Which ethnicity has the best food?

borkborkbork · August 16, 2010, 4:52pm

In my opinion, Indian food is the best, with Mediterranean at a close second place. A lot of the Indian restaurants, honestly, make me vomit. It’s so bad and it’s just plain cheap trash. If you go to a quality ZAGAT rated Indian restaurant (i.e. Tabla), it actually tastes really good.

I really can’t stand Chinese food. Yes, it’s different, but so plain and tasteless. I HATE sushi.

(East) Mediterranean:

Greek:
Italian:
Turkish:
Arabic:
Persian:

East Asian:

Chinese:
Japanese:
Thai:
Indonesian/Malaysian:

Indian: 1

West African:

French:

Slavic/Eastern European:

Scandinavian:

Spanish:

Spaniard:
Argentinian:
Caribbean:

Portuguese:

Brazilian:

Feel free to add more groups and subgroups as you go. But I think these are the most popular.

FockFace · August 16, 2010, 6:06pm

Eye talian food and German food are the only truly ethnic foods that are any good in my opinion. Bastardized American versions are sometimes truly superior to the actual ethnic foods (look at Chinese food and Mexican, ie Taco Bell and Chipolte)

borkborkbork · August 16, 2010, 6:12pm

German food? We Americans eat German and Italian food all the time without knowing it: hot dogs, pizza, hamburgers, pasta, apple strudel, doughnuts (well that’s actually Dutch), etc. LOL you’re right about the American versions of food.

(East) Mediterranean: 1

Greek:
Italian: 1
Turkish:
Arabic:
Persian:

East Asian:

Chinese:
Japanese:
Thai:
Indonesian/Malaysian:

Indian: 1

West African:

French:

Slavic/Eastern European:

Scandinavian:

Spanish:

Spaniard:
Argentinian:
Caribbean:

Portuguese:

Brazilian:

brown14 · August 16, 2010, 7:01pm

gotta go with Italian

went to italy and fell in love with rustic italian food

ken285 · August 16, 2010, 7:18pm

So hard to choose one. I like Italian, Turkish, Mexican, Indian, Chinese, Thai foods! I guess I don’t have a favorite.

borkborkbork · August 16, 2010, 7:30pm

O I forgot to put Mexican on the list. Whatever, just add to the ones you like best. You don’t have to have only one favorite, but try to limit it if you can. I guess popularity is also a factor, but then again, the better a certain ethnic cuisine, the more popular it will be.

(East) Mediterranean:

Greek:
Italian: 4 (I like it, too)
Turkish: 1
Arabic:
Persian:

East Asian: 3

Chinese: 1
Japanese:
Thai: 2 (I like it, too)
Indonesian/Malaysian:

Indian: 2

West African:

French:

Slavic/Eastern European:

Scandinavian:

Spanish: 1

Spaniard:
Argentinian:
Mexican: 1
Caribbean:

Portuguese:

Brazilian:

baller4lyfe · August 16, 2010, 8:40pm

Persian ! Nothing comes close to chelo kabob with that white rice (on the surface yellow), coupled with melted butter, somaagh, (brown ordinance mm),onions, green leaves, hot tomatoes, and the best part, a train-sized BEEF fluff lying on top of all it! Need I go on? Btw, check out this special rize, it’s brown hard crisp and yellow delicious undertone, it’s phenomenal when you taste it: <a href=“http://www.■■■■■■■■■■/photos/nahidyoussefi/18159651/[/url]”>http://www.■■■■■■■■■■/photos/nahidyoussefi/18159651/</a>

Also, Mexican food is a classic. Love enchilladas, Mexican Pizzas, and the like. No Taco bell, but more high-end. So good.

Asian Food is DELICIOUS! I love Pei Wei, just google it. Unbelievable taste, spicy to the max, fulfilling like no other! <a href=“http://www.dallaschild.com/showarticle.asp?artid=874[/url]”>http://www.dallaschild.com/showarticle.asp?artid=874</a>

borkborkbork · August 16, 2010, 8:54pm

<a href=“East”>B</a> Mediterranean:** 6

Greek:
Italian: 4 (2 top choices)
Turkish: 1
Arabic:
Persian*: 1 (1 top choice)

Slavic/Eastern European:*

East Asian: 4

Chinese: 2
Japanese:
Thai: 2
Indonesian/Malaysian:

Indian: 2 (1 top choice)

West African:

French:

Scandinavian:

Spanish: 2

Spaniard:
Argentinian:
Mexican: 2
Caribbean*:

Portuguese:

Brazilian:

*: related, but doesn’t exactly fit the above group.

from now on the number in parentheses next to the counts represents how many people here had it as their number 1 choice.

eastafrobeauty · August 17, 2010, 9:49am

Mediterranean!!!

Italian & Arabic

Indian would be a close second

My mom mainly makes Italian dishes and they’re amazing.

For arabic food I specifically LOVE lebanese dishes such as kebabs, hommus, sharwarmas & Manakesh from the bakery

Indian food: chicken tikka, butter chicken, paratha, chapathi,naan, curry, chicken chili …you name it!

borkborkbork · August 17, 2010, 10:21am

<a href=“East”>B</a> Mediterranean:** 8 (4)

Greek:
Italian: 5 (2)
Turkish: 1
Arabic: 1
Persian*: 1 (1)

Slavic/Eastern European:*

East Asian: 4

Chinese: 2
Japanese:
Thai: 2
Indonesian/Malaysian:

Indian: 4 (2)

West African:

French:

Scandinavian:

Spanish: 2

Spaniard:
Argentinian:
Mexican: 2
Caribbean*:

Portuguese:

Brazilian:

Edit:
*Persian food is more Mediterranean than anything else, and the people are more Mediterranean-like even if they are from West/Central Asia. They are also close to the Middle East.
*Slavic/Eastern European: Their food is similar to people from the Mediterranean. The Balkans is in the Mediterranean, but it contains a mix of Turkish, Greek, and Eastern European. People from the Balkans and Middle East both eat baklava, gyros, and some other foods. But then again you have food like cevapi and goulash which are clearly Eastern European.
*A lot of people in the Carribean are Spanish, but not all.

Should I have made that distinction between Japanese and Chinese? I honestly can’t see much of a difference save the wasabi and teriyaki.

DomonicP · August 17, 2010, 10:23am

love indian, i know the best place and its worth the money

mintymint · August 17, 2010, 12:38pm

Indian cuisine is god-tier. It sucks that it is fairly hard to find a decent Indian restaurant, though, like OP mentioned.

nbachris2788 · August 17, 2010, 3:36pm

Indian food is the best, bar none.

Kind of a cruel irony that some of the most hungry nations in the world seemingly have the best cuisine.

borkborkbork · August 17, 2010, 6:59pm

<a href=“East”>B</a> Mediterranean:** 6 (4) ppl total <– double votes for Italian, Turkish, and Arabic

Greek:
Italian: 5 (2)
Turkish: 1
Arabic: 1
Persian*: 1 (1)

Slavic/Eastern European:*

East Asian: 3 ppl total <– double votes for Chinese and Thai

Chinese: 2
Japanese:
Thai: 2
Indonesian/Malaysian:

Indian: 6 (4) ppl total

West African:
Ethiopian* (which is actually East African):

French:

Scandinavian:

Spanish: 2 ppl total

Spaniard:
Argentinian:
Mexican: 2
Caribbean*:

Portuguese:

Brazilian:

So far it looks like a tie between Indian and Mediterranean.

borkborkbork · August 17, 2010, 10:36pm

^ 9 people have answered, and 8 of them chose absolute favorites. 9 people have had a total of 18 choices. The 8 who chose absolute favorites either chose Indian or Mediterranean.
*
This should be the last bit of formatting I’ll do to keep track of this confusing thread.*

Keep your opinions coming!

cloudman7777 · August 17, 2010, 10:49pm

japanese food!!!yeaaaa

cloudman7777 · August 17, 2010, 10:51pm

and italian’s pretty good, i’ve been eating a ton of spagetti lately and i still crave more!

prestige_factor7 · August 17, 2010, 10:55pm

WOW…Japanese and Chinese cuisines are way different. O__o

borkborkbork · August 17, 2010, 11:43pm

^ lol I realized that but I couldn’t edit it later. I know some main differences are wasabi, teriyaki, and sushi. The Japanese also eat a lot more fish, whereas the Chinese eat a lot of pork and some other domesticated animals (i.e. duck) in addition to fish. Sorry about that. It was my mistake.

<a href=“East”>B</a> Mediterranean:** 7 (4) ppl total <– double votes for Italian, Turkish, and Arabic

Greek:
Italian: 6 (2)
Turkish: 1
Arabic: 1
Persian*: 1 (1)

Slavic/Eastern European:*

East Asian: 4 (1) ppl total <– double votes for Chinese and Thai

Chinese: 2
Japanese: 1 (1)
Thai: 2
Indonesian/Malaysian:

Indian: 6 (4) ppl total
**
West African:**
Ethiopian* (which is actually East African):

French:

Scandinavian:

Spanish: 2 ppl total

Spaniard:
Argentinian:
Mexican: 2
Caribbean*:

Portuguese:

Brazilian:

10 people have answered, and 9 of them chose absolute favorites. 10 people have had a total of 20 choices.
Absolute Favorites:
Mediterranean (Persian, Italian, Mediterranean (the entire group as a whole)) = 4
Indian = 4
Asian (Japanese) = 1

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