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[cruisemonkey]

Based on my experience of 36 countries:

#1 Mongolia
#2 Korea

I can't decide on #3... any comments or suggestions?

[jdog2050]

[twg]

I'd say that given his sig, you'll be hard pressed to get him to change his mind about things Korean.

[cruisemonkey]

Yes, my mind's made up.

I'm talking about 'traditional' food... not what you can get in restraunts in UB or Seoul.

In Mongolia, I just loved the boiled sheep head; and in K-land I just love the crap I wouldn't use as bait fot halibut.

[caniff]

I think the average go-gi jip fare is overdone here, but alot of the soup style stuff rocks.

My 2 cents.

[VanIslander]

Traditional food of England and Ireland must rank right down there as among the worst.

Maybe that's why their alcohol is so good.

[bucheon bum]

countries I've visited with worse food than Korea:

1. Yemen
2. Egypt
3. Jordan

and in my opinion (but I admit many would disagree):
-Morocco

I agree with VI about English and Irish "traditional" food.

[jdog2050]

[chamisul]

[SarcasmKills]

My least favourite in my travels: Cambodian.

[Son Deureo!]

I thought Taiwanese food was much worse than Korean food when I was there. Stinky tofu, bland and greasy Chinese food, blech. When I found a Korean restaurant in Taipei I was never so excited about having bibimbap in my entire life.

On my second day there a Taiwanese woman invited me and my friends out for Italian for lunch. I told her I was looking forward to trying some Taiwanese food. Her response: Why on Earth would you want to do that?

It wasn't long before I found out what a valid question that was.

[pdx]

serious?

I just remember that besides breakfast, I couldn't stand UK pub food. Ugghhh. I had a hard time while we were there. We ended up eating at more international restaurants.

[jg]

And then there's British Empire food.....spices and curries from India and Bangladesh, and stir-fries based on Chinese and Thai cooking.


No. No. No. You're trying reallllly hard and fighting a good cause, but no way you can link the above four. British Empire food indeed! Wicked sense of humor (humour) on display though.

"based on"

Course', your shot at Mexicans kinda taints the whole thing... what exactly do you get out of posts like that? I mean, really? I was surprised when the Guru called you a steaming turd, but man, you really are a piece of work. Oh wait - you're being provocative again, right? Sad indeed.

Thats my two cents.

[pdx]

you know, there is something to be said for a way of life that has been around for centuries. Corn tortillas and rice and little vegetables are not exactly the way to a thin body, but then again, fresh vegetables cost a lot of money, and aren't exactly abundantly growing in many parts of Mexico. For a person who posts on an internationl expat board, you'd think yo'd have a little more common sense.

The people i know in Mexico aren't exactly running around trying to figure out how to improve their cultural dishes (or rather, their day to day eating style) for some good reasons. Tortillas and rice are as cheap as hell, while fresh fruits and vegetables are not only expensive, but harder to come by. Let's also not forget that 'fatness' is not only a result of poor eating, but sometimes a result of genetics. In Mexico I see a ton of very short, stout Indian women, which can be attributed to both eating and genetics.

So, before you start spouting off from your pedastal about how people are "fat, even though they're poor", maybe you think about what it's like to be happy just to have food to eat and feed to your children so you can get up in the morning and pick strawberries for 7 dollars a day to send to rich white people all over the world.

[kermo]

I was in a taxi yesterday, and the driver, apropos of nothing, explained that I was too fat because I ate too much pizza and hamburgers, and that I needed to eat kimchi and dwenjjang. Then he asked for my name-card so I could teach his son English.
I feel lucky to have such good advice nearby whenever I need it.