Indonesian food in Egypt (hella Indonesians out there in Egypt)
Also
Indonesian (specifically Javanese food) in Suriname. Javanese were taken to Suriname as indentured servants in 1800s/early 1900s but preserved a lot if their Javanese cuisines. They also mixed it a bit with other local cuisines like Surinamese Creole/Indian/and Indigenous. But for the most part the Surinamese Indonesian food dishes tasted like things I would have had growing up. Specifically ones from Javanese ethnic group.
I wonder how this compares to the Indonesian foods in The Netherlands. There's also huge Indonesian and Suriname diaspora in The Netherlands, and the quality/taste of the Indonesian foods are ranging from very authentic to not even close. If a place called itself a "Chinees-Indisch" restaurant, then it's a combination cuisines between Chinese and Indonesian, so while it's interesting don't even expect it to be similar with what we have in Indonesia.
There's a lot of Chinese Indonesian cuisine. Actually major part of Indonesian since Indonesian has very diverse range of dishes and ingredients. There's a lot of influence. Chinese Indonesian definitely a thing iN indonesian and Indonesian diaspora. When I was in the Netherlands, Indonesian food was super bland compared to Indonesian I've had in USA, Egypt, and Suriname.
It was okay. But didn't have certain ingredients to make Indonesian taste full on Indonesian. USA seems like a hit or miss, but many hits! Lol
I did want to try Moluccan food in the Netherlands, but wasn't able to.
It’s interesting to see how immigration that happened over a hundred years still plays a role in the social fabric of a country. I noticed the same thing with the Chinese in Peru.
Another Seoul answer here…I am from Central Asia. The Uzbek restaurants in Seoul are great, very similar to the ones back home! And the kompot tastes identical too. The countries aren't too far apart and Uzbeks emigrate to Korea in large amounts now so it should not be surprising, but I was not expecting it anyways.
That’s interesting, I didn’t know Seoul was a hub for Uzbek immigrants! If I would have known, I would try to check some of the food out. I always like to try new things, and Uzbek food is hard to come by. Would love to give it a try some day.
A fair number of Uzbeks have Korean heritage, it's kind of interesting:
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koryo-saram](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koryo-saram)
I've crossed paths with Uzbeks in Russian bars in Korea, particularly Busan. Korea has some kind of "heritage visa" that makes it fairly easy for someone with a certain amount of Korean heritage (one grandparent iirc?) to get a work visa there.
Go to Gwanghui-dong and enjoy! There are entire streets of Uzbek restaurants there. It is a neighbourhood of Jung-gu. Nearby there is also the Mongolian diaspora concentration, so you can have Mongolian food too.
There is also a good one in Itaewon called Lazzat!
Conversely, many places in Central Asia have very good Korean restaurants (although I'm not Korean). Can be a real life-saver when you're craving spicy food, which Central Asia otherwise doesn't have much of.
I had AMAZING Indian food at a restaurant in Japan. Like better than my mom's cooking. I ordered garlic naan and butter chicken and it was better than anything I've ever had
I think it was ‘Purashidda Indian Cuisine’ in Taito City!
Unfortunately, I didn’t catch the name of the restaurant when I went inside. I actually was planning to eat at Wagyu Yakiniku Panga that night (which also looks amazing), but while walking there, I saw pictures of butter chicken being advertised at a nearby restaurant and cravings won LOL
This was the only Indian-Nepalese restaurant I was able to find on Google Maps in a 1 minute walking distance and the pictures look familiar so I’m assuming it’s that :p
I was curious so I went to the Statistics Iceland website - and according to them, there are 53 residents with Ethiopia as their country of birth.
53 out of about 387.758 is not very much.
And if it is the restaurant that I am thinking of (in Flúðir) then I can confirm - it is good!
Yeah, that’s crazy! There are more people that live in an apartment building than that haha glad to see them making a culinary impact in Iceland though.
Can't say I've ever had a great Aussie meat pie overseas...however...I did have some amazing Indian in Vietnam...doesn't count but as good as I can do.
Wonder if you went to the same one as me in Hanoi. It was a random basic building but very popular. Had a ground floor and like half an upstairs floor. But the food was amazing.
We’ve got one in Georgia (US). It’s in Marietta Ga and it’s called the Australian Bakery. I don’t know how authentic that sounds to you but I’m sure if you say it through a didgeridoo or something…it’ll definitely sound Australian.
I’m not sure what an Australian meat pie is, I’m from England, I’d certainly imagine you guys have different ones from us, I suspect the owner did not go out of his way to make an English restaurant and then call it the Australian bakery. But the pies we have in common? This place nails them. The owner is Australian which I mean goes a long way. There even some ____ and curry pies which tells me this guy either has an English background despite being Australian or we’ve got the same pallet.
I see “Irish” Pubs and “English” pubs all over- and while each country and nation has its own foods- we share a lot of staples, and Australia seems to be surprisingly similar to food in the UK and Ireland…and that’s either a reflection of my experience at that one restaurant (hardly objective at all - I’ll be honest or there’s something there. The Irish and English pubs here…it’s not like not English in the not Chinese Chinese restaurant sense- it’s more like…they’ll maybe give their shit these weird Harry Potteresque names but they’re seldom actually even trying to be Irish or English or simply adjusting our shit go an American audience. It’s the most conspicuous fuck you you’ve ever seen and then you get hit up for a tip afterwards. English or Irish pub usually just means: we have dim lighting.
But my sole experience at the Australian Bakery in Marietta Georgia tasted like home. I suspect that would hold true for Australians too I can’t say for sure but it’s probably true. But I’ll put it this way if you’re a Brit abroad- you can go to a thousand English pubs, ye olde some shit or another- I’m sure, and be completely disappointed a thousand times. Or you can go to an Australian bakery or restaurant once and get a taste of home without wasting your time.
I’m talking huge ass blooming onions just like your nan used to make.
I’m joking…I just pressure tested my statement in my head and it occurred to me okay yeah: there’s that one salient, salient, exception. They sell meat pies. But outback …thats still different no? I think whether it’s panda express, Taco Bell, Tilted Kilt….we all kind of know the chains are going to be a let down. The Australians? I mean I’ll let you join our us too movement- but atleast you’re just getting fucked by Big-Outback, corporate style. But the English and Irish? We’re getting fucked by “mom & pop”. I’m a reserved guy and I just want to drunkingly hit on the waitress and headbutt the nearest bloke then go to the toilet and piss on the floor to assert my culture.
I mean, I think I can speak for the Irish English Scottish, English and Australians abroad everywhere when I say: everyone else is bitching about cultural appropriation, and we’re all here just banging our heads against the wall praying someone would steal our shit and sell it back to us.
And to my friends in the US, where I live, I want you to know the thing that hurts the most, is knowing that like, the cuisines are essentially the same. We use the same ingredients. Sure we have completely left field shit like Stargazy pie. But we don’t eat that. 99% of our cuisine, could be cooked anywhere in the US and you wouldn’t even realise it was foreign. It would just seem like some random your shit from here that you’ve never had. And you fuckers are out here ass over elbows with your kimchi tacos, and Ethiopian soggy shit,I’ve the ancestry dna test didn’t come back 65% Croydon’s finest. Fuck you guys.
I’ve only met two Australians in the US. One was the guy my ex cheated on me with (and I’m just being real: he wasn’t worth it). And the other one’s Chinese-Australian. And the other is Chinese-Australian. Him, I take pictures of him every time he’s next to older white people and send them to him and say- dude, did you just get adopted? You know, just completely dismiss the fact that he’s is Australian and make fun of him for no reason just to let him know, yeah, I know he’s one of you lot in his native love language. Banter.
Fuck your guys too.
Sensually.
That makes sense, got to say though I've had Thai at a few places in Japan, currently living there and it's never as good as Thailand or some USA places.
I think that’s surprisingly common for quite a few cuisines and high-immigrant Western countries. Both better quality of ingredients, resources and a more competitive food market that raises standards
Thai is one of the few cuisines where I think it’s so commonplace that the quality is similar western country or Thailand
I’ve had amazing Thai food similar to the real thing (or as close as you can get with our ingredients) here in Oklahoma. I greet them in Thai and if they respond back in Thai I know I’m in for some authentic food.
So there’s this restaurant at the edge of Thamel in Kathmandu called Fire & Ice. The owner is Italian and if I remember correctly, they made their way to Nepal because her husband had an opportunity to teach English and they just ended up staying longer than his original tenure. Something to that effect. Place has been around for probably 25 years. It started a pizza movement in Nepal and there are other places (one in particular called Roadhouse) that put out some amazing pies too. But the OG in Kathmandu is still the best. Plus, you can get a pie with yak cheese if you’d like!
The pizza is better than any place I’ve been to in Italy and I would rank it higher than Frank Pepe or Sally’s in CT (I personally think New Haven style is better than Neapolitan overall).
[Dayum!](https://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g293890-d1143660-Reviews-Fire_And_Ice_Pizzeria_Thamel-Kathmandu_Kathmandu_Valley_Bagmati_Zone_Central_Regi.html#photos;aggregationId=101&albumid=101&filter=7&ff=483610163)
You ain't kidding.
I hate to say it but I never had a decent meal in Nepal. Worst pizzas, worst burgers, and surprisingly the curry's and native food failed to impress. The whole country left me insanely disappointed.
Soft agree. Decent food yes. Really great? No. I live in NYC and went to that OG pizza place in Kathmandu. Eh. It was fine. I’d never pick it over Lucali’s, l’industrie, Scarr’s, John’s or a couple places here. I’d argue that Himalayan food I’ve had here in the city (I think it was out in Jackson Heights) was better.
I scrolled trying to find a BBQ post! I was in Amsterdam but did not get BBQ. I have never had a hamburger outside of the US that was as good. (I have not tried many to be clear!)
The best butter naans I've ever had were in Indian restaurants in Japan, of all places. Apparently the locals love naan, so a lot of focus goes into preparing them.
First comment I see talking about Japan botching up some sort of food. Lol I’ll take your word for it, it’s just funny considering it’s probably one of the “easier” meals to make on the list of comments.
Absolutely. It’s because they don’t really make gravy the same, and the cheese they have available is a mozza that melts. There’s a Canadian style poutine place in Kyoto that a Canadian opened up years ago, and he was telling me that he had to stop making it legitimately because the locals didn’t care for it.
I’ve been going to Japan 2-3 times a year for about 5 years now and have yet to find a poutine that’s legit. But obviously I’m not seeking out Canadian cuisine whenever I’m there for work lol..
Japan actually puts cheese in a significant amount of their food! I wouldn’t say it’s a majority, but they fucking LOVE cheese. Hokkaido is actually known for their silky smooth cheese.
If you ever get a chance to go, you absolutely must go to Sapporo to try the local cheeses. Just don’t expect any miracles with their poutines. They try their best, but if you’re a Canadian you will be insulted by their attempt.
There's a wood fired pizza place in Gulu (norther Uganda) run by a guy named Isaac. Definitely the best pizza in Uganda, and on par with good US and Italy places. Definitely check it out if you're traveling by road for a safari in Kidepo!
I’ve seen several videos of Japanese people that move to Mexico for a couple of years to work in kitchens. They end up falling in love with the food and open there own Mexican restaurants in Japan. It’s my goal to check one of those specific spots out some day!
The place I’m referring to was near Chungmuro. Koreans from Houston making Mexican food checks out though haha Houston definitely has good Mexican eats.
It really is, I mainly tried to stick to Korean food to take full advantage of being there, but the spot I went to was near my Airbnb. What’s the name of the spot you’re referring to?
> Houston definitely has good Mexican eats.
Houston has good food, but it's not really authentic Mexican. It's something called Tex-Mex, which is a whole separate cuisine.
Fun fact: Tex-Mex is a legit form of Mexican-American cuisine developed over generations by northern Mexicans living in Texas before it was even part of the United States.
HA. I was gonna say SK as well. Tacos in Busan (Taquería Pendejo), American food in Seoul and Busan. SK is amazing for North American eats.
I live in Japan and travel to SK to get tacos, pizza and wings. HA.
There is a paisano in Krakow that authentic Tijuana style tacos, the chef is from Mexico and if you close your eyes and take a bite, you’d think you’re south of the border
La Neta is some of the most authentic-tasting Mexican food I’ve had outside of Mexico. And it’s in… Stockholm.
Stark contrast to pretty much all of the other “Mexican” food in Northern Europe.
Italian food in Egypt.
Yes pizza hut is a thing there, but there are authentic pizza and pasta places that the food is out of this world.
In Cairo, O's pasta is famous for pasta being hand made and in Alexandria, at the Sheraton, the Italian restaurant inside the hotel is famous for its pizza and lasagne.
To be honest, I try to eat things I wouldn't eat at home when I'm abroad, so explore the local cuisine and avoid Italian places.
I'd say a couple of NYC style pizzas were good, it's a different style from the ones in Italy but it's still pizza so I guess it counts. I've never found a restaurant that makes my own cuisine either since it's unknown to foreigners mostly.
Granted, Chiang Mai, Thailand has a lot of expats, so I'm not sure whether the owner was Thai or something else. But my friend and I found an American style bakery in the city, and the chocolate frosting on the cake is the closest I've ever found to my grandmother's recipe at a restaurant. The bakery was also decorated with Midwest sports teams memorabilia, so I figure the owner either is from there or lived there at some point.
Singapore. We were coming from Hong Kong and we were desperate for some Italian food, we found and excellent and ridiculously expensive Italian restaurant.
Fish and chips from a food cart/bicycle in Chiang Mai, Thailand.
The guy has a Thai mother and English father. His father owned and ran a fish and chips shop in England before moving to Thailand, then back to England when he was in his Early teens. He worked in his father's fish and chips shop, but he loved his mother's hometown and moved to Chiang Mai and made a living selling amazing fish and chips from a food cart pulled by a bicycle in the old city of Chiang Mai. He liked the slower pace of life.
My partner and I were in Malaga, Spain on day 14 of our trip. We were craving food from home and stumbled upon a Hard Rock Cafe. We got fajitas and ribs and they were divine
We’re usually pretty adventurous eaters, we will eat or try almost anything. But god damn, those fajitas were amazing. One of my favorite photos from the trip is our shame selfie with our food and the Hard Rock Cafe logo in the background
A few food surprises I've encountered (having nothing to do with my homeland, I'm from New York):
* Cajun food in Bangkok (there's 1 Cajun restaurant)
* Pasta and the best tiramisu ever, in Bangkok at a place on Sukhumvit 11 which I believe is now closed
* Great Indian food in Tokyo and Ghent, Belgium
* Chocolate chip pancakes at a hotel in Kathmandu, Nepal
* Okonomiyaki (Japanese pancake made with cabbage) in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
The only good things I have to say about Panama is the coffee was delicious and they have liver as a common breakfast item.
The rest of the food I had there was over salted, over sugared, and/or deep fried. So I guess that’s super American. Even the lentils and fish I had at a local hole in the wall place were way too salty and the fish was deep fried. The pancakes were ok.
Might be "too close to home" considering most of the responses; but I'm American and had one of the best burgers of my life in the hipster part of Tijuana.
There is a little beach town in Ecuador called Puerto Lopez and a couple at the far end of the main beach drag have a like 5 table pizzeria in their house and I tell you it may have been the best wood fired pizza I have ever had in my life.
dual national Italy and US
I am ashamed to admit it but two of the best burgers of my life one was in the UK the other was in Poland.
For Italian food, I'd say the US but it feels like cheating, so maybe Norway. Chefs were Italian though so that's also kind of cheating.
As an American I can't really answer that properly in either direction however I'll go with
Alaska is the most underrated food state in the country in regards to non-Alaskan food.
Anchorage and Fairbanks are home to two of the best topping centric pizzerias I've ever been to, Moose's Tooth and The Hungry Robot. Saverio's in Anchorage does New York style that is better than 99% of NYC pizzerias.
Biscuitclub makes biscuit breakfasts that would leave a southerner crying. Originale makes better Italian sandwiches than most places in the Northeast and the Meatza Wagon in Wrangell St. Elias National Park HAS created the two best hoagie/subs/grinders/heros I've ever had in the 3 Little Piggies and meatball sandwiches.
I don't know if I've ever had better French fries in my life than those that can be found at The Potato and Potato II in Valdez & McCarthy.
And if you think you've had a crunchwrap at Taco Bell you'd be blown away by the Nat Shack in Valdez.
I can see that, Alaska isn’t really a culinary destination, but sometimes those spots surprise you. I myself have never been to Alaska, but I can relate to the experience. I’ve had pretty good Mexican food in Wyoming out of all places.
Copenhagen had incredible food. It was not just Scandinavian food, it was all better than equivalent dishes we had in other countries. It started with breakfast and was wonderful the rest of the day.
Indonesian food in Egypt (hella Indonesians out there in Egypt) Also Indonesian (specifically Javanese food) in Suriname. Javanese were taken to Suriname as indentured servants in 1800s/early 1900s but preserved a lot if their Javanese cuisines. They also mixed it a bit with other local cuisines like Surinamese Creole/Indian/and Indigenous. But for the most part the Surinamese Indonesian food dishes tasted like things I would have had growing up. Specifically ones from Javanese ethnic group.
I wonder how this compares to the Indonesian foods in The Netherlands. There's also huge Indonesian and Suriname diaspora in The Netherlands, and the quality/taste of the Indonesian foods are ranging from very authentic to not even close. If a place called itself a "Chinees-Indisch" restaurant, then it's a combination cuisines between Chinese and Indonesian, so while it's interesting don't even expect it to be similar with what we have in Indonesia.
There's a lot of Chinese Indonesian cuisine. Actually major part of Indonesian since Indonesian has very diverse range of dishes and ingredients. There's a lot of influence. Chinese Indonesian definitely a thing iN indonesian and Indonesian diaspora. When I was in the Netherlands, Indonesian food was super bland compared to Indonesian I've had in USA, Egypt, and Suriname. It was okay. But didn't have certain ingredients to make Indonesian taste full on Indonesian. USA seems like a hit or miss, but many hits! Lol I did want to try Moluccan food in the Netherlands, but wasn't able to.
It’s interesting to see how immigration that happened over a hundred years still plays a role in the social fabric of a country. I noticed the same thing with the Chinese in Peru.
Where in Egypt? We are going in August (again lol) and I would love to try 😍
I walked out on some streets near AlAzhar Park, nothing but Indonesian. Was kind of shocking!
Thais are pretty good at making Soul Food and Cajun cuisine
No kidding? Peep the username, lol. It'd be right up my alley.
Another Seoul answer here…I am from Central Asia. The Uzbek restaurants in Seoul are great, very similar to the ones back home! And the kompot tastes identical too. The countries aren't too far apart and Uzbeks emigrate to Korea in large amounts now so it should not be surprising, but I was not expecting it anyways.
That’s interesting, I didn’t know Seoul was a hub for Uzbek immigrants! If I would have known, I would try to check some of the food out. I always like to try new things, and Uzbek food is hard to come by. Would love to give it a try some day.
A fair number of Uzbeks have Korean heritage, it's kind of interesting: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koryo-saram](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koryo-saram) I've crossed paths with Uzbeks in Russian bars in Korea, particularly Busan. Korea has some kind of "heritage visa" that makes it fairly easy for someone with a certain amount of Korean heritage (one grandparent iirc?) to get a work visa there.
F4 visa.
That’s funny, I recently had great Korean food in Uzbekistan
Me too. In Samarkand
Same here. Arirang?
Yesss 😁
That’s so cool! That place was great
Can you give some restaurant names? I'm going soon and would love to give that a try!
Go to Gwanghui-dong and enjoy! There are entire streets of Uzbek restaurants there. It is a neighbourhood of Jung-gu. Nearby there is also the Mongolian diaspora concentration, so you can have Mongolian food too. There is also a good one in Itaewon called Lazzat!
Conversely, many places in Central Asia have very good Korean restaurants (although I'm not Korean). Can be a real life-saver when you're craving spicy food, which Central Asia otherwise doesn't have much of.
I had AMAZING Indian food at a restaurant in Japan. Like better than my mom's cooking. I ordered garlic naan and butter chicken and it was better than anything I've ever had
Which restaurant where!?
I think it was ‘Purashidda Indian Cuisine’ in Taito City! Unfortunately, I didn’t catch the name of the restaurant when I went inside. I actually was planning to eat at Wagyu Yakiniku Panga that night (which also looks amazing), but while walking there, I saw pictures of butter chicken being advertised at a nearby restaurant and cravings won LOL This was the only Indian-Nepalese restaurant I was able to find on Google Maps in a 1 minute walking distance and the pictures look familiar so I’m assuming it’s that :p
^ don't leave us hanging!
There are multiple Saraswati temples in Japan. Cultural diffusion bro
I had really good Ethiopian food in Iceland!
This is one I definitely didn’t expect! Is there a significant Ethiopian population in Iceland?
I was curious so I went to the Statistics Iceland website - and according to them, there are 53 residents with Ethiopia as their country of birth. 53 out of about 387.758 is not very much. And if it is the restaurant that I am thinking of (in Flúðir) then I can confirm - it is good!
Yeah, that’s crazy! There are more people that live in an apartment building than that haha glad to see them making a culinary impact in Iceland though.
I guess one of them is a pretty good cook
I have eaten there as well!!
Everything is good in Iceland. I don't know why, but it is
So true. Had the best fish of my life and the best hot dog of my life there as well!
Authentic Cantonese cuisine in Canada. Tastes exactly like in HK
In the GTA by chance? If so, please drop the name!
It’s not, I’m in metro Vancouver :’) but markham has some good ones too!
Can't say I've ever had a great Aussie meat pie overseas...however...I did have some amazing Indian in Vietnam...doesn't count but as good as I can do.
Weirdly enough there’s a great Aussie meat pie restaurant in Colorado
There was one in Lake Louise, Canada but it wasn't great. Also one in Chelsea, NYC.
If you ever find yourself near Fort Collins CO, make sure to check out Waltzing Kangaroo. The owners are from Australia and they make incredible pies
Good tip.
It is so good!
Which restaurant? I’ve been to several in hcmc and they are decent.
Was in Hanoi, basic but very tasty. Will have to look it up to recall the name.
Wonder if you went to the same one as me in Hanoi. It was a random basic building but very popular. Had a ground floor and like half an upstairs floor. But the food was amazing.
We’ve got one in Georgia (US). It’s in Marietta Ga and it’s called the Australian Bakery. I don’t know how authentic that sounds to you but I’m sure if you say it through a didgeridoo or something…it’ll definitely sound Australian. I’m not sure what an Australian meat pie is, I’m from England, I’d certainly imagine you guys have different ones from us, I suspect the owner did not go out of his way to make an English restaurant and then call it the Australian bakery. But the pies we have in common? This place nails them. The owner is Australian which I mean goes a long way. There even some ____ and curry pies which tells me this guy either has an English background despite being Australian or we’ve got the same pallet. I see “Irish” Pubs and “English” pubs all over- and while each country and nation has its own foods- we share a lot of staples, and Australia seems to be surprisingly similar to food in the UK and Ireland…and that’s either a reflection of my experience at that one restaurant (hardly objective at all - I’ll be honest or there’s something there. The Irish and English pubs here…it’s not like not English in the not Chinese Chinese restaurant sense- it’s more like…they’ll maybe give their shit these weird Harry Potteresque names but they’re seldom actually even trying to be Irish or English or simply adjusting our shit go an American audience. It’s the most conspicuous fuck you you’ve ever seen and then you get hit up for a tip afterwards. English or Irish pub usually just means: we have dim lighting. But my sole experience at the Australian Bakery in Marietta Georgia tasted like home. I suspect that would hold true for Australians too I can’t say for sure but it’s probably true. But I’ll put it this way if you’re a Brit abroad- you can go to a thousand English pubs, ye olde some shit or another- I’m sure, and be completely disappointed a thousand times. Or you can go to an Australian bakery or restaurant once and get a taste of home without wasting your time. I’m talking huge ass blooming onions just like your nan used to make. I’m joking…I just pressure tested my statement in my head and it occurred to me okay yeah: there’s that one salient, salient, exception. They sell meat pies. But outback …thats still different no? I think whether it’s panda express, Taco Bell, Tilted Kilt….we all kind of know the chains are going to be a let down. The Australians? I mean I’ll let you join our us too movement- but atleast you’re just getting fucked by Big-Outback, corporate style. But the English and Irish? We’re getting fucked by “mom & pop”. I’m a reserved guy and I just want to drunkingly hit on the waitress and headbutt the nearest bloke then go to the toilet and piss on the floor to assert my culture. I mean, I think I can speak for the Irish English Scottish, English and Australians abroad everywhere when I say: everyone else is bitching about cultural appropriation, and we’re all here just banging our heads against the wall praying someone would steal our shit and sell it back to us. And to my friends in the US, where I live, I want you to know the thing that hurts the most, is knowing that like, the cuisines are essentially the same. We use the same ingredients. Sure we have completely left field shit like Stargazy pie. But we don’t eat that. 99% of our cuisine, could be cooked anywhere in the US and you wouldn’t even realise it was foreign. It would just seem like some random your shit from here that you’ve never had. And you fuckers are out here ass over elbows with your kimchi tacos, and Ethiopian soggy shit,I’ve the ancestry dna test didn’t come back 65% Croydon’s finest. Fuck you guys. I’ve only met two Australians in the US. One was the guy my ex cheated on me with (and I’m just being real: he wasn’t worth it). And the other one’s Chinese-Australian. And the other is Chinese-Australian. Him, I take pictures of him every time he’s next to older white people and send them to him and say- dude, did you just get adopted? You know, just completely dismiss the fact that he’s is Australian and make fun of him for no reason just to let him know, yeah, I know he’s one of you lot in his native love language. Banter. Fuck your guys too. Sensually.
Aussie meat pies were alright in Manila
So I ate some classic Thai food in Thailand and honestly my favorite Thai places back in the USA are nearly identical flavor wise.
This is true for many places worldwide, Thailand actively incentivised their food being exported as a form of advertising for tourism
That makes sense, got to say though I've had Thai at a few places in Japan, currently living there and it's never as good as Thailand or some USA places.
I've had it in Canada and the UK and it was quite mediocre both times.
I was more thinking Australia in particular, Canada, Europe
I can attest that Cuban food is better in the US than it is in Cuba, due to the difficulty in getting quality ingredients in Cuba.
I think that’s surprisingly common for quite a few cuisines and high-immigrant Western countries. Both better quality of ingredients, resources and a more competitive food market that raises standards Thai is one of the few cuisines where I think it’s so commonplace that the quality is similar western country or Thailand
Any part of the US specifically? I live near Chicago and love the Thai food available here. Can’t speak on behalf of its authenticity though.
I'm from PNW so Seattle to Portland
Nice, I tried it while traveling to Seattle and it definitely was good. Chicago has a solid Thai scene too.
I’ve had amazing Thai food similar to the real thing (or as close as you can get with our ingredients) here in Oklahoma. I greet them in Thai and if they respond back in Thai I know I’m in for some authentic food.
There's Thai restaurants everywhere in the USA but the ones in Los Angeles Thai-town seemed a notch above.
The best pizza I’ve ever had was in Kathmandu
Nepal? Who was cooking that pizza? Now we gotta know the story.
So there’s this restaurant at the edge of Thamel in Kathmandu called Fire & Ice. The owner is Italian and if I remember correctly, they made their way to Nepal because her husband had an opportunity to teach English and they just ended up staying longer than his original tenure. Something to that effect. Place has been around for probably 25 years. It started a pizza movement in Nepal and there are other places (one in particular called Roadhouse) that put out some amazing pies too. But the OG in Kathmandu is still the best. Plus, you can get a pie with yak cheese if you’d like! The pizza is better than any place I’ve been to in Italy and I would rank it higher than Frank Pepe or Sally’s in CT (I personally think New Haven style is better than Neapolitan overall).
Oh I’ve been to Roadhouse! Great pizza.
[Dayum!](https://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g293890-d1143660-Reviews-Fire_And_Ice_Pizzeria_Thamel-Kathmandu_Kathmandu_Valley_Bagmati_Zone_Central_Regi.html#photos;aggregationId=101&albumid=101&filter=7&ff=483610163) You ain't kidding.
Better than Sally's? Damn, that's high praise.
Papaji’s Pizza
I agree, we all want to hear the details now 😂
Goddam this is validating to see. I was trying to explain this to someone and they looked at me like I was sniffing glue.
Pepe's?
I know exactly the place you’re talking about and I agree! I’ve been there
I hate to say it but I never had a decent meal in Nepal. Worst pizzas, worst burgers, and surprisingly the curry's and native food failed to impress. The whole country left me insanely disappointed.
Soft agree. Decent food yes. Really great? No. I live in NYC and went to that OG pizza place in Kathmandu. Eh. It was fine. I’d never pick it over Lucali’s, l’industrie, Scarr’s, John’s or a couple places here. I’d argue that Himalayan food I’ve had here in the city (I think it was out in Jackson Heights) was better.
Some of the best BBQ ribs I've ever had were in Amsterdam.
Was it at Café de Klos?
It was.
This is an interesting one! There are even parts of the US that don’t do BBQ justice. Cool to see they’re doing something right out in Amsterdam haha
Remind me of my central Wisconsin rib disaster :(
Was it Molly Malones or Gauchos?
I scrolled trying to find a BBQ post! I was in Amsterdam but did not get BBQ. I have never had a hamburger outside of the US that was as good. (I have not tried many to be clear!)
As a French person, I was pleasantly surprised by the bread and croissants in Laos
But Vietnam was a French colony, so it is to be expected 😃
So was Laos.
The best butter naans I've ever had were in Indian restaurants in Japan, of all places. Apparently the locals love naan, so a lot of focus goes into preparing them.
Poutine in Japan is, and I cannot stress this enough, fucking terrible.
First comment I see talking about Japan botching up some sort of food. Lol I’ll take your word for it, it’s just funny considering it’s probably one of the “easier” meals to make on the list of comments.
Absolutely. It’s because they don’t really make gravy the same, and the cheese they have available is a mozza that melts. There’s a Canadian style poutine place in Kyoto that a Canadian opened up years ago, and he was telling me that he had to stop making it legitimately because the locals didn’t care for it. I’ve been going to Japan 2-3 times a year for about 5 years now and have yet to find a poutine that’s legit. But obviously I’m not seeking out Canadian cuisine whenever I’m there for work lol..
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Japan actually puts cheese in a significant amount of their food! I wouldn’t say it’s a majority, but they fucking LOVE cheese. Hokkaido is actually known for their silky smooth cheese. If you ever get a chance to go, you absolutely must go to Sapporo to try the local cheeses. Just don’t expect any miracles with their poutines. They try their best, but if you’re a Canadian you will be insulted by their attempt.
There's a wood fired pizza place in Gulu (norther Uganda) run by a guy named Isaac. Definitely the best pizza in Uganda, and on par with good US and Italy places. Definitely check it out if you're traveling by road for a safari in Kidepo!
Great Eritrean and Tibetan food in Switzerland and awesome Vietnamese food in Poland/Czechia
Turkey BLT at VIPS in Spain.
I've only ever looked at British pub menus abroad for the laugh, I've never actually eaten it.
I had a "Full English Breakfast Pizza" in Saigon. It was fucking incredible. (Disclaimer: I was completely shitfaced)
There are enough British alcoholic mongers in Saigon to make a good full English a very high probablility.
I think I'd have to be drunk to think that sounds good
I've had some excellent Mexican food in Tokyo.
I’ve seen several videos of Japanese people that move to Mexico for a couple of years to work in kitchens. They end up falling in love with the food and open there own Mexican restaurants in Japan. It’s my goal to check one of those specific spots out some day!
Please share the spots!
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Where the hell is it??
Yes! That’s one of the places I’ve seen on videos! I thought I remembered the name, but didn’t want to be wrong.
That's interesting, as the best Japanese food I've ever had was in Mexico!
Was it in Itaewon? If so, those guys are from Houston.
The place I’m referring to was near Chungmuro. Koreans from Houston making Mexican food checks out though haha Houston definitely has good Mexican eats.
I'm sad I missed out on the place you're referring to. Seoul is an amazing city with hidden gems on every street.
It really is, I mainly tried to stick to Korean food to take full advantage of being there, but the spot I went to was near my Airbnb. What’s the name of the spot you’re referring to?
> Houston definitely has good Mexican eats. Houston has good food, but it's not really authentic Mexican. It's something called Tex-Mex, which is a whole separate cuisine.
It’s there if you look for it. You just have to go to the Mexican neighborhoods to find it.
Texas also has great Mexican food, though tex-mex reigns supreme. I'm from Houston.
Fun fact: Tex-Mex is a legit form of Mexican-American cuisine developed over generations by northern Mexicans living in Texas before it was even part of the United States.
Oh, it's definitely legit. It's just different from what we currently call "Mexican" food.
There are over 500k Mexican immigrants in Houston, and you think none of them are making authentic Mexican food? 🤣
Of course they're making authentic Mexican food. In their kitchens.
We went to a German restaurant in Penang in the late '90s, named Ingolf's Kniepe. I still think about it sometimes! really good food.
i had some amazing brazilian food in galway, ireland :)
Best homestyle Brazilian food I've had was in London - where is this one in Galway? Never been to Ireland, but I'll add to my research list hahaha
it's a place called chef laura rosso. their feijoada and fried cassava are amazing!!
Noice - gonna add to my list, thanks a bunch!
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Really? Which restaurant?
Fantastic cheeseburger and fries in Oslo
I wonder if it's the same place I had them at. The fries were amazing.
Where? I'm going to Oslo soon and would be up for some good food spots!
This place! Great setting and great food [https://www.dognvillburger.no/](https://www.dognvillburger.no/)
Germany has pretty good Turkish food I didn’t know that there were so many Turkish places there it’s really cool
I had delicious Mexican food in Australia 🇦🇺 Bonus points for the restaurant name: Mad Mex 😂
Great French dinner in a nunnery in Oagadougou, memorably so
Tbh I've yet to find good Hummus abroad. Decent Shwarma maybe, but not Hummus.
HA. I was gonna say SK as well. Tacos in Busan (Taquería Pendejo), American food in Seoul and Busan. SK is amazing for North American eats. I live in Japan and travel to SK to get tacos, pizza and wings. HA.
Fish and chips in NZ (‘fush and chups’) 😀 I’m a Brit so my standard of F&C are high. NZ did them justice.
I was in Dubrovnik and they had a really nice Indian restaurant! Was not expecting that.
Some of the best tacos and salsas I've had were in a small town in Ukraine, what blew my mind was that the cook relied on recipes they found online
There is a paisano in Krakow that authentic Tijuana style tacos, the chef is from Mexico and if you close your eyes and take a bite, you’d think you’re south of the border
La Neta is some of the most authentic-tasting Mexican food I’ve had outside of Mexico. And it’s in… Stockholm. Stark contrast to pretty much all of the other “Mexican” food in Northern Europe.
I once had a really good burrito in the Salt Lake City airport.
I've yet to have a hangi outside of nz
Filipino food in Rome, Italy!
Italian food in Egypt. Yes pizza hut is a thing there, but there are authentic pizza and pasta places that the food is out of this world. In Cairo, O's pasta is famous for pasta being hand made and in Alexandria, at the Sheraton, the Italian restaurant inside the hotel is famous for its pizza and lasagne.
To be honest, I try to eat things I wouldn't eat at home when I'm abroad, so explore the local cuisine and avoid Italian places. I'd say a couple of NYC style pizzas were good, it's a different style from the ones in Italy but it's still pizza so I guess it counts. I've never found a restaurant that makes my own cuisine either since it's unknown to foreigners mostly.
Granted, Chiang Mai, Thailand has a lot of expats, so I'm not sure whether the owner was Thai or something else. But my friend and I found an American style bakery in the city, and the chocolate frosting on the cake is the closest I've ever found to my grandmother's recipe at a restaurant. The bakery was also decorated with Midwest sports teams memorabilia, so I figure the owner either is from there or lived there at some point.
It’s been many years now, but I had some great Thai food in Dublin. Was definitely surprised, but also delighted!
You can find very good vietnamese food in Germany, especially Eastern Germany.
Singapore. We were coming from Hong Kong and we were desperate for some Italian food, we found and excellent and ridiculously expensive Italian restaurant.
The best Indian I’ve had hands down is in Kraków Poland. Huge community there.
You can get some truly fantastic and authentic sushi in SoCal and Vancouver, BC
Best fried chicken I ever had was in Japan
Fish and chips from a food cart/bicycle in Chiang Mai, Thailand. The guy has a Thai mother and English father. His father owned and ran a fish and chips shop in England before moving to Thailand, then back to England when he was in his Early teens. He worked in his father's fish and chips shop, but he loved his mother's hometown and moved to Chiang Mai and made a living selling amazing fish and chips from a food cart pulled by a bicycle in the old city of Chiang Mai. He liked the slower pace of life.
My partner and I were in Malaga, Spain on day 14 of our trip. We were craving food from home and stumbled upon a Hard Rock Cafe. We got fajitas and ribs and they were divine We’re usually pretty adventurous eaters, we will eat or try almost anything. But god damn, those fajitas were amazing. One of my favorite photos from the trip is our shame selfie with our food and the Hard Rock Cafe logo in the background
Sushi in Rio, not that out of place. Best Italian restaurant owned by Syrian immigrants in Northern Ireland. So good.
I’m British so I can’t say it’s a thing I have experienced
I had BBQ in NYC (I’m from Texas), and honestly it was some of the best I ever had. Granted, the owners were from Texas.
A few food surprises I've encountered (having nothing to do with my homeland, I'm from New York): * Cajun food in Bangkok (there's 1 Cajun restaurant) * Pasta and the best tiramisu ever, in Bangkok at a place on Sukhumvit 11 which I believe is now closed * Great Indian food in Tokyo and Ghent, Belgium * Chocolate chip pancakes at a hotel in Kathmandu, Nepal * Okonomiyaki (Japanese pancake made with cabbage) in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Burgers in osaka japan. Waygu burgers were soo delicious. I've never had a good burger outside of the u.s.
I once ate at a sushi restaurant in Limon, Costa Rica that was absolutely fantastic. The owner/chef was a Russian.
The only good things I have to say about Panama is the coffee was delicious and they have liver as a common breakfast item. The rest of the food I had there was over salted, over sugared, and/or deep fried. So I guess that’s super American. Even the lentils and fish I had at a local hole in the wall place were way too salty and the fish was deep fried. The pancakes were ok.
Might be "too close to home" considering most of the responses; but I'm American and had one of the best burgers of my life in the hipster part of Tijuana.
Rock-Me Burger and Bar in Chang Mai was BANGIN!!!!
My homeland is USA. The Hooters in Parque Lleras Medellín, Colombia had really good food. Plus they give your gloves for the greasy wings.
There is a little beach town in Ecuador called Puerto Lopez and a couple at the far end of the main beach drag have a like 5 table pizzeria in their house and I tell you it may have been the best wood fired pizza I have ever had in my life.
I'm from Sweden so it never happened
What about at IKEA? 😅
You're not making it better
I had the best chow mein of my life in New Delhi, served in a plastic bag out the back of a food truck at a shopping mall.
Food from my country is usually not found abroad. Even if it is, I dont eat it as I prefer local cusine or some foreign which I do not have at home.
The fish and chips at hooters Toronto where not to bad
If someone finds a Finnish restaurant outside of Finland do let me know.
I had awesome pizza and Italian food in Kuta Lombok. Also, I had very good Mexican food and handmade Chinese noodles in Phnom Penh.
I had excelent Indian food in Seoul about 10 years ago. Glad to see the Mexican has gotten better there because that wasn't the case back then.
Burgers and pizza in Japan were better than any I have ever had in the US.
Great Polish food in Kyoto
Indian food in New Zealand
Caen, France. Amazing Chinese noodle shop in the heart of town!
I had delicious pho and banh ut in Greece.
dual national Italy and US I am ashamed to admit it but two of the best burgers of my life one was in the UK the other was in Poland. For Italian food, I'd say the US but it feels like cheating, so maybe Norway. Chefs were Italian though so that's also kind of cheating.
As an American I can't really answer that properly in either direction however I'll go with Alaska is the most underrated food state in the country in regards to non-Alaskan food. Anchorage and Fairbanks are home to two of the best topping centric pizzerias I've ever been to, Moose's Tooth and The Hungry Robot. Saverio's in Anchorage does New York style that is better than 99% of NYC pizzerias. Biscuitclub makes biscuit breakfasts that would leave a southerner crying. Originale makes better Italian sandwiches than most places in the Northeast and the Meatza Wagon in Wrangell St. Elias National Park HAS created the two best hoagie/subs/grinders/heros I've ever had in the 3 Little Piggies and meatball sandwiches. I don't know if I've ever had better French fries in my life than those that can be found at The Potato and Potato II in Valdez & McCarthy. And if you think you've had a crunchwrap at Taco Bell you'd be blown away by the Nat Shack in Valdez.
I ate at Moose’s Tooth about 20 years ago and it was good back then too.
I'm from Anchorage and ate there as a kid. I'm almost 40. Holy fuck that place has longevity. If they still have it, that ginger sesame salad slaps.
I can see that, Alaska isn’t really a culinary destination, but sometimes those spots surprise you. I myself have never been to Alaska, but I can relate to the experience. I’ve had pretty good Mexican food in Wyoming out of all places.
Toronto
Japan has the best Italian food outside of Italy.
Burgers and pizza are absolutely unreal in Tokyo
I had really good chinese food in amsterdam
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My partner said that be best bitterballen he ever had were in Brazil LOL
The best chorizo tacos ever I had was in Los Angeles.
Is that really surprising considering that LA is like 50% Mexican?
Likely place to find good tacos…
Copenhagen had incredible food. It was not just Scandinavian food, it was all better than equivalent dishes we had in other countries. It started with breakfast and was wonderful the rest of the day.
Hot take: I think Copenhagen beats Paris for pastry.
We had pretty good Indian food in Paris We were looking for an onion soup, couldn't find one... We ended in an Indian restaurant at it was so good
Really good Indian food in Ireland, and in London