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|u/deathbrusher - 1 month
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|Yeah, we seem to really lean on Mayonnaise for the heavy lifting.
|u/Brights- - 1 month
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|My grandma is Dutch and always told me growing up that “putting
|extra butter on it” is how you make it Dutch. I grew up in the
|States putting butter on literally EVERYTHING. Quickly learned that
|no, this is not normal 😅 I can’t believe she’s 90 and healthy,
|cholesterol always great!
|u/SkyBabeMoonStar - 1 month
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|Irish grannies are the same 😂
|u/atomosk - 1 month
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|My great grandma was the same way. She'd butter a cornbread
|muffin like she was frosting a cupcake, and her secret for a good
|swiss steak was to cook it in leftover bacon grease. I think the
|trick to living past 90 was that those were treats every so
|often, not every supper, and having an active lifestyle.
|u/jasperjerry6 - 1 month
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|Because the Dutch walk or bicycle everywhere. Your Granny is
|healthy AF.
|u/monkeychasedweasel - 1 month
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|Do you put mayonnaise on crackers with fish roe? If not, you're
|ahead of the Norwegians.
|u/DK_MeatCalf - 1 month
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|Is mayonnaise an instrument?
|u/Captain_Sacktap - 1 month
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|Everything I hear about Scandinavian cuisine in general sounds
|terrible…
|u/thatguybythebluecar - 1 month
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|And they lean into bad food you don’t mind black liquorice well
|we made it saltier you have canned fish sometimes well we made
|it inedible
|u/sgtpnkks - 1 month
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|Scandinavians weaponized canned fish
|u/cgn-38 - 1 month
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|That caviar in a toothpaste tube stuff they have is
|amazing.
|u/xgbsss - 1 month
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|Add on sushi rice and seaweed and this is considered high class
|cuisine!
|u/svelebrunostvonnegut - 1 month
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|Don’t forget the mayonnaise comes in a tube that looks like
|toothpaste
|u/The13thParadox - 1 month
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|Saves me a butter knife
|u/LeKy411 - 1 month
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|But they have brown cheese which is 10/10
|u/Prudent_Research_251 - 1 month
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|That sounds delicious wtf
|u/DaymanSunChampion - 1 month
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|You are not selling me on it
|u/Wazuu - 1 month
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|I dont think they are trying to.
|u/Eternal_Bagel - 1 month
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|I’m told their strongest spice is sour cream
|u/ilaidonedown - 1 month
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|Spent nearly a year back and forth to a hotel near Rotterdam
|(Brielle, if you care - lovely place!). Asked for a curry /
|something with a bit of heat. The chef came out after
|making a korma-strength dish almost laughing with glee as he
|thought it'd do me over. Told him that this was at most a
|1/10 heat dish and he nearly keeled over, saying he'd had to
|wear a face mask to prepare something so spicy! On the other
|hand, the pancakes, stroopwafel, huge veggie selection,
|stupidly strong beers, Indonesian and Surinamese dishes and
|proper Christmas markets were all genuinely fantastic!
|u/OnceUponPizza - 1 month
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|YEP THE DUTCH ARE GREAT FOR DESSERTS
|u/ilaidonedown - 1 month
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|If they could team up with India, you'd have a really
|good three course meal! Though both countries have
|fantastic appetizers, with poppadoms Vs the little breads
|with lovely dips....
|u/Intentt - 1 month
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|[They tried that once.](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki
|/Dutch_East_India_Company) Things got a little… slavey.
|u/NightGod - 1 month
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|So you're saying I need to avoid serving my chili to any
|recent Dutch immigrants, for fear that they might quite
|literally die?
|u/kingoflint282 - 1 month
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|I had some sort of raw fish and raw onion thing when I was in the
|Netherlands and while that sounds gross to most people, they’re
|literally my two favorite things
|u/PotentialIySpring12 - 1 month
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|That would be Haring/Herring
|u/GozerDGozerian - 1 month
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|Keith?
|u/bigbangbilly - 1 month
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|>raw fish Are you sure it's not pickled herring?
|u/Watercolorcupcake - 1 month
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|Stroopwafels are great!
|u/ShataraBankhead - 1 month
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|Yes! I had a glorious freshly made one back in March, while on
|vacation. Before that, I only had the prepackaged ones.
|u/thelastskier - 1 month
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|Yeah, fresh stroopwafels are divine.
|u/Objective-Gap-2433 - 1 month
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|As a german I love dutch supermarkets and dutch fast food. 
|u/Florida-Rolf - 1 month
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|As a German I love anything that's not German. Also the best German
|food is Austrian.
|u/DJwalrus - 1 month
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|Is beer food?
|u/grodongfeerment - 1 month
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|Is mayonnaise an instrument?
|u/ramathorn47 - 1 month
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|No Patrick
|u/Derider84 - 1 month
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|Germany has exceptional bread. Your baguettes are usually every
|bit as good as the French ones. 
|u/MaimedJester - 1 month
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|How are your Bagels this good in America?  Literal German
|exchange students in university asked me this and I'm like...oh
|do I go for the Dark joke, I have to because they're from Germany
|and they're my friends and directly asked for it.  I picked
|them up from Fitzpatrick's Jewish Deli.  So I think we know why
|the best bakers left Germany and had to start living in New York
|area.  Ain't blaming modern Germans for the sins of their
|grandfathers and not all Germans were involved with that and you
|guys do your best to never forget your history, but there's a
|reason Jewish Delis are exceptionally good at making bagels and
|why they're not as common in Deutschland anymore.
|u/EstablishmentOk2209 - 1 month
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|Polish Jews are the source of bagels, the rest of your story
|still fits the narrative
|u/Smit_Dawg - 1 month
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|Are pretzels German? Pretzels are awesome!
|u/koi88 - 1 month
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|Yes, but there are no good pretzels outside Southern Germany.
|u/goddamnitwhalen - 1 month
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|Legitimate soft pretzels in Philly are incredible.
|u/-Excitebike- - 1 month
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|You’re right. But I also discovered tuna pizza in Holland and still
|make it at home 20 years later. It’s just so delicious!
|u/regv_libra - 1 month
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|I had pizza with tuna in Italy 40 years ago and still daydream
|about it.
|u/petersbellybutton - 1 month
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|I had pizza with tuna on it in Ethiopia!
|u/liz_teria - 1 month
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|When I lived there many years ago, a local told me the Netherlands is
|the country that flavor forgot. That said, Indonesian food is
|fantastic.
|u/skrilledcheese - 1 month
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|I'm currently in the Netherlands for the first time. Your country is
|absolutely wonderful. Beautiful architecture, great history, friendly
|people... but I have to agree with you on the food here. It's... not
|great.
|u/DesertWanderlust - 1 month
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|There was a Dutch restaurant in my city for a while (actually, there
|have been two over the years). They started by the university but
|moved and closed soon after. The other was called Kukindutch and it
|closed before I moved here, but it was close to my ex's house and she
|got kicked out once because they had a trash can full of beer and she
|drank directly from it.
|u/math1985 - 1 month
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|Reddit likes to say anything is a front for money laundering. I’m
|usually quite skeptical. But let me tell you one thing. A Dutch
|restaurant is a front for money laundering. No way that attracts
|real clients. I don’t think we even have two restaurants serving
|only Dutch food in the Netherlands.
|u/freyalorelei - 1 month
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|Russ' is a chain of Dutch restaurants in Michigan (home of Dutch
|Village in the aptly named town of Holland). It's more like a
|diner with a little Dutch boy mascot, but they do serve some
|Dutch food, such as Saucijzenbroodje and Stroopwafel. I love
|their olive burgers and cream puffs.
|u/Pepsi_Tastes_Better - 1 month
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|But we've imported some of the best food in the world. Broodje
|kipsaté. Shoarma, bamischijf. We even invented kapsalon.
|u/huggalump - 1 month
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|I'm an American of Dutch ethnicity. I always thought Dutch food was
|great because my dad would make this dish with yellow rice, spice,
|chicken, veggies, etc. Later, I found out it's actually an Indonesian
|dish eaten by Dutch people due to their time colonizing Indonesia...
|u/sanmelmo - 1 month
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|it’s kinda funny that the dutch colonized indonesia and brought the
|spices with them but without the recipes
|u/Marco-Oplo - 1 month
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|Spices were for trading, not eating. Don't get high on your own
|supply.
|u/Blinky_ - 1 month
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|I love your country. But your food does seem to favour austerity. You
|have some nice cheeses though.
|u/mugomugicha - 1 month
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|I’m Dutch in the US. Raised on boerenkool, Saucijzenbroodjes,
|poffertjes, Dutch tomatensoep, haring, appelflappen, Gouda,
|Leidsekaas, good chocolate, and all the Indonesian dishes like nasi
|or Bami goreng, kroepoek, etc. I’m proud of good Dutch cuisine!
|u/hetogoto - 1 month
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|Hang on a minute. What about: Dutch Loempias, Croquettes, Chips with
|Mayo, those delicious cakes that get you high in Amsterdam,
|Oliebollen, Pancakes with all sorts of ridiculous toppings, other
|stuff with all sorts of ridiculous toppings. Don't do yourself down
|u/DO_____ - 1 month
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|Japan and Mexico have some of the best street food I've ever had. Peru,
|Italy, and Spain have the best local dishes. If you're lucky to try
|authentic home-made food there's no going back, you'll be craving it
|everyday of your life.
|u/Zigxy - 1 month
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|Japan+Mexico are fantastic complements to each other (in cuisine).
|I could probably go the rest of my life alternating between the two
|without getting tired. Both have plenty of variety too.
|u/stevenette - 1 month
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|Lol, a Mexican joint near me just opened up and they sell sushi.
|I'm kinda concerned.
|u/LOTRfreak101 - 1 month
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|Ceviche is commonly sold in mexico and I believe it is also raw
|fish.
|u/el_ghosteo - 1 month
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|it gets cooked by the lemon juice after a few hours. it’s not
|really raw when you eat it, but you’re right in that it’s made
|with raw fish/shrimp and not actively cooked.
|u/CircuitDaemon - 1 month
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|Mexican here, many places pre-cook fish and shrimp used in
|ceviche to prevent those that aren't used to raw food (or
|just don't like it) from getting sick, but some forms of
|ceviche (like aguachile, a very hot shrimp kinda ceviche) are
|so fresh that the protein doesn't really get cooked by the
|lime juice. I personally prefer it this way, but if you're
|ordering at a restaurant, chances are that they do some
|minimal cooking for tourists to have less issues with eating
|these dishes. But if you order aguachile specifically, you
|can be sure that those will be raw shrimps.
|u/trucksandgoes - 1 month
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|it's a thing. i had no idea but i lived in mexico for a while and
|there were a ton of sushi and sushi-fusion places. who knew
|mexicans love sushi!
|u/OkArmy7059 - 1 month
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|A lot of sushi joints in CA and AZ hire Mexican chefs. Gave
|birth to a new fusion cuisine.
|u/sdforbda - 1 month
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|Granted this is not Japanese but there's a
|district/neighborhood in the border city of Mexicali called La
|Chinesca that is mostly Chinese people in Mexico. Some
|interesting fusion and yeah they speak various dialects of
|Chinese, they speak Spanish and English typically too.
|https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Chinesca
|u/Shaggyninja - 1 month
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|I've had sushi tacos before. That shit rips. Fucking delicious
|u/Churro-Juggernaut - 1 month
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|Pretty common in Mexico. I think is a regional thing popular in
|Sinaloa especially 
|u/_juxtaposition_ - 1 month
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|The Sushiritto is a pinnacle of engineering
|u/wizfactor - 1 month
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|Japan and Mexico complement each other in both cuisine *and* pro
|wrestling. Coincidence? I think not!
|u/zaminDDH - 1 month
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|Korean-Mexican fusion is usually pretty amazing, as well.
|u/Andy_LaVolpe - 1 month
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|Koreans & Mexicans on spicy food: 🤝
|u/tylergenis - 1 month
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|I can’t wait to go back to Peru to visit my aunt, I still think about
|her seco do Cordero
|u/jthsbay - 1 month
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|I'm my area, we have Mexican restaurants that make amazing 'sushi'.
|Sinaloa Searoll is one of them.
|u/maxertiano - 1 month
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|Yeah, a totally different concept from authentic Japanese sushi imo
|but it it’s really good
|u/itchy_webos - 1 month
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|Chivo Roll from Ranch Roll in Culiacán is my favorite food ever.
|u/SoThereWasThis - 1 month
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|I spent 10 days in Peru and gained 10 lbs. It was worth every ounce.
|The only thing I didn’t like was ch’arki, no thank you.
|u/TheBoogieSheriff - 1 month
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|Did you try the cuy!?
|u/dandroid126 - 1 month
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|I visited Japan, and I seriously couldn't find bad food. You can get
|random garbage from 7/11 and it's better than most of the food you
|find in the US.
|u/Caramellatteistasty - 1 month
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|Soo good news on that front. 7-11 is moving those ideas from Japan
|to the US!
|u/Jaereth - 1 month
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|What? I will get an Onigiri for lunch every day.
|u/LilUziBurp69 - 1 month
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|As an American that’s never travelled I love Mexican food. Best pizza
|I ever had was a place that imports all their ingredients from Italy.
|Just simply amazing.
|u/Killboy_Powerhead - 1 month
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|Peru is still at the top of my list. Every single place I ate there
|over a two week time was delicious.
|u/Mindless_Phase7800 - 1 month
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|Came to support Mexico. It is NOT tacos, burritos, beans and rice. 
|It is criminally under-rated and I would put it right up there
|against the spiciest Indian Curries, complex French concoctions, and
|hangover busting Vietnamese pho. 
|u/Intelligent-Block457 - 1 month
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|Peruvian ceviche and coy are amazing.
|u/JewelJellyParfait - 1 month
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|What street food in Japan do you mean? It isn’t very popular so I’m
|curious. Usually it’s snacks like melon pan or candied strawberries
|on a stick which are good, but street food is way better in other
|countries imo. 
|u/QueenLaQueefaRt - 1 month
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|Only in Australia is it a crime to have a succulent Chinese meal.
|u/ssp25 - 1 month
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|This is democracy manifest
|u/demosthenes131 - 1 month
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|I see you know your judo well.
|u/smooz_operator - 1 month
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|Thats a nice headlock sir.
|u/cmoked - 1 month
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|Get your hands off my penis!
|u/VidyaGameBoy - 1 month
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|Are you waiting to receive my limp penis?
|u/Duel_Option - 1 month
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|Tata and farewell…RIP to a legend
|u/WhatThisGirlSaid - 1 month
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|If they don't call his documentary Documentary Manifest I don't
|want to see it
|u/nicknacksc - 1 month
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|Manifest : a succulent documentary
|u/breakwater - 1 month
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|He just died. I hope heaven is ready to accept his flaccid penis
|u/imsowhiteandnerdy - 1 month
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|I see you know your judo well.
|u/t4m4 - 1 month
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|Tata, and farewell!
|u/QueenLaQueefaRt - 1 month
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|I just saw that today 😓. A true hero. He having succulent Chinese
|meals with the greats 🥲
|u/variety_weasel - 1 month
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|Every line is golden! [for old time's sake
|](https://youtu.be/XebF2cgmFmU?si=GYAGl0xtObUu4tfI) RIP Jack
|Karlson, may your meme live forever after
|u/Haxorz7125 - 1 month
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|He spoke so musically.
|u/nemec - 1 month
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|this guy is a living Monty Python sketch
|u/Compared-To-What - 1 month
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|Ah, you know your judo
|u/chennyalan - 1 month
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|God bless his soul
|u/photoshop_2023 - 1 month
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|Thailand has great food
|u/pintsizeprophet1 - 1 month
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|Thailand hits all the flavor notes : sweet, sour, bitter, salty,
|umami. It’s so wonderful!
|u/robfrod - 1 month
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|I find they are a bit heavy on the sweet compared to other Asian
|cuisines which I prefer more. Still good but not #1 imo.
|u/Lathryus - 1 month
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|Thai food is the Mexican food of Asia; Mexican food is the Thai
|food of America.
|u/428291151 - 1 month
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|What is Thai food in America?
|u/Lathryus - 1 month
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|Deeeeeelicious.
|u/ashmenon - 1 month
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|This makes perfect sense actually.
|u/NoProfessional4650 - 1 month
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|You aren’t eating the real thing - 90% of Thai restaurants in the
|West have been bastardized for the local palette and are doused
|with coconut milk in larger proportions because they’re worried
|people can’t handle it. Also in the US it’s really hard to find
|dishes made with real Holy basil. It’s almost always the sweet
|basil that the Italians use. The flavor is completely different.
|If you want the real thing go to Thailand (or LA) and don’t order
|pad Thai, red curry, green curry. Instead get something like
|Gaeng Pa, Gaeng Som, Khua Kling, Goong Pad Sataw etc.
|u/Hellohibbs - 1 month
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|Thailand has mastered herbs and spice like no other.
|u/WeReadAllTheTime - 1 month
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|I agree. Thai food has the best combinations of spices I’ve had so
|far.
|u/Still-Marsupial-4610 - 1 month
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|I think Indian food has mastered spice.
|u/Kopfballer - 1 month
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|Thailand is Indian food but with more fresh ingredients.
|u/Thats_classified - 1 month
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|Thai has mastered use of the same heavy spices that Indian food
|has, but also has creamy citrussy and light ingredients typical
|to their cuisine that I think breaks up and complements the
|heaviness of the spices so we'll.
|u/gears_ears - 1 month
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|Thai food is Indian food drenched in coconut milk.
|u/Welcome-ToTheJungle - 1 month
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|That’s how I explain Sri Lankan cuisine too! Leave the
|oil/ghee, replace which coco milk
|u/keralaindia - 1 month
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|South Indian food uses plenty of coconut milk
|u/richmondody - 1 month
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|I agree. Any culture that makes being vegetarian easy because of
|how good they can get vegatables to taste is the master of
|spices.
|u/username_choose_you - 1 month
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|Yeah if I had to pick it’s a close race between Thai and Vietnamese
|u/SlothOfDoom - 1 month
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|Seriously, you can eat better from street vendors in Thailand than
|you can in most restaurants anywhere else. I would say Vietnam is
|very similar in this.
|u/J-MaL - 1 month
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|This needs to be higher, Thailand has variety too legit the best
|meals I've ever had when i was out there.
|u/Scrummy12 - 1 month
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|I've traveled quite a bit (not Europe though), but this is the winner
|for me.
|u/RublesAfoot - 1 month
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|Had to scroll too far to find Thailand. Yum!!!
|u/profuselystrangeII - 1 month
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|This is what I’m saying! The sweet, sour, spicy, salty, chewy,
|crunchy, sauciness of Thai food has everything you could ever want in
|food.
|u/pizzawhorePhD - 1 month
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|Came here to say this, GOTTA be Thailand
|u/kriskincaid - 1 month
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|Any country that touches the Mediterranean.
|u/RockieK - 1 month
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|This is me too. Basque Country as well!
|u/tdevine33 - 1 month
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|Basque Cheesecake is just about the best thing ever, so I'm going
|to have to agree with you!
|u/AkshayAlive - 1 month
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|Oh you just reminded me of when I studied abroad in Donostia and
|had this warm fresh Basque cheesecake that is to die for
|u/justanotherfuccboi - 1 month
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|happen to remember the name? there’s this one place called La
|viña in San Sebastián that I still dream of to this day…. Need
|to go back… it’s no wonder it was bourdain’s favorite place on
|earth
|u/Wrest216 - 1 month
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|OMG BASQUE WINES.
|u/RockieK - 1 month
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|GAHHHHHHH.... I cannot take it anymore! Been dreaming about
|getting back there and it's taking too long. Just post me up at
|any pinxtos bar and leave me there to die happy. I swear, spent
|1/4 on AMAZING cuisine there compared to the overpriced U.S.
|u/justanotherfuccboi - 1 month
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|bury my body in txakoli 🤤🤤
|u/Like_Eli_I_Did_It - 1 month
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|Wow. I'm happy to see this voted this high up. My partner and I did
|a trip from Bayonne down to Pamplona, hitting all those small towns
|in between, like Biarritz and San Sebastian. The food and drinks
|were incredible... so memorable.
|u/RockieK - 1 month
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|Did the same trip. Spent a week in BTZ... and San Sebastian -
|omg. The amount of food that cane be eaten there is insane. I
|still dream of the grilled artichokes we ate! TO be noted that
|we are not even seafood people. And we ate seafood. We ate
|everything. Dinners that could easily run $200+ were under $100.
|u/Feathered_Mango - 1 month
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|My people! Basques rarely get a shout outs, regarding anything. 
|Gotta say my vote goes to Korean food though.  .  .
|u/asdf072 - 1 month
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|When we went to Greece for a week, there wasn't one dish that I
|wouldn't relocate from the US over.
|u/earnestweasel22 - 1 month
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|Son-in-law is from Sparta, Greece and has added an amazing
|repertoire of different foods and preparation to this mid-
|Westerners previously bland choices. Still working my way up to
|octopus as for now I just can't do it after seeing My Octopus
|Teacher. If you've seen that you'll know what I mean.
|u/DDRockefeller - 1 month
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|Yeah, I stopped eating octopus. Too smart.
|u/MartyMcFlysBrother - 1 month
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|I live in a tourist town and the Greeks absolutely dominate the
|food scene. Lemon potatoes all day!
|u/IsHotDogSandwich - 1 month
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|Wife and I got married in/honeymooned in Greece. You are right
|100%. So good. Didn’t eat gyro once, either.
|u/BeardedBrooklyn97 - 1 month
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|Yup. Mediterranean is the best food.
|u/Coady54 - 1 month
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|I mean, the food in Gibraltar specifically is probably really good.
|If were counting it as part of the UK, it's food counts as UK food
|too and the rule holds.
|u/ButtholeQuiver - 1 month
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|*Technically*, overseas territories aren't part of the UK. From
|the UK government's website (emphasis mine): >United Kingdom
|Overseas Territories (UKOTs), also known as British Overseas
|Territories (BOTs), have constitutional and historical links with
|the United Kingdom, **but do not form part of the United Kingdom
|itself**. The Queen is the Head of State of all the UKOTs, and she
|is represented by a Governor or Commissioner (apart from the UK
|Sovereign Base Areas that are administered by MOD). Each Territory
|has its own Constitution, its own Government and its own local
|laws.
|u/chemistcarpenter - 1 month
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|Absolutely. Spain, France, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon,
|Israel. Adding Cyprus even though represented already. I’m skipping
|the North Africa part. Not familiar enough with their cuisine
|u/Quirky-Peach-3350 - 1 month
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|Here let me do it for you! North African food is amazing!
|Shakshuka, glaya, fajita, couscous, tajine, fish anything, desserts
|to die for, you name it! Source - I'm married to a Libyan and his
|cooking is amazing.
|u/HerbLoew - 1 month
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|As someone from the Balkans, I legally have to feel insulted that
|you included Italy, Greece and Turkey, but none of the Slav
|countries between them. Do ćevapi, burek, pita, Bosnian pot, lamb
|roast and rakia mean nothing to you?
|u/moneyhaisxt - 1 month
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|Lamb roast and pita! Idk the others. Bosnian pot sounds nice
|though
|u/HerbLoew - 1 month
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|Burek is just a pita with meat filling, though people joke
|about the distinction, lol. Ćevapi are grilled minced meat
|sausages served with lepina flatbread. Bosnian pot is slow-
|cooked layers of meat and vegetables layered on each other.
|Rakia is a fruit brandy, the vodka of the Balkans
|u/_usernamepassword_ - 1 month
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|Nope
|u/HerbLoew - 1 month
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|This is going in the ol' book o' grudges /s
|u/Blackberryy - 1 month
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|Feel sorry for him bro. After you add him to the list.
|u/Sir_George - 1 month
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|I miss r/2balkan4you
|u/kl0 - 1 month
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|Let’s not start a war over it! 🥰
|u/JeezieB - 1 month
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|Morocco has some pretty delicious stuff.
|u/aquagardenia - 1 month
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|Moroccan food is top tier
|u/EdibleBatteries - 1 month
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|Moroccan food and Tunisian food, at least, belong on this list too.
|I’m not familiar enough with Libyan, Algerian, or Egyptian food to
|comment.
|u/mynameispaulallen - 1 month
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|And for shockingly cheap as well. Blow my mind that I’ve had the
|best food of my life for under 20 euros.
|u/gentlemansracer - 1 month
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|Vietnam for me hands down. Bright, herbaceous, spicy... Don't even get
|me started on Pho lol
|u/Sirbrianpeppers - 1 month
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|This. Plus the French influence with baked goods and coffee puts
|Vietnamese cuisine on a next level
|u/robfrod - 1 month
|
|Agreed this is what puts them over the top. Asian flavours but with
|the addition of French influence and techniques
|u/secretlyloaded - 1 month
|
|"The banh mi sandwich is really the only good argument for
|colonialism." -- Calvin Trillin
|u/Peannut - 1 month
|
|Omg their baked good as top. I live in Australia, in a retired
|Italian suburb. All the Italians all go to this tiny viet bakery
|for their bread. It's top
|u/PhoneGuy112 - 1 month
|
|Don't forget Banh Mi and Banh Xeo ....oh and the Vermicelli noodle
|dishes. Also, are Vietnamese the only Asian country that eats their
|egg rolls wrapped in lettuce?
|u/A_Naany_Mousse - 1 month
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|The Vietnamese will wrap almost anything in lettuce tbh. It's very
|common for many dishes. 
|u/litescript - 1 month
|
|100%. married a wonderful woman from viet nam, we eat so good all the
|time, now vietnamese restaurants are disappointing 😂
|u/A_Naany_Mousse - 1 month
|
|Fellow Viet wife. Bun Bo hue baby. Good lord it is good. 
|u/navikredstar - 1 month
|
|Oh god, pho. You ever see the video clip of the baby trying pho broth
|for the first time and his absolutely DELIGHTED expression as the
|flavors hit the little dude's palate? That was totally me the first
|time I had it, at a wonderful Vietnamese place a little outside San
|Francisco proper that one of my best friends took me to. How can a
|broth taste so rich, yet simultaneously *delicate*? Like, it's
|something that feels like that combination shouldn't be possible, but
|it is, and it's fucking HEAVENLY. One of the best things I've ever
|tasted or eaten.
|u/lyaunaa - 1 month
|
|The first time I tried pho was almost transcendental. Now it's the
|only thing I want if I'm having a crummy day. The ultimate comfort
|food.
|u/huggalump - 1 month
|
|imma get you started on pho
|u/certainly_not_david - 1 month
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|definately not iceland
|u/seattleque - 1 month
|
|Wasn't the fermented shark one of the few things to make Bourdain
|vomit?
|u/certainly_not_david - 1 month
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|yes. but the young people seem to hate that stuff. i like pickled
|fish and even that seemed to repulse them.
|u/penguinopusredux - 1 month
|
|Suspect you are thinking of Gordon Ramsey. One of James May's [best
|quotes](https://youtu.be/C4ZUA_IMvwQ?si=SxPO6St6lI2ZpuOq) was "You
|disappoint me Ramsey."
|u/cpp_is_king - 1 month
|
|I ate it. Tasted like urine soaked gummies
|u/Turbulent-Adagio-171 - 1 month
|
|I liked the food I had in Iceland, but it was not necessarily in the
|Icelandic tradition 😅 The tomato greenhouse farm and restaurant was
|great
|u/UlrichZauber - 1 month
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|I had a lot of arctic char, lamb, potatoes, salad. I mean I guess
|that's not fancy, but it was all delicious. I also had a truly
|fantastic burger at a restaurant that was in an old house.
|u/Bullyoncube - 1 month
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|The worst food in Iceland is Icelandic.
|u/Gumbo_Ya-Ya - 1 month
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|Having never been to Iceland, I can still agree Seal ears? Really?
|u/interesseret - 1 month
|
|I mean, yeah, thats what happens when you live in a place where
|nothing grows. You have to eat what you can get, and traditional
|food is hard to change. Note how the answer to the question on
|this post is always "a warm climate country with good land and with
|access to many types of protein, located on a coast with access to
|trade." and the opposite questions answer will always be "a country
|with low biodiversity, likely due to cold weather, where people had
|to eat what was available"
|u/mongster03_ - 1 month
|
|I will say, Lithuanians have done quite a lot with very little
|u/unassumingdink - 1 month
|
|I don't know why I never thought of it that way, but that's a
|good point. It even holds true within the U.S. Most of our best
|regional cuisines come from the South. With some getting heavy
|influence from even further south in Mexico. Meanwhile look at
|Canada up there, trying to skate by on maple syrup, and fries
|with gravy. They ain't influencing nobody.
|u/certainly_not_david - 1 month
|
|the icelanders would say "that is old people food" so what those
|people eat is: hotdogs with clove ketchup, white beans with AI
|sauce dumped all over it, toast and cheese, goat meat and cabbages
|smashed into a bland stew. wood-fired pizza. bunch of Subway
|Sandwich shops, and Dominoes pizza, actually [but corn and
|cucumbers are enviable options] I lived in Iceland for a year. not
|a lot of ingredients. all the vegetables tastes like charcoal
|u/DriedUpSquid - 1 month
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|I finally tried Brennivin the last time I went. I didn’t hate
|it, but I will not eat the fermented shark.
|u/Jetsam_Marquis - 1 month
|
|I find white beans with A1 to be. . . intriguing at least.
|u/coopsta133 - 1 month
|
|Iceland food was so bad. And god just trying to get groceries at
|the store to save a few bucks from eating out. Zero choice in
|anything.
|u/DriedUpSquid - 1 month
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|Bonus!
|u/fa1afel - 1 month
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|The best bowl of tomato soup I've ever had was in Reykjavik.
|u/Midgardsormur - 1 month
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|Yes, I feed my family seal ears every week…
|u/Recurringg - 1 month
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|I've been there. I agree for the most part but the lamb and hotdogs
|were both good.
|u/sryguys - 1 month
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|I didn’t have a bad meal is Iceland.
|u/libelle156 - 1 month
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|Skyr is good though
|u/Efferdent_FTW - 1 month
|
|Strongly disagree. Some of the freshest cod I've ever had. No
|imported meats, so everything is local. Produce is via geothermal
|greenhouses.
|u/MeleeMistress - 1 month
|
|Mexico, Thailand, Vietnam. Can’t pick just one. I’ve visited a few
|different regions in Mexico and lived in a border city for a while. The
|regional variations in Mexican food are so vast, and the use of spice,
|texture, and acid is amazing. My favorite type of Mexican food is fresh
|Baja-style seafood. There is nothing better than aguachile or ceviche
|on a hot day. And the simple vegetable dishes are always delicious too.
|Thailand and Vietnam- I have never visited either country but eaten at
|a lot of U.S. restaurants with the respective cuisines. They just
|taste so fresh, and their use of sweet, sour, savory is so vibrant and
|alive. My family is from a European country known for their food too,
|and I find the food from there very bland and heavy. It’s not bad, but
|it just doesn’t do it the way Mexican, Thai, and Vietnamese do it for
|me.
|u/DesertWanderlust - 1 month
|
|Malaysia. I wish more people knew about it. Everything you like about
|Thai, Indian, and Chinese.
|u/where_is_waldo_now - 1 month
|
|Another vote for Malaysian food.
|u/thebaehavens - 1 month
|
|It is criminal how far down I had to scroll to see Malaysia. This is
|the answer. Amazing hawker stalls showcasing Malaysian food -
|~~chili crab~~, murtabak, roti, satay, nasi lemak, not to mention it
|also has the best that India and China have to offer. Fresh, hand-
|squeezed juice EVERYWHERE of every kind, for less than a dollar? Yes
|please.
|u/neou - 1 month
|
|100%. Malaysian food is the best of the best of Asia.
|u/sloowshooter - 1 month
|
|One of the best meals of my life was consumed in Malaysia. So
|incredibly delicious.
|u/mamamagica - 1 month
|
|It’s like Thai and Chinese had a baby and raised it Muslim. And
|that’s amazing
|u/AutoGeneratedChad - 1 month
|
|Stop I’ve been back from KL two weeks and I’m still suffering from
|withdrawal
|u/samdog1246 - 1 month
|
|with how hard pandan is "trending" in california right now, i have to
|imagine we're not far from a huge malaysian food boom (and as a
|korean, i can say that it's such a double edged sword having everyone
|call the food you grew up with a "trend" and then also all the
|ingredients that used to be dirt cheap start skyrocketing in price...
|but at least they'll be way more widely available?? lol) i, for one,
|cannot wait to be able to buy all types of kuih whenever i want...
|but am not looking to pay like four bucks a pop
|u/organicrocketfuel - 1 month
|
|Pandan is trendy in cali?? As someone originally from Southeast
|Asia who grew up eating pandan chiffon cake that is WILD to me
|u/jalabi99 - 1 month
|
|OMG street food in Kuala Lumpur is better than food in most cities'
|high-end restaurants! Vastly-underrated cuisine!
|u/blackleather__ - 1 month
|
|As a fellow Malaysian, I see you! 👀
|u/CaptainRatzefummel - 1 month
|
|It's impossible for me to decide between Italy, Mexico or India
|u/Churro-Juggernaut - 1 month
|
|Mexican here chiming in. Not sure why India isn’t getting as much
|love as some others.  Indian food sooooo good. 
|u/whoevencaresatall_ - 1 month
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|Reddit hates India
|u/PillowcaseFairy - 1 month
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|Istg it seems like it
|u/ssp25 - 1 month
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|Throw in sushi and you got my list as well
|u/RedwingMohawk - 1 month
|
|India is mine. The only country I have ever been to and had zero
|desire to eat anything else. I eat a very meat heavy diet, and I
|could be a vegetarian in India, no problem.
|u/soapinthepeehole - 1 month
|
|I can’t believe how far I had to scroll to find Italy mentioned.
|u/greatporksword - 1 month
|
|I agree. The world's five best cuisines, not in order: Mexico,
|Italy, France, Japan, India. Two Asian, two European, one New World.
|u/luncheroo - 1 month
|
|The awesome free snacks with happy hour is the pinnacle of civility. 
|u/Dontgiveaclam - 1 month
|
|Aperitivo *chef’s kiss*
|u/dick-nipples - 1 month
|
|And dinner there is an EVENT every night. Huge, delicious meals that
|last for hours.
|u/Low_Turn_4568 - 1 month
|
|Do you like it to last for hours, dick nipples?
|u/Strange-Bee5626 - 1 month
|
|I dont ask for much- I just want this comment printed on a
|t-shirt with no context whatsoever.
|u/KhaleesiXev - 1 month
|
|Less than 50 people would understand the joke. I want one, too.
|u/Want_To_Live_To_100 - 1 month
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|Honest question how do people have time for that?????
|u/stinx2001 - 1 month
|
|Because their lives don't revolve around work.
|u/Dontgiveaclam - 1 month
|
|Can confirm, am Italian, I’d never work if I could 
|u/cccanterbury - 1 month
|
|beautiful thing you've got going there
|u/TheManUpstairs77 - 1 month
|
|My grandmother goes to Italy once a year, little town near the
|Austrian border that my nana was from, in the Trentino area. From
|everything I heard growing up, the “actual” Italians are laid
|back about pretty much everything, including food. Ie: leisure
|time is heavily promoted, lot of festivals, meals are social
|gatherings as much as time to eat, etc. It’s very authentic, my
|grandma hates the touristy places with a passion, and she loves
|the simpler atmosphere where she goes, she hangs out with her
|cousin at his house, really amazing area. Our Sunday meals here
|in the US are like that too, long ass dinner where socializing
|was just as important as eating the food. It’s less of the time
|being available and more of the time being MADE available for
|dinner. My grandfather was from Holland, and his mother and
|father were the opposite; food was a necessity and that was about
|it. Just a stereotypical meal, except for dessert. Could be
|wrong, but that’s my understanding of it. Italy and France
|objectively have the best cuisine in history, baring some
|insanely good Persian and African dishes. It’s also funny that
|the style and type of food and eating mimic the people; my
|grandmother who is Austrian/Italian is very loving, warm, and
|friendly. My Dutch grandpa is cold to outsiders and also kind of
|a dick, still love him tho. But it is a funny thing that the food
|mirrors the people.
|u/Seuss221 - 1 month
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|Agreed! Pasta, espresso , gelato, focaccia, cheese, Sorrento lemons,
|etc
|u/Zassssss - 1 month
|
|Uh, you forgot Pizza 🍕!!!
|u/SharMarali - 1 month
|
|My dad was stationed in Italy for awhile before I was born. He said
|the same exact thing, that the food there was the best he’d ever had
|and nothing in the USA was even close.
|u/PierreTheTRex - 1 month
|
|Great thing with Italy and France compared to a lot of countries is
|access to amazing quality food to cook at home. Like food from
|restaurants is obviously great, but the stuff you can get in the
|supermarket can be fabulous too, and if you go to butchers and
|other small businesses... That's what I missed most in other
|countries, because you can always find a decent restaurant, but
|having lived in Estonia not having access to quality produce and
|products makes life super depressing.
|u/tomorrow509 - 1 month
|
|Agree. If I had to live on only one cuisine, Italian it would be.
|u/Beneficial-Jelly5746 - 1 month
|
|I actually found the food in Italy to be a bit overrated. By no means
|bad but overrated
|u/Silent_Beautiful_738 - 1 month
|
|Lebanon, Turkey, Mexico, Peru
|u/TheHerosShadow - 1 month
|
|I've eaten a lot of different cuisines, but the food I had in
|Istanbul was unlike anything I have ever had before and have ever had
|since. Entirely new flavors and textures that I don't have words to
|describe.
|u/DanceWithMacaw - 1 month
|
|Being a bridge between Europe and Asia; Middle East and Caucasia,
|it has foods suitable for everyone. Good shit.
|u/straycomet - 1 month
|
|Going to Turkey soon! Do you remember the names of any of the
|restaurants that had you speechless?
|u/Fickle-Desk-5020 - 1 month
|
|100% Mexico
|u/SceneOfShadows - 1 month
|
|It’s got everything. Fresh, greasy, light, spicy, fatty. Sandwiches,
|rice, chips, fruit, cheese. Fucking endlessly delicious. Mexican
|may not be my last meal but if I was stuck on a desert island with
|only one cuisine I think Mexican would take the longest for me to
|tire of.
|u/Burgerb - 1 month
|
|Chicken with Mole from Oxaca would be my last meal. Or Tacos El
|Pastore. Or Brisket Tacos. Mexican food (in Mexico) is the best
|in the world. Hands down.
|u/thegurrkha - 1 month
|
|Al pastor** But yes. I think it's Mexican food. They've got
|enough variation to last a lifetime with all sorts of regional
|dishes and regional versions. I miss it terribly.
|u/pita4912 - 1 month
|
|And if you’re not a fan of Mexican cuisine, good news! Mexicans are
|also the best damn cooks on the planet.
|u/lovefist1 - 1 month
|
|I thought Mexican food was pretty good until I went to Mexico. Now I
|say with utter confidence it is the most delicious cuisine I’ve ever
|tried and likely ever will. Absolutely unbelievable.
|u/Mammoth-Turn-660 - 1 month
|
|As a Texan moving to Germany, it’s the Mexican restaurants I’ll miss
|most.
|u/ButtholeQuiver - 1 month
|
|You might be tempted to try Mexican restaurants in Europe. 99% of
|the time it's a terrible mistake
|u/Eagles_fan96 - 1 month
|
|Hell yeah! Pozole and carnitas are goated!
|u/Patient-Cheesecake-8 - 1 month
|
|Went there in April. I dream about the food every day 😩
|u/CactusBoyScout - 1 month
|
|Basically down to Mexico, Italy, China, and Vietnam for me.
|u/OnezoombiniLeft - 1 month
|
|Oh man, I could eat my way to some al pastor street tacos
|u/Great_White_Samurai - 1 month
|
|Yep. I went to Oaxaca, it is the food Mecca of North America.
|u/MeleeMistress - 1 month
|
|I will literally never forget the mole negro and the green pozole I
|had in Oaxaca. And not Oaxaca but I will also never forget the
|grilled fish tacos in Baja where I watched the guy spearfish and
|throw the fish to his mom to grill and make me a taco. Some of the
|best meals of my life.
|u/skiattle25 - 1 month
|
|There is nothing better than a street taco. I would pass over a $100
|steak for the right carnitas.
|u/Thayes1413 - 1 month
|
|I went to the Guanajuato state fair in 2002. I had a sautéed
|mushroom dish that was flavored with some spicy orange flavor. I’ve
|never forgotten that dish and I’ve never found it again.
|u/blazedosan002 - 1 month
|
|Como Mexicano confirmo 100%
|u/Spooky__Action - 1 month
|
|Mexico is right up there, tied with Japan for me. Mexico has
|incredible food from its northernmost border all the way down to its
|southernmost. it’s seriously impressive the variety and execution
|level of their food. People don’t know that haven’t been.
|u/Old-Energy6191 - 1 month
|
|I frequently think about moving to Europe from the US, but I
|genuinely dont know if I could do it due to the lack of Mexican food.
|I mean, I went to a "Mexican" food place in Sweden, and it was like
|fritos and some sort of cheese that is definitely not complementary
|to nachos. If that was my life in Europe, with no Mexican food, there
|would be a huge hole in my life. I am not sure any other food would
|hurt quite so much. I mean, like, I LOVE Sushi, but I eat it like
|once or twice a year, and that seems to be a tolerable lack. But
|Mexican? I have to eat that every month or something is wrong.
|u/YahMahn25 - 1 month
|
|There is a reason every city in America has 400 Mexican restaurants
|u/Limitlessfound - 1 month
|
|This is always the answer
|u/RyanEatsHisVeggies - 1 month
|
|Came for this answer. I'm not biased or anything...
|u/sky2k1 - 1 month
|
|Not enough people in the sub comments giving love to Puebla for
|state/regions with great food, so I want to shout out mole poblano,
|chiles en nogada, cemitas, and tacos arabes.
|u/TantrumZentrum - 1 month
|
|Lebanon. Full of flavours, herbs, fruits and spices. Could live on that
|stuff
|u/Coupon_Ninja - 1 month
|
|It is fantastic! The saaj works magic. Cloves in the beef. Great
|fresh veggies and salads. First time I ever had is was a place
|called “Mama’s Lebanese Barkey”, and I thought it said “Lesbian
|Bakery”. (It was in a gay part of town). And I immediacy imagine
|vulva shaped pastries. Anyway, went on to learn the magic of
|schwarmas and fresh salad and VERY strong, bowel shaking coffee!
|u/y0shman - 1 month
|
|Toum is so addictive.
|u/Round_Walk_5552 - 1 month
|
|Not hard to make at home either
|u/RockieK - 1 month
|
|Had Lebanese twice yesterday. So happy every time!
|u/InevitableSweet8228 - 1 month
|
|This should be top
|u/Staff_Senyou - 1 month
|
|Not Lebanese but from the first time to every time I have Lebanese
|food, I feel like I've gone home
|u/profuselystrangeII - 1 month
|
|It just makes me so sad to see how little of the Levant’s home-style
|foods you see in restaurants. My dad is Syrian and we don’t talk
|anymore but damn, do I miss meals that you can hardly find in US
|restaurants outside of maybe Dearborn, MI.
|u/nonpuissant - 1 month
|
|Agree, spent a few weeks there and never had a bad meal. The
|freshness of the food and ingredients was a revelation.
|u/nap_dynamite - 1 month
|
|I'm American, and my favorite so far was Italy, but I haven’t been to
|Turkey. If an Italian says Turkey has the best cuisine, then I want
|to visit Turkey.
|u/ariabuket - 1 month
|
|You’re more than welcome!! Plus, we have cute little kitties
|everywhere!!
|u/DanceWithMacaw - 1 month
|
|Italian, and Turkish/Greek food is peak.
|u/TheChickening - 1 month
|
|I realized that Turkish/Persian food is very unknown in the USA.
|But i agree. Its amazing. Among the best for sure
|u/mikmik555 - 1 month
|
|French, Italian and Turkish cuisines have the most variety in my
|opinion. Turkey as you state because of history and France and Italy
|because of the different climates and regional cultures. People tend
|to think of French and Italian cuisine in stereotypical ways and
|forget the regional variety. But I m a bit biased because I’m French
|but made and raised by Italians. 🤭 It just that our countries were
|very influential in the culinary world too. I enjoy Mexican food a
|lot too and I want to discover real Japanese food one day. Almost
|every country has good things.
|u/Nice_Dependent_7317 - 1 month
|
|As someone who has lived in China as an expat for many years and
|experienced their food, including countless regional dishes, I’d say
|China has the most diverse and tasty cuisine.
|u/rantrx - 1 month
|
|China is kinda like a cheat code of having 22 different countries in
|one. The extreme diversity is staggering, and so much of it is
|incredibly delicious.
|u/MakePandasMateAgain - 1 month
|
|China really surprised me, it’s nothing like the westernized version.
|Incredibly diverse across regions and cities. Some of the best food
|I’ve ever eaten was in China. Aside from food their museums were
|absolutely out of this world as well.
|u/redalastor - 1 month
|
|> China really surprised me, it’s nothing like the westernized
|version. “Chinese food” in the US was created in the US to cater
|to US tastes. It was created by chinese people but it’s not the
|food of China. Do you know what they call fortune cookies in
|China? American cookies.
|u/richmondody - 1 month
|
|Cantonese cuisine is among the top for me. Sichuan cuisine is also
|pretty great. I didn't really like the stuff in Beijing, but Peking
|Duck stands out as a great dish. I'm kind of curious on what stuff
|I've missed out on.
|u/thesillyhumanrace - 1 month
|
|China has the most diverse regional food, thousands of varieties,
|textures, and tastes. As an Italian expat, the Chinese win.
|u/honestparfait - 1 month
|
|People that haven't travelled China honestly have no idea how vast
|it is, culturally, geographically and it's cuisine. Youtube is
|great, there's some fantastic vloggers that have made getting a
|peak into a their diverse culture accessible. Every country has
|regional specific things exclusive to their respective location,
|China is that 10x. It's that fucking big.
|u/hn50 - 1 month
|
|I agree, you never get bored of chinese food
|u/Jamaal_Lannister - 1 month
|
|Agreed. I go to China a lot for work, and the food there never ceases
|to amaze me.
|u/0wmeHjyogG - 1 month
|
|This is my vote. China has such an insane variety of food, probably
|more than any other country. Everything from light steamed food to
|heavy greasy food, mild to spicy, sour to sweet… Just endless
|variety.
|u/MutedShinobi - 1 month
|
|Biang Biang Noodles (Xi’an) has to be the single tastiest thing I’ve
|ever eaten in my life.
|u/dragoneye - 1 month
|
|I've travelled to China a number of times and I agree, they win just
|on the diversity of the different delicious cuisines available within
|the country.
|u/loodish1 - 1 month
|
|Dismayed by how little love this comment has gotten
|u/tasman001 - 1 month
|
|Decades of Chinese people immigrating to other countries and
|serving them shitty versions of Chinese food has destroyed Chinese
|cuisine's reputation worldwide. No other country has bastardized
|their cuisine nearly as much, with maybe the exception of Mexican
|food.
|u/SuccessfulCloud9244 - 1 month
|
|I was looking for this answer and I finally found it. Now I’m
|wondering why this is not the top comment.
|u/angiexbby - 1 month
|
|Unfortunately the Chinese food scene in America (not sure about
|other western countries) = Orange chicken in takeout boxes for most
|people :\
|u/astine - 1 month
|
|Chinese street food 😭😭 especially breakfast foods. To die for. Grew
|up in my grandma’s house in old shanghai. Within a block of her house
|there were like five different breakfast food stalls and tons of
|early morning food carts.
|u/mawry9mayhem - 1 month
|
|So far for me, Portugal. I love seafood so much, and they have the best
|I've ever had
|u/cok_ky - 1 month
|
|So excited for this. I leave in a couple days for Portugal and I’m
|ready to EAT
|u/mawry9mayhem - 1 month
|
|Lisbon was amazing! But Porto was my favorite place!
|u/dasUberGoat - 1 month
|
|Have a go at a nice "Bacalhau assado com batata à murro" and a
|"cozido à portuguesa", definitely two of my top dishes :D
|u/Coupon_Ninja - 1 month
|
|Egg tarts! OMG!!
|u/A_Naany_Mousse - 1 month
|
|Portuguese food is very underrated. 
|u/Suspicious-Switch133 - 1 month
|
|Lebanese food. I love everything.
|u/Duel_Option - 1 month
|
|Bruh….I started dating a Lebanese girl in HS, we were together 8
|years. HOLY FUCK I’d come back from tennis practice and her mom
|would have this massive ass spread filled with hummus, tabbouleh,
|sfeeha, flaffel, eggs, pita and fresh veg Her Dad would have kebabs
|and shawarma I didnt eat much at home, the first thing Lebanese
|people do is tell their guests EAT EAT EAT. It’s a virtual offense
|NOT to gorge yourself, you do NOT say no to a Lebanese granny I
|assure you of that. When we broke up, we both had a bit of a laugh
|that her grandma would be upset I wouldn’t be there for family dinner
|every month. Lebanese people are arguably the most selfless and
|beautiful people I’ve ever met in my life.
|u/Gh0styBOiiiiiii - 1 month
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|as a lebanese thank you for your kind words
|u/allen84 - 1 month
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|Toum! I put it on everything!
|u/super713 - 1 month
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|Turkish food is amazing!!!
|u/Hashish_thegoat - 1 month
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|Egyptian food is very underrated
|u/EFbVSwN5ksT6qj - 1 month
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|India, Italy and France are the best. China/Japan/Lebanon/Mexico/Thai
|are the next best. I just want to say that France isn't getting
|mentioned much here, but the quality and variety of their food is
|amazing. Modest restaurants are serving incredible fare. I love their
|food culture.
|u/Marcassin - 1 month
|
|>Modest restaurants are serving incredible fare. I love how you can
|pop in to almost any French restaurant and expect awesome food.
|u/Notdavidblaine - 1 month
|
|France has incredibly high quality food choices and such great
|variety! Some of my favorite meals have been in fairly inexpensive
|restaurants in France.
|u/Cheesehash - 1 month
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|So many wonderful and diverse cuisines in the world. It is a treat to
|explore and experience new things. I can’t believe I had to scroll
|so far down before seeing your post mentioning France. Most skilled
|execution of delicious foods I have ever enjoyed, and the quality is
|unparalleled anywhere. Everything is always perfection. People like
|to joke that every dish is unhealthy and laden with cream/butter, but
|this is simply a tired and uninformed take. French chefs are on
|another level. Simply incredible.
|u/MrLeureduthe - 1 month
|
|And France has the best selection of desserts and cheeses in the
|world, by far.
|u/DreamyDahlia7_ - 1 month
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|italy, because their pasta is unbeatable
|u/ResplendentShade - 1 month
|
|Vietnam... Thailand... Regardless of which single country people
|think has the best cuisine, I think we can all agree that if it's a
|contest between regions, Asia is the winner.
|u/PastorInDelaware - 1 month
|
|Malaysia has excellent food as well.
|u/visnothere - 1 month
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|It doesn't come close to the real deal, there's such a wide range
|across the country, I would just go to a city mainly for the food
|tbh
|u/ItsLlama - 1 month
|
|Chongqing or xi'an have some of the most incredible street food
|almost didnt catch my flight home
|u/Vinny_Lam - 1 month
|
|There’s plenty of authentic Chinese restaurants in America. If you
|live in one of the states with a large Chinese population, there
|may even be one near you. 
|u/bloomingminimalist - 1 month
|
|this. The 626 San Gabriel Valley area in southern California for
|example is practically the mecca of authentic Chinese food in the
|US. Many Chinese restaurants from China choose to open their US
|location there for that reason.
|u/laowaixiabi - 1 month
|
|Western Chinese food is hilarious once you've stayed on the
|mainland for any real ammount of time. It's not bad... it's just
|its own thing. You see traces of what once was a real dish. Others
|make real Chinese people's eyes roll back into their head and froth
|at the mouth that they are called "Chinese". My Chinese ex-wife
|was flabbergasted by both fortune cookies (originally actually
|Japanese!) and cream cheese filled fried wantons. The one
|authentic thing at most Chinese restaurant though? Hot-and-sour
|soup. That's real.
|u/zombiemind8 - 1 month
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|Not hot and sour?
|u/theonetruegrinch - 1 month
|
|Y'all are really sleeping on Korea
|u/porgy_tirebiter - 1 month
|
|17 year resident of Japan. Married to a Japanese woman who cooks
|quite well. I don’t think Japanese food should be ranked among those
|other two you listed.
|u/Copyright_IP_Bot - 1 month
|
|The freshness of the ingredients does a lot of the heavy lifting
|for Japanese food
|u/AuroraOpalStar2024 - 1 month
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|it’s a tough call, but italy’s pasta are hard to beat
|u/CurrlyWhirly - 1 month
|
|The freshest and highest quality food I’ve ever eaten was in Crete.
|Close second are the hawker centers in Singapore.
|u/notmysamhandwich - 1 month
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|Crete was unmatched in my book as well!
|u/mickeyela - 1 month
|
|Search Ethiopian food, the best is subjective but it's uniquely
|delicious.
|u/bzj - 1 month
|
|Ethiopian is some of the best comfort food around. Shimbra asa,
|tikel gomen, zilzil tibs? You just feel *satisfied*. I tried to
|make injera once and failed miserably, so instead we just buy it from
|the Ethiopian market.
|u/phdpinup - 1 month
|
|One of the absolute bests! I have loved any Ethiopian cuisine when
|I’ve had it.
|u/migr8tion - 1 month
|
|Turkey has some pretty amazing food.
|u/Immediate_Law4237 - 1 month
|
|If India and Mexico had a child...
|u/gratusin - 1 month
|
|There was a restaurant in my town that had this. Curry or carne tacos
|with naan instead of tortillas with a chutney/salsa bar. Sadly the
|owner died and they closed. Place ruled.
|u/veertamizhan - 1 month
|
|we just got Taco Bell a few years ago in India. It has India inspired
|flavours.
|https://www.tacobell.co.in/pub/media/pdf/TacoBellMenu2020.pdf
|u/KillJarke - 1 month
|
|Went to Mexico and they had some amazing food. I think I gained a few
|pounds from all the coke I drank though lol
|u/AccidentalPilates - 1 month
|
|Just drink some of the water and you’ll lose it back
|u/rebeccakc47 - 1 month
|
|Peru and Thailand. I still dream of both
|u/zelipe2 - 1 month
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|Italy, Japan, Perú, India, México
|u/sweeps01 - 1 month
|
|lebanon
|u/Inevitable_Cook_3907 - 1 month
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|India. Best food in the world.
|u/lasombramaven - 1 month
|
|The first time I had Indian food I described it as eating a hug, it’s
|just so cozy and warm
|u/kamakamsa_reddit - 1 month
|
|What a wholesome explanation Curious on what dish you tried.
|u/sweetsaltylimemix - 1 month
|
|Truly such diverse cuisines in one country and all so flavorful! Not
|a single miss. Outside of India, folks probably don’t know the
|wonders of Ladakhi, Assamese, Goan, Keralan, Bihari, Parsi cuisines …
|the list is almost innumerable. India is the right answer, hands
|down.
|u/r21md - 1 month
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|India should win by default based on how good they make vegetarian
|dishes.
|u/YeahNahOathCunt - 1 month
|
|And on top of that they have different dishes in different states
|plus the regional dishes. Love it when my Indian friends invite me
|to their home when their parents are visiting and we get to eat
|stuff I have not heard of or can't get in a restaurant.
|u/enragedcamel - 1 month
|
|That was my first thought as well. If I exclusively ate Indian, I
|could easily eliminate meat from my diet.
|u/Ok-Oil5912 - 1 month
|
|Indian food is to food as classical music is to music
|u/FuturamaRama7 - 1 month
|
|100%. I’m so sad that my mom wasn’t into it and I had to wait until I
|was an adult to try it. It’s my favorite. Dum aloo, tikka masala, dal
|makhani, saag paneer and kadai masala are my favorites.
|u/Hannibal09 - 1 month
|
|Can’t believe I had to scroll down so far for it. The infinite
|variety there is from the North to South itself should be a hands
|down winner. It’s like multiple countries together but all with
|banging food choices
|u/Accomplished_Yak_733 - 1 month
|
|Indian food is by far the best
|u/Glittering-Lychee629 - 1 month
|
|This is the correct answer.
|u/Muttulaxmi - 1 month
|
|I was looking for this
|u/AtiuWarrior78 - 1 month
|
|Everyone must try pacific cuisine at least once in their lives. The
|Cook Islands..Samoa..Fiji..Tonga..Niue..Tahiti..New Zealand (and more)
|all have their own unique and delicious dishes 😋
|u/FrungyLeague - 1 month
|
|As a kiwi I did not expect to find nz in this list haha. Thank you
|for the mention.
|u/Flunkedy - 1 month
|
|Kiwi dip alone gives you a place on this thread.
|u/PinkMonorail - 1 month
|
|I grew up in Hawaii and can second this. Indonesia too.
|u/BarcaOwl - 1 month
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|peru
|u/mikmik555 - 1 month
|
|Agree. And their breakfast is the most balanced one.
|u/degoba - 1 month
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|mastered deserts.
|u/RepeatUntilTheEnd - 1 month
|
|Turkish food is absolutely #1 in my book. Married a Turkish girl.
|Travelled to Turkey. The street food is the best, but all of it is
|incredible. We went to Buselik Tunel and so far it was the best meal
|of my life.
|u/Annual-Cicada634 - 1 month
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|M E X I C O
|u/HeartShapedBox7 - 1 month
|
|Pick a Caribbean island….any Caribbean island
|u/Savings_Ad_3108 - 1 month
|
|Dominican food 😍😍
|u/jasondigitized - 1 month
|
|Trinidad has amazing food. Good mix of West Indian, Chinese, and
|Creole.
|u/misterferguson - 1 month
|
|Greece was the most pleasant surprise culinarily for me. I don't know
|why I didn't expect the food to be awesome, I guess I just didn't
|think much about it prior to the trip. The food is amazing, though.
|u/MrHarryReems - 1 month
|
|Same. Some of the best food I've ever had the pleasure of eating.
|One of the top meals of my lifetime was at a rooftop restaurant in
|Santorini. That's saying a lot, as I'm not young.
|u/Kuuki_Yomenai - 1 month
|
|I went to Greece some time after Italy and I agree that greek food is
|definitely better.
|u/Flunkedy - 1 month
|
|Weirdly Italian restaurants in greece (and Croatia to be fair) are
|insanely good.
|u/continuousBaBa - 1 month
|
|Mexico.
|u/anooshka - 1 month
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|Iran, no matter what your taste is, you'll find something to enjoy
|u/Cannabis-Revolution - 1 month
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|Thailand, Mexico and Italy 
|u/ecktt - 1 month
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|Either Indian or Japan.
|u/Soft-Ad-8037 - 1 month
|
|It’s gotta be Mexico
|u/RealGrapefruit8930 - 1 month
|
|I can't pick one, but my top five in no particular order: Italy, Japan,
|China, Mexico, France
|u/cidknee1 - 1 month
|
|Can confirm. Beautiful piece of meat. So yummy.
|u/Ass-Pissing - 1 month
|
|I mean this is a highly personal question. For me, Indonesia.
|u/Far_Scarcity2422 - 1 month
|
|Can’t believe I have to scroll this far. Getting colonized for spices
|is already a clear hint
|u/Wizchine - 1 month
|
|There was a great Indonesian restaurant for decades where I used to
|live (near Westwood, California). Amazing food. So bummed when it
|closed (old couple who ran it retired or passed, I believe). Big menu
|but I’m sure only scratched the surface of a cuisine from a country
|with the world’s 4th largest population and over 17,000 islands.
|u/wegpleur - 1 month
|
|Indonesia has great food. Love me some Daging Rendang, literally my
|all time favorite dish
|u/ThatDogWillHunting - 1 month
|
|Some of my family lives in Spain and the first thing I do when I get
|there is buy several bottles of wine, a pouch of rolling tobacco, a
|1/3 kilo of Jamon Iberico, aged manchego and whatever other cheeses
|stand out, a loaf of bread, olives, melon, and then hit the terrace
|and stay there until I'm out.
|u/Eodbatman - 1 month
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|Maybe I’m old but that sounds like a dream vacation
|u/remixedmoon5 - 1 month
|
|That sounds so good it's almost sexual
|u/sicksquid75 - 1 month
|
|As an irishman i can feel an erection starting
|u/FrungyLeague - 1 month
|
|Careful. You only get one a month. Use it wisely.
|u/SamaireB - 1 month
|
|Tortilla is awesomeness. Easy to make at home too
|u/AmyAii - 1 month
|
|Peru 🇵🇪
|u/prlswabbie - 1 month
|
|Lomo saltado is like eating a baby angel
|u/ExtremeTEE - 1 month
|
|Que rico ceviche!
|u/PlayedUOonBaja - 1 month
|
|I think something like this is pretty subjective and people may
|actually experience taste differently based on genetics, but still, the
|answer is clearly Korea.
|u/MrSlops - 1 month
|
|I'm Polish, but love Asian food above all...however all my absolute
|favourite dishes are all Korean. So long as dakgalbi exists I will
|never not have a reason to live.
|u/ten-lbs-over - 1 month
|
|Had to scroll so far to find this. For me it is Korean and Indian
|food.
|u/Zambonisaurus - 1 month
|
|Can't believe I had to scroll so far to find this one! Korean food
|is the best.
|u/PM-me-your-happiness - 1 month
|
|Me too. Bulgogi, Galbi, Kimchi, Yaki Mandu, Yukaejang, Haemul
|Paejon. Spam and Rice, cheese ramen. The street food is awesome,
|too.
|u/TimmyTurner2006 - 1 month
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|Mexico or Italy
|u/juliusseizure - 1 month
|
|Alphabetically India, Mexico, Thailand. I’ll take any middle eastern
|country as my 4th option and die a happy man. If you are vegetarian I
|don’t think anything can beat Indian options.
|u/tefadina - 1 month
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|Mexico, Brazil, Georgia, Thailand
|u/clippervictor - 1 month
|
|Oh Georgia, damn right
|u/Beautiful_Bag6707 - 1 month
|
|For me it can't be about a particular country. There's too much good
|cuisine out there. I can think of dishes I've had that I am obsessed
|with. -Thai - khao Soi -Korean - bim bim bap and jap Chae -Indian
|- Chana masala -Italian - linguine with clams or seafood, Margherita
|pizza -Greece- grilled calamari, tarmasalata, tzatziki -Japanese-
|udon, sashimi, nigiri -Jamaica- dirty rice and oxtail sauce, fish
|cake, dumplings -Dutch - war fries and matjes haring -Mexican -
|guacamole, enchiladas, street corn, -German - schnitzel, sausage,
|-Spanish- paella, migas -Morocco- pastel, Zaalouk And on and on...
|u/RedwingMohawk - 1 month
|
|I had Chana Masala in Mumbai that literally blew me away. It was one
|of the best things I've ever eaten. Had two Garlic Naan to go with
|it, and it was all so fresh. That was my first meal in India.
|u/InsaneLazyGamer - 1 month
|
|Every Arab country I've been too has always had amazing food.
|u/Round_Walk_5552 - 1 month
|
|Levantine breakfast is outstanding especially when it’s a table of
|lots of dishes, but even just give me some olive oil, zaatar and
|bread with coffee or tea and I’m happy
|u/profuselystrangeII - 1 month
|
|I’ve been telling my partner that this is the superior way to have
|breakfast. A whole spread of options, warm pita, and a nice hot
|tea? Heaven.
|u/Croe01 - 1 month
|
|Iran, Italy, Japan, France.
|u/Jodindc - 1 month
|
| Mexico or india
|u/Lisa54aa - 1 month
|
| i think Turkey
|u/pareeksanjaykumar - 1 month
|
|top 1: Greece
|u/ZealousidealLaugh681 - 1 month
|
|Australia has great food
|u/cocoapuff1721 - 1 month
|
|Indonesias food is fantastic.
|u/Anxious-Answer5367 - 1 month
|
|Peru
|u/Naive_Cattle_5750 - 1 month
|
|Mexico. That’s all.
|u/nwsgrl1987 - 1 month
|
|Mexico 🇲🇽
|u/bee_889 - 1 month
|
|Thai
|u/flippinkatie - 1 month
|
|Iran, no question about it
|u/theemanwiththeplan - 1 month
|
|Had to scroll way too far down for this. Can't believe others aren't
|on the same page!
|u/ProofChampionship184 - 1 month
|
|I can’t believe I had to scroll this far down to find this answer.
|Iran is THE best food. I’ll put tahdig with ghormeh sabzi and gheymeh
|against anything.
|u/Aware-Experience-277 - 1 month
|
|I haven't been, but Anthony Bourdain says Vietnam and I'm inclined to
|believe him
|u/vanidge - 1 month
|
|Vietnamese, their Pho beef noodles, spring rolls that you have with a
|vinegarette, chilly, fish sauce and peanut dipping sauce. This thing
|called Banh Xeo, this yellow pan cake that has veges and meat inside.
|Hard to describe. My friend is Vietnamese and his mum make the best
|Vietnamese dishes. It is light but very flavorsome.
|u/krzybone - 1 month
|
|Japan! No joke. Even their 7/11 food and vending machine foods are
|good. Seriously when I visited and just went to a random shop that had
|food it was good.
|u/Flunkedy - 1 month
|
|I think the average accessibility taste and quality of Japanese food
|is top tier, but there are other countries with better more
|flavourful dishes ( but with lower overall quality across the board)
|u/KD922016 - 1 month
|
|Colombian?! Yeah if you like bland ass food and sweet ketchup on
|your ceviche! Peru is good, but Colombian food is terrible!
|u/md22mdrx - 1 month
|
|Peruvian is pretty amazing.  Can’t find any chicha morada around
|where I live.
|u/Djs3634 - 1 month
|
|Colombian is terrible. They don’t season anything
|u/Pepper_Y0ur_Angus - 1 month
|
|Yeah I was gonna say. The fruit is fantastic. But last year I went
|to Bogota and was not impressed with the food
|u/man_bored_at_work - 1 month
|
|Bro, I love Colombia, and you can find some good food in every
|country, but with Malaysia and Vietnam on the table, it hasn’t got a
|chance.
|u/Weird_Assignment649 - 1 month
|
|Colombia??? No brah
|u/Shujolnyc - 1 month
|
|South Korea
|u/salchicha_mas_grande - 1 month
|
|If you haven't had a Korean barbecue experience where the table gets
|hot coals dumped into a pit in the middle, and a tray of meat skewers
|is brought to you, with a tray of Banchan sides alongside, man, it's
|an experience.
|u/jayjay2513 - 1 month
|
|that's right
|u/Engg440 - 1 month
|
|Georgia, Turkey
|u/redikan - 1 month
|
|Mediterranean food in general. Imo it’s the best in the world, although
|I may be a bit biased since I’m Albanian
|u/Jessica-Refearintly - 1 month
|
|I love burgers, so I'll say U.S.
|u/tiredthrowaway778 - 1 month
|
|Cajun and Creole are the best we have to offer imo but I’m super
|biased
|u/Round_Walk_5552 - 1 month
|
|Southern USA in general seriously has such solid cuisine, but
|people pretend usa has no food culture/history out of ignorance or
|it being popular to hate USA since it’s influential in many
|regards. Southern bbq,Cajun , creole, soul food, The high on the
|hog documentary on Netflix does a great job specifically
|highlighting black American food.
|u/tiredthrowaway778 - 1 month
|
|The best alligator sausage poboy I ever ate was from a sketchy
|looking gas station just outside of Baton Rouge. You’re right,
|the South has a very vibrant culture and food culture that often
|gets overlooked, or worse looked down upon because “le south is
|stupid and le racist.” We have our faults but our gas station
|food is better than a lot of brick and mortar restaurants
|elsewhere in the country.
|u/RCJHGBR9989 - 1 month
|
|American BBQ - burnt ends from KC - pork from NC - brisket from
|Texas - it’s all supremely delicious and my favorite food in the
|world
|u/mxwp - 1 month
|
|I vote the US too but for another reason: variety. Italy has the
|best Italian food but what if was craving kalbi or tofu stew? Great
|sushi in Japan but I also want great chorizo tacos too. I am screwed
|if I wanted a pupusa living in Korea and I doubt I can find a decent
|shawarma in China. The US may or may not have the "best" of a
|cuisine but you will find a pretty version of it.
|u/jekelish3 - 1 month
|
|Exactly why it's my pick. I mean, it's a melting pot. We have food
|from EVERYWHERE. And a lot of it is very, very good. And apart from
|global cuisine, we also have our own specialties (yes, burgers and
|such, but I'm also thinking New Orleans, Atlantic coast seafood,
|etc) that are outstanding.
|u/Beetso - 1 month
|
|Don't forget Memphis and Texas barbecue!
|u/laowaixiabi - 1 month
|
|Shanghai and Beijing are big enough and international enough where
|you can get anything. Source: Knew a good shawarma joint in
|Beijing.
|u/agent_x_75228 - 1 month
|
|For me, nothing compares to Texas BBQ. I've been to many places and
|countries and I've yet to encounter anything as delicious as that.
|u/bigcee42 - 1 month
|
|China, Japan, Mexico.
|u/tokoloshe_noms_toes - 1 month
|
|Italy IMO. Honorable mentions: Spain, Japan, Korea, Ethiopia and Mexico
|(in no order)
|u/ElenaBlackthorn - 1 month
|
|Italy, France & Lebanon. All Mediterranean countries.
|u/rechtsrfx - 1 month
|
|How is Turkey mentioned so little? They have the best of the best.
|u/lionel_wan68 - 1 month
|
|Malaysia. Im bias but we have indian, chinese and malay food that have
|historically centuries different from where they are originally from.
|u/IOnlyDrinkTang - 1 month
|
|Japan is pretty fucking great. My stomach wasn't big enough while I was
|there.
|u/brazthemad - 1 month
|
|Savory? Fresh? Funky? Bitter? We need a food Olympics!
|u/klonomine - 1 month
|
|mexico
|u/espressomartini11 - 1 month
|
|Vietnam. Fresh and cheap! You can taste every ingredient. Just
|spent three weeks travelling around and since being back home,
|attempting to make my own at home.
|u/athul_da - 1 month
|
|India *(Of course, I'm an Indian!)*
|u/MysteriousKey268 - 1 month
|
|Vietnam
|u/Key_Leg9565 - 1 month
|
|I want to travel to India just to eat food. Do a full mango tour 😍
|u/CarAdministrative200 - 1 month
|
|I very like VietNamese food, there is Pho
|u/Typical_Sky_7769 - 1 month
|
|Maybe China, very spicy
|u/Apprehensive_Half586 - 1 month
|
|Of course ThaiLan , I am impressed witch the salads
|u/Sad_Winner_3334 - 1 month
|
|I love ThaiLan
|u/Flunkedy - 1 month
|
|Name one dish please for me to try.
|u/hwoaraxng - 1 month
|
|Turkish and Italian
|u/Crazy_Canuck78 - 1 month
|
|South Korean food is mostly FANTASTIC!
|u/Certain-Soup-3565 - 1 month
|
|Japan, India, Mexico
|u/ChokingRhumba - 1 month
|
|Malaysia
|u/Kato_LeAsian - 1 month
|
|1000%. To go further, Penang specifically is famous in Malaysia (on
|top of Malaysia in general already being great for food). Super
|underrated especially among Westerners - when people think Asian
|cuisine, they just think about the well known countries: China,
|Japan, maybe India sometimes.
|u/bucketsnark - 1 month
|
|As someone from a country with the "best food in the world", I have
|to say that Malaysian food is better.
|u/Anon_6665 - 1 month
|
|Seriously, nothing beats Malaysian food
|u/laurafxxx3 - 1 month
|
|Mexico
|u/Betelgeuse-2024 - 1 month
|
|Italia, Mexico maybe Japan
|u/PM_me_ur_BOOBIE_pic - 1 month
|
|Taiwan is pretty up there.
|u/29-19N_108-21W - 1 month
|
|México, Italy and Spain
|u/Entire-Bottle-842 - 1 month
|
|Not Scotland. All their food is based on a dare.
|u/tranquildude - 1 month
|
|Well-traveled American here. France, Greek, Indian, Italian, German,
|Mexico in that order
|u/EmbodimentOfSass - 1 month
|
|México
|u/LeoMarius - 1 month
|
|1) France, hands down 2) Italy 3) Turkey
|u/phoenix25 - 1 month
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|Japan. I love the emphasis they put on regional dishes as well.
|u/Practical-Match-4054 - 1 month
|
|Turkey
|u/Weird_Assignment649 - 1 month
|
|Trinidad and Tobago 
|u/Nitroburner3000 - 1 month
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|Mexico
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