Which Travel destination has the best food?

America! :crazy:

I'd like to go to Slovenia and try some of that Over Mura Moving Cake!

I tihnk europe has the best food. And Asia. :P

hm...very difficult question....i would say europe in general,but if i have to be more specific i would chose the meditterenean countries.

France had a lot of great food to offer, especially desserts. Pastries were also magnifique!

The USA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Fastfood on every corner, as much pizza's as you like and probably the best sandwiches in the world.

^^ bleah... i'd say mediterranean countrys

In my expereince its supprizingly Vietnam.

If you want a single destination in the US, I would suggest San Francisco. Outstanding Asian food, and cheap. Beyond, that, it really depends on what kind of food you want. Any big city in Japan will have great food: in the last three days here, i have had crab, sushi, Soup curry (a Sapporo specialty) and ramen. Mm...ramen.

Vietnam has great food cheap; Thailand too.

Mediterranian Europe (Spain, France, Italy, Greece) and Sout East Asia (Thailand, China)

Italy, SF, Barcelona

India - so many different regional foods.

Depends on what you like off course :)

Mexico, Italy, or Greece.

Spanish+American+Chinese+Malay Cuisine = Philippine Cuisine, a unique blend of the East and the West

So, I'd say that the Philippines have the best food.

Spanish+American+Chinese+Malay Cuisine = Philippine Cuisine, a unique blend of the East and the West

So, I'd say that the Philippines have the best food.

I don't really feel Philippine cuisine, it lack spice compared to Thai or Malaysian.

Not really the best but Hong Kong's got some good food!

Montreal.... it is so great!

Spain and France!!
:yes:

It would have to be Spain, Italy and of course FRANCE, the culinary capital of the world

*Western World

Mediterranian Europe (Spain, France, Italy, Greece) and Sout East Asia (Thailand, China)
Agree 100% and only would add Indonesia for a special recommendation ;)

Also good and cheap: Brazil - especially Sao Paulo, the culinary capital of the world: get the best sushi, sandwiches, lebanese food and ice cream and you can afford it!!

Pretty much everywhere i've been to has good food if you go to the right places but Mediterranean Europe and SE Asia seem to have it everywhere.

A few places i've been where the food has been very very good are Andalucia, New Orleans, Sydney and Provence

Singapore!

JAPAN, CHINA, FRANCE, ITALY, MEXICO.... all this countries have delicious food. I love Japanese and chinese food, those are my favourites hummmm

Spain, France, Italy ;)

Spain, France and Italy, no doubt for me! ;)

Probably China. I <3 Chineese food. :drool:

Italy! I love the pasta's and pizza's! And also I like all dishes with olive oil.

And don't forget the Italian ice!

Delicious!

I think is going to be Spain by far ;)
Also many Mediterranean countries have a good quality...:okay:

BTW, Greek, French, Chinese and Spanish food is very good too! Dont try Dutch food! Only pea soup ;)

spain and italy, what make the difference? the olive oil, the wine, a great variety of fish, meat, pasta, rice, vegetables, fresh fruits...and is not only paella and pizza

If you want good food, you gotta go to HK :D

Come to Singapore. You can taste any region food under the sun*

* conditions apply :)

Mediterranean food :okay:

America has the best food because of the huge and diverse blend of people who live here. you've got everything from frankfurters, dim sun, sushi, pasta, pizza and a new foods that are a combination of all the popular foods

Michigan and Chicago- Nice pizza, frankfurters, Mexican food...

Minnesota or Wisconsin- You would have the nicest (with reasonable price) German food with American style in this region.

Uruguay- Strong Spanish influence with true Latin American spice.

Quebec- One of my favourite around the world. Quebec have the best chef, with worldwide blends, especially in Montreal.

Victoria, Australia- Australian beef is the best in my opinion.

Louisiana- I suppose they have great food... Tabasco are made in Louisiana.

Prairie Provinces- I believe we have the best crops and meat, it's probably much better than you expected if you are not natives. Our meal could be very tasty, not neccessary bland.

My favorites are: Italian, Spanish, French, Balcan food, Greec,Turkish, Lebanese, Indian, Chinese, Indonesian, Mexican and some American things like hamburger are nice, but no masterpiece of culinaire work;)

If I'm gonna go for burgers, LA has the best ones :)

Morocco, Turkey, Serbia, Singapore, Pakistan, Australia, Tunisia, Lebanon, Montenegro-Croatia (best seafood in the world) and India (Goa, Mumbai and the Punjab areas).

America has the best food because of the huge and diverse blend of people who live here. you've got everything from frankfurters, dim sun, sushi, pasta, pizza and a new foods that are a combination of all the popular foods

Lots of variety but in general the Italian food isn't as good as in Italy, the Cantonese food isn't as good as in HK, the Greek food isn't as good as in Greece etc.

Most people I saw in the US seemed to eating crap junk food anyway.

Lots of variety but in general the Italian food isn't as good as in Italy, the Cantonese food isn't as good as in HK, the Greek food isn't as good as in Greece etc.

Most people I saw in the US seemed to eating crap junk food anyway.

In most US cities, fast-food places are greatly outnumbered by non-fast food restaurants. With regards to Chinese food, my Chinese friend says that no place is better than California.

In most US cities, fast-food places are greatly outnumbered by non-fast food restaurants. With regards to Chinese food, my Chinese friend says that no place is better than California.

Emigrants always like to slate the place they've left though,that is a well known fact ;) Seriously though, I thought California was the best place that I went to in the US for variety of food and most of it was good.

My point was though that if you want good Italian food, Milan or Rome are always going to be better than New York or Chicago.

The UK has a similar situation, even the smallest town with 2000-3000 inhabitants will have a Chines and an Indian restaurant and the locals will be able to buy food from Thailand, Mexico, Russia or South Africa if they o to their local supermarket but it will never be as good as in its original context imo.

I agree that big US cities have tons of good quality ethnic restaurants but I found during my trip in the US (admittedly only a few weeks) that in smaller towns generally the fast food joints outnumbered decent places by about 100:1

Go to Saigon (HCMC) in Vietnam for the best Vietnamese food in the world. There is a sort of southern barbequeing/grilling cuisine that is very popular these days. Also a place to try exotic dishes.

My point was though that if you want good Italian food, Milan or Rome are always going to be better than New York or Chicago.

Assuming that Italians exist in NY (which they do), and have all the things needed to make a dish like in Italy, then I don't see why there should be any difference.

I agree that big US cities have tons of good quality ethnic restaurants but I found during my trip in the US (admittedly only a few weeks) that in smaller towns generally the fast food joints outnumbered decent places by about 100:1

That is probably true with small towns, but of course I meant large cities. Even with small towns, though, especially in the South, there is a surprising mix of Oriental restaurants-particulary in the form of "all you can eat" buffets :lol:

Assuming that Italians exist in NY (which they do), and have all the things needed to make a dish like in Italy, then I don't see why there should be any difference.

A lemon straight from the tree in your orchard is usually better than one striaght off the plane from Newark.

Plus emigrants from all over Italy who are mixing with general American life all over the USA are always going to lose the regional characteristics that make Italian food so varied and special.

I would say exactly the same thing about London and the UK too, this isn't an anti-american thing. I've always found that any dish tastes better in its home context.

for me... either thailand,china or italy

You can find superb Michelin-starred Italian restaurants in London or New York that do compare with the best in Rome or Milan. However Italian food is so much more than just top restaurants. What you have in Italy that you don't get in London or New York is top quality cheap local food of all kinds.... I'm thinking of the fresh produce in the local market, small family owned gelateria, or maybe a neighbourhood pizzeria serving simple but sublime pizzas. This is the real pleasure of eating in Italy.... :)

However for international variety Italy is quite poor.... perhaps precisely because the local food is so good. On that score a city like London or New York is going to offer far more.

With regards to Chinese food, my Chinese friend says that no place is better than California.I strongly disagree with that. I'm sure there are top Chinese restaurants in San Francisco and Los Angeles but most regular Chinese restaurants in California serve a boring formulaic menu that has been compromised for decades towards the American palate. This is true even in the San Francisco Chinatown. Anyone travelling in China quickly becomes aware of the astonishing variety of regional cuisines on offer and the vast array of local ingredients. That doesn't mean that every Chinese meal in China is heaven. I also had a lot of awful street food in China.... poor quality meat with shards of coursely chopped bone etc. The "fashionable" hot pot place I tried in Beijing would never cut it in London or New York. However the sheer variety of Chinese food on offer in China itself far exceeds that available in California or indeed anywhere else in the Chinese diaspora.

You can find superb Michelin-starred Italian restaurants in London or New York that do compare with the best in Rome or Milan. However Italian food is so much more than just top restaurants. What you have in Italy that you don't get in London or New York is top quality cheap local food of all kinds.... I'm thinking of the fresh produce in the local market, small family owned gelateria, or maybe a neighbourhood pizzeria serving simple but sublime pizzas. This is the real pleasure of eating in Italy.... :)

However for international variety Italy is quite poor.... perhaps precisely because the local food is so good. On that score a city like London or New York is going to offer far more.

I agree entirely.

Eating in NYC/London or in a nice small Italian/French town is a totally different experience and long may it stay that way. If everywhere became a multicultural ethnic fusionpot the world would lose a lot of diversity.

As far as the original question, it's got to be Spain for me. I didn't think Eastern Europe was too good, because it was always pork, cabbage, and dumplings, with the same sauce. The good thing was that it was very cheap and they gave you U.S. style proportions. Spain has the best bread I've ever tried, as well as some of the best salted hams, seafood, fried appetizers, and basically everything. It helps that I've been there like 7 times and have most of my family there :yes:

I strongly disagree with that. I'm sure there are top Chinese restaurants in San Francisco and Los Angeles but most regular Chinese restaurants in California serve a boring formulaic menu that has been compromised for decades towards the American palate. This is true even in the San Francisco Chinatown. Anyone travelling in China quickly becomes aware of the astonishing variety of regional cuisines on offer and the vast array of local ingredients. That doesn't mean that every Chinese meal in China is heaven. I also had a lot of awful street food in China.... poor quality meat with shards of coursely chopped bone etc. The "fashionable" hot pot place I tried in Beijing would never cut it in London or New York. However the sheer variety of Chinese food on offer in China itself far exceeds that available in California or indeed anywhere else in the Chinese diaspora.

I'd certainly agree with that, personally I'v been a bit disapointed with most of the international food in the US every time i'v been there, which admittidly only adds up to just under a couple of months in total. For me its actually the much derided dinner and steak/burger joint where the US really scores, granted the food will not always be amazing(or very good for you ;)) but it is pretty consistently decent. Compair that here in the UK where pretty much any food thats sold to a captive audience(service stations, small town, stadiums etc) is often as not appallingly bad.

I fully agree with Monkey, when in Italy, try and avoid tourist magnets. The ugliest industrial villages often provide the highest quality dishes. You just have to dare to go somewhere where you are the only foreigners.

Hong Kong, London and Paris.

Chicago was very disappointing in comparision.

New York City!!!

Just to tell you-- When you go to Mexico and eat there foods, it tastes nothing like Taco Bell or your local Mexican restaurant. Back to food destin.
1.U.S.A locations-New Orleans, Chicago, New York, SF
2 France-Bordeaux, Nice, Paris
3. Italy-Roma,Venezia
4. S.Korea- Because I like Korean food. kimchi is the bomb!!!!!!!!!! Seoul, and Busan(great Korean style seafood)

I fully agree with Monkey, when in Italy, try and avoid tourist magnets. The ugliest industrial villages often provide the highest quality dishes. You just have to dare to go somewhere where you are the only foreigners.

I've heard about that. When I went to a restaurant in a tourist area of Venezia it wasn't the best in the world.

France, Italy, Vietnam and other Asian countries.
And big cities that have various restaurants.

Greece has the best food IMO.

Mexico!!!!

Definitely Chile...

you can get everything youd ever want somewhear in the USA :)

Italy!

Italy, China, Vietnam, Thailand, Japan, Morocco, Lebanon, Greece, Spain and France are my favorite :)
I forgot : mexican food is nice too.

India is the *most* amazing place for food you can go to. The latest & greatest curries? No worries!

There are also western restaurants there now, that really make the food awesome.
Like paneer (ricotta) pizza with all these spices, McDonalds has the burgers in Indian names, but twice the filling + you get all types of spices to put on your fries!! (like canjun, cayenne, garlic salt, mustard pepper etc)

The blend of Indian, Mongolian & Western chefs has just made the food so dynamic, and the low costs & free home deliveries !@U&(@&@(

India, China, Japan, Russia, Vietnam and many others countries of East can have very unusual food with different tastes

you can get everything youd ever want somewhear in the USA :)

Don't think the United States (bar maybe New York/LA (?)/San Fran) would be my prime destination for a dinner date.

Chicago for example, I found was very limited and bland when it came to food.

Note: I'm talking about 'high class food'

My mum found US restaurants really good. They were very generous with their portions, give like parmesan, dips & cheeses for free as an antipasto (restaurants here don't even do that). And US waiters *have* to be nice to you if they wanna get a substantial income through waitering.

Although the high-end restaurants did eat chunks out of the wallet ;).

Indonesian food rockzz

Singapore IMHO - it's got it all. Thai, Malaysian, Vietnamese, (all the best SE Asian cuisine) and Indian. Mmmmm!

Have to say the US is excellent for friendly service and value for money. I loved the idea of the never-ending drink (thought the waitress looked at me funny when I asked for a BIG glass of coke - that was my first night in LA). Portions big enough for any appetite but still good food.

Would love to go to India and pig-out on curries from street markets (can't get enough of Indian food) but I'd have to get a No-Delhi-Belly-Guarantee first!

Italian food IMHO is incredibly over-rated. Same shit, just different shape pasta!

The worst food I've had when travelling? Portuguese. Greasy as heck, bland & crappy cuts of meat. And that was from reputable establishments. Hated the food in Lisbon. The south wasn't much better. And many of the locals eat like pigs! Best food to come 'out of Portugal' (notice I use inverted commas) is Oporto burgers! Sorry, but I wouldn't even feed Portuguese food to my cat!

As far as cities go, NY has the greatest variety of any city in the world, followed by London. Restaurants in most US cities (other than NY, SF, Boston, DC) are generally lousy chains.

For good food I will skip France, love it but it's not for good food.
First on list is Italy, then east Europe, Serbia - Belgrade. Fantastic night life and fantastic restaurants, domestic cuisine is fantastic!

^^ What's wrong with French food?

San Sebastian, Spain has more Michelin starred restaurants per capita than any other city in the world.

^^ The town of Ludlow in Shropshire, UK (about 30 miles south of me) used to have 4 michelin stars 1x2* and 2x1* which was very impressive for a town of only 10,000 people.

Unfortunately one of the restaurants moved to London and the chef at another retired but the third restaurant is still there and there are lots of other good, sub-michelin places to eat there.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2004/07/11/AR2005041502142.html

Loved Iran the food was amazing, followed by Asia, and Italy, France but to be honest Australia has great produce and amazing restaraunts. Good fresh produce, the UK was awful they have no good food, except for Pret Amanger which is French anyway!

Good fresh produce, the UK was awful they have no good food, except for Pret Amanger which is French anyway!

:lol:There's a man who doesn't know what he's talking about, if the UK has no good food, I could easily make the same comment about Australia, you just eat pies and chiko rolls don't you?

and Pret a manger isn't French, it doesn't even operate in France :laugh:

The UK isnt famous for its food or produce, after all Australia exports alot including its beef, lamb and vegies. The food in the UK isnt the worse its just not that exciting. yes there are piess and chico rolls but let me think where did we get those food from in the first place hmm..... the UK.

They have nice shortbread and sweets on the other hand.

I've never seen a chiko roll in the UK, you can have the credit for that ;)

The UK isn't the most famous food producing nation in the world but we still manage to export lots of cheeses, lamb, seafoods, whiskies etc etc (£11bn/A$25bn last year.)

The reason that we are not as export-oriented as Australia is simply because you have a huge land area and not many people domestically to eat all the food produced.

And as for restaurants, it's pretty similar to Australia imo, the traditional food made traditionally isn't that exciting but there is very good variety of ethnic places and modern chefs make much more innovative use of the local produce than they used to so there are loads of good places to eat.

^^ What's wrong with French food?

Maybe not my taste, plus very very expensive in restaurants. Italy is (for me) much much better.

^^ Your typical French person doesn't eat in €100 per meal restaurants every day though, French food is not just foie gras in expensive michelin starred places, it's also croissants, steak and fries, crepes and a salade nicoise (not all at the same meal though).

I wouldn't say that restaurants there are much more expensive compared to a similar quality place in Italy. :dunno:

Brussels and London are for me great destinations. Especially London might sound strange, but there are a lot of great restaurants there. Paris and Rome are harder, because there are also a lot of typical tourist restaurants.

Turkey

I would probably say South-East Asia is my favourite part of the world for 'food tourism', Europe has great tasting food too but in SE Asia, the food is delicious AND it is really cheap.

DEFINITELY Malaysia.

Thai cuisine is the world's best ( better than Malay cuisine IMO :lol: )
, but Malaysia has all the combination of Thai food, local Malay food, Chinese, Indian, Italian, Middle Eastern, Japanese and the rest. SE Asia has the best cousine in the world, and the place where all SE Asian cuisine meets altogether is Malaysia... I saw Singapore being posted.. but even Singaporeans say Malaysia has much better food and travel all the way to KL and Penang for food hunting..

Agree with me, Phillybud ?

^^ Yes but I would bet that Italian food in Malaysia isn't as good as Italian food in Italy, Japanese food is not as good as in Japan, Middle-eastern food isn't as good as in the middle-east etc.

That's not unique to Malaysia of course, the same applies to any country where lots of different ethnic foods are available, foods are generally best in the regions from which they came.

If I go to SE Asia it would be to eat SE Asian food, not Italian, Japanese or Turkish :)

^^ But... if you consider the relative diversity and quantity of Italian , Japanese and Middle Eastern food available outside their original region, Malaysia still wins hands down. Where else in this world you'd find delicious meat Spaghetti under $1.5 ? They are available in almost every street of KL and Penang . I dare to say you'd find more shops selling Spagheti/Pasta in KL than what I found in Milan and Genoa. My friends ( from India ) said that Indian food in Malaysia is Much better than Indian food in India. Not one or two Indians but five different Indians that I couchsurfed said the same thing. I think that's because the Indian food here have been mixed up with locaｌ spices which gives extra taste.

foods are generally best in the regions from which they came.

hmm.. I disagree with that.. remember Pizza ? ;)

^^ But... if you consider the relative diversity and quantity of Italian , Japanese and Middle Eastern food available outside their original region, Malaysia still wins hands down. Where else in this world you'd find delicious meat Spaghetti under $1.5 ? They are available in almost every street of KL and Penang . My friends ( from India ) said that Indian food in Malaysia is Much better than Indian food in India. Not one or two Indians but five different Indians that I couchsurfed said the same thing. I think that's because the Indian food here have been mixed up with locaｌ spices which gives extra taste.



hmm.. I disagree with that.. remember Pizza ?

In terms of price, Malaysia must be one of the best, as for quality, I don't know, i'll have to eat in every country before I can tell you, I'm trying my best :D

And yes, I think pizza is best in Italy, that's where i've had my favourite pizzas.

And yes, I think pizza is best in Italy, that's where i've had my favourite pizzas.

But the best Pizza for me is Green Curry Pizza which I had in Bangkok :D... All other pizzas that I had for example in Thailand are better than everything I had in Milan & Genoa

Brussels and London are for me great destinations. Especially London might sound strange, but there are a lot of great restaurants there. Paris and Rome are harder, because there are also a lot of typical tourist restaurants.

So true (at least for Rome).
I know some delicious traditional restaurants where you can have a full meal for 15€, and it is really painful seeing all these people being robbed in awful tourist-traps. :ohno:

But the best Pizza for me is Green Curry Pizza which I had in Bangkok :D... All other pizzas that I had for example in Thailand are better than everything I had in Milan & Genoa

You are SE Asian so you are probably addicted to spice :laugh:

Other people who have grown up eating different food might think a green curry pizza was an abomination!!

So true (at least for Rome).
I know some delicious traditional restaurants where you can have a full meal for 15€, and it is really painful seeing all these people being robbed in awful tourist-traps. :ohno:

I think it's the same in any city with lots of tourists, there are certainly lots of terrible restaurants of this type in London too.

If you can get a prominent position in an area with lots of passing tourists, you can generate a steady flow of customers without being good quality or good value as those customers will probably never come back anyway and there will be new ones the next day.

Hm, depends on personal preference, I guess.

My general rule is: Eat were the locals do so! Up to now, it always worked very well.