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.
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
We’re gonna be embargoing America for a LONG time after the Commander in Cheese is gone. We’d need to be sure we’re not going to be rounded up and sent to the camps.
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
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?
I lived in Russia for a while about 15 years ago. Burger King and KFC were so fucking good there. I was so disappointed when I came back to the states to find Burger King as cold uneatable garbage again.
BK in Europe is actually edible, sometimes even good
Do you know what makes them better?
Massive win for communism btw 🥰. Just think about how they pushed back at those western brands setting up shop in the USSR. If only they knew one day they could say “Even capitalist slop taste better in Mother Russia 🐻🇷🇺”
I have no clue what you are on about. Russia isn’t a communist country, it is a right wing kleptocratic dictatorship.
Just being silly. Russia needs all the wins it can get.
That said, things like McDonald’s moved in shortly before USSR fractured, if I remember correctly, so would be pre-kleptocratic dictatorship. But obvs those corporations aren’t indicative of communism, because they’re American corporations.
I think you need help. Do you smell burnt toast?
Had some amazing Indian food in Bordeaux.
This place: https://rajistan.fr/
Had some great Neapolitan pizza in Weesp, Netherlands.
Brasil everything, pizza, hamburgers, sushi, pasta. They add their own style to international food and it’s awesome.
Brasilian BBQ is awesome.
French toast in a Hong Kong restaurant in (Low Yat tech mall in) Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia was awesome. Just some toast with some peanut butter, done in a very special way so that it seemed a totally new dish to me. Place has shut in the meantime. :(
Also, if you’re ever in Prague, visit Yuniku, the best Korean BBQ restaurant I’ve ever been to, and that list is not short.
Sushi in Singapore, and Indian food (Tikka Fahl, iirc) in Czech Republic
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.
Well, I had the exact opposite experience with KFC. In Europe KFC is crispy, crunchy, seasoned, delicious. When I was in Kentucky we stopped at the supposedly first KFC. Holy greasy bland chewy chicken, batman! Didn’t try KFC again the whole trip.
Yeah, I don’t know what the US malfunction with KFC is. Obviously capitalism, but beyond that.
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
I had amazing ramen in Estonia. It was run by a Japanese lady though so I’m not sure that counts.
I was out on business floating around the Cayman islands going from point to point and met a small statured man from the Philippines. he had this amazing boat that was so whimsical it felt as if it had floated out of a story book. it had these incredibly tiny glass chimes hanging from the palm roof and with the washing of the waves it sounded like magic.
anyway, he offered us something to eat and we obviously couldn’t say no. he quickly began to work on his boat cooking up a storm. he was an absolute master at what he was doing! it was such a thrill to see him toss a bit of this and that into his pot and watch over it lovingly as it simmered. the air was filled with this amazing aroma of garlic, saffron, and tomato.
finally after a mouthwatering hour of cooking he plated the most beautiful Bouillabaisse for us to enjoy, and what a treat it was! it was the best Bouillabaisse I have ever had in my life!
unfortunately, I heard not that long after that the cartel found him and took his life. it’s a shame that nobody will ever get to experience his cooking again, he was truly a master.
Namaste in Niamey, Niger has the best Indian food I’ve ever had, bar none.
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.
Indian food in the UK. I don’t think this will surprise anyone, though.
Absolutely. I was just recalling in an earlier thread a dinner I had in Cornwall near Tintagel, at a family run Indian place. I was keen on trying vindaloo, but the owner talked me down to madras - and I was glad, because that madras was at the perfect edge of my hotness tolerance and was delicious. The vindaloo probably would have been too much for me.
Yep. Vindaloo from a good Indian is evil 😃
Disappointed that I failed the Dave Lister test tho. OTOH it means I still have more than one taste bud.
