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posted January 25, 2026 07:26 PM |
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Top 5 Best Cuisines
1. United States. Unparalleled pedigree of delicious food: street food, fair food, sit-down food. You name it. Also has the best pizza anywhere on Earth. Best burgers. Best selection of sauces. Best & most diverse alcoholic drinks. Nobody can compete with beer or with cheese options.
2. China. Enormous selection of foods depending on the province. Hot and sweet and spicy dishes in the south and southwest. Warm & hearty meals in the north. Amazing.
3. Indonesia. Insanely good food influenced by a combination of China, India, and Arabic cooking.
4. United Kingdom. Outstanding cosmopolitan options. 2nd best pizza in the world. Seafood options for street food and simple eating are endless. Warm & hearty meals.
5. France. INGREDIENTS. Perfection, but lacking in choices and the wine is not what it used to be, or rather everybody else has already caught up. The bakeries are pure delight.
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artu
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posted January 25, 2026 07:43 PM |
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Pizza and burgers? Did you just rate world cuisine by fast food! Americans…
Italian, Greek, Turkish, Chinese and Mexican are almost in every top ten list available. Justifiably. Indonesian is also praised but it’s not common here, never tried it.
U.K. Really?
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posted January 25, 2026 08:01 PM |
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Edited by blizzard at 20:09, 25 Jan 2026.
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London pizzaries rival New York City. That is not a **** post. It is legit.
Also, the British excel at comfort food. Spices are fun but it isnt actually necessary to have 500 different herbs in a dish in order to make it tasty. There is something to be said in simplicity in order to bring out other flavors. Most of the stereotypes about crappy British food come from old ration meals from forever ago.
Plus they have excellent beer & wine. Not as good as USA, but still pretty damm good.
Burgers are NOT strictly a fast food item. If it was so simple to make an exemplary burger, everybody would be doing it, which they aren't.
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posted January 25, 2026 09:11 PM |
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Edited by blizzard at 21:15, 25 Jan 2026.
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These lists are always going to be painfully difficult, but countries with very large cosmopolitan populations are going to be at an inherent major advantage, because with that comes an explosion of amazing food and the PAN-fusions of food that come with that.
Like, food from Spain or Greece or Turkey is mouth-wateringly delicious, but it can't compete with a behemoth like China that actually contains a large variety of nations within a single nation-state. China will definitely win. So much insanely good food.
As for the USA... nothing too special about traditional food from back in the day. It was mostly prepared to be practical and calorie-dense. Some pretty outstanding breweries even early on (cause of the English) but that is about it.
But that is totally different from the cosmopolitan explosion of food in the 20th and 21st century. There is really no argument... USA is going to end up topping the list.
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posted January 25, 2026 09:24 PM |
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Actual cuisines dont fuse and evolve that fast. Sure, you can have a gifted chef trying different combinations. That can happen in basically any place that is urbanized enough in today’s world. Beijing, Istanbul or Amsterdam are not that different in this regard. Almost all ingredients are available in almost any place, too. But that chef’s special menu doesnt instantly become Chinese, Turkish or Dutch cuisine. That’s like saying an Italian band mixing jazz and Brazilian rhythms is making Italian music.
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posted January 25, 2026 10:29 PM |
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Edited by blizzard at 22:33, 25 Jan 2026.
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There is no universally agreed upon standard for what does or doesn't belong to a particular cuisine. There are opinions, and sometimes very strong opinions, but opinions are like buttholes. Everybody has them. The line between American and Canadian food, for example, is pretty blurry, and what does or doesnt count. Bubble tea started out in Taiwan in the 80s and it quickly caught on in the USA.
So... does bubble tea not count? Cause I can buy some pretty awesome bubble tea down the street. I dont think Taiwan is allowed to claim sole ownership because it has taken on a life of its own here. There are not patents on food or drinks.
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Yogi
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posted January 25, 2026 11:16 PM |
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posted January 25, 2026 11:41 PM |
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Edited by blizzard at 23:46, 25 Jan 2026.
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Japanese food is slightly less terrible than Irish food. It is like Chinese food that got spun in a dryer with some sawdust and lint for 30 minutes and then thrown back into a bowl with some stale water and a piece of cardboard.
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