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[teacher4life]

I can vouch for Taiwan as far as that goes! How about by regions of the world? Taiwan may well be the best in East Asia.


How about prices/availability of healthy food in the Middle East?

And Eastern Europe?

[hippocampus]

The Middle East has modern supermarkets and restaurants in malls and such, and they're fine. Assuming you have a good salary, you will find anything reasonable within your spending range. There are also restaurants that cater to locals and immigrant labor. It's good and so cheap you might wonder why they just don't go ahead and give it away. Such fare consists mainly of lamb, chicken and hummus and very nice flat bread.

Of course Taiwan and China are going to have good food. I think the Chinese have an extra cooking gene that makes nearly every one of them culinary masters.

When I saw your question I wanted to answer that America has the best food and at a good price,but I don't suppose you're thinking of being an ESL teacher there.

[zactherat]

Indonesia: Nasi Campur beats Sino-slop any day of the week.

[Dedicated]

Turkey - a great variety from region to region.

[Perilla]

All the Asian countries I've been to have great food, except the Philippines for some reason. My personal favourites are Korea, Thailand and Laos because of their spiciness, but Vietnam, Japan, Indonesia and Malaysia also have fantastic cuisine. India and China of course have a fantastic range of regional cooking.

The best value meal I ever had was in Dali, southern China, in 1998. I have tried to reproduce it myself, but impossible without knowing all the ingredients. We had travelled on an overnight bus from Kunming and arrived in Dali early morning, both of us starving. In the Dali area one of the things they specialise in is fresh noodles, which can be seen hanging like huge loops of spaghetti (which is moreorless what it is, of course) in shops and houses. We each bought a steaming bowl of fresh noodles from a lady who seemed to be making the food in her front yard. The noodles came in a very tasty, spicy sauce which also contained minced pork and fresh coriander. The sauce was thickened by the flour that coats the fresh noodles. Absolutely delicious. And the cost? Next to nothing - about a US cent. I have a feeling if I went back today I'd pay a lot more and it wouldn't be as good.

The worst food I've come across is in South America. I spent a year there and travelled all over and it's generally pretty grim.

[Matt_22]

[MotherF]

Mexico. Specifically Oaxaca.

[Teacher in Rome]

Italy.

Stay away from the tourist places, and you'll find great takeaway pizza, plates of pasta, or sandwiches to go. The best ice-cream anywhere in the world (with or without whipped cream) and, of course, coffee that puts the French to shame.

Each area has its specialities, and you can feast from south to north, east to west, on regional delicacies - all fresh and all in season. Italian street food is rarely messed about, letting the flavours speak for themselves. When an entire nation prides itself on its culinary expertise, you get fabulous food at modest prices. (Conversely, if a place is deserted, stay away!)

[Guy Courchesne]

[sistercream]

Macau.
Except for when I'm craving mala tang, when I want to be back in Qinghai!

[jonniboy]

Valencia. An hours wages pay for me and the missus to have a bottle of wine, generous starter (paella or whatever), decent main course, bread, dessert and coffee. Good mix of mediterranean and spanish food.

[twilothunder]

[Prof.Gringo]

[smithrn1983]

[kona]