PlateCulture

PlateCulture is a sharing economy platform that enables guests to dine at a local host's home. The site was founded by Lithuanian entrepreneurs Reda Stare and Edvinas Bartkus. It launched in 2013 with a focus on tourists and locals in Southeast Asia.{{cite web|url=http://www.fz.com/content/indulge-eaten-track-plate-culture|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130620230502/http://www.fz.com/content/indulge-eaten-track-plate-culture|url-status=dead|archive-date=20 June 2013|title=Indulge 'Off the eaten track' with Plate Culture|author=Kristina Mariswamy|publisher=FZ|date=10 June 2013|accessdate=28 December 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/35896/fostering-intercultural-communication-through-food-lithuanian-entrepreneurs-speak-201335896/|title=Fostering intercultural communication through food: Lithuanian entrepreneurs speak|author=Rachel Croucher|publisher=The Lithuanian Tribune|date=1 May 2013|accessdate=28 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160719073911/http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/35896/fostering-intercultural-communication-through-food-lithuanian-entrepreneurs-speak-201335896/|archive-date=19 July 2016|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|author=Frances Cha|title=Meet locals, eat their food: New Asian dining trend|publisher=CNN|url=https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/plate-culture-meal-sharing/index.html|date=21 May 2014|access-date=28 December 2015}}{{cite web|url=https://www.digitalnewsasia.com/node/2485|author=Gabey Goh|title=At PlateCulture, a meal is more than just food|publisher=Digital News Asia|date=5 June 2013|accessdate=28 December 2015}}

It currently offers two mobile apps for Android{{Cite web|url=https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.plateculture|title=PlateCulture - Private Dining - Apps on Google Play|website=play.google.com|language=en|access-date=2018-09-10}} and iPhone{{cite web| url = https://itunes.apple.com/lt/app/plateculture/id1038903289?mt=8| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160407114751/https://itunes.apple.com/lt/app/plateculture/id1038903289?mt=8| archive-date = 2016-04-07| title = PlateCulture on the App Store}} users as well as web-based platform.

PlateCulture allows hosts to list their kitchens through the site and guests to make bookings to dine at a host's home restaurant. Both parties leave a review about their experience.{{cite web|author=Anh-Minh Do|title=Don't eat at a restaurant, use PlateCulture and eat at someone's house|url=https://www.techinasia.com/eat-restaurant-plateculture-eat-someones-house/|publisher=Tech in Asia|date=8 October 2013|accessdate=28 December 2015}} In November 2015, the BBC noted the platform's positive impact on language learning opportunities between locals and travellers.{{cite web|author=Lauren Razavi|title=The best new way to learn a language?|publisher=BBC|url=http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20151119-the-best-new-way-to-learn-a-language|date=26 November 2015|accessdate=28 December 2015}}

In September 2015, VICE journalist Lauren Razavi described PlateCulture as "an Asian startup that's essentially the Airbnb of food" in a feature story profiling a Persian chef who runs a home restaurant in Kuala Lumpur through the platform.{{cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/this-womans-living-room-is-kuala-lumpurs-best-persian-restaurant/|publisher=VICE Munchies|author=Lauren Razavi|title=This Woman's Living Room Is Kuala Lumpur's Best Persian Restaurant|date=16 September 2015|access-date=28 December 2015}}