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D has a ton of Asian goodness
Also, D even gets the entire bay of Naples, in addition to the cuisines of 3-4 billion people. Anyone who wants anything from A can get anything from there in Oceania.
D is so OP, I cannot imagine anyone picking anything else unless they are basing their choice on where they live.
I’d miss mexican food, but some arsehole bundled it with the USA.
Worse, they bundled it with the worse half of the USA (except for soul food).
Anyone who wants anything from A can get anything from there in Oceania.
But then that’s food you can eat in Oceania, not food from Oceania. D has a ton of good Asian food, but for traditional Western cuisine you want A or H.
This gate keeping of cuisine is ridiculous. It would logically follow that you have to throw out anything that’s made with something originally from a different zone. So no potatoes, tomatoes, corn or other new world crops… Well, anywhere but one of these sections. Anything that comes from cultural exchange is, apparently, right out. So good luck with whatever the fuck they were eating in mesopotamia and the Indus river valley civilisation. I hope you like your beer to be bread.
If it’s been made by people who identify culturally as being “of that zone”, and they self-identify it as part of their culture, then that’s from there. Pretending that the awful colonisation of the entire world by white Europeans just… didn’t happen is insanely naïve.
then that’s from there
I mean, that’s not what the word “from” means, otherwise curry would be American food and that aside from not making sense would make the OP a lot less interesting to consider.
D has Australia and nz too
Yeah but the real cuisine from Australia is grubs, roo meat and berries.
You cant only consider indigenous cuisine though. In that case it completely changes Mexican cuisine etc. Infact it changes literally every single cuisine in the world with the idea of ‘real’
But that takes out all the chalange because all the regions have major cities and therefore all sorts of restaurants. I mean you can get good Chinese food in Buenos Aires I know and most other regional cuisines. I mean then New York City is op and everyone else is second place.
So do we not count potato dishes for India since they were introduced by the Brits or how about tomatoes for Italy?
If we allow ingredients but recipes are the issue, than is Japanese curry not counted for Japan considering it went from India to Britain to Japan?
How about removing biryani from India/ Pakistan since the mughals created it with Persian techniques.
What about fusion cuisines? All the pizzas in the world for example?
Keeping it indigenous is literally impossible bc that idea doesn’t even exist.
Yeah but the alternative is “you can’t eat modern food from absolutely anywhere” because, for example, tomatoes have only been in italy since they were imported from the Americas
+1 for D
It’s literally where the world gets most of their spices … the English fought wars for those places and those spices
the English fought wars for those places and those spices
To sell them to the world. Never get high on your own supply.
D is literally the only answer.
Greek, Turkish, Arab, Indian, Chinese, Vietnamese, Thai, Korean, Japanese. If you want something more western, there’s Australian for some classic bbq or fish n chips. There’s also a tiny sliver of Italy.
G is better- fight me
Of course the CIA would say that.
Look I spent a lot of time in South America… wait I want supposed to say that
And don’t forget Kiwi… I want to say… fruit?
Hangi.
kiwi land has amazing dairy and wine
That’s only if you like those things. G gets you barbecue, Mexican, Peruvian, Cuban, every Caribbean island, Hawaii, French Polynesia, and several others it’s hard to tell from the map.
Of the things you listed from D I only like Greek, Italian, Chinese, and Japanese. And I can get all of those from Hawaii and California.
Yeah I’d choose D but will be really really sad to not be able to eat anything from G ever again.
But you HAVE BBQ, in the form of Hawaiian BBQ, which goes pretty hard too. And there’s BBQ-analogues all over Southeast Asia. And don’t forget, like, all of the Middle East. Check out some of the feast preparations of whole animals, as well as modern “convenience” spins on older recipes more suitable for family-size prep.
I won’t deny, I’d miss Mexican food. Sure, a kebab is basically a burrito, but the differences are enough that it’d be a shame to never have either one.
But I do find the barbecue thing weird. Australian barbecue is close enough to American to be a more than acceptable substitute (although perhaps I’m biased). Korean galbi is amazing, though quite different.
I think Mexican food would be the only major loss here, tbh
Indian and Chinese ftw. I’ll miss my local Moroccan place though.
plus aotearoa for cheese and wine.
Mediterranean, middle eastern, indian, Chinese, se asian. I can live with that.
D represents something like 50% of the world population. The variety there is likely sufficient to sustain anyone indefinitely.
Although everything in the global south likely has varying degrees if spice, so those with intolerance might be better served with one of the northern slices. That said, slice A would be hands down the worst choice.
you can just not include the spice, like i make asian food with capellini and tomato purée lmao
B You get italian food but still can have Surströmming
and pitepalt!
Unparalleled energy
Deal of the century
blursed
Okay first we gotta see what each region actually has. I’m gonna only count countries where a significant fraction of the area is included (so no including Italy in D or A or France in H). With that in mind, A: France, Germany, British Isles. B: Central, Northern and Eastern Europe, Italy, Russia. C: Balkans, some Eastern Europe, Italy, Russia, northern half of Central Asia, Caucasus, Turkey if we’re being generous, China, Japan and (North) Korea. D: Middle East (sans Egypt), Indian Peninsula, China, Southeast Asia and East Asia E: Some Arabian Peninsula, eastern North Africa, sub-Saharan Africa F: Most of South America, western North Africa, West Africa G: Some South America, Central America, USAmerica, Spain H: Spain and USAmerica
Some are obviously stronger than others stares at D and G, but wow this is more even than I expected. A gets hard carried by France, B gets Italy and Eastern Europe, C gets (some of) that and also Armenia and East Asia, E gets hard carried by Egypt (sorry for the whole rest of Africa, y’all need better PR), F is the birthplace of the potato and while H is just a subset of G it’s a pretty decent one. Without further ado, here’s my tier list:
S: D, G, C A: A, B, E, F B: H
‘A’ also has Belgian waffles, Dutch Pannenkoeken, Swiss fondue, and Icelandic Skyr (it’s like yogurt, my wife likes it).
… is Egypt known for their food? I was thinking Ethiopian was the best of that section.
I don’t think it’s usually associated with the country, but you will find a good amount of Egyptian stuff in a Middle Eastern restaurant. I think falafel is the most popular example. Also not internationally popular but Egyptian cheese is really good.
Why is this centered on the Vatican? So you can eat Jesus no matter what??
Is this the question that prompts the start of European part of WWIII??
It’s a hard (and meaningless) decision.
And a fairly civil debate, gg.lol can’t go wrong with A. Snails, frog legs, shark, whale blubber, seal, dolphin, herring, fries and cheese. Truly haute cuisine.
A contains just sliver of Italy too
G bc thats where I live already
If it weren’t for Sardinia being centered on this map, half these regions wouldn’t stand a chance
Whichever one has Sicily so either C or D can’t really tell
D no question, Indian food makes up a huge portion of my diet
D is probably the best region.
Yeah, D gets you at least four entirely different types of cuisine and Australian stuff will still have that Euro/American vibe. Only downside is you’ll technically be allowed to eat Vegemite.
Well you also get greek for the European vibes. And kebab according to Germans.
G. Mexican and texmex. I hate Texas but holy shit Tex mex is like heaven. Oh and that Creole food oh yeah
Ay I am torn between G and E, African food is incredible and I’d probably be ok, but G is where I live and my city has amazing food, including African cuisines so if you just mean what’s available in those regions, then G, absolutely.
D section.
All the most interesting flavours come from D section.
There also lies the birthplace of spices. Wars were fought over those pices. The earliest forms of global trade was formed over those spices. Europeans started colonialism largely driven by the need for regular access to those spices.
Do not underestimate the power and value of spices. No other section, as presented here, compares.
