Which country has the best cuisine?

King Hearts

Curious to hear the thoughts of food connoisseurs.

meoklmrk91

Italy. \thread

Slattsy

France

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The Backwards Man

King Hearts wrote: »

Curious to hear the thoughts of food connoisseurs.

France, obviously.

Everywhere else has food in their own language.

Sugar Free

By no means a connoisseur but (authentic) Vietnamese food is fantastic.

Dancor

Italy

Catari Jaguar

India
Phillipines
Vietnam
Mauritius
Greece/Turkey
Morocco

So many!

pickarooney

Lebanon

token101

Italy. Not even close. Asian food, especially Thai and Malaysian, is absolutely horrible.

Lawrence1895

Catari Jaguar wrote: »

India
Phillipines
Vietnam
Mauritius
Greece/Turkey
Morocco

So many!

Seconded

And the Balkans (former Yugoslawia)

MurdyWurdy

Another vote here for Italy - I love Mediterranean food in general

marmaladeheels

Anything asian is way superior.

French Toast

Italy. The world would be a much darker place without pizza.

Is lasagna Italian or American..?

sabat

I guarantee any of you who enjoy a wide range of cuisines would be sick of Italy within a month. Dublin is a better food destination than Rome IMO.

I am pie

Italy, India, Thai-Vietnamese (can't say I have tried Cambodian).

Rising star - Peru. (seriously....in a few years it will be the next big thing in Europe).

Not a fan of rich French cuisine, prefer the simpler Italian approach focusing on quality ingredients rather than the over fussy pretentious French approach. French pastries are all stolen from the Austrians who do it better, and crow about it less ; )

Seaneh

Probably Italy for me, because there is soooo much variety from area to area.

But the food in Ecuador blew me away, especially in in coastal areas like Manabi, year round fruits and veg always in season because of the climate, amazingly fresh fish and so. Spent a week in Quito was resigned to the food in the country being crap but by the time I'd left the country 4 weeks later was in love with Manabi food.

Legs.Eleven

Italian, French or Thai. Or Indian. Or Greek. Or Lebanese.

YbFocus

Indian.... Chinese. .. Thai.....

Tar.Aldarion

Indonesian, Thai, Indian

Gbear

Probably most countries have the best food. It's pretty hard to separate any well prepared country's food from any other.

There's nothing between Indian, Italian, French, Chinese, Mexican etc etc if they're done well. If you're trying to compare Chinese takeaway to Michelin star French restaurants obviously you'll only get one outcome.

Even if you take Irish "cuisine" we have a wealth of fresh fish, meat and so on that would be the envy of other countries. Not as intricate as a curry perhaps but no less lovely.

Of course the best thing to do is to take the best elements from each and adapt them into other cuisines. Adding some more traditionally Indian or Chinese spices into Mexican food is damn tasty.

King Hearts

I must say I despise Chinese food. Of the limited exposure to exotic cuisines I've had I'd put Mexican number one.

Frosty McSnowballs

Vietnom

MurdyWurdy

King Hearts wrote: »

I must say I despise Chinese food. Of the limited exposure to exotic cuisines I've had I'd put Mexican number one.

Have you eaten Chinese in a proper restaurant/not in Ireland? I hated it to until I lived in a country with excellent Chibese restaurants.

What you get in Chinese takeaways here is not really Chinese food

Oscars Well.

China, sure you cant bate a 3in1! :pac:

King Hearts

MurdyWurdy wrote: »

Have you eaten Chinese in a proper restaurant/not in Ireland? I hated it to until I lived in a country with excellent Chibese restaurants.

What you get in Chinese takeaways here is not really Chinese food

I've eaten in Chinese restaurants but still just don't like it. The flavours are to rich and funky.

Marcusm

King Hearts wrote: »

Curious to hear the thoughts of food connoisseurs.

If that is what you thought the denizens of After Hours consisted of, you might want to have yourself checked out.

It's a highly personal thing but I would probably plump for Italy on the grounds of variation of protein (fish in south and on coasts, boar and game in the middle and uplands and plenty of cured meats), vegetables/pulses and starches (rice, pasta, bread) across all parts of the country - except if you're thesort of person who thinks it's all the same. French provincial cooking is also excellent athough sometimes the focus on cuisine is a little at the expense of the finished product.

y0ssar1an22

Surely it must be Ethiopian...or Somalian

YbFocus

y0ssar1an22 wrote: »

Surely it must be Ethiopian...or Somalian

No no... It's who has the best food, not the least....

Nabber

I like Irish food.

We have superior diary products to any where else in world.

But like any and every country I've been too. The gems are always family owned and cooking as passion and not to get rich or own a restaurant chain.

Every country has there own delicious dish.

But on a cold winters night, only Irish will do

Beef Guinness pie

Fox_In_Socks

I don't think Pot Noodle has come in every national cuisine flavour yet, so I'm holding off judgement.

The English/Italian mix was good though (beef/tomato flavour)

spurious

y0ssar1an22 wrote: »

Surely it must be Ethiopian...or Somalian

I don't know Somali cuisine, but Ethiopian food is quite nice. I wish we had an Ethiopian restaurant in Dublin.

Links234

Japan

GLaDOS

Can't claim to have much experience with proper exotic cuisince, but I do love Indian.

ringadingding

You should look closer to home, England , especially London is offering some of the best cuisine in the world at the moment.
Also, the food scene in Ireland, notably Dublin, is fantastic.

We produce a lot of creative chefs, we have amazing produce and our fields and sea are full of some of the best meat and fish in the world.

Sigourney

token101 wrote: »

Italy. Not even close. Asian food, especially Thai and Malaysian, is absolutely horrible.

Do you not think that Malaysian food is better than Singaporean? Like me, you probably find the food in Penang to be over-rated, but there's some great cooking around Ipoh, on the road up from KL.

Birroc

I-talian.

stefan idiot jones

Well I'm Welsh, so obviously it has to be... Indian.

WoollyRedHat

France or Italy, for sure... the flavours, so many, and so rich, exquisite.

losthorizon

I am pie wrote: »

Not a fan of rich French cuisine, prefer the simpler Italian approach focusing on quality ingredients rather than the over fussy pretentious French approach. French pastries are all stolen from the Austrians who do it better, and crow about it less ; )

Love French Food but Marie Antoinette who was Austrian took the Croissant From Vienna and introduced it to France. Its Half Moon shaped in honour of the Austrians Stopping the Turks taking over Europe. They defeated them in a major battle just outside Vienna and shaped them that way.

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ZIMBABWE

MadYaker

Japan is supposed to have amazing food but I've never been. Out of all the places I've been Italy is still my favorite with France a close second. Ireland isn't too bad either. Probably 3rd on my list.

emeraldstar

Italy, for me.

Then Mexico. If not England.

French food is waaaaaaaaay overrated.

pickarooney

Just how varied is Mexican cuisine? I've never been and don't know anything beyond the basics.

charlie_says

The best destination for food in the world is Singapore in my opinion as it's an amazing melting pot of all the Asian foods. Eating out is the number one hobby over there - it's serious business. Seriously tasty business. You can have a mind blowing 300 euro dinner right through to mind blowing 4 euro dinner in the hawker centers - pretty much the only place to cheaplyish drink beer there too.

Personally I really like Vietnamese food as it's a mixture of French and native Vietnamese, I also tried Peruvian cuisine recently and that was pretty damn awesome too.

Between Europe and Asia it's a close thing - Asian food tends to be a bit sloppier in general but I like that.

We have fantastic beef and great seafood here though.

Push Pop

Italy with France a close second

crosstownk

I like Italian & French. I'm a big fan of German pork and smoked hams. Some of the best pork I've tasted was in Germany.

Better still is Mexican and not the Tex Mex shíte you get in a lot of places.

That said, Irish cuisine is my favorite. The quality of food produce in this country is really hard to beat.

Archeron

spurious wrote: »

I don't know Somali cuisine, but Ethiopian food is quite nice. I wish we had an Ethiopian restaurant in Dublin.

I once tried Ethiopian chicken wings in a place called the Africa cafe in Capetown, and ten years later they still stand out as the most fantastic thing I ever tasted. Don't know if they were proper Ethiopian what with being in a different country and all, but if they were, I would happily move there tomorrow. And get very fat.

Push Pop

pickarooney wrote: »

Just how varied is Mexican cuisine? I've never been and don't know anything beyond the basics.

I agree with Jeremy Clarkson in that it is third world food with cheese on it.

spank_inferno

Ireland.

No...not kidding.

We have the best ingredients & wonderfull dishes.

Problem is that 99.5% of Irish people have not the first clue how to cook.

I enjoy ethnic food, but much of it is quite over-rated.

Links234

MadYaker wrote: »

Japan is supposed to have amazing food but I've never been.

Best food I've eaten in my life was in Japan by far

Pang

Anything Asian