What is your least favourite World Cuisine?

cdeb wrote: »

I tried a chicken curry because the rest of the food was ****e and I figured they could hardly go wrong with that.

How wrong I was...

I was in Beijing, Xian and Guangzhou. As I say, all manky slimy meat with greens sauced to high heaven for no discernible reason, to be ate with chopsticks which were very quickly too slimy to hold on to anything. It was a local tour with plenty of locals and certainly no indication of being exotic or expensive. I was also offered a polysterene cup of diced green something by an elderly woman on a train from Tibet to Xian, and gristle on bone which I have literally no idea how you were supposed to eat.

The foot in Tibet was lovely, strangely enough. Good bit of meat and spuds.

Russian food is decent imo, though some of the breads take a bit of getting used to. I voted for US food as well purely because of the amount of burgers on menus (a trend which is catching on here too unfortunately). I got the Amtrak train across America where the food menu was simply three different types of burgers. I like a burger, but jaysus lads, a bit of variety would be no harm.

If you want a curry in Beijing hit up Ganges above Paddy O’Sheas in the embassy district. It’s Indian food but they do a good curry. The Chinese themselves rarely if ever make curries. Tour groups are the worst as they are penny pinching and taking you to the worst places. Next time you are in Beijing; go to Da Dong for Peking Duck it’s a little pricey but very palatable even for the non adventurous Irish palate, go to Hai Di Lao for a traditional Chinese hot pot, Chinese BBQ is also great in Beijing but I think you have to go a bit off the beaten track to get the best ones, if you are genuinely interested I’ll point you in the direction of a fantastic one in Sihui not far from the CBD. Beijing does amazing noodles, two that stand out are hidden noodles in Sanlitun and Lingerjiu in Xingfucun but there are outstanding noodles everywhere in Beijing. You can go to Din Tai Fung or Jin Ding Xuan for Dim Sum, Man Jie for dumplings, Mama de Weidao for cheap Chinese food, Chuan Ban for Sichuan food..... I mean I am just scratching the surface, Beijing is a world class culinary destination and it’s really affordable. It’s a pity that your tour group screwed you over because there is fanatastic food on every corner of Beijing.

Ok most Italian is ok but any pasta in a tomato sauce is rank.

Jazmine Nutty Chairlift wrote: »

Jesus biko, you need to travel more. Not sure about Poland, but German food is really nasty. Pommes with everything, greasy pork and watery sauce. Everything is soaked in brine or vinegar. Slop!

This, in terms of food it’s Asia>>>Southern Europe>>USA>Northern Europe

Not a countries cousine as such but I hate the new poncy way of serving food here
Mash potatoes with veg and meat all piled on top of it . A sprig of something green on top of that .
Silly little portions in buckets and salads served in bowls where you can even get a proper knife and fork in there
De constructed desserts which looks like slop and we are all supposed to ohh and ahh . Emperors new clothes comes to mind

RasTa wrote: »

German stuff isn't great

Delicious ! Goulash mit nudeln ! Yum

Nobelium wrote: »

irish. boiled cabbage, boiled ham, boiled cheap cuts of meat, and stews, basically food only suited to boiling in a big black iron pot.

Absolutely nothing wrong with cheap cuts. In fact I cook the most delicious meals out of those.

The problem is with Irish food is the serious lack of seasoning. Salt, pepper and sage (in stuffing which is vile) and that is it. Boiled carrots, turnip, broccoli not even salt on them what the hell is with that?

I have to say I’ve eaten loads of nations food but I’ve never had worse than a full Irish breakfast. Especially talking about the ones with the cheap-processed sausages and bacon, that vile sweet bean barf and foul tasting mushrooms, all that topped with a tasteless disgusting slimy tomato and an oily pieces of dish sponge called a hash brown.

Jazmine Nutty Chairlift wrote: »

Jesus biko, you need to travel more. Not sure about Poland, but German food is really nasty. Pommes with everything, greasy pork and watery sauce. Everything is soaked in brine or vinegar. Slop!

I guess we'll just have to agree to disagree you're wrong

cdeb wrote: »

It wasn't just tour group food though. It was some aul dear on a train (can't get more traditional than that!) and a train station café (hardly haute cuisine, sure, but Madigan's in Connolly hardly serves up muck) and a café in Beijing as well. All of it manky stuff.

I'm obviously happy for you to agree to disagree of course. The world would be boring otherwise. But life's too short to chance going back for that crap again!

It’s a developing nation and there are 20+ million people in the city, so of course there is plenty of crap but there is sooo much good food too, China is the great culinary nation on earth and Beijing (even moreso than Shanghai or Hong Kong) has the best of everything Chinese food has to offer, from tough Mongolian BBQ to delicate Cantonese Dim Sum, from Muslim cuisine out of Xinjiang, to spicy Sichuan dishes and everything in between. To anyone reading this and thinking of visiting China hit up the expat websites like thatsbeijing (not TripAdvisor! And not your chinese tour guides!) to introduce you to local food.

igCorcaigh wrote: »

I haven't been to USA but I've heard bad reports.

The food is tasty but full of stuff that’s banned around the world.

France, for god sake leave out the cheese.

trashcan wrote: »

The pork, or schweinhaxe, is delicious. Have had it in Austria. The sauerkraut and dumplings, not so much. Would agree that German cuisine (well, I'm talking Austria cos that's what I've experienced) is very heavy on the vinegar.

It is , and yet they recoil from vinegar on chips !!