Which great cuisine is the greatest?

Persian and Vietnamese are the best.

Indian is Asian, dumb dumb.

Dumber than dirt.

German is nothing like the food in Nice.

Come on, not Indian. I've been to India, and even the money smells like curry. Both Europe and Asia have outstanding cuisines, but I nominate South America. Brazilians can cook Italian better than the Italians.

[quote] Brazilians can cook Italian better than the Italians.

That is it. These are variations of European cuisine.

[quote] Persian and Vietnamese are the best.

Love them too. They are variations of Indian and Asian respectively.

[quote] Indian is Asian, dumb dumb.

Sure. In geography class.

[quote]Brazilians can cook Italian better than the Italians.

Uh, no they can't. Absolutely impossible.

Great Italian cuisine depends on it's products and they can't be successfully duplicated.

It's cheeses, cured meats, it's native wines and olive oil...items that must be made with locally grown produce and produced by traditional methods.

If you don't know what things like buffalo milk mozzarella, or San Daniele ham, or San Marzano tomatoes, or Ligurian olive oil taste like, then yeah, Italian food in Brazil will be good enough . But it's not the stuff a great Italian cook can make. It's impossible.

The great cuisines are French, Italian and Chinese.

Threads like this always break down into xenophobic rants.

That being said, The beauty and diversity of Asian cuisine is tempered by Filipino food and a lack of hygienic cooking habits...with the exception of Japan, who are fastidious.

I love Thai, French, Indian, Ethiopean the best.

The rest of Europe (except for some Italian) has TERRIBLE cuisine. Asia has a nice variety for my palette. I'd like to try more African and South American.

[quote] The great cuisines are French, Italian and Chinese.

Why would you consider French and Italian to be separate mother cuisines.

Belgian food is surprisingly good; delicious even! And their fries truly are the best.

What a stupid poll.

Turkish, Ethiopian, Korean.

Spanish, French, Japanese and Chinese for me.

Must you ask????

French, no question .

The greatest cuisine in the world is MEXICAN

This poll is idiotic.

"European", "Asian" and "Indian"?

India is of course part of asia.

The food of Norway has nothing in common with the food of Greece.

The food of Japan has nothing in common with Sichuan chinese.

[quote]The rest of Europe has TERRIBLE cuisine.

Large swarths of Europe has terrible native food cultures.

People pretend like southern Europe is all of Europe.

Peru

R6 is so informationally correct, I can [italic]almost [/italic] forgive his typing "it's" when he meant "its," more than once.

[quote]Great Italian cuisine depends on it's products and they can't be successfully duplicated. It's cheeses, cured meats, it's native wines and olive oil...items that must be made with locally grown produce and produced by traditional methods.

I have some sad news for you: Almost NO Italian "olive oil" is actually olive oil. NEVER buy Italian. Australian or California are your best bets to get real olive oil.

The criminals have made Italian food labeling a joke.

I can't stand Ethiopean, and Turkish is only edible. Bravo to the above poster who trashed Filipino; it's the world's worst.

[quote]I can't stand Ethiopian

My memory is scarred by the one time I ate Ethiopian. I picked up this brown-coated lump with the Handi-Wipe textured bread, and bit into a hard boiled egg half. I don't blame them for hiding such an un-food, but with a bit of warning, I could have avoided it.

I love food from the Middle East.

Same r25.

Middle-eastern/levantine food is fantastic. Love it. Can eat it all the time.

Tongan, Finnish, and Angolese

I like the great variety of food served in Italy. Even in Tuscany, it can vary from town to town. Of course you need to find the right place. One restaurant's reviews (in Florence) all agreed that it was the worst food they've ever eaten. Eating great Italian is pure joy. Was in Monterosso with some friends a few weeks ago and we found three restaurants that we all agreed served some of the most original, but also classic in a way, Italian food that we've ever had. And this was in one small town, though a popular tourist destination.

And to prove your point, R28, you give us Olive Garden?

Id say Italian & French. Spanish regional cuisine us amazing.

Japanese & especially Chinese, are sublime, but since they dont have a dairy, bread or serious dessert component, they cant compete with the two above.

^^ Forgot to mention Peruvian cuisine.

Beyond terrific. Relatively unheralded. Hope that changes. It really is unique & delicious.

I've had some pretty horrible food in Venice. But also some great meals.

I lost much love for Chinese food when I discovered Thai. But I love Asian food the most, followed by Middle Eastern and French.

Persian food is actually not a variation of Indian food. It is Middle Eastern, in fact I think it is the best variation of Middle Eastern. With a few influences from Russia, such as salad olivieh for one example.

I think Vietnamese is the best version of Asian food. Also, the French occupied Vietnam for 100 years so there is some French influence in it, such as the iced coffee with condensed milk and those sandwiches on French rolls. I wish I had some Gỏi cuốn with the hoisin/peanut sauce right now...

Vietnamese food I find boring. Singapore (Malay) probably my favorite.

I like Ethiopian eggs in sauce! My favorite Peruvian food is green spaghetti, although they really do ace roast chicken.

The greatest cuisines are: breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

"Indian"? Really? Even the Indians can't wait to claw their way out of India to escape a cuisine that indistinguishable both pre- and post-digestion.

Balderdash! One of my most memorable meals was in India, where they gave us plates with compartments and the waiters would come around with buckets ladling out the different items.

[quote] The greatest cuisine in the world is MEXICAN

Agreed.

[quote] This poll is idiotic.

Agreed.

It was obviously skewed, omitting tens of other international cuisines that are better.

Op is a moron.

asian, obviously. it has the most variety and is actually good for you. european is the most disgusting bland food in the world. it's just questionable meat parts, cheese, and potatoes.

[quote]I like Ethiopian eggs in sauce

The eggs are cooked how?

New Orleans. French, Spanish, and African rolled into one.

R24 traumatized by an egg. Explains a lot.

Koreans were surprised to find Popeye's in a foreign brand since its spices are pretty close to what is standard in Korea.

The Ethiopian eggs are hard boiled, as are Indian curried eggs. It's not like a Mexican brunch with rancher sauce on fried eggs.

Lol, R38 describes a dining experience straight out of your local for-profit, maximum security prison. Your most memorable dining experience? Sure, but not for any positive, constructive reason.

[quote]The Ethiopian eggs are hard boiled

Ick.

Here's Marcus Samuelsson and Anthony Bourdain discussing Ethiopian "doro wat," although I don't see the egg.

Marcus made that dish with the eggs on "Beat Bobby Flay," and it looked... interesting. Not really my cup of tea.

Lean Cuisine is the greatest

American South & African American cuisine is the absolute best.

r30 I agree about Spanish cuisine. IMO, it's the best one in Europe. Everyone who's been to Spain is impressed with their food.

[quote] It was obviously skewed, omitting tens of other international cuisines that are better. Op is a moron.

Of course there are many international cuisines. I'm talking about the 3 fundamental systems of cooking from which all these other cuisines grow out of. And sometimes excel.

Now who's the moron, moron.

Mexican cuisine was completely ORIGINAL. It didn't "stem" from Asian or European cooking, stupid asshole R52/op.

R53 That's why it's not very good. Great culinary systems come from complex feudal societies.

You can stick around kiddo if you go wash your mouth out with soap.

Can someone explain Ethiopian food to me? It looks like shit, smells awful and tastes awful. No wonder they're starving. If I was there I wouldn't eat it either.

Azla Ethiopian in Los Angeles makes some very good vegan food, if you're anywhere nearby, R55.

R51 The cuisine of Asturias, Cantabria, Galicia & Extremadura. Excellent. Unknown outside Spain.

Gross. R55 posted a picture of an open diaper!

R55 the food in this video looks very similar to the picture you posted, and it explains what's on the plate.

All of the best Indian food came from the Persians.

If they're afraid "god" will be angry at them for eating x, y, or z then that country is obviously disqualified from the running.

They can't be pussies about the food.

R55 may have been attempting to be funny. The failure was splendid and multifaceted. The starvation quip was salient. Bravo!

Let's keep it 100: no one -- NO ONE -- likes Indian or Ethiopian food.

The people claiming to like Indian or Ethiopian food here are white progressives who are heavily into virtue signaling to other white progressives just how white and progressive they are, because apparently it's urbane and cosmopolitan to lower yourself to dine on "food" the FDA wouldn't allow you to slop livestock with. Bonus liberal points if you can suppress your gag reflex long enough to keep it down until you get home!

I see you, Becky. I've got your number, Chad. I'm onto you.

R59, I enjoyed that. Thanks. He's wrong about injera, however. It does have flavor, almost like sourdough. Its made from a grain called teff. I'll put in a plug for a place in NYC called Awash, on Amsterdam Ave.

[quote] Let's keep it 100: no one -- NO ONE -- likes Indian or Ethiopian food

[quote] The people claiming to like Indian or Ethiopian food here are white progressives who are heavily into virtue signaling to other white progressives just how white and progressive they are, because apparently it's urbane and cosmopolitan

You couldn't be more wrong is your ass was sewed on backwards.

Ethiopian food is DELICIOUS. And it's all over the country. Same with Indian.

Both cuisines are colorful, flavorful, and loaded with spices.

Not only that, but it's healthy for you. And yes, many progressives are both cosmopolitan and health conscious.

There are lentils, kale, stews, and tons of other veggies. It's DELICIOUS.

So sorry to burst your little deplorable bubble in Bumfuck, where the only food you know is GOLDEN CORRAL and CHIK-FIL-A.

R65, you're right, and just put the bozo,on Ignore, like I did. That person can't possibly have anything worthwhile to contribute to any thread.

[quote]Everyone who's been to Spain is impressed with their food.

Ur, no. I've had much better meals in France, Italy -- even Hungary.

I have had good food in Spain, but it isn't what I remember about the country.

Paella is a version of middle eastern pilaf. Spain is where European and Indian culinary traditions meet.

Please - the answer is JAPAN.

Best, most sophisticated food in the world

R69 That's such an adorably '80s thing to say.

rofl at r69.

time for bed. you're delusional.

The two best dishes in Japan and:

1. Rice and fish; and

2. Fish and rice.

Breathtaking innovation!

But, R69, apart from anything else, they give such tiny portions!

I personally prefer Asian cuisine, but European cooking has so much more variety. Especially when you throw in all the breads/cheeses/desserts.

I love sushi, but that is so mainstream. I have had haute Japanese cuisine, but I always find it more often interesting than delicious. But maybe I don't eat it enough to appreciate it.

I do love Thai and Vietnamese food. Much more than Chinese or Japanese.

I really enjoy Indian -- especially the Southern Indian food that is more tropical. The best fried chicken I've ever had was not in the American South, but in the South of India. It was light and crispy and had slivers of mango under the skin. It was so improbable, but perfect.

Chinese food is pig slop. Mystery meat in a glutinous sauce dumped on rice. I could happily eat only French and/or Italian food for the rest of my life. They are genius. Going to a good Italian or French restaurant is one of the great pleasures of life. All the rest...Thai, Mexican, Japanese are distant contenders for third place. Middle East, Indian and British are under rated. Filipino is the worst, although I hear Iceland is disgusting too.

Traditional British food was often awful, but the food in England now (especially London) is quite remarkable. And I still love very traditional roast beef, Yorkshire pudding, and fresh vegetables.

In England, r77, does "fresh vegetables" mean frozen or canned (the way "public school" really means "private school")?

R76, Pshaw. Filipino food is delicious. Lumpia, adobo, pancit, lechon, cocido, paella, sisig, kaldereta, mechado, etc.

R78: It usually means fresh that have been boiled until they no longer seem so.

But I was talking about fresh. Both of my grandparents had great gardens. But, outside of the two weeks of summer, it was more limited.

Mexican food is heavily influenced by Spanish cooking. It's not completely original, unless you've somehow eaten Aztec food, or the cuisine of the Incas.

I loved Laura Bush's comment: "The great thing about Mexican cooking is that there are only five ingredients in the whole country. They just put them in the bowl in a different order, and call it something else!"

[quote]Mexican food is heavily influenced by Spanish cooking. It's not completely original, unless you've somehow eaten Aztec food, or the cuisine of the Incas.

The Incas were nowhere near Mexico.

Iceland, you say?

The best cuisine is made by Nonnas/ Donas/Grandmothers of the the world with love with local and fresh ingredients. You can find this in every single country, city, town and village in this world of ours.

The only decent Filipino food is lumpia and pancit, only because they are copied from Chinese and Malay dishes. The rest of it is overspiced slop. It's what gives them both halitosis and the ability to stink up a bathroom.

All the food around the Mediterranean is great.

But I still would miss a hot Pho, a juicy Tandoori Chicken and a spicy Laksa.

I love it all!

For flavour, got to be Indian, although Thai is a close second.

For quality, Italian and Japanese tie - both quality- and freshness-obsessed.

Don't forget one little country Brexited from Europe.

They offer: goat guts, men in skirts and greasy little sausages. Olé!

Mexican I like hot and spicey

Italian food is grossly over rated.

R63, Whatever the fuck FDA is, I guess it's something relevant to your area. It doesn't sound relevant on a world scale. You are aware that this is a world wide message board, aren't you? I don't think you are. I am certain I don't live in your country.

I enjoy: Greek, Indian, Italian, Aboriginal, Thai, Japanese, German, and Ukrainian best. I am fortunate to have friends from all the above categories mentioned. I cook for them, they cook for me. I grew up in a small community, but thankfully avoided much of the buttfuckery of small-minded hicks. You should get out and LIVE R63. Figure out a way to expand cultural horizons and friends.

Peruvian hands down.

To get the good Indian food in the U.S. you need to go to the part of the city where a lot of workers from India are employed (usually software or some other tech sector). This is usually a nondescript industrial park area. From them, you need to find out where they go for lunch. Then you will hit the jackpot, pinpointing the location of the best Indian food in that city.

Or you could just go on Yelp.

Or you could just hide underneath the toilet seat in a truck stop bathroom.

Celebrity chef Marcus Samuelsson explores immigrant communities and their food in PBS' "No Passport Required." It is a big fuck you to Donald Trump and his racist followers.

Thx r97 just added it to my list.