Hubs sent me this YouTube video and tells me that things like Brazilian pizza also exist. So anyone more traveled than me, have you ever had anything particularly interesting?
Edit: It’s also interesting to me how English adjective order affects this. The video is, for instance, describing Indian Chinese food, not Chinese Indian food. I’m sure other languages have something similar.
The best pupusas I’ve ever had were not in El Salvador, but rather a little shop in Toronto (now closed, RIP).
I had an AMAZING ramen bowl in NY, I think the name of the restaurant is Ivan ramen, it was the best food I’ve ever had, not just the best ramen ever, I highly recommend it if you find yourself in NY, hopefully when the orange in power is no longer in power
The best Indian food I’ve had was in the Czech Republic. There’s probably some localization with how they make them there, but I loved it.
dang that vietnamese chili shrimp i shared in travel from osaka is probably right up there.
i have not had as good pizza in italy as i have had in several countries, but I prefer a strong, thick tomato sauce, which is very light in Italian pizzas that I’ve had, although the Italian fired crust is consistently better.
i prefer indian momos to chinese jianjiao: less oily, more consistently flavorful and healthy.
Where are sandwiches from!?! Because I don’t know if I’ve ever enjoyed a sandwich as much as I enjoyed the Colombian barbecue chicken patacones that use plantains as bread. holy crap that is good and enough food for three days.
The Japanese have perfected the cheese cake, way more decadent without losing any of the flavor.
oh dang though, you know what, a Venezuelan living in Colombia made the best sushi I’ve ever had, and the best salmon belly sashimi I’ve ever had.
We loooooooove gelato in Italy. It is magical to my husband and me.
We have tried to find an acceptable substitute in the US, but nothing is “right”. I don’t know if it’s the geographical influence on the taste of our dairy, or USDA standards for keeping ice cream a bit too cold. We haven’t found a place here that’s advertising “gelato” that gets anywhere close to the experience of gelato in Italy.
But we randomly stopped at a gelateria in Akhihabara, Tokyo. Low expectations, but we wanted a snack. And that was hands down the best gelato we’ve ever had outside Italy. 5 stars.
I had fantastic khachapuri in Lithuania.
The only true oven for it within the city of a Chicago (Argo Bakery on Devon) closed a few years back and it’s like an ache in my soul.
Namaste in Niamey, Niger has the best Indian food I’ve ever had, bar none.
I moved to New Zealand six months ago, and I have had exactly one truly bad meal since I’ve been here. I haven’t eaten any Maori food, so I guess all the food I’ve eaten has been from another country.
The one that surprised me the most was KFC. We moved from one state away from Kentucky, and we had to come here to have truly good KFC.
I was expecting the Chinese food to be good here, but it’s really good. So is the Korean, Indian, and Malaysian food. The fish and chips are good. The burgers are great, even from McDonald’s. The absolute best was Filipino food from a tiny little restaurant in a random strip mall near Sylvia Park. That food changed my life.
In fairness, I have had a couple of “fine” meals—as in, “well, nothing special, but it was fine.”
The one bad meal was Pad Thai made by Thai people at a Thai restaurant down by the beach. It was just way too sweet, which makes me wonder if they saw me and made it “for a white guy” or something.
Wondering where you’re were coming from (e.g city or rural), because what you described has basically been my experience in every US city I’ve spent time in. One of my favorite aspects of multicultural city life tbh
Had fantastic dry ramen in Busan, South Korea. Place was run by Japanese people though.
You should try 盛岡冷麺 (morioka reimen) if you ever get a chance. It’s a japanese version (the best, imnsho) of Korean cold noodles.
I had amazing ramen in Estonia. It was run by a Japanese lady though so I’m not sure that counts.
Sushi in Singapore, and Indian food (Tikka Fahl, iirc) in Czech Republic
Look at this Scotch egg! Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Had the most amazing burger in Japan. I’m not sure what they put in their food, but EVERYTHING there tastes amazing.
Which is funny because many non-japanese living here complain about finding good burgers (which is, of course, subjective to begin with).
Perhaps Ajinomoto?
Maybe! But msg is used basically everywhere so why would it be so much more amazing in Japan haha.
Native production ig?
Do döner kebabs in Austria count as a Turkish food?
Depends on where the dönertier was raised.
No, it counts as German food
Where? Friend of mine from Vienna always complains about the lack of good Döner and would love a good recommendation.
Unfortunately it’s been 18 years since I was in Austria, and as an American who’d never had one before they all seemed good, so I couldn’t really help. I remember once my cousin took us to a pizza place that served both döners and the meat inside of dough like a calzone, but couldn’t tell you at all where it was beyond I think we were on the eastern side of the Danube.
But please have an Ottakringer Blopp and/or Kaiser Doppelmalz for me the next time you’re in Vienna.
Vietnam has amazing French food. Especially top tier baked good like croissants. Up there with the best in Paris.
I would never have guessed, this is what I made this post for.
I mean it makes sense given that Vietnam was a French colony up until Ho Chi Minh and the North Vietnam wanted out after WW2
History was always my weak point. It’s interesting but I could never keep up with the names and dates.
