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Kaiser of Arabia
11-27-2005, 05:20
Poll.
LeftEyeNine
11-27-2005, 06:03
Well, local Germans, especially, must have seen a lot of Doner Kebab restaurants already. Turkish food includes a lot of spice, fat, meat and so on. I don't know much about other country's cuisine actually. The most familiar foreign food in Turkey is pizza. I like it very much..
Hmm..Someone said poutine ?
Strike For The South
11-27-2005, 06:08
viva italia
viva italia
~:cheers: Amen.
Kaiser of Arabia
11-27-2005, 07:04
Well, local Germans, especially, must have seen a lot of Doner Kebab restaurants already. Turkish food includes a lot of spice, fat, meat and so on. I don't know much about other country's cuisine actually. The most familiar foreign food in Turkey is pizza. I like it very much..
Hmm..Someone said poutine ?
When I was in Germany I ate almost as many Döner Kebabs as I did Wursts. The number doesn't compare to the beer though. ~:cheers:
Kekvit Irae
11-27-2005, 09:19
I voted Korea. Two works: Bulgogi Steak.
Middle Eastern, I guess it covers both Arab and Iranian cuisine. And I agree on Afghani food, very delicious, though very fattening.
But I also like Turkish, Italian, Indian, and South American, etc.
See now, this topic made me hungry.
Indian food. Blazing hot curries :devil: , lots of good rice, nan bread, fruit juice, and tea.
Throw in some Middle East food, hummus and falafel, and I'd be happy forever.
Indian/Pakistan food all the way. Nothing beats butter chicken with some dahl and nan-bread.
I voted for other cause there ain't Croatia. Or at least Balkan area. We have a different cuisine of mostly meat. We eat a lot of barbeque and something that there isn't a word in english language.
Looks like this:
https://img502.imageshack.us/img502/6736/falikaymak5xl.jpg
We call it ćevapi u somunu. Basically it's mixed meat grilled on a barbeque and put in the bun which was soaked in the fat from the barbeque. The onions are added for flavour. It's very tasty.
Dutch_guy
11-27-2005, 12:27
why does everyone forget to put Holland on such a list.~;)
As for the poll, I can't decide really..so hard.
Everything mentioned so far in this thread sounds great.
:balloon2:
Ser Clegane
11-27-2005, 12:36
*starts to drool, thinking about all the delicious dishes from various countries*
While I live the Indian/Asian cuisine and there are lots of great dishes from almost any country/region on the list, overall I would have to go for Italy.
The great selection of Italian dishes along all courses of a full meal ranging from antipasti to dessert, combined with great drinks to accompany every single course (I just love Italian wine), would make the Italian cuisine something that I could live with every day for the rest of my life (at the expense of gaining considerable weight while indulging it)
Tribesman
11-27-2005, 12:45
Variety is the spice of life:bow:
So many people like italian! I find the italian kitchen rather boring, it is so 'minimal'. You get a bowl of pasta and most of the time that's it, one taste for an entire meal! I do love that *young cow* + tunadressing thing though, the restaurant I live above has the best EVER and ever and ever.
Somebody Else
11-27-2005, 13:16
I would say Italy, but China's got more variety than you can shake a stick at. Lamb shashliks in Inner Mongolia, dim sum down in Hong Kong, spicy dishes from Shinjiang, hairy crab in Shanghai, Uiger muslim things from the west - the list goes on.
Ser Clegane
11-27-2005, 13:39
You get a bowl of pasta and most of the time that's it,
Boy - are you going to the wrong Italian restaurants ~;)
I have a hard time paying high prices for Italian food in restaurants. Any half-decent cook can make noodles and sauce at home in fifty different ways and they all taste great. Unless its cannelloni stuffed with lobster with a nice truffle sauce, I don't want the plate to cost more than about ten bucks.
I'm not dissing Italian food, it's wonderful stuff! Just that paying high prices for it is a bit much.
Sjakihata
11-27-2005, 14:13
Indian food. Blazing hot curries :devil: , lots of good rice, nan bread, fruit juice, and tea.
Throw in some Middle East food, hummus and falafel, and I'd be happy forever.
You're missing the meat, buddy.
Boy - are you going to the wrong Italian restaurants ~;)
I live above one of the most renowned Italians in the netherlands (and save the snappy remark ~;) ), but you will have to agree that italian is low on variety, it may be 'refined' but compare it the wealth that is the french cuisine for example. Italian is a 'less is better' kind of kitchen, that is fine once in a while but a whole year nothing but Italian? It would bore me to death.
Sjakihata
11-27-2005, 14:15
Exactly what exciting recepies is known to others, from denmark?
btw, don't say a danish.
Exactly what exciting recepies is known to others, from denmark?
btw, don't say a danish.
Only the best hotdogs I have ever eaten.
Ser Clegane
11-27-2005, 14:18
I have a hard time paying high prices for Italian food in restaurants. Any half-decent cook can make noodles and sauce at home in fifty different ways and they all taste great.
Indeed - if you go to a good Italian restaurant it would actually be a bit of a waste just to eat pasta.
The pasta/pizza combo is fine for making something relatively quick and easy at home or if you are looking for some tasty and filling food at a reasonable price.
It's the long and slow 4-5 course diners that make Italian cuisine so enjoyable, IMHO.
Now I am getting really hungry...
You're missing the meat, buddy.
Beirut had a little lamb
With potatos white as snow
With scorching peppers strewn about
So that off your head would blow
:sweatdrop: "Oh Lord that's hot! More please!"
https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v298/horsesass/curry.jpg
Ser Clegane
11-27-2005, 14:22
but a whole year nothing but Italian? It would bore me to death.
True - my remark probably was rather unclear. I have no real desire to eat food from one country exclusively - if I had to choose one cuisine to eat for one year, it would be Italian though. ~:cheers:
It's the long and slow 4-5 course diners that make Italian cuisine so enjoyable, IMHO.
I am in need of an education in higher scale Italian food. There's a five-star place in Montreal where the chef serves risotto out of a hollowed out wheel of Parmesan right at your table. S'posed to be incredible! (I read all the restaurant reviews.)
Now I am getting really hungry...
Ya, no kidding eh? ~;p
Ser Clegane
11-27-2005, 14:33
I am in need of an education in higher scale Italian food. There's a five-star place in Montreal where the chef serves risotto out of a hollowed out wheel of Parmesan right at your table. S'posed to be incredible! (I read all the restaurant reviews.)
Often it doesn't even have to be the expensive places (at least not here in Frankfurt). Small family-run places can provide very pleasant surprises ~:)
Ya, no kidding eh? ~;p
I guess I'll have to settle for some cookies and "Lebkuchen" right now...
English food ~D
Especially breakfast.
Big King Sanctaphrax
11-27-2005, 15:43
You can't beat a proper British roast dinner-with Yorkshire puddings!
Plus we have a sort of anglicised version of Indian cuisine which tastes great.
Spendios
11-27-2005, 16:09
French food is the better, how about a good foie gras...
TheSilverKnight
11-27-2005, 16:28
I'm a big fan of all Latin American cuisines myself, Brazilian is very good I will admit, but I know mostly of only foods from the Spanish speaking countries. I consider myself a bit of a Latin food connoisseur because I've tried so much. Mexican food is very flavourful with a good amount of spice, central American food is pretty good, like a mix between South American and Mexican. Island Hispanic food is very good. South American food has so much variety from country to country it's hard to decide which country has the best. ~:cheers: ~D
Though I do rather enjoy continental European foods, Mediterranean foods especially. The occasional Indian or Chinese cuisine goes down good as well. Spicy foods especially, I love spices with my foods.
LeftEyeNine
11-27-2005, 16:42
Lamb shashliks in Inner Mongolia,
Somebody Else, can you tell a bit more about what lamb shashlik is ?
We have Kuzu Shish (Kuzu=Lamb) and the second part of the name of the food sounds quite similar to Turkish. I'd like to know if they mean the same as well.
master of the puppets
11-27-2005, 16:56
i like afghan food, i've had it quite a few times. but still italian is the best.
Somebody Else
11-27-2005, 18:18
Somebody Else, can you tell a bit more about what lamb shashlik is ?
We have Kuzu Shish (Kuzu=Lamb) and the second part of the name of the food sounds quite similar to Turkish. I'd like to know if they mean the same as well.
Basically bits of lamb, on a stick. Cooked over a fire or something. With random spices. Nice and simple.
Pinnekjøtt, raspeballer... I say Norway. I have, however, little knowledge to food in other cultures. Italian food is good too, thinking of the pizza.
Also heavy spiced Mexican food tastes good.
Kaiser of Arabia
11-27-2005, 20:00
i like afghan food, i've had it quite a few times. but still italian is the best.
I agree ~:)
One of my best friend's Family comes from Afghanistan, we've known each other forever and I *love* going over to his house for food (unfortunatly, he still lives in NJ while I live 88 miles away in PA, so I can't go over as much).
But with Italian food, what you gotta get is this (this is for a small meal/snack, btw).
Baked Ziti in a good Siclian meat sauce, with large meatballs (made of Veal, Beef, Pork, and liberal amounts of Garlic) and Hot Italian Sausage (with some Mild and Sweet mixed in, of course). Garlic knots/garlic bread with mozzerella, and then you put a generous amount of Parmesan and oregano over everything.
For drinks, you gotta go with a good Wine or Ameretto, or if your not going alcoholic, a good fruity juice goes well with these things.
And then for desert, Cannolli for the win.
On a sandwitch:
Get one long Italian sub roll, get it in NY/North Jersey if possible. They're just soft and soggy anywhere else. Then, you take provalone, olive oil, gabagool, hard salami, lettuce, some turkey, pepperoni, onions, and if you want to kick it up a notch some red peppers (I personally don't like peppers on a sandwitch, other than a Sausage Peppers and Onions). Best sandwitch ever.
You can tell I'm Italian ~:cheers:
LeftEyeNine
11-27-2005, 20:17
Basically bits of lamb, on a stick. Cooked over a fire or something. With random spices. Nice and simple.
That's it. Kuzu Shish is just the same as lamb shishlik. Steppe cultural connections show up again..
Baked Ziti in a good Siclian meat sauce, with large meatballs (made of Veal, Beef, Pork, and liberal amounts of Garlic) and Hot Italian Sausage (with some Mild and Sweet mixed in, of course). Garlic knots/garlic bread with mozzerella, and then you put a generous amount of Parmesan and oregano over everything.
Funny, I never would have pictured you eating that. ~;)
Before I meet my maker, I want to try Kim Chi. The real Korean style, hot enough to kill stuff.
Geoffrey S
11-27-2005, 20:22
After some hesitation I went for Indian. But as with any type of food, it's variety which makes things most enjoyable.
Duke Malcolm
11-27-2005, 20:58
I like Scottish food...
Smoked salmon, Stornoway black pudding, chicken tikka masala, roast beef (Aberdeen Angus), Arbroath smokies, steak and ale pie, grouse fresh on the Glorious Twelfth, roast lamb and mint sauce, pork with apple sauce, Scotch pies, porridge, stovies, cranachan, shortbread, caramel shortbread, potato scones, haggis, trifle, fish and chips, hoards of game, tablet
Kaiser of Arabia
11-27-2005, 22:41
Funny, I never would have pictured you eating that. ~;)
Before I meet my maker, I want to try Kim Chi. The real Korean style, hot enough to kill stuff.
I fit more in the "Kill Cow. Bite off raw chunk. Mmm...Tasty" Idiom, don't I? ~:)
Reverend Joe
11-28-2005, 02:24
Food... so much food... https://img448.imageshack.us/img448/6244/drool6on.gif
Well, since Provence is technically in France, that is my choice. Provencale is the epitomy of meditteranean, and since meditteranean is the epitomy of cooking...
Weebeast
11-28-2005, 02:46
Every single one of em has good foods. I don't know what's my favorite country when it comes to food as there are some dishes I don't like from each country.
Somebody said Kebab? Damn, I used to buy that thing in some street of Bangkok almost daily. It might not be "turkish-patented" as the dude is thai but it's pretty good.
Miho, I don't what that is but it looks great. I'm guessing it tastes like beef pot-pie without the pot.
LeftEyeNine
11-28-2005, 03:27
You can stand hot peppers ? Then have a piece of "Adana Kebab".. An original one though, not a Thai one ~:)
Weebeast
11-28-2005, 04:07
You can stand hot peppers ? Then have a piece of "Adana Kebab".. An original one though, not a Thai one ~:)
I like spicy food. By the way, the thai one is kinda hot as thai people like spicy food. They put this spicy ranch-like liquid (can't remember the taste) and some thai hot sauce. Anyway, I like cooking myself (plan to jump to food business) so I decided to look it up but........
1 tablespoon sumac (a spice found in Middle Eastern markets)
where the hell can I find a middle-eastern market around here? Any virginians know? Does it matter if I add sumac or not? Will my kebab lose its turkishness? I guess it will lose it as that plant is originated in levant/ turkey/arabia etc but I found an interesting comment though that sumac is used the same way as lemon juice, vinegar, etc. It's not a big deal, no?
Brazil, goucho joints. Meat, meat and more meat
Papewaio
11-28-2005, 08:28
China... that is like saying Europe... huge amount of people with many different ethic groups and hence cusine.
Italian is good... and don't just go for a pasta... and yes I know some good places that sell it for less then $10 for a big meal of it. Add in pizza, steak and most other foods including seafood and Italian has a good variety. And a cappucino or latte.
Indian is great we had the festival of light at work the other week, Vietnamese is interesting very dark coffee I like the lemongrass chicken, Thai has a huge variety of foods normally spicey.
Dutch cheese... yum.
French truffles... will have to try them out once the family farm starts producing... 800 Oaks and Hazelnuts dipped in truffle fungus growing on the parents farm.
NZ steak, lamb and seafood are all good... as is Margaret River Cheeses and Wines (Western Australia).
Locally I like the fish markets and eating at the Japanese restaurants sashimi, sushi and my favourite teriyaki chicken. Mind you all the foods mentioned are avialable locally ... the advantage of having a quarter of our people born overseas.
I have had home make Kim Chi at a Korean BBQ at a mates... now that was good.
LeftEyeNine
11-28-2005, 12:58
I like spicy food. By the way, the thai one is kinda hot as thai people like spicy food. They put this spicy ranch-like liquid (can't remember the taste) and some thai hot sauce. Anyway, I like cooking myself (plan to jump to food business) so I decided to look it up but........
where the hell can I find a middle-eastern market around here? Any virginians know? Does it matter if I add sumac or not? Will my kebab lose its turkishness? I guess it will lose it as that plant is originated in levant/ turkey/arabia etc but I found an interesting comment though that sumac is used the same way as lemon juice, vinegar, etc. It's not a big deal, no?
http://bitkiterapi.tripod.com/bitkiler_s2.htm
"Sumac" is the plant titled with "Sumak" on the page above. Well, I generally hear it being a "comrade" of the kebabs. There is even a saying for it (not for a kebab though but another food with meat) :
"Sumac is the p*** of Turkish ravioli" (Yes, we are vulgar ~D )
I think you got the idea.
Depends on my mood. I could check about five of the options.
Italie leading so far.
China... that is like saying Europe... huge amount of people with many different ethic groups and hence cusine.
That's true indeed, and then the Chinees food we now here, is only a small selection of what they eat there, like only the good things.
Like this there is too something else, the 'Indian risetable' (how we call it here) isn't Indian, but a Dutch invention so...
Kagemusha
11-28-2005, 16:30
This is very hard question.I must say,that i cant decide a single cuisine to be best.But i would like to bring up one great food country,what is not in the list.The Creek cuisine, great dishes and also very healthy.~:)
Indeed, a few days ago, after I ansered this poll, I thought about that too, I've been a few times in Greece, on holidays, and the food is good there too indeed, much fish, but also the sweet 'baklava' or something like that. That is also in Turkey though.
LeftEyeNine
11-28-2005, 16:49
BAKLAVA !! NOOOOOOOOOOOO !!!!!!!
No dessert can be any better. Get it, make it, order it, die for it (depends..)
BAKLAVA !! NOOOOOOOOOOOO !!!!!!!
No dessert can be any better. Get it, make it, order it, die for it (depends..)
What you barbarians in Turkey call desert is so sweet that it actually burns my mouth, how on earth can you eat that??? My former employer used to bring this strange greenish thing made out of *the stuff you make with flour but flat and crispy* and it was like drowning in a buckle of honey just after your tongue was ripped out by the candyman. He was also Turkish, and he got extremily angry when I just couldn't take it anymore because of the pain.
A salted herring was the best revenge ever.
LeftEyeNine
11-28-2005, 17:06
That's the difference between softy civils and vulgar barbarians ~;) (Semi-sarcasm past by)
Kekvit Irae
11-28-2005, 17:06
I enjoy a little bit of sushi and sashimi every now and then, so long as they hold off on the wasabi. Ugh, burns your mouth AND tastes like garbage.
SwordsMaster
11-28-2005, 17:08
BAKLAVA !! NOOOOOOOOOOOO !!!!!!!
No dessert can be any better. Get it, make it, order it, die for it (depends..)
Seconded:knight:
Proletariat
11-28-2005, 17:23
where the hell can I find a middle-eastern market around here? Any virginians know? Does it matter if I add sumac or not? Will my kebab lose its turkishness?
Go here and let them cook it. They're Afghani, but the gyros are amazing. Pretty good kabobs too and the lunch buffet is nice and cheap.
http://www.google.com/local?hl=en&hs=W9k&lr=&safe=off&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&q=grill+kabob+express&near=Fairfax,+VA+22030&sa=X&oi=locald&radius=0.0&latlng=38845826,-77324151,9700638191677034047
English assassin
11-28-2005, 17:30
I voted English but to be honest it was probably a lie. But it was a patriotic lie.
But things have got better since the days when Somerset Maugham observed "To eat well in England, you should have breakfast three times a day"
I voted English but to be honest it was probably a lie. But it was a patriotic lie.
But things have got better since the days when Somerset Maugham observed "To eat well in England, you should have breakfast three times a day"
English breakfast rocks, it may cause a traffic jam in your most vital veins but it's the best hangover-killer there is (OH what a coincidence~;) ), but Chirac was right, people that eat so badly cannot be thrusted. How can any civilised culture drink tea that is stronger then it's coffee??? And why is it in a bowl? And why are they drinking guinness when I am drinking something that is supposed to be coffee? At 10 o'clock????? The insanity.
Reverend Joe
11-28-2005, 17:50
I voted English but to be honest it was probably a lie. But it was a patriotic lie.
But things have got better since the days when Somerset Maugham observed "To eat well in England, you should have breakfast three times a day"
Man, I love English food!
L'Impresario
11-28-2005, 17:58
Whoever mentioned baklava must be shot immediately ,hmm or maybe forced to eat cornish meatpies:P
Now I have an appetite like a pregnant Scwartzenegger, plus I want to top the baklava with some ekmek kataifi grr
LeftEyeNine
11-28-2005, 18:05
Now Ekmek Kadayifi ? After so much interaction, we are obliged to blast on each other for the past. If only people could forget things that have to be forgotten.
I did not taste Ekmek Kadayifi much though, I can eat 5-6 pieces of baklava when hungry, it is the king ~:)
Hurin_Rules
11-28-2005, 18:13
Tough call between Indian and Italian for me, but ultimately the curry reigns supreme.
Kanamori
11-28-2005, 19:17
Tough call between Indian and Italian for me, but ultimately the curry reigns supreme.
Amen, I like my spices.~:cheers:
When it comes to formal dinners, I actually prefer a mix of regional foods that combine well, rather than just food from one region that mix well. In the USA, I haven't come across many restaurants that stick to one type regional food, and often the meals will contain a mix of regional foods too.
PS For all the other spicey-stuff lovers, I recommend you try Da' Bomb - Final Answer (http://www.sweatnspice.com/Da-Bomb-Final-Answer.php) sometime. It is the hottest stuff I've ever put in my mouth. When I had the tip of a toothpick, I figured, "hey, how hot can it really be? Surely it cannot be so bad. I mean, I'll live." Wrong. Turns out I've never had anything to compare it to; it is a new level of "hot." At first, it wasn't so bad. Then, it started spreading to the back of my throat. Usually, milk will cure any sort of spiciness, but it just acted like water and moved it around my mouth. All I could do was try not to cry.~:joker: Anyways, it's a life experience, try it. Just not more than a pinhead or you'll vomit.
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