Less diverse food scene in Raleigh? (Durham, Fayetteville: 2013, chapel, floor)

[orulz]

Authentic Japanese? Where? I haven't found such a thing but admittedly I stopped looking more than 5 years ago.

Hint: if the sushi menu has any expensive/gimmicky rolls on the list, then it isn't authentic.

[MonAmQB]

Originally Posted by orulz

Authentic Japanese? Where? I haven't found such a thing but admittedly I stopped looking more than 5 years ago.

Hint: if the sushi menu has any expensive/gimmicky rolls on the list, then it isn't authentic.

Yamazushi in Durham is very authentic Japanese.

Waraji, Kashin also have very good Japanese food.

[tailsock]

Originally Posted by orulz

Authentic Japanese? Where? I haven't found such a thing but admittedly I stopped looking more than 5 years ago.

Hint: if the sushi menu has any expensive/gimmicky rolls on the list, then it isn't authentic.

You mean the Tarheel roll isn't authentic??!!!

[pierretong1991]

Sushi Tsune on Hillsborough is pretty authentic

[JQ Public]

I'm happy here in Cary. I think the demand for European food is waning. But other ethnic food selections are plentiful, albeit you'll have to drive. It could just be that immigration from those parts of the world were on the down-tick for some time and those that know how to cook the authentic stuff aren't there. Whereas there are immigrants or second generation Americans with the ability to cook delicious Mediterranean, Indian, Chinese, Ethiopian, Korean, Laotian, Mexican, Peruvian, Vietnamese, and Central American food.

[Repatriot]

Originally Posted by LordHelmit

Well, I guess I should have said The Triangle instead of just Raleigh. Including Durham, Morrisville, Cary Chapelboro

Restaurants, not cities. Others actually answered this for Japanese, interested still in the Chinese.

Originally Posted by MonAmQB

Yamazushi in Durham is very authentic Japanese.
Waraji, Kashin also have very good Japanese food.

The first two have been on my list to visit as they seem good, the last is new to me.

Originally Posted by orulz

Hint: if the sushi menu has any expensive/gimmicky rolls on the list, then it isn't authentic.

+1

Originally Posted by pierretong1991

Sushi Tsune on Hillsborough is pretty authentic

I have yet personally to go but a trusted source agrees with you as it being the real thing

[Bpobill]

It's sad there are no polish restaurants besides J Betskis. That's not really polish anyway. It's a wanna be polish hipster restaurant.

[poppydog]

Repatriot, Gourmet Kingdom in Carrboro is generally regarded very highly as authentic Schezwan if you order from the Chinese menu. They had stuff that was a little too authentic for me (stinky tofu and the 100 year egg) when we went there.

[pmcap98]

Originally Posted by poppydog

Repatriot, Gourmet Kingdom in Carrboro is generally regarded very highly as authentic Schezwan if you order from the Chinese menu. They had stuff that was a little too authentic for me (stinky tofu and the 100 year egg) when we went there.

Gourmet Kingdom is delicious! My partner's work colleagues from Shanghai love going there and will testify to the authenticity.

[Thr3stripe]

Raleigh itself likely does not have the population density to support all the ethnic variations the OP desires. Restaurants are extremely risky businesses that also require a significant investment to get up and running. There needs to be a predictable demand for the type of cuisine a restaurant offers. It helps immensely to have a healthy cohort of local immigrants of the country/region that would be native to or familiar with a particular ethnic cuisine. Otherwise, the restaurant is relying on the epicurean curiosity of the otherwise unfamiliar populace. That's often why food trucks are able to specialize in a particular ethnic cuisine, as they require considerably less of an investment than a bricks-and-mortar restaurant. And people are often willing to experiment with such offerings as well. Perhaps the new food hall referenced earlier in this thread will be the avenue that enables the diversity of cuisine the OP is looking for.