-market, not a hard lock on the tech.

Sample night (labeled example)

Example only — fictional menu, not a real restaurant: you open American for a burger night with friends, flip try-new when a gochujang special appears, then like a dish you actually enjoyed. After that first like (not at signup), DishRizz soft-asks whether you want to become a foodie and how you want to be educated. Next visit, favorites and similar suggestions have more to work with. No invented match-accuracy percentages. No fake “#1 palate app” claims.

Pricing and free year

DishRizz is $1.99 per month. Your first year is free if you upload 12 approved NEW menus that are not already in the shared Easy Lite menu bank (good photos; GPS + OCR restaurant match; you confirm “is this the restaurant?”; Steve or the system approves). Each approved new menu also earns +1 free month. Accounting: hitting 12 unlocks a free year — not 24 months stacked. Dupes and bad photos earn no credit.

Menu Hunt is the Pokémon-style quest: tell us your town → see restaurants missing from the shared menu bank → go snap the menu plus a short review of food you like → GPS + OCR confirm + approval → same free-month credit. Dupes and unreadable photos = no credit. Restaurant-contact and coupon-return loops are live product features. Full quest page: Menu Hunt. Start at https://dishrizz.com/#join.

Limits (honest)

Descriptions reflect typical recipes. A restaurant’s version may differ. DishRizz does not guarantee what the kitchen will serve. It is not an allergen medical tool — for dish-level allergen flags, use sister brand NutNope and always confirm with your server. We never invent reviews, member counts, or “#1” claims. We never show tablet supplier, model, or unit costs on this site.