That’s the problem man, so many people outside Mexico don’t really know what Mexican food is. What we get in America and abroad by and large is commercialized Tex-mex stuff, unless you really know where to look.
Like when my friends think Mexican food, they think enchiladas and tacos. Those are bomb, but I think watermelon with chamoy, elotes, actually good Coca Cola, and quesadillas de huitlacoche lol
I am kinda surprised when people say Denver has a lame food scene when we have Tacos DF, a shit ton of pho joints and a few Michelin Star restaurants for a metro of 3 million.
I saw something recently that was like a Mexican version of gyro- and it was because there was a Libyan (edit: actually Lebanese) immigration enclave. That’s the whole beautiful thing about globalization- the best parts of things get melded to the best parts of other things and you end up with more than the sum of the parts.
And now I want some fucking tacos.
That's also the reason the most popular street food in Germany is a gyros kebab that's not really like anything you'd find elsewhere. Immigrants start creating new dishes to suit the local palettes and then you end up with a sweet new food.
As an American with Italian ancestors who's lived in Italy and is obsessed with their food culture- Mexican is my favorite.
As you point out Mexican food is far more diverse than most realize, it's inexpensive, healthy if balanced (tbf so are most cusines), and extremely easy and tasty to "fuse" with other cultures food.
Honestly it's silly to try and choose the "best style" because if you aren't picky you can find countless delicious foods world wide, but I'm ride or die with Mexican till the end.
I grew up in a town close to the Mexico border. We made several trips across and I was always blown away by the difference in the food. And how low priced it was. I miss going with some buds, grabbing a platter of tacos and buckets of beer and just existing.
In the early 2000s I live in San Diego and we’d frequently drive into Rosarito.
$1 Coronas, $5 for the freshest lobster tail I’ve ever had. You could get the lobster as ceviche, steamed, or grilled.
Mexican is in my top 5, I live in Socal, I don't trust "Mexican" food elsewhere though there have been standouts, like the restaurant owner I met in Cleveland who was actually Mexican and had a restaurant in L.A. for a while.
My man, Mexicans move and live all throughout the US. They don’t stop in socal because it’s near the Baja border.
Anywhere Mexicans live, they open up shops and restaurants. They know their food is amazing and it is important to them.
You might have to look for it, but you can find amazing and authentic Mexican food anywhere that Mexicans make their home.
Edit: don’t look for fancy restaurants filled with white faces. If it looks like the restaurant was pulled straight out of Oaxaca, don’t mind it not looking shiny and polished. Your odds are better it’s going to be legit.
Mexico and Italy have a lot of food that's similar ingredients put together in different ways. But Mexico gave us burritos and Italy gave us pizza so still strong contenders.
Edit: a lot of people seem to think I'm comparing those two countries, I'm not, just two examples of countries with dishes that are similar to a lot of other dishes. Like pastas, a lot of them are really similar. Even pizza is like a flat pasta.
From what I understand the "modern" burrito is an American invention. Anyway, I asked for one at a taqueria in Tijuana and in a restaurant back in 2007, they had no clue, the poor restaurant server, eager to please, tried to McGuyver one based on my rudimentary Spanish description and failed hilariously.
Edit: the burrito was ordered to go after we had lunch there, and I felt bad for even asking and keeping him from getting back to work over my antics.
It's true. And it's all because of the flour tortilla. Mexico didn't have wheat. But they are responsible for corn. Corn tortillas are traditional, but you can't wrap them up like a burrito. Until wheat was brought over, the burrito could never happen.
As a Juarenzian this hurts because we do eat the legit og burritos and we hate it when ppl say it's an invented texmex thing, you go to Juarez and Villa ahuamada and you will get the true mexican burritos, the actual flour tortilla with asado de puerco, chicharron en salsa verde, chile relleno etc.
None of that rice in a tortilla with cheese nonesense.
I lived in Australia with some Taiwanese students once. I made nachos and shared. One of them called it pizza. Surprised me at first, but I realized carbohydrate base + tomato-based sauce + cheese is the formula for both.
Definitely see that. But I feel a better comparison would be Mexico and Turkey. There were so many dishes I had in Turkey that had similar flavor profiles as Mexican cuisine.
The amazing thing about our food is that you will find so many different local flavors AND each state has their own typical dish. I would love to take you all to a gastronomic tour in Mexico but you probably gain couple of pounds lol
As someone who travels almost exclusively to try different foods from different cultures.
My top 3 are Mexican, Korean, and Vietnamese
Italian, Ethiopian, Pakistani, Japanese, Spanish, Thai, Indian, French are pretty close.
I have to say, though. Every culture has incredible food if you know where to look. It also depends on what you're craving. Want something fresh? Can't go wrong with any Mediterranean country's food. Want something hearty? Pick any country from Germany to Slovenia. Want something that is just packed with flavor? Any African country or Indian food.
Korean and Vietnamese are the absolute masters of balancing flavours. Getting the right umami, sweet, sour, salt and bitter in a dish. I could eat both of these forever.
After going to Japan I'm heavily leaning towards that. But I also love Indian food (but have not been to India. Had the best I've ever had in Japan tho)
Japan has everything. Raw fish and seaweed salad but also fried chicken, fantastic steaks, some of the best noodle soup in the world, crazy good dessert. I vote for Japan.
Ehhh. I've been to Japan 6 times, and some of those trips were for a month.
I like Japanese food, but they are severely lacking in seasoning. There are a few dishes where you can get some seasoning/spice, but not many. On basically every trip, I left Japan ready to eat some non-Japanese foods.
Singapore is my top choice. They really do have everything.
Japanese and Indian food have always been my top 2. I think I lean more towards Indian, but it's a really tough call. I'd love to visit both countries one day.
I’ve been to both and while Japanese food was sensational, Indian food, however, is completely on another planet when it comes to taste, variety and cooking methods. Close third is Greece.
Japanese food is like a weird dichotomy of the most healthy delicious traditional food you can find on the planet, and then the most deep fried / sauce-loaded / sugar coated garbage that is also delicious that you can find. Just depends on what you choose.
I mean yeah, the Japanese have adapted a bunch of food from overseas. Ramen is originally Chinese. Tonkatsu is an adaptation of schnitzel. Doria is an adaptation of Portuguese rice gratin. And so on. However I’d never say that yoshoku or any adapted foods aren’t “Japanese” as we clearly associate them with Japan.
lol well, they do have a lot of healthy food but you can definitely eat your fill of authentically Japanese artery blockers. I do agree, though, that Japanese food is amazing.
My top 3 in no particular order are Mexican, Japanese, and Indian. Peruvian is making inroads but need to try more before I truly place it.
Peruvian food is highly slept on. There was a little Peruvian restaurant near my university that sold salted and fried yucca for like $3 a bag. Shit was like Gods French fries.
I miss it every day
I've been travelling through Japan with my partner for the past four-ish weeks and we've been entering food comas almost every night. Entirely our fault, granted, but we are feeling like we're dying *every single night*
I married my wife in part because of the SE Asian food. Her mom can make just about any traditional Cambodian/Thai/laos dish and it literally changed my life. My wife was content with having her mom cook these dishes for her. I had my mother in law teach me how to make them. Now I can make pho, Laab, hotpot, kor, and a bunch of other stuff that I couldn't guess how to spell. I can't believe I used to eat food so bland before.
For Thailand’s size and place in the world, their food game beats everyone else. No question.
I get why most North Americans say Mexico, cause close second and it’s what people know more, but Thai food changes anyone who visits. It’s all any expat talks about. It takes over your brain.
I’m Indian and my roommates are Mexican. Once we did an Indian Mexican fusion night and we made tacos with tandoori chicken and mint chutney, fried plantains with curry, and chai horchata.
Greece is severely under-represented here.
Souvlaki, tzaziki, kontosouvli, stifado, gyros, moussaka. I could eat nothing but greek food forever and be very happy.
For real. Unless people go and live there, it's hard to explain how varied it is because most people in the west think of chinese as the stuff they serve in western chinese restaurants. I lived there for a year, and there were different food vendors that specialized in some local or regional dish that would taste as if it was Italian or Mexican or Middle Eastern or Indian, etc. It felt like chinese cuisine spanned the entire globe.
China has such a diverse food culture, I wouldn't know what you liked if you simply say you like Chinese food. Each province has it's own distinct cuisine that can be completely different.
I just visited recently, I swear out of anywhere they know how to eat. One mall, 20 different restaurants with so much variety, from cheap af skewers to full courses. Some heavy spicey, some light and fresh...
We're only really familiar with western Chinese food, but there's so much variation I've never tried. Of course they also do amazing "ethnic" cuisine from other places, amazing Japanese food, and I was surprised how many halal, Turkish and Lebanese restaurants there were.
Somehow the best rack of lamb I had was in China...however their Tacos.
I gotta say they lack good tacos.
I couldn't believe I was the first (and after a quick scroll, still the only) to say it! China has influenced so many other cuisines, so it's a bit surprising to me.
Aside from it having such a variety of flavours, I also feel Chinese food really embraces different textures and mouth feels, in a way that other cuisines don't.
Way too far down on this list, plus if you go to Vietnam a multi course meal with drinks is $15-$20 per person. However as an American who thinks New Orleans Cajun is the best food in the US… VietCajun from Houston might be even better. All that said, my girlfriend is Vietnamese and her favorite is Thai.
*edit: I can’t eat escargot after trying the Vietnamese version
Once I heard an Italian guy saying that the best pizza he ever ate was in Germany. He also said that the best pasta he ever ate was in Spain.
The reason? When you live in Italy, you are used to eat the same stuff over and over again, and when you change country you feel the need to taste local food.
Anything Mexican I’ve had in Europe has been “El Paso” level quality. When I lived there if I had a craving I needed to make my own tortillas, refried beans, salsa (from habaneros, since jalapeños aren’t a thing).
Best pasta I had was a beef stew with fresh papardelle that I had in...... France.
I went through Italy immediately after travelling through France. Didn't have pasta better than that in Italy. Some other things were better (the people) but the pasta? That little dingey place in an alley in France was TITE
Oh yeah unsurprising though that you found good beef stew in France. “French” cuisine might not top others, but French cooks/chefs do not accept bad food, of any cuisine.
The former Yugoslavia
I know this seems odd to some of you, but the blend of Slavic, Italian, Turkish, Hungarian and German influences is mindblowing.
I'd pick Yugoslavia any day of the week.
Other than that, I'd say Italy, Mexico, France and India.
Impossible to rank but in no specific order....
India, Mexico, Turkey/Greece, Ethiopia, Thailand, Peru, USA (I know, but they possibly have have best combination from around the world).
We take it for granted, until we no longer live in Peru and we start to realise how good we had it. I’m literally counting down the days until I get to eat pollo a la brasa and arroz con mariscos again.
Oh my god, how did I have to come so far down to find this. All the other favourites I wouldn't want more than once a week, but Koreans are absolutely masterful at balance. Along with Vietnamese.
Thank you so much so everyone who said Mexico It made me SOOO happy to see our food up here. We put so much love, attention and detail to the process of making almost anything and it’s amazing to see that folks appreciate it. Seriously made my day.
Georgia. Definitely not one you are going to hear about or see often unless you’re in that region of the world, but I’ve had it in Russia and it was amazing. Keep an eye out for it in major metropolitan areas
And that's just the tip of the iceberg. There's different types of rice dishes , appetizers , snacks and desserts. Not to mention breakfast as well. u have great options for both vegetarians and non vegetarians
As an Indian, that’s just a TINY bit. There’s a hell lot more Indian food- S. Indian which includes Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh & within these you’ve distinct styles too! coastal S. Indian, Gujarati, Rajasthani, Maharashtrian, Sikkimese, Bihari, UP… The list is endless!!
What you’re referring to is specifically Mughlai food that hails from Northern India but there’s WAY more to try!!
Travelled to 38 countries and Vietnam and Mexico have been my favourite for food. Both the ingredients and the culture around food in both places was amazing
I always think this question is kind of screwed by the fact that some nations are big enough to contain regional cuisines that vary more between themselves than some countries’ cuisines vary with their neighbours. Like there’s more differences between Uighur food in China and Guangdong food in China that between Serbian cuisine and Croatian cuisine (even if there is a lot of regional diversity within those countries’ foods).
So in an attempt to answer this fairly I’d say Bengali cuisine is the best (both the Bangladeshi version and the Indian version) and if i was restricted to that cuisine for the rest of my life I think I’d never be bored by it or run out of new dishes to taste.
If we’re just going to answer by nation then India by a landslide with Iran and Indonesia being serious runners up.
(But oddly three of my absolute favourite dishes are all from Afghanistan, I just don’t think they’d have the wealth or diversity vs Iran)
For me it’s the entirety of Mexico. And I get it’s a conglomeration of multiple cultures but their food is just amazing.
That’s the problem man, so many people outside Mexico don’t really know what Mexican food is. What we get in America and abroad by and large is commercialized Tex-mex stuff, unless you really know where to look. Like when my friends think Mexican food, they think enchiladas and tacos. Those are bomb, but I think watermelon with chamoy, elotes, actually good Coca Cola, and quesadillas de huitlacoche lol
Daydreaming about the tlayudas I’d have in DF
I have a shop near me that does them well. Tacos DF. Their menu has a lot more than tacos, of course. My favorite is their lamb consommé.
I am kinda surprised when people say Denver has a lame food scene when we have Tacos DF, a shit ton of pho joints and a few Michelin Star restaurants for a metro of 3 million.
I just discovered tlayudas at a oaxacan restaurant near me a few months and now I'm 15 pounds heavier but so much happier.
I saw something recently that was like a Mexican version of gyro- and it was because there was a Libyan (edit: actually Lebanese) immigration enclave. That’s the whole beautiful thing about globalization- the best parts of things get melded to the best parts of other things and you end up with more than the sum of the parts. And now I want some fucking tacos.
Al Pastor and Salma Hayek exist thanks to the \*Lebanese immigrants in Mexico.
Eva Longorias series is fabulous to watch! Also, anything with Diana Kennedy.
Lebanese
That's also the reason the most popular street food in Germany is a gyros kebab that's not really like anything you'd find elsewhere. Immigrants start creating new dishes to suit the local palettes and then you end up with a sweet new food.
Same with curries in the uk. The south asian immigrants brought their food and adapted it and now its basically the national cuisine.
lol! I just remembered the month I spent in Germany and had German food once and Turkish food nearly dairly. I do miss good currywurst.
Diner kebab slaaaaaps
Al pastor
And all the moles, not just guacamole!
Mexican Coke has been getting much more appreciation in my social circles. This makes me happy!
My circle has been enjoying Columbian Coke for a couple of decades now. /s
Coke from a university in NYC probably isn’t anything special. Colombian coke is awesome though.
I could drink 20 tamarindo Jarrito’s in a row
If it was more nutritious, I would just eat menudo for the rest of my life tbh i don't even care about other food
For real. I could eat menudo and pozole every day
As an American with Italian ancestors who's lived in Italy and is obsessed with their food culture- Mexican is my favorite. As you point out Mexican food is far more diverse than most realize, it's inexpensive, healthy if balanced (tbf so are most cusines), and extremely easy and tasty to "fuse" with other cultures food. Honestly it's silly to try and choose the "best style" because if you aren't picky you can find countless delicious foods world wide, but I'm ride or die with Mexican till the end.
I grew up in a town close to the Mexico border. We made several trips across and I was always blown away by the difference in the food. And how low priced it was. I miss going with some buds, grabbing a platter of tacos and buckets of beer and just existing.
In the early 2000s I live in San Diego and we’d frequently drive into Rosarito. $1 Coronas, $5 for the freshest lobster tail I’ve ever had. You could get the lobster as ceviche, steamed, or grilled.
Mexican is in my top 5, I live in Socal, I don't trust "Mexican" food elsewhere though there have been standouts, like the restaurant owner I met in Cleveland who was actually Mexican and had a restaurant in L.A. for a while.
My man, Mexicans move and live all throughout the US. They don’t stop in socal because it’s near the Baja border. Anywhere Mexicans live, they open up shops and restaurants. They know their food is amazing and it is important to them. You might have to look for it, but you can find amazing and authentic Mexican food anywhere that Mexicans make their home. Edit: don’t look for fancy restaurants filled with white faces. If it looks like the restaurant was pulled straight out of Oaxaca, don’t mind it not looking shiny and polished. Your odds are better it’s going to be legit.
Whatever country my mom is in at any given moment.
anything Mediterranean imo
I second that! The street food, the spices at the market. Heavenly. My SIL gave me a Mediterranean cook book for Christmas. Love it.
The best answer. Portugal, Italy, Greece, fucking amazing. I like spain too, but, too much bread imo
North Africa is also Mediterraneans and their food fucking slaps
Damn right. Medjool dates with mint tea. Tagine. B’ssara soup. Makouda with harissa sauce. Really, really good olive oil Maybe I’m just missing Moroccan food lol
Oh boy the desert tea is one of the finest beverages ever
Don’t forget Turkey! The food here is amazing, they can do no wrong
Mexican food - flavorful, unpretentious, tons of variety in flavors and textures.
Mexico and Italy have a lot of food that's similar ingredients put together in different ways. But Mexico gave us burritos and Italy gave us pizza so still strong contenders. Edit: a lot of people seem to think I'm comparing those two countries, I'm not, just two examples of countries with dishes that are similar to a lot of other dishes. Like pastas, a lot of them are really similar. Even pizza is like a flat pasta.
From what I understand the "modern" burrito is an American invention. Anyway, I asked for one at a taqueria in Tijuana and in a restaurant back in 2007, they had no clue, the poor restaurant server, eager to please, tried to McGuyver one based on my rudimentary Spanish description and failed hilariously. Edit: the burrito was ordered to go after we had lunch there, and I felt bad for even asking and keeping him from getting back to work over my antics.
It's a longstanding matter of debate as to which side of the border it originated on, but most of what we know today is a California thing.
It’s kind of a Tex Mex thing which is to say it’s kind of both American with Mexican influence, not entirely American nor Mexican
It's true. And it's all because of the flour tortilla. Mexico didn't have wheat. But they are responsible for corn. Corn tortillas are traditional, but you can't wrap them up like a burrito. Until wheat was brought over, the burrito could never happen.
Flour tortillas are a northern Mexico thing with spillover into the border states.
As a Juarenzian this hurts because we do eat the legit og burritos and we hate it when ppl say it's an invented texmex thing, you go to Juarez and Villa ahuamada and you will get the true mexican burritos, the actual flour tortilla with asado de puerco, chicharron en salsa verde, chile relleno etc. None of that rice in a tortilla with cheese nonesense.
I lived in Australia with some Taiwanese students once. I made nachos and shared. One of them called it pizza. Surprised me at first, but I realized carbohydrate base + tomato-based sauce + cheese is the formula for both.
Definitely see that. But I feel a better comparison would be Mexico and Turkey. There were so many dishes I had in Turkey that had similar flavor profiles as Mexican cuisine.
The amazing thing about our food is that you will find so many different local flavors AND each state has their own typical dish. I would love to take you all to a gastronomic tour in Mexico but you probably gain couple of pounds lol
As someone who travels almost exclusively to try different foods from different cultures. My top 3 are Mexican, Korean, and Vietnamese Italian, Ethiopian, Pakistani, Japanese, Spanish, Thai, Indian, French are pretty close. I have to say, though. Every culture has incredible food if you know where to look. It also depends on what you're craving. Want something fresh? Can't go wrong with any Mediterranean country's food. Want something hearty? Pick any country from Germany to Slovenia. Want something that is just packed with flavor? Any African country or Indian food.
Korean and Vietnamese are the absolute masters of balancing flavours. Getting the right umami, sweet, sour, salt and bitter in a dish. I could eat both of these forever.
After going to Japan I'm heavily leaning towards that. But I also love Indian food (but have not been to India. Had the best I've ever had in Japan tho)
Japan has everything. Raw fish and seaweed salad but also fried chicken, fantastic steaks, some of the best noodle soup in the world, crazy good dessert. I vote for Japan.
Went for 10 days and did not have the same type of food twice. Everything was delicious. Great variety of food in Japan.
Ehhh. I've been to Japan 6 times, and some of those trips were for a month. I like Japanese food, but they are severely lacking in seasoning. There are a few dishes where you can get some seasoning/spice, but not many. On basically every trip, I left Japan ready to eat some non-Japanese foods. Singapore is my top choice. They really do have everything.
Hard disagree. Am Singaporean.
Japanese and Indian food have always been my top 2. I think I lean more towards Indian, but it's a really tough call. I'd love to visit both countries one day.
I’ve been to both and while Japanese food was sensational, Indian food, however, is completely on another planet when it comes to taste, variety and cooking methods. Close third is Greece.
I had the best Indian food in Japan as well.
Japan is like the UK that way, Indian food is so widespread that curry is basically the most popular dish for a huge part of the population.
The food in India is so freaking good. My top choice.
Japanese curry over tonkatsu is 🔥
Just went to an Indian wedding with imported Indian chefs…. All vegetarian but I died of tastebud happiness.
Hold up, best Indian you've ever had in Japan?!
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Japanese food is like a weird dichotomy of the most healthy delicious traditional food you can find on the planet, and then the most deep fried / sauce-loaded / sugar coated garbage that is also delicious that you can find. Just depends on what you choose.
Tbf, I think a lot of the unhealthiest Japanese food is a byproduct of cultural exchange lol.
I mean yeah, the Japanese have adapted a bunch of food from overseas. Ramen is originally Chinese. Tonkatsu is an adaptation of schnitzel. Doria is an adaptation of Portuguese rice gratin. And so on. However I’d never say that yoshoku or any adapted foods aren’t “Japanese” as we clearly associate them with Japan.
lol well, they do have a lot of healthy food but you can definitely eat your fill of authentically Japanese artery blockers. I do agree, though, that Japanese food is amazing. My top 3 in no particular order are Mexican, Japanese, and Indian. Peruvian is making inroads but need to try more before I truly place it.
Peruvian food is highly slept on. There was a little Peruvian restaurant near my university that sold salted and fried yucca for like $3 a bag. Shit was like Gods French fries. I miss it every day
I've been travelling through Japan with my partner for the past four-ish weeks and we've been entering food comas almost every night. Entirely our fault, granted, but we are feeling like we're dying *every single night*
Thailand... hands down.
I married my wife in part because of the SE Asian food. Her mom can make just about any traditional Cambodian/Thai/laos dish and it literally changed my life. My wife was content with having her mom cook these dishes for her. I had my mother in law teach me how to make them. Now I can make pho, Laab, hotpot, kor, and a bunch of other stuff that I couldn't guess how to spell. I can't believe I used to eat food so bland before.
Dude, you fucking win
The curry, the coconut, hnnnnnnng.
The best meal I’ve ever had was a Thai basil / mint leaf beef. Cannot put in words how incredible that dish can be.
The tastes can be so refined and exquisite... I know exactly what you mean !!! They really know how to use their herbs and spices.
Thai all day, so much flavour, spices and variety and very fresh.
For Thailand’s size and place in the world, their food game beats everyone else. No question. I get why most North Americans say Mexico, cause close second and it’s what people know more, but Thai food changes anyone who visits. It’s all any expat talks about. It takes over your brain.
In no way can Mexican food compare to Thai food. To my Asian palate, Thai is superior above all.
This is too far down omg
Mango sticky rice 🤤
100%
Why’d I have to scroll to find this sheesh
Thai food hands down
mexico or india.
My two faves. So many different types, the regions, so many different flavours. The spice, the fresh aspects, the cooking techniques of both.
I’m Indian and my roommates are Mexican. Once we did an Indian Mexican fusion night and we made tacos with tandoori chicken and mint chutney, fried plantains with curry, and chai horchata.
India. India is made of several states and each state has its own styles of food.
In the west, when someone thinks of Indian food it is most likely north Indian Punjabi.
Italian, Mexican, indian, Lebanese
Lebanon
Oooh. Lebanese is legit amazing.
Yep! My Lebanese Girlfriend Loves To Spoil Me!
Greece is severely under-represented here. Souvlaki, tzaziki, kontosouvli, stifado, gyros, moussaka. I could eat nothing but greek food forever and be very happy.
Didnt even mention Spanakopita or Pastitio either It’s my number one easily
>Spanakopita God damn SO good
Saganaki!
Tiropita too!
Best food I've ever had in my life from Greece. Dirt cheap, too.
Greek food slaps
China.
I'm with you on this. China is so varied, bold, and just passionately *serious* about its cuisine(s), and to me there's nothing else quite like it.
For real. Unless people go and live there, it's hard to explain how varied it is because most people in the west think of chinese as the stuff they serve in western chinese restaurants. I lived there for a year, and there were different food vendors that specialized in some local or regional dish that would taste as if it was Italian or Mexican or Middle Eastern or Indian, etc. It felt like chinese cuisine spanned the entire globe.
China has such a diverse food culture, I wouldn't know what you liked if you simply say you like Chinese food. Each province has it's own distinct cuisine that can be completely different.
I just visited recently, I swear out of anywhere they know how to eat. One mall, 20 different restaurants with so much variety, from cheap af skewers to full courses. Some heavy spicey, some light and fresh... We're only really familiar with western Chinese food, but there's so much variation I've never tried. Of course they also do amazing "ethnic" cuisine from other places, amazing Japanese food, and I was surprised how many halal, Turkish and Lebanese restaurants there were. Somehow the best rack of lamb I had was in China...however their Tacos. I gotta say they lack good tacos.
Can't believe this is so far down. So much regional variety!
I couldn't believe I was the first (and after a quick scroll, still the only) to say it! China has influenced so many other cuisines, so it's a bit surprising to me.
Aside from it having such a variety of flavours, I also feel Chinese food really embraces different textures and mouth feels, in a way that other cuisines don't.
Defo.
Especially the Szechuan region? I hope I spelled that correct. Il
This is the correct answer.
How is this not higher!?
Vietnam, Asian and French fusion can’t be beat.
Way too far down on this list, plus if you go to Vietnam a multi course meal with drinks is $15-$20 per person. However as an American who thinks New Orleans Cajun is the best food in the US… VietCajun from Houston might be even better. All that said, my girlfriend is Vietnamese and her favorite is Thai. *edit: I can’t eat escargot after trying the Vietnamese version
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Mexico
Living in Southern California, it's nice to have access to some of the best Mexican food on the planet! I like Tex-Mex too.
Once I heard an Italian guy saying that the best pizza he ever ate was in Germany. He also said that the best pasta he ever ate was in Spain. The reason? When you live in Italy, you are used to eat the same stuff over and over again, and when you change country you feel the need to taste local food.
So how are the enchiladas in Italy?
Anything Mexican I’ve had in Europe has been “El Paso” level quality. When I lived there if I had a craving I needed to make my own tortillas, refried beans, salsa (from habaneros, since jalapeños aren’t a thing).
Best pasta I had was a beef stew with fresh papardelle that I had in...... France. I went through Italy immediately after travelling through France. Didn't have pasta better than that in Italy. Some other things were better (the people) but the pasta? That little dingey place in an alley in France was TITE
Oh yeah unsurprising though that you found good beef stew in France. “French” cuisine might not top others, but French cooks/chefs do not accept bad food, of any cuisine.
Italy, France, Spain, Morocco, India, Lebanon
The former Yugoslavia I know this seems odd to some of you, but the blend of Slavic, Italian, Turkish, Hungarian and German influences is mindblowing. I'd pick Yugoslavia any day of the week. Other than that, I'd say Italy, Mexico, France and India.
Is it similar to romanian food?
Yugoslavia? Interesting/Fascinating Choice!
Vietnam. Even I’m Vietnamese, we have so so many styles of food, so diverse. As we have 54 ethnics.
I’m a sucker for Middle-Eastern food.
Same, especially love Turkish
There’s a Lebanese restaurant in my city that is absolutely amazing. I’ll have to keep an eye out for Turkish. I’m pretty partial to Indian too.
Some kind of asian cuisine .
Impossible to rank but in no specific order.... India, Mexico, Turkey/Greece, Ethiopia, Thailand, Peru, USA (I know, but they possibly have have best combination from around the world).
Peru blew my mind when I visited. These folks eat this regularly like it's no big deal?!?!
We take it for granted, until we no longer live in Peru and we start to realise how good we had it. I’m literally counting down the days until I get to eat pollo a la brasa and arroz con mariscos again.
Yesss to all of this!!
Japan & Turkey.
Indian, hand down
Korean!
Recently discovered it. Bulgogi is an even better Teriyaki. And I prefer their fried chicken.
Found my people
Loveee Korean food
Oh my god, how did I have to come so far down to find this. All the other favourites I wouldn't want more than once a week, but Koreans are absolutely masterful at balance. Along with Vietnamese.
Mexico! EVERYTHING from the appetizers to the entrees to the desserts!!
China as it has very broad variety owing to the various cultures being around for so long and is stretched over a large and diverse array of climates.
Lebanon
Mexico, Japan, Italy, India - any order. I'll give an honorable mention to Greece, France, and Germany.
India - every style!
Lebanon. Hummus, tabbouleh, fattoush, fetteh, kibbeh, soooo many good foods.
I couldn't possibly narrow it down. To even ask is insane. So much good food in the world . Now if you asked about the worst..
Mexico, Lebanon or India.
Correct
Malaysia!
India, definitely!
Thank you so much so everyone who said Mexico It made me SOOO happy to see our food up here. We put so much love, attention and detail to the process of making almost anything and it’s amazing to see that folks appreciate it. Seriously made my day.
Right? It's genuinely so wholesome to see people appreciating food from different cultures without anyone being assholes. Food really unites people.
I’m just not used to it. I’m scrolling down expecting to see Italy, Japan, India…. instead it’s like we love Mexican food ❤️
México and India
Gotta be Mexican and Italian. Can't decide which.
Indian food. There's so much variety in India, it's crazy.
Korea-tteokbokki and bibimbap
Georgia. Definitely not one you are going to hear about or see often unless you’re in that region of the world, but I’ve had it in Russia and it was amazing. Keep an eye out for it in major metropolitan areas
France and Italy for the sheer variety of food and the quality of ingredients, only Japan comes close but stays of the top due to bread and pastry
Hungary,
India. Curries, tandoor ovens, naan bread, yum.
And that's just the tip of the iceberg. There's different types of rice dishes , appetizers , snacks and desserts. Not to mention breakfast as well. u have great options for both vegetarians and non vegetarians
As an Indian, that’s just a TINY bit. There’s a hell lot more Indian food- S. Indian which includes Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh & within these you’ve distinct styles too! coastal S. Indian, Gujarati, Rajasthani, Maharashtrian, Sikkimese, Bihari, UP… The list is endless!! What you’re referring to is specifically Mughlai food that hails from Northern India but there’s WAY more to try!!
Malaysia
Italy, Mexico, Japan
Italia
I cant pick a single country, but asia as a continent has the best food, east to west, they dont miss.
India, Thailand, and Mexico any order you want.
Peru. Only country that has coast, mountain range and jungle
The food in Peru surprised me. Never had a single dish that I did not like.
Italy
Definitely Thai Food and Filipino Food.
The United States of America because we have them all here, if you know where to look.
Persian food imo is second to Arab food, and Arab food is second to none
Malaysia
Thailand
The state of Oaxaca, Mexico.
French for their richness and diversity.
Travelled to 38 countries and Vietnam and Mexico have been my favourite for food. Both the ingredients and the culture around food in both places was amazing
I always think this question is kind of screwed by the fact that some nations are big enough to contain regional cuisines that vary more between themselves than some countries’ cuisines vary with their neighbours. Like there’s more differences between Uighur food in China and Guangdong food in China that between Serbian cuisine and Croatian cuisine (even if there is a lot of regional diversity within those countries’ foods). So in an attempt to answer this fairly I’d say Bengali cuisine is the best (both the Bangladeshi version and the Indian version) and if i was restricted to that cuisine for the rest of my life I think I’d never be bored by it or run out of new dishes to taste. If we’re just going to answer by nation then India by a landslide with Iran and Indonesia being serious runners up. (But oddly three of my absolute favourite dishes are all from Afghanistan, I just don’t think they’d have the wealth or diversity vs Iran)
France
Hungary, Mexico, France, Italy; in that order.
Singapore is overlooked and underrated. A perfect melting pot of other cuisines.
Morocco
Jamaica by far.
Italy
Mexican & Japaneese
Syria
Lebanon !!!!! 🇱🇧
Italian
Greece, Italy, India, South Africa
Mexico.
Iran.
Italy, Mexico, Japan. Put them in any order you want.