Post: #26

Tokyo - I was blown away
Thailand - I was blown away
Italy - like a previous poster, I just love eating in Italy
Napa Valley - I could burn through alot of money there!

I hardly feel like putting NY and London on this list, because as giant, cosmopolitan cities, they should have fantastic food (which they most certainly do).

Post: #27

(02-14-2012 03:41 PM)Caligula Wrote:  

(02-14-2012 03:20 PM)Alfonzo Wrote:  New York Seriously ???? I'm pretty sure they have really good restaurant but, the amount of disgusting restaurant I had eat there, it's no way a prospect for Best place in the world . You eat
way better in Miami .

We're talking about the best, not the average of the food in a city.

New York beats pretty much anywhere in the world when it comes to variety at the top end.

I'm thinking places like Le Bernardin, Sushi of Gari, Eleven Madison Park. Or any of the fifty-odd other Michelin rated restaurants in the city.

Add to that food from anywhere in the world, good and cheap fast-food options and you have a winner.

Yes, I see the difference here . I'm pretty sure New York have really good and high reputation restaurant . But, in a whole It's clearly not a destination to eating well .

Post: #28

(02-14-2012 04:40 PM)Alfonzo Wrote:  

(02-14-2012 03:41 PM)Caligula Wrote:  

(02-14-2012 03:20 PM)Alfonzo Wrote:  New York Seriously ???? I'm pretty sure they have really good restaurant but, the amount of disgusting restaurant I had eat there, it's no way a prospect for Best place in the world . You eat
way better in Miami .

We're talking about the best, not the average of the food in a city.

New York beats pretty much anywhere in the world when it comes to variety at the top end.

I'm thinking places like Le Bernardin, Sushi of Gari, Eleven Madison Park. Or any of the fifty-odd other Michelin rated restaurants in the city.

Add to that food from anywhere in the world, good and cheap fast-food options and you have a winner.

Yes, I see the difference here . I'm pretty sure New York have really good and high reputation restaurant . But, in a whole It's clearly not a destination to eating well .

New York City is great for cheap food as well.

Grab a slice of pizza, a knish, or a bagel. Arguably the best in the world in those three categories (pizza obviously is going to highly contested).

I wrote up a data sheet with great places for all three.

Update:

And hot dogs.

Post: #29

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Post: #30

I understand the point here but, for me eating well it's not eating pizza and chinease fast food . It's going to a random restaurant and eat something that will be good or decent and I don't have to ask to people or searching on web to find something you know . I spent 3 days this year in New York and it was the most awfull eating experience in my life to be honest . I eat in Queen, Brooklyn and Manhatan and I don't know, I think it's I'm just not accustom to the greesy food . I'v been to 3 sandwich spot, and no one was able to make a decent sandwich seriously . All of these 3 the bread was greesy flodded .Next time I'm going there I fo sure make a thread for good eating spot overthere . I want to go at the excellent place . Maybe it's a culture thing but I haven't had this issue in Miami . I eat really well over there .Greecy and fast food it's a no/no for me and from my experience in the majority of the time , it was my only choice when I was there .

Post: #31

(02-14-2012 06:06 PM)Alfonzo Wrote:  I understand the point here but, for me eating well it's not eating pizza and chinease fast food . It's going to a random restaurant and eat something that will be good or decent and I don't have to ask to people or searching on web to find something you know . I spent 3 days this year in New York and it was the most awfull eating experience in my life to be honest . I eat in Queen, Brooklyn and Manhatan and I don't know, I think it's I'm just not accustom to the greesy food . I'v been to 3 sandwich spot, and no one was able to make a decent sandwich seriously . All of these 3 the bread was greesy flodded .Next time I'm going there I fo sure make a thread for good eating spot overthere . I want to go at the excellent place . Maybe it's a culture thing but I haven't had this issue in Miami . I eat really well over there .Greecy and fast food it's a no/no for me and from my experience in the majority of the time , it was my only choice when I was there .

Did you eat Katz deli?

Where do you like to eat in Miami/ Miami Beach?

Break it down.

Post: #32

For me...

1. China - Beijing, Hunan, Shanghai
2. Malaysia
3. NYC

Post: #33

1. San Francisco

2. Beirut

3. Rome

Post: #34

(02-13-2012 10:48 PM)OGNorCal707 Wrote:  I'm sorry, I know I'm going to get major shit for this, but I thought the food in Thailand wasn't that great.

First, let me say that I love Thai food, it's one of my favorite cuisines, but I feel like I've had as good or better Thai food in San Francisco and the D.C. area. Now I had good meals in Thailand, and I had maybe a couple meals that I would say were better than what I'd get in SF or D.C., but overall I was expecting my mind to be blown, and it wasn't. Street food is cheap, but can be hit or miss, I had some really nasty pad thai from street vendors that I didn't even finish.

Bro, I agree. I was messing around with this Thai girl a few years back. I always liked the Thai food I ate in the US. I told the chick I was into Thai food and she should cook something for me. So the morning after my b day I ended up at her house from the night before and she made me a bunch of authentic Thai food. Man, I couldn't eat it. Maybe it was just that she cooked some nasty stuff, but I couldn't do it. She had pigs feet, chicken feet, some stuff with anchovies (I don't eat fish like that) and all this fish juice. The only thing I could partially stomache was the shrimp curry, only problem with that is they didn't clean the shrimp.. Any of it. The whole shell was still on. I can't do that crunchy ass shrimp shell. I guess I'd have to go there to really get a good idea, but from what I saw of Thai food from that chick, it definitely wasn't what I thought it would be after eating it in the states. I ended up telling the chick is was too hung over to eat (Which was partially true, but became 100% true once I saw the food).

As far as my favorite places to eat, I'm not as well traveled as a lot of you, but I'll throw in my 2cents....

Vegas
Miami
Sao Paulo
Rio
Minas
Aspen

Best burger I've ever had, hands down was in a little town in Minas Gerais called Leopoldina. It's about a 45 minute drive from Juiz De Fora, not much to see or do there unless you have friends there. The name of the place is called Digao. They make this homade mayonaise that is to die for. They have over 30 different types of burgers. I preffered the filet minon burger or ham, egg, cheese, beef patty. There are a bunch of great hole in the wall burger spots in Brazil that make their own home made mayonaise, hope you guys got to try one of them if you've been to Brazil. Another decent contender is Hamburgao in Vitoria and Guarapari. And also reguarding Brazil.... Picanha.. Need I say more? I know it's not the healthiest, but my daily lunch in Vitoria would usually be Picanha with queijo coalho (that grilled cheese they have), rice and beans, and a salad.

I know a lot of people are thinking Aspen is probably a bad choice, but I promise you it has some of the best food in the country. It's probably much more than people think. Not to mention it has the most bars of any place per capita in the US. Matsuhisa was rated by one of the top culinary magizines a couple years back as the 2nd best sushi in the world. I know it sounds weird good sushi in Colorado, but you gotta try it before you knock it. Everything gets flown in.

Post: #35

(02-14-2012 06:13 PM)thegmanifesto Wrote:  

(02-14-2012 06:06 PM)Alfonzo Wrote:  I understand the point here but, for me eating well it's not eating pizza and chinease fast food . It's going to a random restaurant and eat something that will be good or decent and I don't have to ask to people or searching on web to find something you know . I spent 3 days this year in New York and it was the most awfull eating experience in my life to be honest . I eat in Queen, Brooklyn and Manhatan and I don't know, I think it's I'm just not accustom to the greesy food . I'v been to 3 sandwich spot, and no one was able to make a decent sandwich seriously . All of these 3 the bread was greesy flodded .Next time I'm going there I fo sure make a thread for good eating spot overthere . I want to go at the excellent place . Maybe it's a culture thing but I haven't had this issue in Miami . I eat really well over there .Greecy and fast food it's a no/no for me and from my experience in the majority of the time , it was my only choice when I was there .

Did you eat Katz deli?

Where do you like to eat in Miami/ Miami Beach?

Break it down.

I tried 1 deli restaurant in Brooklyn but, I haven't appreciate the place so I don't remember the name of the establishement .

For Miami when I went there , I eat most of the time on Lincoln Road .
I ate 3 times at the Café Soprano . I liked the place , a traditional italian restaurant. I ate really well over there , it was cheap , and the service impecable . And the cherry on the sunday , the old man was from Montréal .

1 or 2 restaurant from there I went to the Sushi Samba...
I just ate sushi over there . But, if I remember they made brazilian food eighter . They were ok , a little expensive for what I got . But, it was a good place to take a drink and see hot women tho .

Another restaurant beside the Café Soprano was good too but, I don't remember the name . It was just a cross the gelato shop .
It was good and they had good portion . They had a lot of different meal,grillade,pasta etc .

The Cantina 27 pizzeria on Collin Avenue was right beside my hotel . I had an excellent thin crust prociuotto pizza . Another traditional italian restaurant . Ohh and prociutto in slice not smoked . Not expensive ,perfect .

For me I haven't travel that much , the best 3 was :

Montréal
Québec City
Miami

Post: #36

i'm in palo alto, ca -- heart of silicon valley. centering on san francisco, within 100 mi is quite possibly the best VARIETY you'll find anywhere on the planet.

that said, it's not best across the board. that title i give to NYC.

i travel enough to asia so it disturbs me no one has stood up for hong kong. people are picking mainland china for chrissakes! for chinese from low end to high it can't be beat.

taipei's street food culture is very good...

i also dig singapore (peranakan is great!)

i'd have to defend ukraine against deb's slam. ukraine's grim -- not truly bad. i'd have to give the bad title to india (only so much curry/vegetarian i can take....)

then there's the countries i'm scared to visit cos i'll likely starve: nepal, tibet, mongolia and the central asian -stans.

Post: #37

Paris: self explanation

Buenos Aires: steaks

Texas ( Houston, San Antonio, Austin) : tex-mex food like fajitas, enchiladas, tacos, etc. I´m not a big fan of spicy food but i found out the quality and the combination taste-colour-flavor is perfect. Obviously you have to find a good tex -mex restaurant

Post: #38

Mexico hands down. Ceviche, pok chuk, tacos al pastor, alambre, cochinita pibil...best food ever!

Post: #39

New Orleans mmmm

San Antonio has Tex Mex food on lock. There's some good ass hole in the walls out there.

I haven't traveled around, but a few people have told me that Houston is one of the best cities for food in the country. Wouldn't surprise me since its an international city that's business friendly.

Post: #40

I have a few comments. I've been on the road for over 4 months now (with a 1 month break)and have to comment how much better the ingredients and quantity of food is in the United States. You also really do get a lot more authentic variety in the US, widely available and relatively decent prices.

That said some places or cuisines that i've found very delicious:

1. Turkey- almost everything there is good. And nothing beats an authentic doner kebab. Also some great Turkish places in Berlin.
2. Mexican.
3. NYC- great variety, lots of great authentic places.
4. LA-for asian and mexican
5. Houston- good prices, excellent bbq, mexican and vietnamese
6. Vietnamese in France and Montreal. Excellent viet-style baguette sandwiches.

Post: #41

I agree with whosyourdady about the USA. All things considered, I think big cities in the USA (cities with large international communities) have the best food. That said, some poor countries (with low pop. density) have really great produce -- better than the factory-like produce in the USA. Farming in Serbia and Uzbekistan are still done the old-fashioned way, and you can taste the difference. Uzbekistan has surprisingly good food with an interesting variety. Probably the best tomatoes in the world. As a foreigner you will pay double.

Indian food when done right can be amazing. Strangely the food situation in India the hardest part of living there. My immune system never really adjusted to the dangerous food there.

I'm currently in the Ukraine and agree with what others have said about the food here. However, the caviar is nice and so is the food my Ukrainian girlfriend is making for me.

Post: #42

Best food in the world?

there is no contest, Food from Peru is considered the best in the world by many, heck
even Lima has been named Gastronomic capital of the Americas:
http://www.andina.com.pe/Ingles/Noticia....TNqmgx90k=

Post: #43

Paris - bread and soup in a regular restaurant was off the scale.
Budapest - the quality of food was suprisingly good.
Montego Bay - Jamaican food is great, roadside jerk chicken to die for.

Post: #44

Singapore has amazing food that is very cheap. Sadly it's the only thing that is cheap in Singapore. After being in Singapore and eating the food at the food courts of shopping malls, it will make you cry next time you step foot inside your local Macy's.

Post: #45

Peru haha, yeah right. I love Peruvian food but it's nowhere near the top.

This is a tough debate because there's great food and shitty food everywhere, you just need to know how to find it, and it depends on your palate and willingness to explore and try new things. I don't think you can summarize one country as having better food than another. Is regional Chinese food better than Japanese? It's not comparable, they're completely different, just like Indian food is drastically different than Thai or Vietnamese.

I personally love Italian food, as in, eating in Italy. That red sauce shit with the meatballs is not Italian. Italian food is based on minimalism and using quality ingredients, but it's like that in most mediterannean countries, especially Greek and Turkish food. Some French food is light and vegetable based, other French food is loaded with butter and pork fat. It all depends on region.

If you're into food, check out http://www.chowhound.com before traveling, there's some good threads on that board.

Post: #46

Sarajevo and Mostar, Bosnia.

The best value for my money for food that I have ever seen anywhere, though I have not yet been to Hong Kong.

Post: #47

(05-13-2012 05:25 PM)thedude3737 Wrote:  Peru haha, yeah right. I love Peruvian food but it's nowhere near the top.

This is a tough debate because there's great food and shitty food everywhere, you just need to know how to find it, and it depends on your palate and willingness to explore and try new things. I don't think you can summarize one country as having better food than another. Is regional Chinese food better than Japanese? It's not comparable, they're completely different, just like Indian food is drastically different than Thai or Vietnamese.

I personally love Italian food, as in, eating in Italy. That red sauce shit with the meatballs is not Italian. Italian food is based on minimalism and using quality ingredients, but it's like that in most mediterannean countries, especially Greek and Turkish food. Some French food is light and vegetable based, other French food is loaded with butter and pork fat. It all depends on region.

If you're into food, check out http://www.chowhound.com before traveling, there's some good threads on that board.

What is the top for you then???
italian food is no match to peruvian food. Just pasta and some meat, boring.... Peru has variety.
You would hardly find another cuisine that has such a variety as peruvian cuisine in the world

Post: #48

Try regional Chinese cooking. You could spend an entire year AT LEAST in each of china's culinary regions: Cantonese, Szechuan, Beijing, Shanghai, and each one of those regions has subregions with an insane amount of variety and tradition within.

If you think Italian food is just pasta and some meat then you've obviously never been to Italy.

I know Peru is a great mishmash of Japanese, Latin, and European cuisines but it doesn't meet the criteria for what I consider one of the world's great cuisines. Two of my best friends are Peruvian and I eat at their mom's house on a semi regular basis. I love the food, I think Gaston Acurio has done great things for the cuisine, but it's just not up there for me. I would say Mexico is more of an up and coming cuisine than Peruvian. And the thing with Peruvian food is you're not going to see real Japanese food like in Japan, you lose the regionalism. Sure there's a lot of soy, daikon and ginger being thrown around but Japanese food is much more than that. Just like the Italian inspired cuisine in Peru. It's a far cry from the food that you encounter in Italy.

The one major credit I will give Peru (and Chile) is the sheer amount of diversity in produce that they gave the world.

Post: #49

If you're looking high quality food from anywhere around the globe, then look no further than NYC. It's hard to believe this is even an argument.

Though it has to be said that French food is in a class of its own. Get out of Paris and their overpriced cafes, and you'll find gastronomic wonderments like nothing you've ever seen. Lyon is regarded as the culinary heartbeat of France. Lyon is located in the Rhône-Alpes region of France. Take a drive through this part of the region once in your life(easily accessible via Geneva, Lyon, or Grenoble) and experience the world's finest cuisine at its unabashed finest.

Post: #50

(02-14-2012 01:03 AM)thegmanifesto Wrote:  

(02-13-2012 10:35 PM)Vacancier Permanent Wrote:  If you want high end 4 and 5 star restaurants, no place on planet Earth can match Tokyo. Tokyo has more Michellin rated restaurants than Paris and NYC combined. Says it all. And the food for those of us not on exec package with unlimited resources, is to die for too.

Ever been to Kyoto?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/16...yoto_Japan

Japan is on another level. (Never been though).

It is widely accepted that Japan is doing the best food in the east (if not the world) and Spain is doing the best in the West.

I agree about Japan (although I've heard Taiwan has the best Chinese food in the world by far) but I think Italy is better than Spain...Spain is known for very high-end cutting-edge restaurants where they bend the laws of physics at a molecular level to create foods and flavors which don't exist anywhere else, it gets very high ratings from gourmands and restauranteurs who are the people who vote for "Best Restaurants in the World" (but this isn't really a regular option for non-one-percenters).

And it's Basque country, not Catalonia, that's the epicenter of Spanish gastronomy AFAIK.