# What's your favorite cuisine? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 8, 2011, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-cuisine/573938 "2011-03-08T17:04:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![sandra\_nz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@sandra\_nz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sandra_nz)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2011, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-cuisine/573938/41 "2011-03-10T10:42:12Z")
Fresh. I love stuff made simply and quickly from fresh ingredients, lots of vegetables and minimal sauces. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2011, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-cuisine/573938/42 "2011-03-10T10:55:23Z")
Indian Thai Vietnamese A guy at work who is a really good cook (from all I can tell by what he brings us at work) recently returned from a food “pilgrimage” to Italy. I asked him was the food all he had hoped for and he said, “By the end of the trip I was ready to scream at the waiters ‘something, anything, without fucking tomatoes’.” Not relevant but it amused me. Although maybe our favorites are only our favorites because we \*\*don’t \*\*eat them every day. ---
**Author:** ![Panurge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/fbc32d/32.png) [@Panurge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Panurge)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2011, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-cuisine/573938/43 "2011-03-10T11:56:44Z")
Indian (South Indian if we need to specify). ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2011, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-cuisine/573938/44 "2011-03-10T12:00:53Z")
… can I add Baby Back Ribs to Spanish? _puppy eyes_ ---
**Author:** ![Capitaine\_Zombie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e95f7d/32.png) [@Capitaine\_Zombie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capitaine_Zombie)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2011, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-cuisine/573938/45 "2011-03-10T13:02:38Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > … can I add _puppy eyes_ ? Never tried puppy eyes before. Is it crunchy or squishy? ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2011, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-cuisine/573938/46 "2011-03-10T13:35:12Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > It could be but doesn’t have to be. Steamed, boiled, and baked-stuffed are my preferences. Served with drawn butter and a slice of lemon usually. > > I don’t know if American-style is the right term for it, but it’s to distinguish it from, say, Italian where it might be scampi with pasta, or Chinese where there might be bits of lobster along with vegetables in a sweet sauce. OK, I don’t mean to be a jerk, but I really had no idea what you meant. I like French cuisine best, I think. What kind of French? Rustic, Nouveau, all of it I guess (don’t like snails much, though maybe I’ve never had them prepared properly). ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2011, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-cuisine/573938/47 "2011-03-10T14:46:54Z")
> [@Capitaine\_Zombie](#): > > Never tried puppy eyes before. Is it crunchy or squishy? I guess that would depend on how you cook them: boiled, broiled, roasted, deep-fried… ---
**Author:** ![I\_Am\_The\_Lorax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e19adc/32.png) [@I\_Am\_The\_Lorax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Am_The_Lorax)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2011, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-cuisine/573938/48 "2011-03-10T15:50:04Z")
I’m the first (and probably the last) to say, Scandinavian. It has all my comfort foods. After that, salads. There are so many ways to do a salad, I could have a different one everyday for the rest of my life. Porkanna Omenaraaste, Finnish carrot apple salad, could be my breakfast everyday. ---
**Author:** ![Invisible\_Chimp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f05b48/32.png) [@Invisible\_Chimp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Invisible_Chimp)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2011, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-cuisine/573938/49 "2011-03-10T18:20:05Z")
Another Tex-Mex fan. Tacos, burritos, tamales, oh yeah! ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2011, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-cuisine/573938/50 "2011-03-10T18:23:28Z")
Indian ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2011, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-cuisine/573938/51 "2011-03-10T18:51:15Z")
Italian. Really I could eat pizza every day, but there is such a good variety of stuff you can do with pasta/dough, garlic and sauces…and meats…even veggies. Mmmmm… I’m totally not Italian by heritage, either. I don’t even know any “real Italian” families! Wish I did, I’d invite myself over for Sunday dinner. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2011, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-cuisine/573938/52 "2011-03-10T19:20:12Z")
I don’t know if there’s a category for it, but in my case cheese fries. I’d be happy to eat nothing but cheese fries, morning, noon, and night indefinitely–or at least until a) I got bored with it or b) my first bypass operation. ---
**Author:** ![jabiru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@jabiru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jabiru)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2011, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-cuisine/573938/53 "2011-03-11T02:11:13Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > Italian. Really I could eat pizza every day, but there is such a good variety of stuff you can do with pasta/dough, garlic and sauces…and meats…even veggies. Mmmmm… > > I’m totally not Italian by heritage, either. I don’t even know any “real Italian” families! Wish I did, I’d invite myself over for Sunday dinner. Mmmmm, lasagne. And my step-mother-in-law piles the plates so high. And insists we take home doggy bags. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2011, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-cuisine/573938/54 "2011-03-11T04:26:03Z")
Is “pizza” a cuisine? If not, then probably Mexican. (One gets tired of this Thai crap after a decade or two.) ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2011, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-cuisine/573938/55 "2011-03-11T04:27:10Z")
> [@SciFiSam](#): > > Shepherd’s pie, Yorkshire pudding, roast potatoes, mash, parsnips, rhubarb crumble and custard, ploughman’s, fish and chips, fishfingers, chips and peas, parsnips, pasties, full English breakfast, Eton mess, strawberries and cream… “You said parsnips twice.” “I like parsnips.” ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2011, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-cuisine/573938/56 "2011-03-11T05:37:45Z")
Greek. I love all the garlic and lemon and mint. ---
**Author:** ![phantom\_lamb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5f9b8f/32.png) [@phantom\_lamb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phantom_lamb)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2011, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-cuisine/573938/57 "2011-03-11T09:20:26Z")
> [@koeeoaddi](#): > > Greek. I love all the garlic and lemon and mint. Absolutely seconded. I was surprised no one mentioned it and then I saw the last reply, heh. But yeah, Greek all the way (and I’m not Greek). Olives, mint, garlic, dill, lemon, olive oil, feta, tomatoes, tzatziki, red onions, pita bread, eggplant dip… Mmm. Closely followed by Italian. Can’t live without pasta dishes. And then followed by Indian and Mexican. Love me some hot and spicy foods. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2011, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-cuisine/573938/58 "2011-03-11T09:50:27Z")
Chinese. I tell people that it’s my favorite food but they always underestimate how often I could eat it. If I had the money I’d be at the buffet every day. And carne asada fries from a local place called Armando’s. It’s its own food group. Those are my two favorite foods. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2011, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-cuisine/573938/59 "2011-03-11T14:10:13Z")
> [@Isamu](#): > > OK, I don’t mean to be a jerk, but I really had no idea what you meant. I don’t think you were being a jerk at all. Glad to clarify. A lot of people are saying Italian. I love it myself, but the thing is there’s nothing better than good Italian food, and nothing worse than bad Italian. Dried out acidic tomato sauce and parm is puke-inducing to me. The antipasto from Boston’s Pappa-Razzi, OTOH, is some of the best food I’ve ever had. ---
**Author:** ![Sal\_Ammoniac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@Sal\_Ammoniac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sal_Ammoniac)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2011, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-cuisine/573938/60 "2011-03-12T00:29:54Z")
Middle Eastern. Give me a good shawarma any day of the week. And the regions bordering the Middle East have fantastic cuisine as well – the Persians, the Greeks, the Turks. And speaking of Turks, is there anything better than the Donner kebab sandwiches you get at Turkish snack bars in Germany? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-cuisine/573938.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-cuisine/573938.md?page=4)