What is your favourite nationality of food?

[Frosty66612]

Good quality British food is always going to be my number one.
Followed by Italian and Thai

I can't decide!

I love this thread and pretty much ALL the foods.

Italian and Mexican- full of carby goodness.

Disclaimer I'm aware that what we get here in restaurants isn't necessarily representative of the actual cuisine of these countries.

@bobby the Korean Bibimbap sounds awesome!

Italian.

French food was crap until Catherine de Medici went there to marry King Henry II and took her Florentine chefs with her.

@Frosty66612 think the best place to eat bibimbap in the U.K. is in New Malden if you’re nearby. The stone pot is made super super hot, it’s served looking so pretty (sun represented by the egg) then your stir all the celestial ingredients together and eat; Bibimbap is delicious 🤤

Chinese
Japanese
Thai

Number 1 - Chinese.
Italian mmm

Italian for fish
Spanish for vegetables and of course, a good real paella/tortilla
A British roast or fish and chips done in dripping (British meat is IMO second to none, and my Italian husband concurs- Italian meat where we are is not good- it's either been slaughtered at about 6 weeks of age so completely tasteless, not to speak of the ethics) or is full of lumps of fat. Every time Saint Jamie raves about Italian sausages I want to boak. They are foul. Unless you like lumps of fat in your banger.
Cheese- anywhere really, but I think Britain probably has the edge.
Greece- salads and grills.

The only one I have tried in its authentic setting and not been bowled over is Thai.

My international top 10 would be

1. A Spanish omelette made by a Spanish granny. With Spanish olive oil (I much prefer it to Italian, I could never tell dp or his family as they have olive groves, but Spanish is a million times nicer!)
2. A seafood paella made by the same Spanish granny
3. A Sunday roast made by my Mum
4. Fish and chips from Whitby.
5. A Chinese from a restaurant I went to in New York in 1980. One of those meals you never forget.
6. A British cheese platter.
7. A Greek salad followed by grilled lamb with lemon eaten outside followed by watermelon.
8. A Beef wellington made with British fillet
9. Spaghetti with mussels made by me in about half an hour.

10. Octopus with potatoes made by the woman who runs the restaurant round the corner.

British
American

Greek/Turkish/Lebanese... all similar but getting progressively spicier :) nothing better than grilled lamb in spices/herbs, lots of picky meze bits, yoghurty sauces and yummy salads with salty cheeses. Just heaven. I spent a week in greece two weeks ago just munching on amazing little cheese and courgette fritters and octopus as well, so amazing.

Italian
Cheap to buy easy to cook delicious to eat

@ThenCameTheFools agree about British Cheese; county by county, Cheshire and Lancashire are my all time favourites.

Japanese
Vietnamese
Greek
Lebanese

Caribbean, Italian, Indian, Chinese, Mexican, Greek, Lebanese. I do like British food (especially a good roast with all the trimmings!) every now and again but I do find it rather bland compared to my favourite foods.

Colconnon and soda bread so irish

Mexican!

I like Italian, Chinese, some Turkish and British food. Not a fan of Indian because the food is too spicy for me.

Italian & Mexican

Greek

Middle Eastern specifically Saudi and Yemeni rice
East African love the rice, sweet pancakes and flat breads
Vietnamese

Given that I've yet to find a cuisine I don't actually like...
I'd say proper British food and Thai.
I do love proper Indian food too. I have a Pat Chapman recipe book and it has the western restaurant favourites and the traditional dishes they've been based on. There are some amazing dishes in there, not to mention the proper recipe for onion bhajis that are a million times better than the standard soggy takeaway offerings.
Could I choose between a full roast chicken and all the trimmings followed by bakewell tart and a freshly made Thai green curry?
Eeep. Can't.

I'm from the Caribbean so that's my #1

But OMG Italian food. For me, it isn't so much the dishes, it's the ingredients 😍. You can buy simple things Italy and the individual ingredients show you what they were born to do.

Also love Asian food (everything from Malaysia to India to China to Thailand). Anything cooked in a banana leaf is going to make me fall in love with it.

I’d go for the ones I can’t get every day, so Korean and Eritrean. Both really punch my flavour senses.

I agree that New Malden has the best Korean food, but there’s a little bunch of Korean places round Tottenham Court Road and a few Korean takeaway chains throughout central London.