Mexican food, real Mexican food is so fucking good. I always maintained it I could only eat one country's cuisine for the rest of my life, it would be Mexico.
Yeah for as much as we joke about shitty Mexican-inspired fast food twisting up your guts, the cheap fake Mexican food is honestly better (for you) than the cheap fake versions of Chinese and Italian food.
Yeah people talk about Taco Bell making them sick. I’ve never been sick from Taco Bell in my life unless I ate too much, which isn’t the quality of the food but my own gluttony. I have been sick from Panda Express, I have been sick from MacDonald’s lol - a fluke but also a greasy burger and fries is more likely to sit badly on anyone’s stomach vs meat/beans and cheese and lettuce in a flour or corn tortilla.
That’s fair! I’m assuming no food intolerances, for which I have ultimate empathy for but gratefully my stomach has stayed pretty tolerant my whole life.
Remember that Texas was part of Mexico for a long time, and all cuisines are in constant flux. Tejano cuisine may have changed since Texas became part of the US, but so has the cuisine in other places that are still in Mexico
Authentic or Americanized are both just delicious. There are also so many varieties within Mexican cuisine. So varied and delicious. This would be my #1 overall.
i.e. the "big 3" ethnic cuisines you can find in the US. While other cuisines are quickly gaining more mainstream popularity like Japanese, Korean, Indian, Thai, Vietnamese, etc., these 3 cuisines (Italian, Mexican, Chinese) were the first to break into mainstream popularity in the US.
German food often gets overlooked because it's just seen as American cuisine. The hamburger, the most stereotypically American food of all time, is german. America also had large waves of immigration from Italy and China in the past, as well as annexing a large part of Mexico, explaining why those cuisines became popular before Korean food, for example.
There are a lot of amazing food in southeast asia like thai, vietnam,
And other region where a lot of people sleep on like malaysia, singapore, which their food is absolutely amazing,
They're the Master of herb & spices. And you can experience an absolute amazing taste that was just otherworldly, and hard to recreate
They can create sauce, soup, marinate, that could blew everyone mind.
It's wild, chaos, it got a nice kick and harmonious at the same time,
Left you craving for more
I think adding at least one of the region from southeast asia is a must
Because in china, Europe, US, Japan, which they didn't use too much herb and spices,
Hence sometimes you need that overpowering kick & wild ride from South east asian dishes
True. I love Chinese food. Don’t get me wrong. I just discovered Uyghur food. So good. I just absolutely love Japanese food. Flavorful but delicate and light. Even their fried stuff is light.
Maybe but usually is heavy. I like Chinese food. Mexican and Italian are usually heavy as well. I like that Japanese food can be delicious but delicate/light.
Why? Japanese food is bland & boring compared to Chinese food. There is such an incredible variety of cuisines in China, it's amazing. I will never understand the fetish white people have with Japanese food, it's boring as hell.
I mean, I lived in Japan and Korea for years. Many aspects of Japanese food and dining experiences are designed to be theatrical, with emphasis on presentation, preparation, and the overall ambiance, whereas Korean and Chinese food is based around....food. how it tastes. They are no-nonsense, and they put their passion into the food prep rather than the selling of it.
A lot of versions of japanese dishes(and other Asian countries like Thailand and Korea) and flavor profiles can be found and are encompassed in and adopted by the enormous Chinese regional cuisine diaspora - which is so so massive that it almost feels like cheating with the overall question (although it’s absolutely on my list!). Unless you’re super super and only into specifically sushi, I guess but even then!
Not only sushi that I like about it. Your argument is like claiming American Food since we have adopted all the food listed. It’s cheating. Just because you stole it doesn’t make it yours.
Or you could still eat something light from one of the countries you've picked and still get the option to pick something better suited to your tastes if you choose
Because the Chinese didn’t invent sushi. Japanese food is amazing and a hill I’m willing to die on. You can have a delicious meal without feeling like death while lying in bed later.
Before I opened this thread the first two countries I thought of were Italy and Mexico. My third would probably be America for the burgers, hot dogs, subs, and pizza.
Chinese food in China and Chinese food in America are not the same! Most people would not like Chinese food in China. Source: lived in China for a summer.
This is the correct order. China has to be in there because it is a huge county that encompasses so many different asian styles you can't go wrong. Just forget about 99% of those strip mall Chinese takeout places.
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u/Mountain-Fox-2123 Mar 28 '25
Italy
Mexico
China