What's your favorite foreign cuisine?

[True Dough]

89 votes, 1 pass | Time left: Unlimited
	Chinese food
	9 (10%)
	Indian
	10 (11%)
	Greek
	3 (3%)
	Italian
	22 (25%)
	Mexican
	15 (17%)
	Thai
	12 (13%)
	Japanese
	3 (3%)
	Spanish
	0 (0%)
	Turkish
	1 (1%)
	Other
	14 (16%)
	1 DU member did not wish to select any of the options provided.
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[multigraincracker]

1. Hunter/gatherer.

[no_hypocrisy]

2. You omitted French.

[True Dough]

4. There's only 10 options available

Not every country can be included.

[Lochloosa]

3. I chose other. All of them.

[ProfessorGAC]

5. Had To Pass

Couldn't choose between Italian, Chinese, Japanese, Thai, & Mexican.
Interesting you included italian. Several years ago I read a magazine article talking about thus very topic.
People were surprised how few people chose Italian.
So, they did a little digging & concluded that many people no longer consider Italian as a foreign cuisine.
Pasta,, pizza, Italian beef & sausages have morphed into "American" food.
When some of those people were asked "What about pizza & pasta?" the replies were effectively "Oh, yeah. I forgot about that."
My guess is that Mexican cuisine is headed in that same direction.

[True Dough]

7. Interesting, but not surprising

After generations have become accustomed to enjoying meals that originated from afar, some people naturally consider it native because they know nothing different.

In that same vein, some New Yorkers and some Chicagoans could probably spend forever debating which city has the best pizza and not even consider Naples (Napoli) in that conversation.

[ProfessorGAC]

11. We Can However, Rule Out Milano

Pizza there is pretty much what we would call pizza bread!
I've been to Italy 40 something times but never south of the Napoli area. I don't know what pizza is like down south.
Funny thing is, my dad's side is from Sicily; my mom's from Calabria. So, I've never been down to where my familes were from.

[Kali]

20. that was kind of what I was thinking

I would pick Mexican, but it isn't foreign to me, it is just normal, everyday eating around here.

[walkingman]

6. Lebanese

[True Dough]

8. Fascinating choice, walkingman

Which are your favorite Lebanese dishes?

[walkingman]

9. Kibbeh (little footballs), grape-leaf and cabbage rolls, maamoul (date crescent-shaped cookies),

are a few that I remember but so many more....We had a neighbor who was a retired violinist from SF of Lebanese descent (mom and dad from Lebanon/Syrian) who family introduced us to their cuisine. They were amazing very cultured people all passed away. I miss them and their food.

[mwmisses4289]

10. All of the above.

I would also add Korean. So many delicious food cultures, not enough time (or money!) to travel to them all and try their food.
May need to do another poll with more food from countries in the global south- think Argentina, Chile, Brazil, Indonesia, the Carribean (ok, i know they are still northern hemisphere, but still!), the Phillipines...oh, there are so many!

[Skittles]

12. fish and chips with malt vinegar

yes indeed

[True Dough]

13. With

sticky toffee pudding for dessert?

[Skittles]

14. I prefer spotted dick

[True Dough]

15. It's

all yours!

[Attilatheblond]

29. While planning a multi-family Thanksgiving, my British friend said she'd bring spotted dick.

Two of the American gents at the planning session looked alarmed and one mumbled: "sounds like something you should see a doctor about"

[Skittles]

37. it is certainly not what my fussbudget English grandma called it

it was just plain pudding and custard

[Attilatheblond]

39. My British friend is anything but fussy

But DO NOT get into it with her regarding: Flashlight or Torch

[Skittles]

40. my mum disliked 'bangs'

it's a bloody FRINGE!

[Attilatheblond]

43. My friend and her Long Island native husband got into it re flashlight/torch

He thought he had her with "We invented the flashlight!" but she smartly responded: "Yes, dear, but who invented the English language?"

Game over 'bloody colonist'.

[Skittles]

45. I got one over on them when I was a kid in England

WE LANDED ON THE MOOOOOOOON!

they could NOT top that

[Ocelot II]

42. Sounds like a particularly unpleasant STD.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

16. When in Rome!

[True Dough]

17. Go

roaming?

[Floyd R. Turbo]

44. 🤗

[Tikki]

18. Thai...but I can't partake any more.

Tikki

[True Dough]

19. Tikki

I am sorry that you can no longer Thai one on!

Thai was my choice as well.

[Kali]

21. my nit picky question

do you mean the actual cuisines in those places, or do you mean the American versions? because they are WAY different. I love old style American "Chinese" food, actual real food in China? (or in my case it was Taiwan) - eh not much of it, actually.

[True Dough]

22. Of course, DUers can specify as you just did, Kali.

But your observation is valid in my experience. I only knew "Westernized" Chinese food until my 30s. Then my wife and I met up with a high school buddy of mine and his wife. Their parents came from China. My friend recommended a Chinese restaurant and we happily met them there.

Then we looked at the menu and I was shocked that there was no chicken balls, chow mein, egg rolls, fried rice, etc. It was primarily fish and shellfish dishes. I was hard-pressed to order because I knew so little about what I was seeing. It was quite an eye-opener.

[Wednesdays]

28. I dated someone from Taiwan when I was in college

...who would fix me dinners in their homeland style.

It was VERY bland. Except for the dried fish snacks, which were VERY salty!

[CTyankee]

23. Turkish food is excellent. We have two Turkish restaurants in a nearby town here in CT and it is a treat to go have

dinner there. Shish ka-bob excellence!

The only drawback is that they serve no alcohol so it's a BYOB.

[IbogaProject]

24. Ital by Jamacians

It is a mostly vegan cuisine from Jamacia and other Carribean countries.

[Wednesdays]

25. I chose Italian, but Polish is a close second

Spouse and I are both part Polish, and grew up around Polish Americans.

Where we live now, there are not many Poles, though. So when we travel we try to go where there are Polish restaurants and bakeries. MmmMMMmm...chrusciki ("angel wings" cookies), REAL fresh kielbasa (not the stuff you can just pick up at Walmart), ziemniaczane (potato pancakes made from scratch!), and golabki (stuffed cabbage).

At Christmastime, we make a big pot of kapusta for the family. Spouse's family always made theirs with slices of polish sausage, while my family did it meatless. We serve that with pierogi (we prefer Alexandra's pierogi rather than Mrs. T's, although Alexandra's is hard to find around here).

Also, the week before Ash Wednesday, we make homemade paczki (Polish jelly-filled donuts). None of the bakeries around here make decent paczki.

[Ocelot II]

26. Vietnamese.

Love pho and gỏi cuốn.

[irisblue]

41. Pho Le, is less then a mile from my house makes both of those

So so so well

[greatauntoftriplets]

27. Of the choices given, Italian.

But my favorite is French.

[littlemissmartypants]

30. I'll kill for ...

Crêpes Suzette.

[True Dough]

31. LMSP and the case of

THE KILLER CREPES!!!

[littlemissmartypants]

32. I see them in my dreams, True. 🍴💭 🤓

[jmowreader]

33. Korean

Maybe because the first international cuisine I ever ate in the country that invented it was Korean.

[LudwigPastorius]

46. Kimchi and Soju for breakfast?

[Norrrm]

34. French fries and English muffins........ Go deep into the culture.

???

Oh, yeah! Canadian bacon.

[Ilikepurple]

35. Off this list, Thai then Japanese

If I get my favorite regional Thai dishes that are often not on American Thai menus. Although if I can claim the food of multiple regions perhaps Chinese. But, now I’m just hungry for Jamaican and Pakistani food. Maybe I’m just hungry.

[FM123]

36. Korean food

Especially Bulgogi

[Mike Niendorff]

38. Vietnamese.

MDN

[LudwigPastorius]

47. Not really foreign, but Tex-Mex. (...and no, I don't mean Taco Bell)

When done right, it's some serious comfort food.