For me it’s Indian food, but then… what else? Ugh… what a question.
Bah. My mind is a whirling blank right here. I mean, freshly-prepared tiradito right off the boat is like… ffff, like tasting heaven.
I mean, I’ve never had *truly* fresh, truly authentic sushi, but I imagine it would be like tiradito? (note: it’s a form of ceviche, i.e. latino lime-cooked fish slices)
Turkish and French. Turkish because it has an extremely wide variety, French because they are the goat.
If I was to try and dabble in French food, what would you recommend I try? I’ve literally never had French food as far as I know and am intrigued.
I will add a couple of my favorite dishes to what @Dayroom7485@lemmy.world said. Boeuf Bourguignon, and Tartiflette. Also +1 for boxed French wine.
Not OP, still huge fan of French cuisine. I’d choose Coq au Vin. It’s straightforward to do at home, all you need is a pot and a cooking plate. Combines red wine, mediterranean herbs and a good amount of butter with vegetables and chicken for an incredible dish. French people value fresh, beautiful ingredients and are willing to pay top money for A-class quality. That’s another secret to their cooking.
Then there’s of course more dishes that you can’t easily do at home:
- try a hand-made Croissant fresh out of the oven in the morning.
- Cheeses - there’s hundreds of them, eat them alone or with some Baguette and grapes.
- Galettes are thin wholegrain pancakes. They come with salty toppings, but also sweet varieties - salted caramel is a classic.
- Fresh oysters with a squeeze of lemon.
- Nothing compares to a good, aged French red wine. But also fresh white wines and roses are fine - locals buy them in 5 liter boxes in the supermarket, you put them in the fridge and are settled for a week. Just be mindful that they need to be fresh (last year’s harvest typically).
- Sparkling wines are amazing, too. It’s fine to settle for Cremant, it’s the same stuff as Champagne, but cheaper.
- I could write another list twice as long about seafood.
Best thing to do is visit France and experience it. No need to waste time and money in overcrowded Paris, foodies will be very happy in Bordeaux, Marseille, Rouen and affordable Provence area. You get amazing lunch deals (“plat du jour”, dish of the day) that typically include starter, main and dessert for around EUR15 in many places.
I’m happy you mentioned the bag-in-box wine. Boxed wind is frowned upon by snobs but when buying from a local co-op years ago the winemaker suggested to but some bagged wine for easy drinking. Especially suites for light wiens that don’t age.
I would also suggest to try the ‘tranche du boucher’ (butcher’s slice) in a local bistro. It’s a slice of meat that is sold a bit cheaper. Have it with a bit of bread and a green salad.
My American friend taught I was crazy when i ordered the hand cut steak tartare once. Finely chopped seasoned meat. Extra points if you have it with a raw quail egg yolk. Heavenly.
Americans and taste…
The raw meat and raw egg yolk is what scared him. He just watched me like it was a joke and checked the day after on my health status.
They’re scared AF from raw eggs.
I know they only eat them if they’re pasteurised at least.
Read about it once, they have different standards and practices.
Same for the meat, totally fine in Europe if all rules are followed.
IMO nothing beats a good French onion soup with a cheesy bread.
And if you didn’t mention the patisserie, that would mean you haven’t got a sweet tooth.
It’s definitely one of the specialties.
I’m sure my GF will try that tomorrow when she goes to expensive Paris.Yeah, onion soup is up there, too. Fish soup as well imo. There’s just too much good stuff 😅 good for your GF, I bet she’s in for some (expensive) treats 😁
Wow thank you so much for taking the time to type this up! Definitely plenty of options now to go hunt down. Thank you!
Chinese, mostly Cantonese food, because I’m just so used to it.
Japanese, because sushi, ramen, robatayaki etc…
I just realized I actually haven’t tried much food lol, too picky to try new things… sort of just ate whatever I grew up with…
What does the average westerner eat btw? I feel like my life is just a small bubble.
Italian and Korean. I would count a lot of deli food in the Italian category, so you have pasta, pizza, baked dishes, and deli food. Then Korean for the BBQ and kimchi (to fix my stomach after fucking it up with all the deli food.)
I feel like you people are forgetting about Greek cuisine. The worst Greek food is still decent.
Peruvian and Mexican
Kimchi and macncheese. I could alternate every day
What does soup and stew count as?
Earth cuisine
Chinese and Australian
Australian because we don’t have a culture of food beyond appropriating the rest of the world’s on corner stores and such.
A very cop out answer though
Chinese and pizza maybe?
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Mexican and Italian
Mediterranean and mediterranean
Japanese and Mexican for the sake of the question. It’s what I grew up eating, and I hate the idea of being without my familiar comfort foods.
Truthfully though, I love eating too much to limit myself regionally or to just two countries. There’s so much I haven’t tried.
Probably vietnamese and mexican
Japanese and Italian. What is life without katsukaree and pizza?
Biryani, Haleem with naan
Pakistani?
Yes
Try Arab
