Which country produces the best food?

[TP Rich]

Personally, I believe the best food comes from China! How about you?

 

[Thekingin64]

Chinese, though Japanese is a very close second.

 

[Ben]

Yeah, Chinese food is great!

Of course, what we get here is NOT Chinese food. At all. I'd love to see you eating what the Chinese actually do. Maggot soup is a particular highlight.

My favourite "country" for food is Mexican.

 

[Colossus]

Italian.

 

[Uncle Arly]

+1 for Italian.

 

[Jools]

Quality wise, Italy. Taste wise China!

 

[TP Rich]

Of course, what we get here is NOT Chinese food. At all. I'd love to see you eating what the Chinese actually do. Maggot soup is a particular highlight.

Did you know that there are actually eight different styles of Chinese cooking, but the one we have at takeways over here is Hong Kong style. Although there are some that specialise in Peking/Cantonese/etc.

 

[Ben]

Of course, what we get here is NOT Chinese food. At all. I'd love to see you eating what the Chinese actually do. Maggot soup is a particular highlight.

Did you know that there are actually eight different styles of Chinese cooking, but the one we have at takeways over here is Hong Kong style. Although there are some that specialise in Peking/Cantonese/etc.

Did you know that still doesn't mean what we get over here is in anyway genuine?

In fact, saying that it's Hong Kong style actually proves my point. Chinese food here hasn't changed since 1997, so, I'd suggest it dates back to the fact it was a British colony? And that what happened was we came back with the bits we liked, and left what we didn't. Thus, thanks, you proved it that the British idea of Chinese food is very far away from what actual Chinese food is. It's us taking "inspiration" from Chinese food to make our own little menu, not ACTUAL Chinese food.

The idea there's a billion people just sitting eating special fried rice and pork balls, watching pandas play in the back garden <///3

 

[Mysterious Sue]

Ohh look Ben talking about China again! ;p
While you're there though...dim sum

In actual country of origin i would say India. Omg the flavours. And the best tea too.

For UK based attempts I prefer Thai

 

[mouse]

France.
For english attempts Thai.

 

[kimahri]

Japan has Pocky and the most awesome candy. It wins.

 

[jayjay]

Italian food takes all my favourite things (tomato, garlic, pasta, mushrooms etc.) and makes them into a huge dish full of win. <3

 

[furie]

I honestly don't have enough experience of the food produced by other countries to comment. I've had UK/Western versions of the food, but not original produce. So I can only really say British, which is pretty lame.

 

[Smithy]

Tough choice between Mexico and Italy for me.

I'd probably side with Italian just because I tend to eat more pasta than anything else.

 

[LiveForTheLaunch]

As most people on here, I've mostly only tried the Western versions of the food. I've tried genuine food from England, Italy, and America, and I'd rank them like this:

1) Italy (even though I'm not a fan of pasta, theirs was spectacular, but their pizza wasn't that amazing)
2) England
3) America

If I had to rank them all based on even the Westernized versions, I'd say this:

1) Italy
2) China
3) England
4) USA
5) Indian (butter chicken and chicken korma curry are the only two things I like)
6) Mexican (I only like one Mexican restaurant, which is in Detroit, so I can't really judge)

Germany has EXCELLENT food though. Some of their little pubs and even their beer halls have really good stuff, so that'd be up there as well. I'm use to Canadian food, so I don't find it anything spectacular.

If only I ate at more places other than McDonalds on my travels, I'd be able to give a better description of what countries are good and which are bad. I tried one traditional Slovakian dish which was just okay, kind of got gross and too cheesy after a while (if that's possible).. The Hungarian mushrooms and cheese were really good though.

 

[Mysterious Sue]

Did you try proper goulash in Hungary? That's so nom. Although most eastern European food I encountered was nice, it mainly revolved around dumplings!

 

[FaceYourNemesis]

Japan for me. The food is so intricately prepared, it becomes an art form.

 

[Pokemaniac]

Sorry to say, but I've found the English cuisine to be the least appealing I've ever tasted. I know there is a huge difference between cheap restaurant food and proper homemade food, but I've never been into an English home, so, yeah. Why do they always boil things in fat? And what is that sorry excuse for brown bread? And why is a faint chlorine taste always present?

Again, the times I've been to Britain, I've always been on a budget (save from the two weeks at the international scout camp, when it was the camp that was on a budget). I can imagine Norwegian food with the same amount of effort put into it tasting equally awful. It just struck me as odd why LFTL put England at the top of her list.

The Greek cuisine deserves a mention for the Souvlaki alone. The Italians have had better luck exporting their food, which actually does taste awesome.

The Westernized versions of Mexican and Indian food also deserve a mention.
Also, de-junked versions of American food <3.

 

[TP Rich]

Thus, thanks, you proved it that the British idea of Chinese food is very far away from what actual Chinese food is.

I said it was Hong Kong style, nothing else...

 

[SaiyanHajime]

I like a bit of everything. And I also really love stuff for dinner that shouldn't constitute as part of a meal, so I picked USA.

But, I do love my Mediterranean and there's a severe lack of non-Italian med food in the USA. </3

Greek is indeed really underrated. That part of the world in general produces great tasting, healthy food.

Tzatziki > life.

Really good on pizza too... And chips. Mmmmmmm.