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This should be interesting. Obviously NYC and NO are heavily influenced by Italian and French respectively. I'm wondering which has the best food scene overall.
LOL! ^ I honestly haven't eaten enough in the four to say... I also think this one is going to depend on how "food scene" is defined. New Orleans cuisine is Creole, which has French influences, but to be honest with you a number of dishes in New Orleans seem to have more parallels with Caribbean dishes than with French overall IMO though you can of course find influences and great French specific food in N.O. New Orleans is also in all likelihood going to win for seafood here. New York City is where I'd think one would be able to find the widest diversity of "best" stuff though of course Paris is quite good too. Paris is classically associated with being the center of foodie culture, both in terms of bakeries and in terms of fine dining. I'd think that because of that and the general expectation and competition, of course you can find plenty of great places anywhere but Paris is going to win on atmosphere. I'd actually venture Rome's food scene might be the least desirable of the bunch, at least immediately around there. Many visiting the center of Rome are tourists, and as with Venice, the pressure then is not quite as high to have every place around town have "excellent food" because that isn't what people are centrally there for is to eat (more likely there to tour historical sights and then enjoy other aspects of the city in that order), and it's not quite as diverse as the others and so while Italian food has of course been celebrated, I would venture you'd find better examples of it in places like Tuscany, the Riviera and Milan. JMO, could be wrong though.
The only coastal areas that are called “Riviera” are those in Liguria:
- riviera di ponente (west of Genoa all the way to Provence)
- riviera di levante (east of Genoa all the way to Tuscany, Cinque Terre included).
To say “Riviera” tout court, with no adjectives attached, means nothing at all to an Italian.
Why is NYC so highly regarded? I found the food there RUBISH. All that I saw were run down restaurants OR overpriced restaurants. Meanwhile, the Paris food scene was amazing, every bakery, every corner with an amazing restaurant, plus I did not have to tip for a mediocre service like in NYC. I love the food scene in Rome too.
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