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The title says it all.

Viet Nam gets my vote. :)

The title says it all.

Viet Nam gets my vote. :)

France, Italy

Italy. So with so much mozzerella can't be bad.

Britain for Sunday roasts and English breakfasts (with tea of course)

but seeing as how I can't put my own country I guess Mexico for Nachos, Burritos and a whole range of fairly to hardly spicy foods

note: this thread made me soooooo hungry

US. I'll take a hamburger any day.

Landlocked countries that don't rely on dairy products. Seafood and cheese are disgusting.

India, FTW

US. I'll take a hamburger any day.

aren’t they German? (and I'm guessing your American so its hardly fair to vote for yourself)

Also Hamburgers are fairly crap compared to things like fried chicken :)

Japanese, you morons.
Please, nothing compares to sashimi.

Japanese, you morons.
Please, nothing compares to sashimi.

Lamb Korma pwns sashimi

Japanese, you morons.
Please, nothing compares to sashimi.

or Onigiri :D

Lamb Korma pwns sashimi

isn't that Pakistani :p

The title says it all.

Viet Nam gets my vote. :)

The US. Within a ten minute drive of my home, I can get Greek, Chinese (Cantonese, Hunan, Szechwan) Japanese, Thai, Malaysian, Italian (Northern, Central, Southern, Silician), French, Indian, Russian, Vietnamese, Mexican, Salavadoran, Brazilian, West Indian, etc etc etc.

And no, McDonald's is not 'good' American cuisine, thank you.

isn't that Pakistani :p

oh bah! same thing, Except ones muslim majority.

anyway Puliyogare with some naan or kulcha pwns them all

makke ki roti is quite possibly the best bread known to man, anything cooked in a tandoor rulez.

The US. Within a ten minute drive of my home, I can get Greek, Chinese (Cantonese, Hunan, Szechwan) Japanese, Thai, Malaysian, Italian (Northern, Central, Southern, Silician), French, Indian, Russian, Vietnamese, Mexican, Salavadoran, Brazilian, West Indian, etc etc etc.

And no, McDonald's is not 'good' American cuisine, thank you.

This made me laugh. I would have to go with Antillean.

oh bah! same thing, Except ones muslim majority.

*waits for Pakistani and Indian restaurant owners to congregate at your house wielding torches and rope* :p

*waits for Pakistani and Indian restaurant owners to congregate at your house wielding torches and rope* :p

meh, I've seen restaurants that say "Indo-pak" cuisine, the punjabi and kashmiri food is almost identical to pak.

It depends on mood. Turkish is particularly good, though at times I prefer Greek, Indian, Chinese, Thai... Japanese can do clever things with teriyaki

or Onigiri :D

Onigiri...
Demon... something...

I know I've seen that word before.

Huh. It's a rice cake.

Ah, dividing it at the wrong point. It's better Anglicized as O-nigiri.

aren’t they German? (and I'm guessing your American so its hardly fair to vote for yourself)

Also Hamburgers are fairly crap compared to things like fried chicken :)nope...hamburgers, in their modern form (on a bun and all that) started in New Haven

I'm a big fan of Japanese, Indian, French, Afghani, Thai, Italian...depends on my mood.

But I really have to echo Kat on this one...American takes the cake because it has such a broad range. On my street alone, there is Brazillian, Chinese, Japanese, New England, a hot dog joint, Korean, Thai, Indian...all of these American style.

I'm a huge fan of fusion:)

Belgium.

The question is impossible to answer - it would be better ask favorite, not best. ;)

Onigiri...
Demon... something...

I know I've seen that word before.

Huh. It's a rice cake.

Ah, dividing it at the wrong point. It's better Anglicized as O-nigiri.

Onigiri (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onigiri) = rice ball, not rice cake (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rice_cake). Rice cake is mochi (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mochi), aka nian gao (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nian_gao) or ddeok (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dduk), and very different from a rice ball. ;)

The question is impossible to answer - it would be better ask favorite, not best. ;)



Onigiri (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onigiri) = rice ball, not rice cake (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rice_cake). Rice cake is mochi (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mochi), aka nian gao (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nian_gao) or ddeok (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dduk), and very different from a rice ball. ;)

Meant rice ball.

Onigiri, as I interperted it originally (鬼義理, instead of お握り), would translate roughly as "demon duty".

No such thing as a country having the best cuisine. All cuisines make my mouth water and tummy grumble!

However, if I must choose... Japanese (gotta love the sushi), Italian (I'm a pasta lover), and Chinese (rice and noodles anyday baby...!). :)

Either Vietnamese or Thai...boy could I go for a big bowl of Vietnamese noodle soup right now.

Please, nothing compares to sashimi.
Except foods that don't harbor horrible parasites.

Meant rice ball.

Onigiri, as I interperted it originally (鬼義理, instead of お握り), would translate roughly as "demon duty".

Just be glad you didn't make the mistake a friend here did - he ordered "onigeri".... "Geri" being the Japanese for diarrhea - he basically ordered "demon shit"...

Except foods that don't harbor horrible parasites.

they aren't that bad...worst that happens is you get the runs for a few days

Either Vietnamese or Thai...boy could I go for a big bowl of Vietnamese noodle soup right now.

I believe you're referring to this (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ph%E1%BB%9F), which, incidentally, is what I had for dinner today. :D

The country that integrates everyone else's quisine! Sealand!

The United States. We have so many different cuisines and we combine elements of all of them, most times to wonderful effect. For instance, tonight for dinner I made (from scratch) pasta a la putanesca. Last night I made Tex-Mex chili. Last week I made stir-fry. Yum.

American takes the cake because it has such a broad range.

So essentially, Canadian cuisine takes the cake too because, like American cuisine, it is not actually a cuisine. :eek:

Tacos

If I can't vote for the US, then I'll go with Britain.

So essentially, Canadian cuisine takes the cake too because, like American cuisine, it is not actually a cuisine. :eek:

pretty much, but I can't get canadian.

US. I'll take a hamburger any day.
Yuck dude, you prefer McDonalds to some nice Lasagna?
I'd say France or Italy.

Yuck dude, you prefer McDonalds to some nice Lasagna?
I'd say France or Italy.

It's evolutionary -- the fats and carbs and sugars gave us energy, so we're progammed to like them.

Yuck dude, you prefer McDonalds to some nice Lasagna?
I'd say France or Italy.

mcdonald's is not the only place to get a burger:rolleyes:

I see their ad-campaigns have been a little bit too successful

So essentially, Canadian cuisine takes the cake too because, like American cuisine, it is not actually a cuisine. :eek:

So where else in the world can you get Tex-Mex or Cajun cooking? Southern cooking?

So where else in the world can you get Tex-Mex or Cajun cooking? Southern cooking?

or New England.

and I've never found a place outside of New Haven where you can get Apizza (pronounced AH-beets)

So essentially, Canadian cuisine takes the cake too because, like American cuisine, it is not actually a cuisine. :eek:

Lordy, are we going to have to re-do that argument (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=499312) so soon? We battered the silly idea that there is no American cuisine down just a week ago. :(

Lordy, are we going to have to re-do that argument (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=499312) so soon? We battered the silly idea that there is no American cuisine down just a week ago. :(

hence why I just kinda brushed it off. I really don't feel like defending the fact that both America and Canada have very unique cuisines.

Landlocked countries that don't rely on dairy products. Seafood and cheese are disgusting.

And I thought I was the only one that hated those!

ITALY

And I am not up for debate.

But if you disagree, go to Little Italy (or teh real one) for Italian food.

The Americanized stuff, perhaps apart from the Tuscan grill, is just total crap in comparison.

(SIDE NOTE: Here's a tip for sauce cookers: Cook your tomato sauce over a 24 hour period, adding new ingredients every 3-4 hours. A crockpot works for the application...

And cut your Parmesan off the block instead of using the powdery prepackaged stuff. It's worth it.)

The United States. We have so many different cuisines and we combine elements of all of them, most times to wonderful effect. For instance, tonight for dinner I made (from scratch) pasta a la putanesca. Last night I made Tex-Mex chili. Last week I made stir-fry. Yum.

I can assure you, everything we think is "foreign" may have been at one point but is now heavily Americanized. Think about it, all "Chinese" and "Italian" food is either deep fried, covered in sugar, or both. There's absolutly nothing nothing foreign about it. The only time I've had real Chinese food was when I went to a 5-star restaurant/hotel in Japan.

I think Tex-Mex might be remotely similar to actual Mexican food, but I'm not about to go find out.

The only real honest-to-goodness foreign foods I can think of are Indian and Vietnamese/thai restaurants. Everything else... It's American. No two ways about it.

Oh, not meaning to bash your cooking, it actually sounds quite good. :) I'm just saying that foreign food isn't very foreign.

ITALY

And I am not up for debate.

But if you disagree, go to Little Italy (or teh real one) for Italian food.

The Americanized stuff, perhaps apart from the Tuscan grill, is just total crap in comparison.

(SIDE NOTE: Here's a tip for sauce cookers: Cook your tomato sauce over a 24 hour period, adding new ingredients every 3-4 hours. A crockpot works for the application...

And cut your Parmesan off the block instead of using the powdery prepackaged stuff. It's worth it.)

Marie de Medici took her Italian cook with her to France when she married the French King. The introduction of Italian cooking to France is the only reason that French cooking even approaches not being gross. Of all the European cuisines, Italian is the best.

I can assure you, everything we think is "foreign" may have been at one point but is now heavily Americanized. Think about it, all "Chinese" and "Italian" food is either deep fried, covered in sugar, or both. There's absolutly nothing nothing foreign about it. The only time I've had real Chinese food was when I went to a 5-star restaurant/hotel in Japan.

I think Tex-Mex might be remotely similar to actual Mexican food, but I'm not about to go find out.

The only real honest-to-goodness foreign foods I can think of are Indian and Vietnamese/thai restaurants. Everything else... It's American. No two ways about it.

Oh, not meaning to bash your cooking, it actually sounds quite good. :) I'm just saying that foreign food isn't very foreign.

I can't think of any italian dishes that are either deep fried or covered in sugar, wtf are you talking about?

There is more than ample 'authentic' mexican, korean, japanese, polish, chinese, french, spanish and especially italian food to be had in a city as provincial as Phoenix, I imagine you could do better elsewhere.

If your notion of 'chinese food' is Panda Express, you arent looking hard enough.

I can't think of any italian dishes that are either deep fried or covered in sugar, wtf are you talking about?

Zeppole!
http://www.italianfoodforever.com/images/desserts/zeppole.jpg



There is more than ample 'authentic' mexican, korean, japanese, polish, chinese, french, spanish and especially italian food to be had in a city as provincial as Phoenix, I imagine you could do better elsewhere.

If your notion of 'chinese food' is Panda Express, you arent looking hard enough.

It's easier for me to find real Japanese food in the US (and having lived here for 15 plus years, I know what real is) than for me to find real Tex- Mex in Japan. And real Cajun, Creole, or Southern are just simply not to be found. here.

Zeppole!
http://www.italianfoodforever.com/images/desserts/zeppole.jpg





It's easier for me to find real Japanese food in the US (and having lived here for 15 plus years, I know what real is) than for me to find real Tex- Mex in Japan. And real Cajun, Creole, or Southern are just simply not to be found. here.

I believe it. At any rate, my post was in response to some noise about how

"I can assure you, everything we think is "foreign" may have been at one point but is now heavily Americanized."

I'm real assured :rolleyes:

I can't think of any italian dishes that are either deep fried or covered in sugar, wtf are you talking about?

There is more than ample 'authentic' mexican, korean, japanese, polish, chinese, french, spanish and especially italian food to be had in a city as provincial as Phoenix, I imagine you could do better elsewhere.

If your notion of 'chinese food' is Panda Express, you arent looking hard enough.

The Sauce? That's pretty damn fatty.

Have you noticed how generic all Chinese restaurants are? They all have the same menu; EVERYTHING is coated in sugar.

Trust me on this one.

The Sauce? That's pretty damn fatty.

Have you noticed how generic all Chinese restaurants are? They all have the same menu; EVERYTHING is coated in sugar.

Trust me on this one.

A) Do you know what 'deep fried' means? Cream sauces are obviously fatty, as are sauces with a lot of fat melted into them. Neither are either sugary or deep-fried. Neither are americanizations.

B) Americanized chinese food is indeed usually pretty sugary, but italian food isnt, neither is it deep fried (wtF?).

C) Not with a dime. :rolleyes:

Have you noticed how generic all Chinese restaurants are? They all have the same menu; EVERYTHING is coated in sugar.

You need to find yourself a good one - they aren't all that hard to find.

The US. Within a ten minute drive of my home, I can get Greek, Chinese (Cantonese, Hunan, Szechwan) Japanese, Thai, Malaysian, Italian (Northern, Central, Southern, Silician), French, Indian, Russian, Vietnamese, Mexican, Salavadoran, Brazilian, West Indian, etc etc etc.

And no, McDonald's is not 'good' American cuisine, thank you.

same here... add Philippine, Korean, Hawaiian... and even some weird combos... like Thai/Korean, Japanese/American, Japanese/Korean...

The Sauce? That's pretty damn fatty.

Have you noticed how generic all Chinese restaurants are? They all have the same menu; EVERYTHING is coated in sugar.

Trust me on this one.... nope they are not.

Believe me, you can and will tell the difference between Cantonese, Hunan, and Szechwan.

"Chinese" and "Italian" food is either deep fried, covered in sugar, or both.

Then stop going to Olive Garden or Romano's Macaroni grill or whatever silly chain restaurant you are going to and go to a real Italian restaurant where I assure you, there is much that is NOT fried, let alone deep fried, and sugar?! SHAME!!! NEVER add sugar to REAL Italian food.

And rather than going to Uncle Wong's, or Lucky's, try going to a real neighborhood Chinese place. Try along Canal Street if you're in New York.

I've never been there, but I know many people from there and I've read about this:

South Korea(possibly North too, assuming they ever get to eat again. :p ).

They WORSHIP food. *nod*

ITALY

And I am not up for debate.

But if you disagree, go to Little Italy (or teh real one) for Italian food.

The Americanized stuff, perhaps apart from the Tuscan grill, is just total crap in comparison.

(SIDE NOTE: Here's a tip for sauce cookers: Cook your tomato sauce over a 24 hour period, adding new ingredients every 3-4 hours. A crockpot works for the application...

And cut your Parmesan off the block instead of using the powdery prepackaged stuff. It's worth it.)

It's not "sauce", it's "gravy".
And a crockpot is sacrilege. You need REAL pots -- as in stainless steel or cast iron.
Though grating your own Parmesano-Reggiano is teh win.

I've never been there, but I know many people from there and I've read about this:

South Korea(possibly North too, assuming they ever get to eat again. :p ).

They WORSHIP food. *nod*

nah, the bowing you see is because of the GOOD KIM CHEE they got! :D

Malay, but some european dishes are alright.

I like most food and REALLY appreciate very good to excellent food, even enough to occasionally pay the obscene prices in order to have it prepared for me from tome to time. I have enjoyed great food everywhere Ive been save a very few places. I tend to think that I would probably choose either Italy or New York if I ever manage to get to either one, but Im going to have to pick Vienna Austria for best cuisine for now.

same here... add Philippine, Korean, Hawaiian... and even some weird combos... like Thai/Korean, Japanese/American, Japanese/Korean...

Good old Hawaii. I think they managed to get most of the good stuff from around the Pacific and beyond without getting too much of the bad. :D

I've never been there, but I know many people from there and I've read about this:

South Korea(possibly North too, assuming they ever get to eat again. :p ).

They WORSHIP food. *nod*

Yep. My trip to Seoul was fantastic - beautiful women, beautiful food, great culture, HORRIBLE weather. (Remeinder to self - never ever again visit Korea in August!)


And I'll now speak my piece on Osaka, the "kitchen of Japan": takoyaki, okonomiyaki, kitsune udon, tessa, hako zushi, udon chiri, kuidaore!

India - excellent and wide variety of vegetarian and non-vegetarian dishes.

No other country can boast of the range that India has.

And I'll now speak my piece on Osaka, the "kitchen of Japan": takoyaki, okonomiyaki, kitsune udon, tessa, hako zushi, udon chiri, kuidaore! if I ever find myself in Japan... Osaka is where I plan on putting on weight! :D

if I ever find myself in Japan... Osaka is where I plan on putting on weight! :D

Tis a good place to do so. I certainly have.

The title says it all.

Vietnam gets my vote. :)

Mine too. Something about proper vietnamese food is indescribible. It's so..... fresh tasting. Unless you've tried proper Vietnamese cuisine, you'd have no idea what I'm talking about.

Thai and Indian a close 2nd equal.

The US. Within a ten minute drive of my home, I can get Greek, Chinese (Cantonese, Hunan, Szechwan) Japanese, Thai, Malaysian, Italian (Northern, Central, Southern, Silician), French, Indian, Russian, Vietnamese, Mexican, Salavadoran, Brazilian, West Indian, etc etc etc.

And no, McDonald's is not 'good' American cuisine, thank you.

I don't see American cuisine in that list, though? :confused:

The US. Within a ten minute drive of my home, I can get Greek, Chinese (Cantonese, Hunan, Szechwan) Japanese, Thai, Malaysian, Italian (Northern, Central, Southern, Silician), French, Indian, Russian, Vietnamese, Mexican, Salavadoran, Brazilian, West Indian, etc etc etc.
I can trump you on that.
Within a 5 minute walk, I can choose from the following restaurants:
Indian
Turkish
Pizzaria
Vegetarian (there's also a vegetarian cafe and a fresh juice bar as well)
Japanese
Chinese
Thai
Western (a pub that does a great roast on Sunday)
and several Chinese seafood restaurants, where you choose the fish/seafood you want cooked from their big aquariums.


And if I was to go into Central HK (30 minute ferry ride away), the choices are endless.

*snip*

And I'll now speak my piece on Osaka, the "kitchen of Japan": takoyaki, okonomiyaki, kitsune udon, tessa, hako zushi, udon chiri, kuidaore!

Mmmm, I love takoyaki & okonomiyaki! I tried monja (sp?) the Tokyo variation of okonomiyaki, it was nowhere near as good as the Osaka ones.

I don't know the other dishes you listed, but I really like udon noodles too.

Lots of places have lots of really good food, so the best for me would vary day to day.

Once, however, burittos where removed for thier unfair advantage making mexican food the best.

Korean Bulgolgi.

You would beat up your own mom for some.

Of course Türkiye, everyone loves Turkish food. Those who don't we shoot :p

Not England

Italy is hard to beat. Not too glitzy recipies (never came across "two thirds of a thimbleful of eau de vie de roses blanches flambée"), but based on fresh produce and honest processing. Same goes for Japan in fact.

Korean Bulgogi.

You would beat up your own mom for some.

That's Tejigogi I think ...

Belgium. Seriously.

Fantastic ingredients, amazing chefs, superlative waiting staff and mind boggeling wine lists...

That's Tejigogi I think ...

Nope.

Its Bulgogi.

http://bbq.about.com/od/regionalandethniccooking/a/aa020902a.htm

Korean Bulgolgi.

You would beat up your own mom for some.

Some Korean food is mind numbingly scrumptious....but for me I find most of the food to be unedible...far too much seaseme oils and the like...but by ghod I love Kimchee!!!!

And Soju :)

Went to a traditional beef grill restaurant in Seoul last year and it was just stunning...I'd be more than happy to go again!

Of course Türkiye, everyone loves Turkish food. Those who don't we shoot :p

Turkish and Lebanese are among my favourites... :)

Some Korean food is mind numbingly scrumptious....but for me I find most of the food to be unedible...far too much seaseme oils and the like...but by ghod I love Kimchee!!!!

And Soju :)

Went to a traditional beef grill restaurant in Seoul last year and it was just stunning...I'd be more than happy to go again!

The first time I had it, they cooked it right at the table, so you get to smell it cooking.

Total food-boner!

I also very much like Middle Eastern food.

Stuff I cant spell or pronounce, like

Fatoush.
Babaganoush
Fried Kibbie...(drool)
Whatever the rolled sausage and rice, rolled in grape-leaves are called.
The lamb sausages that look like turds, whos name I cant remember...
Any chicken dish they make...
I even like hummus.

Its all fecking good.

New Zealand food, Steak and Cheese or Mince and Cheese Pie, Fish and Chips, Roast Lamb, Hamburger with Egg and Beetroot, Kumara, Hungi.
Yum

The US. Within a ten minute drive of my home, I can get Greek, Chinese (Cantonese, Hunan, Szechwan) Japanese, Thai, Malaysian, Italian (Northern, Central, Southern, Silician), French, Indian, Russian, Vietnamese, Mexican, Salavadoran, Brazilian, West Indian, etc etc etc.

And no, McDonald's is not 'good' American cuisine, thank you.
And I can do the same thing in Atlanta. Except that it's more of a twenty minute drive. Plus, I can get a decent steak for less than thirty dollars.

The United States wins this contest, definitely the United States.

And I can do the same thing in Atlanta. Except that it's more of a twenty minute drive. Plus, I can get a decent steak for less than thirty dollars.

The United States wins this contest, definitely the United States.

*lol
Seeing as this contest is not about the best food, but about the best cuisine, i.e. specialities that originate in the country, you'll have to do a bit better than listing meat and other countries' cuisines. ;)

I love Vietnamese food, but also Greek, French, Thai, Indian, etc....

Why must you make me choose??? :( ;)

Mmmm, I love takoyaki & okonomiyaki! I tried monja (sp?) the Tokyo variation of okonomiyaki, it was nowhere near as good as the Osaka ones.

Monjayaki is alright. Modanyaki is good. Okonomiyaki is excellent

I don't know the other dishes you listed, but I really like udon noodles too.

If you like udon, Osaka's the place. :D
Kitsune udon is udon with abura-age, or deep fried tofu. (This is known as tanuki udo in Tokyo.)
Tessa, aka techiri, is very thinly sliced fugu sashimi. (It should be translucent.)
Hako zushi, aka oshi zushi, is the distinctive Osaka style of sushi. It's sushi rice and ingredients pressed in a box, and sliced into squares.
Udon chiri is something like a nabe, with udon, chicken, and fish.
Kuidaore (http://www.tsuji.ac.jp/hp/jpn/jp_e/osaka/column.htm) is both the name of a popular restaurant and the philosophy of Osaka. Literally it means "fall down eating". It goes hands in hand with kidaore - "fall down for clothes", which is associated with Kyoto. A better explanation is that people from Kyoto ruin themselves in the pursuit of fashion, and Osakans in the pursuit of food. (I've also heard kutsudaore, for shoes, associated with Tokyo and Kobe.)

And I'll now speak my piece on Osaka, the "kitchen of Japan": takoyaki, okonomiyaki, kitsune udon, tessa, hako zushi, udon chiri, kuidaore!
Bah... Come up north to Nagano next harvest season and I'll stuff you full of the best fruits this island has to offer, then I'll top it off with Hida Beef from next door in Takayama, and then crush your udon with Nagano soba for Oshogatsu.

And then for desert I'll serve you up suika from my town and THAT, my friend, will leave you crying that Nagano is so far from Osaka and Hata suika is only found here. ;)

Bah... Come up north to Nagano next harvest season and I'll stuff you full of the best fruits this island has to offer, then I'll top it off with Hida Beef from next door in Takayama, and then crush your udon with Nagano soba for Oshogatsu.

And then for desert I'll serve you up suika from my town and THAT, my friend, will leave you crying that Nagano is so far from Osaka and Hata suika is only found here. ;)

Let's see... harvest season, you say?
::: pulls out train schedule...:::

The US. Within a ten minute drive of my home, I can get Greek, Chinese (Cantonese, Hunan, Szechwan) Japanese, Thai, Malaysian, Italian (Northern, Central, Southern, Silician), French, Indian, Russian, Vietnamese, Mexican, Salavadoran, Brazilian, West Indian, etc etc etc.

And no, McDonald's is not 'good' American cuisine, thank you.

And I can do the same thing in Atlanta. Except that it's more of a twenty minute drive. Plus, I can get a decent steak for less than thirty dollars.

The United States wins this contest, definitely the United States.

Oh please, I can do the same thing in Australia.

Let's see... harvest season, you say?
::: pulls out train schedule...:::
Tail end of July for the suika. If you show up now I can feed you Nagano apples though.

Oh please, I can do the same thing in Australia.

We must be the winners then! :p

We must be the winners then! :p

:D Sure. And I couldn't live without meat pies and sausage rolls. They're more or less my staple foods.

(I was shocked only the other week when I discovered that our common or garden pie is exclusive to Australia. I don't know how i'd survive elsewhere. :p)

:D Sure. And I couldn't live without meat pies and sausage rolls. They're more or less my staple foods.

(I was shocked only the other week when I discovered that our common or garden pie is exclusive to Australia. I don't know how i'd survive elsewhere. :p)

Yes, they're savages, barbarians. We need to re-educate them all. ;)

I'm pretty sure the Kiwis have pies as a staple food too.

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If you say the United States, bear in mind that only parts of the United States have really good cuisine that's specific to that region. The Southwest has all kinds of good spicy stuff. The East Coast has awesome seafood, though that's assuming you really want to work for your dinner (crab legs are a pain, IMOHO.) Chicago has some of the best food there is. And if you go to any place that grows lots of fresh fruit, that's a definite plus (I'll be in Hawaii in December, home of the pineapple, the greatest fruit on Earth. I don't think I will want to come home.)

Where I live, our idea of flavor seems to be pouring ketchup on it. Italian sausage is "too spicy" for most, and people are more or less petrified of Tabasco sauce. If you want your Chinese spicy, you have to browbeat the waiter into making sure it happens. There are a few places that are not like that, by by and large, they are imported from places that know how to make things with flavor.

Even within countries the are regional differences.My ex is italian and her grandmothers are from both north and south (napoli and milano).Its was like being in a war zone with the two of them in the kitchen.As for US food it is too large to generalise.For me I like creole grub.Gumbo rocks.:D

Italy does have the best ice-cream in the world.

:D Sure. And I couldn't live without meat pies and sausage rolls. They're more or less my staple foods.

(I was shocked only the other week when I discovered that our common or garden pie is exclusive to Australia. I don't know how i'd survive elsewhere. :p)

is it anything like a shepherds pie?

Then stop going to Olive Garden or Romano's Macaroni grill or whatever silly chain restaurant you are going to and go to a real Italian restaurant where I assure you, there is much that is NOT fried, let alone deep fried, and sugar?! SHAME!!! NEVER add sugar to REAL Italian food.



I am willing to bet you've eaten in "Luna's" in Little Italy, right?

My last meal there was eggplant parmagiana and I am tasting it now. Almost as good as my wife's.:D

Bah... Come up north to Nagano next harvest season and I'll stuff you full of the best fruits this island has to offer, then I'll top it off with Hida Beef from next door in Takayama, and then crush your udon with Nagano soba for Oshogatsu.

And then for desert I'll serve you up suika from my town and THAT, my friend, will leave you crying that Nagano is so far from Osaka and Hata suika is only found here. ;)

If I knew what the hell you are talking about I'd be there as well!

Sod it...It sounds so good I think I WANT to be there! LOL :)

I wanna visit Belgium. I heard their chocolate pwns.

I wanna visit Belgium. I heard their chocolate pwns.

Best food evah!

is it anything like a shepherds pie?

Yeah. Minus the potato on top. (but there can be potato inside)

EDIT - eep. Our shepherds pies look different from them foreign types. You're all weird, I say!


Anyway, this is what our meat pies look like:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Meat_pie.jpg/250px-Meat_pie.jpg

Awesomeness.

Yeah. Minus the potato on top. (but there can be potato inside)

EDIT - eep. Our shepherds pies look different from them foreign types. You're all weird, I say!


Anyway, this is what our meat pies look like:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Meat_pie.jpg/250px-Meat_pie.jpg

Awesomeness.
Tell me about it, they don't put any pastry on the bottom! Sometimes there's none at all! It's no a f*cking pie if it doesn't have any pastry. It's just meat and mashed potatoes in an baking dish. Is it really true you can't get meat pies in other western countries? (I've only poked around asia, and you wouldn't expect to find them there)...

I'm inclined to say France actually, if only due to Dauphinoise.

Anyway, this is what our meat pies look like:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Meat_pie.jpg/250px-Meat_pie.jpg

Awesomeness.

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I'm going to go reheat a pie...

http://www.raidmotoneige.com/Photos/ph_tourtiereDuLacSaintJean.jpg
Un tourtière, from la belle province du Quebec.

Tell me about it, they don't put any pastry on the bottom! Sometimes there's none at all! It's no a f*cking pie if it doesn't have any pastry. It's just meat and mashed potatoes in an baking dish. Is it really true you can't get meat pies in other western countries? (I've only poked around asia, and you wouldn't expect to find them there)...

Yeah, as Boony said, apart from New Zealand, they're pretty much exclusive to here....sad, hey? Overseas just got a whole lot less appealing. What other cheap-yet-tasty-and-filling product would I eat for lunch every day?

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I'm going to go reheat a pie...

:D

http://www.raidmotoneige.com/Photos/ph_tourtiereDuLacSaintJean.jpg
Un tourtière, from la belle province du Quebec.

I guess that would qualify, but our traditional ones are small rather than meals in their own right (about the size of a CD in circumference). Although you can get bigger ones, they just aren't as good.

New Zealand food, Fish and Chips,


come on say it like a kiwi
fush un chups

I wanna visit Belgium. I heard their chocolate pwns.

Not to mention The Best Beer in the World

Italia for sure.

Tell me about it, they don't put any pastry on the bottom! Sometimes there's none at all! It's no a f*cking pie if it doesn't have any pastry. It's just meat and mashed potatoes in an baking dish. Is it really true you can't get meat pies in other western countries? (I've only poked around asia, and you wouldn't expect to find them there)...

my family does pastry on the bottom and top...or else it isn't really "pie"

I like anything really or at least I'm willing to try anything. Kinda like german food. I don't know I don't really have that fancy of tastes, honestly I don't even mind dehydrated camping food so if thats a sign of my tastes :shrug:

I'm a Food Nationalist. I only eat it if it's American or Americanized. And yes, I even like McDonald's. Others do too, but they won't admit it because it makes them feel banal, whereas blathering about Greek food that they've eaten maybe once in their life makes them feel cosmopolitan. Panda Express is yummy and fast too, what more could a guy want? It's good and you know it!

Mexico (or, more specifically, the Maya people especially of the Yucatán Peninsula) for two reasons:


http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Habanero.jpg/250px-Habanero.jpg (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/habanero)
El Yucateco's (http://www.elyucateco.com) version of chile tamulado: Salsa KutBil-Ik de Chile Habanero :D ( :eek: )

If I knew what the hell you are talking about I'd be there as well!
My area of Japan is famous for clean air and water so it's fruits are some of the best and biggest in Japan (Nagano apples are the size of grapefruits).

Hida beef is beef from the Hida Region (just over the Japan Alps from where I live). Like its Kobe cousin, the meet is well marbled, juicy, and tender. It's some of the best beef I have eaten.

Soba is buckwheat noodles and is Nagano's most famous food. The people here get very picky about where and how they eat it (hot or cold). Personally I find that a hot bowl of soba is the best stuff in Japan, topping ramen easily.

Suika is Japanese watermelons. Hata, the town I live in, has the best in Japan. You will never find a sweeter or juicier watermelon on the planet. Once you taste these suckers, you literally will never find another non-Hata melon good.

Sod it...It sounds so good I think I WANT to be there! LOL :)
You're welcome to stop by.

I'm a Food Nationalist. I only eat it if it's American or Americanized. And yes, I even like McDonald's. Others do too, but they won't admit it because it makes them feel banal, whereas blathering about Greek food that they've eaten maybe once in their life makes them feel cosmopolitan. Panda Express is yummy and fast too, what more could a guy want? It's good and you know it!

Are you sure it isn't because McDonalds is crap? I mean the burgers hardly even there! I say if your going to have a hamburger have a hamburger not one of those fiddly things.

Are you sure it isn't because McDonalds is crap? I mean the burgers hardly even there! I say if your going to have a hamburger have a hamburger not one of those fiddly things.

I don't go to McDonald's for hamburger, I go to McDonald's for McDonald's. ;)

And if McDonald's was so crap, it wouldn't be the single most successful restaraunt in the history of the universe. :p

I don't go to McDonald's for hamburger, I go to McDonald's for McDonald's. ;)

And if McDonald's was so crap, it wouldn't be the single most successful restaraunt in the history of the universe. :p

Ah, its just the hamburger lover in me taking exception to their calling that ...stuff hamburgers. Even by fast food standereds they are on the bottom of my list.

Ah, its just the hamburger lover in me taking exception to their calling that ...stuff hamburgers. Even by fast food standereds they are on the bottom of my list.

Indeed.

I usually go for the McNuggets. For hamburgers, I go to someplace like Burger King, Wendy's, or this local place I know. The few times I've had non fast food hamburgers it's been icky. Hamburgers are *meant* to be fast food!

Indeed.

I usually go for the McNuggets. For hamburgers, I go to someplace like Burger King, Wendy's, or this local place I know. The few times I've had non fast food hamburgers it's been icky. Hamburgers are *meant* to be fast food!

You just need to go to the right places, I've been to a number of non-fast food places with good hamburgers.

come on say it like a kiwi
fush un chups
Feesh and Cheeps?

I think I'll go for Italy.

Italy

I say that my own native country of Singapore has arguably one of the best. A good example of such fine cuisine would be the Singaporean version of Hainanese chicken rice (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hainanese_chicken_rice).

But I also like Italian food (gotta love spaghetti bolognese!), Swiss food (especially fondue), and some US dishes (in particular buffalo wings and their steak in general).

of the one's ive tasted, north african foods are pretty incredible, my favourite restaurant in edinburgh is a sudanese place which is too good for words, i can only express how utterly fantastic it is by drooling uncontrollably. and i love thai food too. i'm going to a mongolian barbeque soon so i may have a new favourite in a month or so.

Is it really true you can't get meat pies in other western countries? (I've only poked around asia, and you wouldn't expect to find them there)...
You can get them here in HK. The bakery at the bottom of the steps leading up to my apartment sells them. Which is certainly a godsend come lunchtime.
Don't see them in other bakeries on HK itself though.
You can definitely get them in HK during the HK Sevens. They makes 000's for the legions of Kiwis and Aussies that troop over here come March.

My guess why the good ol' 'Maggot Pack' isn't available in Britain, is that they sell Cornish pastries instead.
Nice, but not quite the same.

of the one's ive tasted, north african foods are pretty incredible, my favourite restaurant in edinburgh is a sudanese place which is too good for words, i can only express how utterly fantastic it is by drooling uncontrollably. and i love thai food too. i'm going to a mongolian barbeque soon so i may have a new favourite in a month or so.
Never had Sudanese, but if it's anything like Moroccan I'm sure it's awesome.

Mongolian BBQ is fantastic as well.

And if McDonald's was so crap, it wouldn't be the single most successful restaraunt in the history of the universe. :p

That's not necessarily true - I might get Mcdonalds for lunch because I can get a filling meal for around or under $5, not because I think the food is particularly good.

But most of the time, i'd elect to go hungry instead.

That's not necessarily true - I might get Mcdonalds for lunch because I can get a filling meal for around or under $5, not because I think the food is particularly good.

I'm not saying it's "particularly good." I'm saying it's obviously not "crap" if you're (and so many others) willing to eat it. I mean... you don't actually sit down and eat some feces, do you? Even if it's cheap and filling?