Which country has the worst cuisine?

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Anonymous wrote:I really like UK food and spent a substantial time in France and do not like very traditional French foods. So I think all stereotypes go out the window given personal taste.

That being said, I do not like seafood in any form and so Asian and Scandinavian countries would get my thumbs-down for cuisine (I would visit with an open mind but would have to find alternatives!)

There are some fermented fish items that the Swedish and Norwegians are very fond of: Lutefisk and Surströmming and probably a few others. I can't image that these are appealing to any human that was not raised on it since infancy.

Agreed. Though this is perhaps more about it being "inaccessible," as opposed to "worst."

I also hated the food in the Czech Republic.

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Anonymous wrote:Scotland. How many Scottish restaurants do you see around here?

~grandkid of two Scottish immigrants

+1 Horror on a plate.

If your impression of Scottish food is what your grandparents cooked then sure it might not be the best, but Scotland today has a whole new food "scene" and it's got great food, both Michelin-starred restaurants and smaller places. I had a fantastic meat pie with lamb, harissa, and apricots from a roadside cafe on my last trip.

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Anonymous wrote:We have a well-traveled crowd here, so please answer: which country has the worst food? I know England is traditionally perceived as having bad food, but you can get a nice roast beef and yorkshire pudding, fish and chips and mushy peas, and savory pies. Similarly German food is generally pretty bad, but with some nice pickled cabbage, sauerbraten, potato salads, and good breads. Where is the food unremittingly bad?

This is completely subjective. To me it is India, because I don't car for Indian food. The next poster will probably think I am nuts because they love Indian food.

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Anonymous wrote:One of the food critics--Todd Kliman I think--once wrote about this and pointed out that there are bazillions of Filipinos in the US yet nearly no restaurants serving Filipino food. He blamed it on a cuisine that was very unpalatable to Westerners.

Yes, filipino food is really terrible. I remember when I first arrived in Manila and was served some boiled rice, a fried egg, and a bottle of tomato ketchup. It is strange as all the surrounding cuisines - Chinese, Vietnamese, Malay and Indonesian - are excellent. They do some adobo stuff which is pretty good, but generally speaking you eat very badly there.

I find it inedible and I eat all of the above and many, many other cuisines. I don't find adobo particularly appetizing or original. To answer OP's question, I also dislike most of the native food in the 'Stans - greasy mutton, and strangely textured breads. I think food in places like Micronesia, Guam, Kiribati and Marshall Islands that I've tried has been uniformly bad too.

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indian, ethiopian, and cambodian food

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Very adventurous eater here. Agree with Filipino, Czech and Scottish here.

Even Jonathan Gold, the nation's only Pulitzer Prize winning food critic agrees that Filipino food is bad. As another reader said, the surrounding cuisine is so good there is really no excuse.

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Anonymous wrote:indian, ethiopian, and cambodian food

I think the problem is you.

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Anonymous wrote:indian, ethiopian, and cambodian food

I think the problem is you.

NP but why would you feel compelled to say something like that? Taste is entirely subjective.

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Anonymous wrote:Very adventurous eater here. Agree with Filipino, Czech and Scottish here.

Even Jonathan Gold, the nation's only Pulitzer Prize winning food critic agrees that Filipino food is bad. As another reader said, the surrounding cuisine is so good there is really no excuse.

Well, Jonathan Gold is an ass. Pancit and lumpia are delicious.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:indian, ethiopian, and cambodian food

I think the problem is you.

NP but why would you feel compelled to say something like that? Taste is entirely subjective.

I agree with PP. The PPP has bad taste.

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Anonymous wrote:We have a well-traveled crowd here, so please answer: which country has the worst food? I know England is traditionally perceived as having bad food, but you can get a nice roast beef and yorkshire pudding, fish and chips and mushy peas, and savory pies. Similarly German food is generally pretty bad, but with some nice pickled cabbage, sauerbraten, potato salads, and good breads. Where is the food unremittingly bad?

This is completely subjective. To me it is India, because I don't car for Indian food. The next poster will probably think I am nuts because they love Indian food.

Yep. I can't stand Ethiopian food, but I respect the fact that many people find it delicious.

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Anonymous wrote:English food is the most unimaginative and tasteless cuisine.

Even Brits would generally agree.

Prime rib roast, Yorkshire pudding, Brussels sprouts, roasted potatoes, gravy?

Sorry. I do that every Christmas. It's a traditional Sunday dinner. Everything is down to how you do it, the skills or the cook, and the raw ingredients.

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Anonymous wrote:American...

That's fast food. Which you can get in many countries.

It isn't traditional American food.

It's an American invention. Tradition imply customs. The average American eats per year 23 lbs. of French fries and 24 lbs. of pizza and of ice cream. Americans drink 53 gallons of soda each year, averaging about one gallon each week. Americans eat 24 lbs. of artificial sweeteners each year. They eat 2.736 lbs. of sodium, which is 47 percent more than recommended.

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Its so funny. On a trip to the british isles the english food was mostly "meh" the scottish food was "bleh" and the irish food was delicious.

I know its three different cultures, but the difference was striking. Even with the same regional ingredients and dishes.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:indian, ethiopian, and cambodian food

I think the problem is you.

NP but why would you feel compelled to say something like that? Taste is entirely subjective.

I agree with PP. The PPP has bad taste.

There are two types of people in this world, you PP are obviously "one of those"