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And Chicago is not Italian, but you can find some great Italian restaurants there.
I can find great Cajun food in New Orleans (Mulate's), I can find great Creole food in New Orleans (Arnaud's), and I can find great French food in New Orleans (Herbsaint).
I haven't been to Chicago so I can't comment on which has the better cuisine. I'm betting they both have excellent restaurants .
What is the local flavor of Chicago besides deep dish. Italian-American flavour at a local level is found where I live (Central NJ) along with hoagies . However, when I went to Chicago, I did not see such a presence.
Louisiana and New Orleans in particular simply "own" Cajun/Creole. No other US city touches NO in that regard. But outside Cajun/Creole, NO and the rest of the area doesn't do much for me in any other major cuisine or cooking style.
Chicago, OTOH, offers great examples of just about anything you can think of. I've had great Asian (particularly Thai), Italian, fusion, and exceptional Mexican among other things (including decent thin crust pizza to the surprise of my NY-area friends). And nothing beats a beefy Chicago dog with pickle & tomato, although I tend to opt out of the celery salt and radioactive green relish these days.
So unless you want to eat Cajun/Creole pretty much every day, Chicago is the winner here.
What is the local flavor of Chicago besides deep dish. Italian-American flavour at a local level is found where I live (Central NJ) along with hoagies . However, when I went to Chicago, I did not see such a presence.
Answer: cuisines from many cultures and countries across the city in neighborhoods.
However, I would like to mention that above all, I love the food in NYC. So much diversity, and many of the restaurants are unique in their own way. However, I need a bit of spice and flavor with the food I eat, and I feel that NYC offers spectacular options and caters to my appetite. I lived in the NYC area for a good portion of my life, so my response may be a bit biased.
If the question was about the diversity in cuisines, winner is clearly Chicago. However, if we talk about local cuisine, the winner is New Orleans.
That they do. Food is a religion. I live in a French milieu and the food here is freaking amazing.
I might be wrong here (as I am South Indian, not french), but I believe for the French people, food is an art. According to them, food invokes feelings and expression within ones body. It requires great attention to detail. It needs to be orchestrated properly by the chefs to have a successful final product that brings out the right kind of expression.
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