Douglas Adams wrote in The Restaurant at the End of the Universe: "The History of every major Galactic Civilisation tends to pass through three distinct and recognizable phases, those of Survival, Inquiry and Sophistication, otherwise known as the How, Why, and Where phases. For instance, the first phase is characterised by the question 'How can we eat?' the second by the question 'Why do we eat?' and the third by the question 'Where shall we have lunch?". Geohashing can help. F and B suggested devising a list of pubs, restaurants, cafés, picnic spots, places we'd like to go for lunch in Cambridge of length 2n for some positive integer n. Assign a unique number between 0 and 2n-1 to each, and use the first n bits of that day's hash to decide where to go for lunch.
The inclusion criteria are:
- It must be in Cambridge.
- It must be a place that everyone wants to go back to (Two or more stars out of three).
- It must serve at least one vegetarian option.
n = 5
| Leading bits | Restaurant or Pub | Type of Food |
|---|---|---|
| 00000 | Aromi, 1 Bene’t Street | Sicilian |
| 00001 | Bibimbap, 60 Mill Road | Korean |
| 00002 | Prana Indian Restaurant, 97 Mill Road | Indian Restaurant and Takeaway Cambridge |
| 00010 | The Box Café, 47 Norfolk Street | Turkish and Italian |
| 00011 | The Cambridge Blue, 85-87 Gwydir Street | Pub |
| 00100 | The Castle Inn, 38 Castle Street | Pub |
| 00110 | CB2 Bistro, 5-7 Norfolk Street | Bistro |
| 00111 | The Clarendon Arms, 35-36 Clarendon Street | Pub |
| 01000 | Clown's, 54 King Street | Italian |
| 01001 | Curry King, 5 Jordan's Yard | Indian |
| 01010 | De Luca Cucina, 83 Regent Street | Italian |
| 01011 | The Eagle, Bene't Street | Pub |
| 01100 | Efe's, 80 King Street | Turkish |
| 01101 | The Free Press, 7 Prospect Row | Pub |
| 01110 | The Geldart, 1 Ainsworth Street | Pub |
| 01111 | HK Fusion, 21 Burleigh Street or 12 St Johns Street | Cantonese |
| 10000 | India House, 31 Newnham Road | Indian |
| 10001 | Japas, 9 Saxon Street | Japanese |
| 10010 | The Kingston Arms, 33 Kingston Street | Pub |
| 10011 | Kymmoy, 11 Burleigh Street | Chinese |
| 10100 | Mai Thai, Hobbs Pavilion | Thai |
| 10101 | The Mill, 47 Mill Lane | Pub |
| 10110 | Navadanya, 73 Newmarket Road | Indian |
| 10111 | The Pickerel, 30 Magdelene Street | Pub |
| 11000 | Rainbow Cafe, 9a King's Parade | Vegetarian |
| 11001 | Sesame, 17 Hills Road | Chinese |
| 11010 | Stickybeaks, 42 Hobson Street | Café |
| 11011 | Taj Tandoori, 64 Cherry Hinton Road | Indian |
| 11100 | ||
| 11101 | Yim Wah Express, 2-4 Lensfield Road | Chinese |
| 11110 | Yo! Sushi, 1-2 Petty Cury | Japanese Conveyor Belt |
| 11111 | Zhonghua Traditional Snacks, 13 Norfolk Street | Chinese |
