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Old 11-03-2015, 10:42 PM
 
Location: Finland
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Originally Posted by ABQConvict View Post
That is rich considering how hard you are trying to infer the inferiority of Finns based on their cuisine.
Very rich.

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Originally Posted by Yanagisawa View Post
By the way, according to List of Michelin starred restaurants:
Allegations of leniency with stars for Japanese cuisine

In 2010 Michelin guides ranked Japan as the country with the most starred restaurants. This sparked grumbling over whether these high ratings were merited for Japanese restaurants, or whether the Michelin guide was too generous in giving out stars to gain an acceptance with Japanese customers and to enable the parent tire-selling company to market itself in Japan.

Talking about racism: http://www.tokyoreporter.com/2015/04...by-foreigners/
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Old 11-03-2015, 11:02 PM
 
Location: Hong Kong / Vienna
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Allegations of leniency with stars for Japanese cuisine

In 2010 Michelin guides ranked Japan as the country with the most starred restaurants. This sparked grumbling over whether these high ratings were merited for Japanese restaurants, or whether the Michelin guide was too generous in giving out stars to gain an acceptance with Japanese customers and to enable the parent tire-selling company to market itself in Japan.

Talking about racism: Raw deal: Michelin-starred sushi restaurant in Ginza refuses reservations by foreigners | The Tokyo Reporter
Same here in Hong Kong. Every single hole in the wall seems to have a Michelin star or recommendation.
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Old 11-04-2015, 01:11 AM
 
Location: Finland
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True, but you can't import enough people who know how to eat to support good chefs
I have to quote this again. The only racist here is you.
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Old 11-04-2015, 02:39 AM
 
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That is rich considering how hard you are trying to infer the inferiority of Finns based on their cuisine.
Guess what word Ariete used here.

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Apparently not, as the Moderator cut: <snip> suggested that Scandinavians are inherently unable to understand good food, as we would have to import people who know "how to eat".
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Old 11-04-2015, 02:59 AM
 
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Allegations of leniency with stars for Japanese cuisine

[i] In 2010 Michelin guides ranked Japan as the country with the most starred restaurants. This sparked grumbling over whether these high ratings were merited for Japanese restaurants, or whether the Michelin guide was too generous in giving out stars to gain an acceptance with Japanese customers and to enable the parent tire-selling company to market itself in Japan.
grumble
to ​complain about someone or something in an ​annoyed way:
She ​spent the ​evening grumbling to me about her ​job.
[+ speech] "You never ​hang ​your ​coat up," she grumbled.


Which destination has the world's best food?
  • 1. Taiwan
  • 2. Philippines
  • 3. Italy
  • 4. Thailands
  • 5. Japan
  • 6. Malaysia
  • 7. Hongkong
  • 8. India
  • 9. Greece
  • 10. Vietnam


A foodie's paradise: Top 10 countries for food
1) For fast, healthy, spicy food: Thailand
2) For meat-lovers: Argentina
3) For a bit of everything and the BEST fast food: USA
4) For the classics: France
5) For a love of flour, egg and water: Italy
6) For tortillas, fresh produce and indecent amounts of chili: Mexico
7) For the sheer simplicity of it all: Spain
8) For mezze, tahini and a taste of the Middle East: Lebanon
9) For geometry, noodles and impeccable combinations: Japan
10) For a taste of Asia: Nepal
What kind of benefit have they gotten from Japan? You may grumble now.
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Old 11-04-2015, 03:54 AM
 
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Yanagisawa I see do you not know the complication of spanish food as haute cuisine scool Ferran Adria the best according to many international chef rankings .
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Old 11-04-2015, 06:14 AM
 
Location: Kingdom of pain, Southern Europe
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A foodie's paradise: Top 10 countries for food
1) For fast, healthy, spicy food: Thailand
2) For meat-lovers: Argentina
3) For a bit of everything and the BEST fast food: USA
4) For the classics: France
5) For a love of flour, egg and water: Italy
6) For tortillas, fresh produce and indecent amounts of chili: Mexico
7) For the sheer simplicity of it all: Spain
8) For mezze, tahini and a taste of the Middle East: Lebanon
9) For geometry, noodles and impeccable combinations: Japan
10) For a taste of Asia: Nepal
What kind of benefit have they gotten from Japan? You may grumble now.

This list loses credibility just for placing USA in third place, above France, Italy, Mexico and Spain.
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Old 11-04-2015, 06:47 AM
 
Location: Kharkiv, Ukraine
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Even famous Italian cuisine has some, to put it mildly, strange dishes (ever heard about Casu Marzu?).
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Old 11-04-2015, 02:16 PM
 
Location: Finland
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Guess what word Ariete used here.
You like to play the victim and martyr, don't you?

You blame me for being a racist while you suggest that Finns are inherently and genetically unable to understand good food, whatever that definition might be.

This is what I feel appealing, like as most of Western posters probably do as well:
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Old 11-04-2015, 05:46 PM
 
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That strangely looks like pot-au-feu or boeuf bourgignon. Or something.

Not my thing.


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