Favorite "ethnic" food

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Anonymous wrote:I love good Indian food but I can appreciate and enjoy most ethnic food done properly. After almost ten years in the DC area, I've yet to find real Mexican food.

And, I'm Irish, would you believe! I know what you mean about bland Irish food and i've eaten plenty, but I have to say, the food there has improved over the years. Living in the US, I have come to appreciate the fresh taste of wild Irish salmon, the flavorful meats from pasture raised livestock, the wonderful cheeses and the rich creamy milk. Granted, my father is a farmer, with his own livestorck and butcher, and a good connection to some fishermen, but Ive had pretty decent (if expensive) meals in restaurants over the years.

OP--post where you are headed and I'll try to make some recommendations!

Thanks! We'll be spending time in Dublin but mostly County Clare. Any other recommendations are more than welcome. And although I have low expectations of the food, I have quite high ones of the pubs, which I'm sure won't disappoint!

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This is a tough question because it has more to do with who's cooking than the type of cuisine for me. I like all kinds of food if it's well prepared. The tripe sandwich I once had at a little street vender's stand outside a car rental shop in Florence was indescribably delicious (I never would have eaten such a thing had I not been starving and we were rushing to get out of town...I was ready to eat anything)_beats overcooked linguini in clam sauce any day.

But the one dish I will never turn down is a hot, fragrant steaming bowl of Pho. Even if it's 95 degrees out. I just can't get enough of it.

BTW, I've heard great things about contemporary Irish cuisine especially in Dublin

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The Winding Stair and Chapter One are two very good restaurants in Dublin. Expensive though. Burdock's is great for fish and chips. I don't know Co. Clare terribly well, but there should be some good restaurants around Ballyvaughan and Lahinch. The smoked fish from the Burren Smokehouse is delicious, especially the smoked salmon. Try it on brown soda bread with a glass of white wine.

Have a good trip and I hope you are pleasantly surprised by the food!

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Ethiopian is one of my absolute favs.

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If you'll be in Cork, and are interested in a cooking class, Darina Allen's Ballymaloe Cooking School is legendary. And you can take a butter making lesson!

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Anonymous wrote:Indian is my favorite but if forced to pick only one for the rest of my life it would be French because I can't live without my daily pain au chocolat.

Yeah, I like Indian, but would not want to eat it the rest of my life less I wanted to die early from some sort of obesity related disease.

Is that common in India? Had no idea.

I thought she just meant that she would eat too much of it.

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Afghan
Indian (northern)
Lebanese
Vietnamese

Certain Egyptian dishes (husband's Egyptian), but not all. Good koshari is to die for.

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OP, as much as I love to tease my Irish spouse, PP is right, the food there can be fantastic these days.

Winding Stair and Chapter One are fantastic. Have also had great meals here:

http://www.elywinebar.ie/

http://www.lgueuleton.com/

and believe it or not, here:

http://jaipur.ie/locations/georges-street/

Enjoy! I think you'll be pleasantly surprised.

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I have trouble choosing. I love thai food, but couldn't eat it all the time. I love kabobs of all kinds - lebanese, persian, afghani. And for me, comfort food is Italian. Though I'll go just about anywhere for a good fish taco.

This is one reason I'm glad I moved from my hometown in Kansas to here. I can get nearly any cuisine I want with very little effort.

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Tex-Mex, with Asian sushi as a close second.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, as much as I love to tease my Irish spouse, PP is right, the food there can be fantastic these days.

Winding Stair and Chapter One are fantastic. Have also had great meals here:

http://www.elywinebar.ie/

http://www.lgueuleton.com/

and believe it or not, here:

http://jaipur.ie/locations/georges-street/

Enjoy! I think you'll be pleasantly surprised.

Thanks! I'll look these up, and I appreciate the input! I'm sure I will love Ireland, I just love the SE Asian culture/food SO MUCH. Qualifier- it was the only place I could afford to travel when I was younger, so I spent a lot of time "backpacking" around there. No WAY could I have afforded Ireland 15 years ago.

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Lebanese food.

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I could eat Indian and Middle-Eastern food for the rest of my life and not get sick of it.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm asian, and I like caucasian food.

What's causcasian food? Wonder bread and peanut butter? Caucasians aren't monolithic...the variety of food cultures in Europe alone is pretty vast.

So that was exactly my point. You can say the EXACT same thing about Indian food, Thai food, etc...

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Indian is my favorite but if forced to pick only one for the rest of my life it would be French because I can't live without my daily pain au chocolat.

Yeah, I like Indian, but would not want to eat it the rest of my life less I wanted to die early from some sort of obesity related disease.

Let's go back to the PP's point that Indian restaurants serve really heavy North Indian food - and people do not eat like that on a daily basis.