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And tbh eating healthy sucks in the US. It tastes awful compared to similarly healthy eating in other countries I've been to. It's also expensive. When people think US food, it's usually junk food. That's a problem.
You live in New York City? That’s funny because it has a tremendous variety of restaurants and foods that would rival any city in the world.
You live in New York City? That’s funny because it has a tremendous variety of restaurants and foods that would rival any city in the world.
Both his and your statements can be true, especially in NYC where he and I both live and you do not, and I believe the comparison points for him is Tokyo, while for me it’s Tokyo and Taipei—obviously, those might not be very representative of the rest of the world.
Both his and your statements can be true, especially in NYC where he and I both live and you do not, and I believe the comparison points for him is Tokyo, while for me it’s Tokyo and Taipei—obviously, those might not be very representative of the rest of the world.
It isn't clear if he was just comparing New York City and Tokyo. But he did say that eating healthy sucks in the U.S. and the food tastes awful. I found that funny given that he lives in a city that is considered to be one of the world's dining capitals with tens of thousands of restaurants and place to eat from Michelin restaurants to street food of just about every conceivable variety you can think of.
And I personally have a lot of experience dining in New York City every year, although not this year for obvious reasons.
Upon reflection, I feel it's safe to say that our country has the best food in the world. Not necessarily based on quality, although they are plenty of quality restaurants. I think it's more because of variety. We are simply an extremely diverse country, possibly the most diverse with respect to countries represented. Just in a one mile radius of where I live in Houston, I can get mexican, salvadorean, bolivian, colombian, vietnamese, korean, chinese, japense, indian, pakistanian, iranian, and much much much more. In hindsight, it's quite incredible.
You got that right.
Quantity not quality defines American food.
We’re at least in the top tier, though as the OP says, that’s more because of variety than quality. Finding good ingredients like cheese, or other items like nice crusty breads at the average grocery store can be a challenge. Also a lot of restaurants are mehhhhh. Particularly the chains (though not always). I think the fact that I find our local Indian restaurant delicious is probably because I have never experienced that food in its natural habitat; for all I know it’s kinda garbage quality to someone from India.
Still, we also have our own interesting vernaculars. BBQ, different pizza styles, fun twists on world cuisine. If we aren’t number 1, we are dang close.
Australia could give you a run for your money. Our produce is also of a higher quality. You also lack possibly the greatest cuisine in the world, at least Asia, and one of the most under-represented, Malaysian.
Strongly disagree. Australia has trash Mexican food. And it's West African food scene is not good either. Simply put, the variety in the States is far greater than in Australia.
Until we at least replace corn syrup with sugar cane, I'm going with a resounding no to this one. That's the least of it too. I actually found burgers in Harajuku in Tokyo to be better than any I've had in the states. That was a weird one. We also don't have Chicken Nanban and I don't know why. Japanese Tartar Sauce can't be that hard to make.
And tbh eating healthy sucks in the US. It tastes awful compared to similarly healthy eating in other countries I've been to. It's also expensive. When people think US food, it's usually junk food. That's a problem.
I agree, but it doesn't represent the reality of the diversity of the cuisine available in the States.
From BBQ to Creole/Cajun to the seafood/fresh water fish spreads of the NE/interior/West Coast to Southern soul food to the various cuisines represented by the different ethnic groups that call the US home, there is a lot to offer that isn't junk food.
hm...the best US could be the best at anything when the determination is there
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