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Survey: Which country has the best/worst food that you have eaten?

Old Jul 10, 2003, 9:01 pm
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Survey: Which country has the best/worst food that you have eaten?

Best:China,
Honourable Mention: Morocco

Worst: Burma

anyone else?
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Old Jul 10, 2003, 9:04 pm
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Best --- France

Worst -- London, England
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Old Jul 10, 2003, 9:20 pm
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Best: Ukraine

Worst: England
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Old Jul 10, 2003, 10:10 pm
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Best: Mexico City
Honourable mention:
Buenos Aires
(pick out of the many meat or pasta resturants)

worst: Tennessee, USA
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Old Jul 10, 2003, 10:21 pm
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Best: France (generally) Lyon (specifically)
2nd Best: Hungary

Worst: England (no contest, it was dreadful) There were a few places that were good, but overall, it's quite bad.

[This message has been edited by hhonorman (edited 07-11-2003).]
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Old Jul 10, 2003, 10:28 pm
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Best: Greek islands
Worst: China (food chosen from a menu written only in chinese)

Worst home cooked meal: London (veggies with no seasoning/salt/sauces, meat overcooked until grey and juiceless, yorkshire pudding (tastes like a whole lot of nothing)

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Old Jul 10, 2003, 10:45 pm
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Worst: Berlin, Germany (Everything tasted nasty. YUCK!!)

Best: Houston, Texas (Scallops that can make a grown man cry. Comparable to a great climax.)
Honorable mention: Washington DC (I forget the name of this restaurant, but the ostrich they served was really off tha chain.)
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Old Jul 10, 2003, 10:52 pm
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Prague nearly killed me. It was the red cabbage braised in goose fat.
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Old Jul 10, 2003, 11:42 pm
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Worst: Hands down, the USSR.

Best: Tough call. Brazil, Mexico, Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Italy...
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Old Jul 11, 2003, 12:22 am
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Worst - Philippines, closely followed by Saudi Arabia and the US

Best - Thailand, followed by Hong Kong

And I do think you are judging the UK a little unfairly!
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Old Jul 11, 2003, 1:03 am
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Best: China, France, Spain

Worst: The United States (although you sure can get excellent food here too)
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Old Jul 11, 2003, 1:33 am
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Best: Japan, France, Italy

Worst: U.K. (except breakfast)
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Old Jul 11, 2003, 10:16 am
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Best: United States

Worst: Belarus
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Old Jul 11, 2003, 10:30 am
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Best: Hong Kong, Thailand

Worst: Ireland (circa 1983), though recent trips have been far better
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Old Jul 11, 2003, 12:23 pm
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My Experiences are focudes on Latin America.

Best:

Beef: Argentina
Italian: Buenos Aires
Seafood: Chile
Eclectic/International/Gourmet: Sao Paulo
Japanese: Sao Paulo
French: Mexico City (Au Pied de Cochon)

Worst:

Trinidad
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