Top 5 US food cities? (best, better, compared, places)
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Gumbo is just a dish. BBQ is a genre. I eat creole/cajun far more than BBQ.
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IDK about that, you have various Texas cities and KC.
Texas has great barbecue all over, with no one city being far above the others. Tennessee, on the other hand, isn't as synonymous with barbecue as Memphis.
Fair enough about KC, but I guess the purist in me tends to see it as an adulterated version of what is done best down South.
OK, but New Orleans' regional cuisine is VERY specific in nature. You're talking about a tiny regional cuisine. ...
New Orleans is obviously the dominant king of creole food, but it's also basically the only place where creole food is commonly eaten. .
See this is where you are conflicting yourself.
You say it is regional, then you say it is unique to NOLA.
Well which is it.
I am with you on the unique part. And that's why NOLA is so awesome.
It has mastered a genre that is pure it's own. And thus it cannot be said that it is regional. Further, it is a fusion of food from 5 continents, that is far from regional in my book.
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Texas has great barbecue all over, with no one city being far above the others. Tennessee, on the other hand, isn't as synonymous with barbecue as Memphis.
Fair enough about KC, but I guess the purist in me tends to see it as an adulterated version of what is done best down South.
Exactly my point.
I bring up BBQ, one person says clearly it is Memphis, another poster says no its Austin, a 3rd says no no it is KC.
We can perform the same exercise with tex mex, pizza, hot dogs, Italian, Caribbean, etc
We cannot do the same with NOLA. For that reason alone it deserves to be in the top 5. The other things such as their excellent Vietnamese, honduran, Southern, african, Caribbean food is just gravy. No pun intended
Texas has great barbecue all over, with no one city being far above the others. Tennessee, on the other hand, isn't as synonymous with barbecue as Memphis.
Fair enough about KC, but I guess the purist in me tends to see it as an adulterated version of what is done best down South.
True, Tennessee as a state isn't synonymous with BBQ.
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See this is where you are conflicting yourself.
You say it is regional, then you say it is unique to NOLA.
Well which is it.
I am with you on the unique part. And that's why NOLA is so awesome.
It has mastered a genre that is pure it's own. And thus it cannot be said that it is regional. Further, it is a fusion of food from 5 continents, that is far from regional in my book.
We cannot do the same with NOLA. For that reason alone it deserves to be in the top 5. The other things such as their excellent Vietnamese, honduran, Southern, african, Caribbean food is just gravy. No pun intended
It is regional. Creole food is available in all of south Louisiana, especially in small creole towns outside of the city.
However creole food comes from New Orleans, it's unique to the city.
Fusion food is trendy dishes, you won't find creole dishes in Italy, France, Africa, or Caribbean.
Vegas has some amazing restaurants. Chicago has the best pizza and there's portillos and Culvers. Each placeis known for a certain type of food. Boston: seafood, Chicago: Pizza, Texas: BBQ, Florida: Oranges and key lime pie. Vegas has all around good food so it's 1 on my list. Chicago is 2nd
Vegas has some amazing restaurants. Chicago has the best pizza and there's portillos and Culvers. Each placeis known for a certain type of food. Boston: seafood, Chicago: Pizza, Texas: BBQ, Florida: Oranges and key lime pie. Vegas has all around good food so it's 1 on my list. Chicago is 2nd
Haha no. Chicago is a top 5 food city but they do not have the best pizza. Northeastern cities have superior pizza.
I don't know if I can do a top five, but here are a list of the cities whose food I find to be above average:
New York City
Philly
Atlanta
Miami
Chicago
Kansas City
Nashville
Austin
Dallas
Phoenix/Scottsdale
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Portland
Seattle
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