What do you think is the top cuisine in the world?

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LikeLinus

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I'm not sure how I missed this thread! I think the popular answer around the world is going to be France. I've been to France 3 times and the food can be quite amazing. I understand why people feel that way. I love Vietnamese and Korean food very much. That said, I've been to Japan twice and, hands down, it's the best food I've ever had. I went once for a week and half for work. So we got to go to a lot of nice restaurants and had the locals treat us to some delicious meals. I'm not sure my wife believed me about how much I love Japan, so 3 years later I took her there in Nov. I took her to a three star Michelin Sushi restaurant, all the way to eating noodles off a street vendor in front of a temple in Kyoto. When you are still talking about the noodles you ate from a street vendor, 4 months later, you know there's something special. We both agree it was some of the best noodle dish we've ever had. Weird, I know. But everything from Tempura, Udon, Soba, Sashimi , Yakiniku, Teppanyaki (what we ignorant people call Hibachi - which isn't a real word by the way!), and so much more. The Teppanyaki place we went to was in Ginza - $500 and several glasses of 21yr old glenfiddich later, I was sold, extraordinary meal. But seriously, the "hibachi" is nothing like in the states. We had a personal chef who cooked right in front of us. No fancy spinning knives or throwing shrimp into our mouths. He was an food artist and created some amazing dishes and talked us through everything and was very kind.

EDIT - I haven't read through the entire thread, but I saw some mention about Chinese food. What most places server here in the states, is nothing like real Chinese food. Nothing, lol.
 
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whm1974

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I think Chop Suey is a good frugal way to use left over food that is still good, but normally gets thrown away by wasteful Americans.
 
Red Storm

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My vote would be for Italian but my favorite is Middle Eastern, particularly Iranian/Afghan food.
 
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whm1974

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OK what do you guys think is the best Fusion foods? I know there are some really good ones out there beside Chop Suey.
 
IronWing

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whm1974 said:
Other then Hummus, I haven't tried any Middle Eastern foods AFAIK.
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If you have any middle eastern restaurants in your area, give it a spin. When visiting other cities, searching out the middle eastern restaurants is at the top of my list.
 
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As someone who grow up in Asia who will eat almost everything and lucky enough to have chances to travel. If I have to pick one regional cuisine to eat for the rest of my life it will be Scandinavian. They are just so simple, so refine and relatively light yet so good. I also like Georgia(the country), Iran, Taiwan, Pho, Jap, some region of Chinese and America BBQ a lot but I don't know if I can do it everyday.

I recently have a chance to had a 1800s to early 1900s theme Canadian dinner(I would assume NE US and UK also share something similar). They're also very very good.
 
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whm1974

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IronWing said:
That is correct. Fusion - to take take two perfectly good foods, bring them together, and wreck both.
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It is possible to prepare really good Fusion meals.
sdifox said:
Do you even understand what fusion cuisine means?
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Yes it means combining two or more Dishes from distinct cultures together. BTW the American culture became very distinct from British long before the Revolutionary War.
 
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whm1974 said:
It is possible to prepare really good Fusion meals.

Yes it means combining two or more Dishes from distinct cultures together. BTW the American culture became very distinct from British long before the Revolutionary War.
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So what is fusion about fujien fried rice?
 
DigDog

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the wiser i become, the harder it is to answer this question.

I do think Japanese cuisine is up there at the top. They have Wagyu, sushi, they focus on high quality ingredients much more than any other culture, and have both delicate and strong flavours. They tend to do things a bit "samey".

French is in a way better than italian; both put great importance in transforming taste, rather than keeping it simple, and the french really put a ton of effort into that, but to the point where it becomes unpractical. Spain is similar to both, but they tend to go with cruder taste arrangement.

Much southamerican food, such as Argentine and Brazilian, revolves around just top quality beef, grilled. You can't beat that, but they are otherwise limited in scope. And you can get sick of grilled beef after two weeks straight eating that.

TBC
 
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whm1974

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I've heard that Korean chiefs can do wonders with Spam. So that is Korean-American cuisine right there.
 
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