# Which (non-native to you) ethnic cuisine do you crave most often? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 28, 2014, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-non-native-to-you-ethnic-cuisine-do-you-crave-most-often/689493 "2014-05-28T19:31:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mixolydian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@Mixolydian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mixolydian)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2014, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-non-native-to-you-ethnic-cuisine-do-you-crave-most-often/689493/1 "2014-05-28T19:31:18Z")
Apologies for any omissions/overlaps…feel free to qualify. ---
**Author:** ![cher3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2014, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-non-native-to-you-ethnic-cuisine-do-you-crave-most-often/689493/2 "2014-05-28T19:34:05Z")
From a restaurant, probably Thai. When I’m cooking at home, Indian. I love playing with all the different spices. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2014, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-non-native-to-you-ethnic-cuisine-do-you-crave-most-often/689493/3 "2014-05-28T19:37:27Z")
mmmmmmmmmcurrrrrry ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2014, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-non-native-to-you-ethnic-cuisine-do-you-crave-most-often/689493/4 "2014-05-28T19:38:07Z")
Korean. But this changes occasionally – a few years ago it was Japanese (sushi). ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2014, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-non-native-to-you-ethnic-cuisine-do-you-crave-most-often/689493/5 "2014-05-28T19:39:44Z")
… Italian doesn’t count, does it? I mean, half of Spanish cooking seems to come to us courtesy of Mr Polo’s most-successful import… Chinese-and-similar then I guess. My knowledge of Chinese/South-east-Asian cuisine isn’t good enough to differentiate whether the almond chicken from the Vietnamese where I ate yesterday is superior to the one from the Chinese in my own block or to that from the Thai across the other street. All I know is, when I crave almond chicken or orange duck, I have half a dozen places to choose from in about nine blocks. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2014, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-non-native-to-you-ethnic-cuisine-do-you-crave-most-often/689493/6 "2014-05-28T19:53:00Z")
(Westernized) Chinese, mostly. Though lately it’s been Mexican (specifically, burritos from one particular local place). ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2014, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-non-native-to-you-ethnic-cuisine-do-you-crave-most-often/689493/7 "2014-05-28T20:10:43Z")
Crave? Thai. Eat the most? Mexican or Italian. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2014, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-non-native-to-you-ethnic-cuisine-do-you-crave-most-often/689493/8 "2014-05-28T20:18:38Z")
Indian for sure. There aren’t many good Indian restaurants where I live, but there is a great grocery store in Austin where I can get all the ingredients to make my own curry. ---
**Author:** ![Labrador\_Deceiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Labrador\_Deceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labrador_Deceiver)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2014, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-non-native-to-you-ethnic-cuisine-do-you-crave-most-often/689493/9 "2014-05-28T20:45:02Z")
Mexican, hands down. What I thought was a phase 5 years ago has turned into an obsession. ---
**Author:** ![jerez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c68b51/32.png) [@jerez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jerez)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2014, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-non-native-to-you-ethnic-cuisine-do-you-crave-most-often/689493/10 "2014-05-28T20:45:48Z")
Mexican for me, winning out over Japanese because I’ve got easier access to the latter. Thai would probably be my pick if I’d had it more often and more recently. There aren’t any decent Chinese restaurantes where I live. I’ve never had Indian (or many of the other items). ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2014, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-non-native-to-you-ethnic-cuisine-do-you-crave-most-often/689493/11 "2014-05-28T20:50:17Z")
I crave Thai (and adjacent) cuisines the most, but the ones I eat most often are Mexican, Indian, Polish, and Hungarian. ---
**Author:** ![BrassyPhrase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea666f/32.png) [@BrassyPhrase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrassyPhrase)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2014, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-non-native-to-you-ethnic-cuisine-do-you-crave-most-often/689493/12 "2014-05-28T21:38:10Z")
I went with Indian since I eat Tex-mex too often to ever crave it. I manage to live in a desert of Indian food locally. (But hey, there’s a nearby Venezuelan, so I’m not complaining too much.) ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2014, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-non-native-to-you-ethnic-cuisine-do-you-crave-most-often/689493/13 "2014-05-28T21:38:52Z")
I guess it depends on what is available to us. I can pretty much get my favorites Indian, Brazilian/Portuguese, Italian, Korean and Japanese any time I want. But there is definitely a shortage of good and reasonably priced Greek restaurants in Manhattan and NJ, so I’ll go with that. One of my favorite things about visiting Toronto is the plethora of Greek spots. ---
**Author:** ![Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/soul_brother_number_two/32/3515_2.png) [@Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soul_Brother_Number_Two)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2014, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-non-native-to-you-ethnic-cuisine-do-you-crave-most-often/689493/14 "2014-05-28T21:46:20Z")
Chinese food. Chinese food. Chinese food. I could, can and have eat Chinese every day. ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2014, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-non-native-to-you-ethnic-cuisine-do-you-crave-most-often/689493/15 "2014-05-28T22:17:36Z")
I had to pick other - because I can’t choose. It changes - sometimes it’s Mexican sometimes Italian, sometimes Chinese, sometimes Greek (all westernized - I am by no means a foodie - I’m talking local to me restaurants - these aren’t high end or anything.) ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2014, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-non-native-to-you-ethnic-cuisine-do-you-crave-most-often/689493/16 "2014-05-28T22:23:31Z")
Lebanese. The rest of those “Middle East” places can go take a leap. Although I might change my mind for Israeli. ---
**Author:** ![the\_diego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@the\_diego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_diego)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2014, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-non-native-to-you-ethnic-cuisine-do-you-crave-most-often/689493/17 "2014-05-28T22:53:06Z")
I consider Spanish cooking the best Mediterranean cuisine. The cooking methods are somewhat adopted in my country. 350 years of occupation taught us how to cook paella and menudo, but not how to play Recuerdos de Alhambra. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2014, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-non-native-to-you-ethnic-cuisine-do-you-crave-most-often/689493/18 "2014-05-28T22:53:44Z")
Another for Indian, here. Unfortunately, most of the people I associate with can’t stand it. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2014, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-non-native-to-you-ethnic-cuisine-do-you-crave-most-often/689493/19 "2014-05-28T22:55:39Z")
Italian, by far my favorite. ---
**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:** [May 28, 2014, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-non-native-to-you-ethnic-cuisine-do-you-crave-most-often/689493/20 "2014-05-28T23:02:00Z")
Indian for sure, but if it had been a multi-choice poll I would have added Greek, Thai, and Ethiopian. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-non-native-to-you-ethnic-cuisine-do-you-crave-most-often/689493.md?page=2)