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There have been a few "favorite" food threads over the course of this forum's young life, but I wanted to try something a little more specific. About 5 years ago I moved to Vancouver from Texas. Suddenly I'm in a place with an unbelievably diverse population. In my hometown in Texas, ethnic food meant Mexican, and of course you had your Chinese restaurants. That's about as adventurous as it got. Suddenly I'm in Vancouver and it's amazing how much variety in ethnic restaurants there is. In moving here my food horizons just instantly exploded. I was like Neo waking up from The Matrix. I thought I should spread the good word to anyone who, like I once was, is sort of trapped in a smaller town and eating too much McDonald's. Expand your horizons! Hunt out some of the awesome food variety! Even smaller towns tend to have some tucked away. And, most importantly, share some of your own favorites! Being that Vancouver has such a huge Asian population, a lot of my choices here are going to be Asian. If anyone's got a very European list, do it up! Japanese: I never expected to like sushi, but I love the stuff, and there seems to be sushi on literally every block in Vancouver. If the thought of eating raw fish scares you, but you enjoy seafood, just suck it up, because you'll quickly discover it's DELICIOUS. Raw tuna and salmon sashimi with rice, pickled ginger, spicy wasabi and soy sauce, are awesome if you're a seafood fan. If the fresh smell of the briny sea turns your stomach, maybe stay away. For the more daring there's also squid, octopus, eel, and crunchy fish eggs. Also scallops, red snapper. Tons of goodies. Often served with miso soup, which is a really salty soy broth with seaweed and tofu. The picture below will likely not make you drool unless you've actually eaten the stuff. http://imgur.com/Hj2GA.jpg Korean: Many restaurants have you barbecuing your own food. You order all-you-can eat, and they bring it to you in bowls of raw meats and veggies. Your table has a built-in grill that you fire up and you cook your food to your own liking. Includes sashimi which can be eaten raw. One tasty korean food: Kimchi (pickled spiced cabbage) eaten wrapped in lettuce with rice and veggies. Eat at a Korean BBQ place and expect your entire table to fill to the edges with all types of dishes. http://imgur.com/HXNYW.jpg Ethiopian: some of my absolute favorite food, worldwide, bar none. More flavor per square inch than anything else I've ever had. Kicks you right in the face. Even the bread - delicious, spongey, moist injera flatbread - is very sour and full of flavor. This is the only cuisine I've had in which I've eaten beef completely raw. Go Ethiopian and expect a single large shared plate in the middle of the table. Heaps of pure flavorland are placed on a full piece of injera, with more injera rolled up on the side. You don't eat with utensils, you use the injera to scoop up the food. They also do awesome honey wine called Tej, similar to mead. http://imgur.com/ndUPf.jpg Mongolian: Like Korean BBQ, an awesome do-it-yourself type of place usually. You grab a bowl and fill it from a buffet full of raw ingredients. Raw meats, tons of veggies and a variety of noodles, and a **** smorgasbord of delicious sauces. You add in whatever you want, and then it's cooked in plain sight on a massive stone stove, and sometimes is even prepared with huge blades (the ancient Mongolian tradition was to cook food over fire on shields and using swords/machetes). http://imgur.com/LZTDx.jpg Jamaican: Being from South Texas, this isn't terribly new to me, but it's still delicious nonetheless. Jamaican's all about the jerk, which is very spicy, flavorful marinade cooked meat. They also do fried plantains with various dips, which might sound weird, but holy crap is that stuff delicious. And ginger beer! Real ginger beer is DELICIOUS, and in Jamaica they make that stuff SPICY. http://imgur.com/ni7qD.jpg Malaysian: all about the pineapple! There's a lot of overlap with many Asian cuisines, especially Thai food, but there's always a distinctive twist. With Malaysian I think it's the tropical fruits that set it apart. Go to a Malaysian place and get Coconut-Jasmine rice served inside a roasted pineapple. Holy crap! Have it with hot and sour eggplant curry, it's like a party in your mouth. http://food.malaysiamostwanted.com/img/images/0000/0002/max/0037.jpg Thai: One of my favorite types of food, and can be found all over the place. Lots of flavor, lots of spice, curries, rice, noodles (pad thai), and GINGER. When I think of Thai food I think of sweet basil and ginger in curries or stir fry. Pumpkin red curry is awesome. And kick-in-the-mouth one-of-a-kind hot and sour soup (called Tom Yum), pictured below. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Tomyamkung_JPN.jpg/180px-Tomyamkung_JPN.jpg Vietnamese: Pho (pronounced FUH) restaurants, like chinese restaurants, are a bit more ubiquitous than some of the above, but I wanted to list it because it's so distinctive. SOUP. Any self-respecting soup fan has GOT to eat Vietnamese. Giant bowls of soup, sometimes with the meat served raw (it cooks slightly in the hot broth). They will usually serve on the side a plate of fresh bean sprouts, basil leaves, peppers, and lime that you can add to the soup to your liking. I don't EVER get sick of this. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Pho_in_Saigon.jpg/260px-Pho_in_Saigon.jpg Okay, there's my commercial for ethnic food, and my PLEAD to never again eat at McDonald's, Denny's, Burger King, or Wendy's. And avoid Applebee's, for the sake of your children! I could also go on about Middle Eastern cuisine and the joy of the baklawa, but I've already gone a little overboard. I'd love to hear about some more obscure stuff that people have maybe tried and loved and always sought out thereafter.

2009-09-07 02:22:00 Author: Teebonesy Posts: 1937

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Oh man that made me hungry.. Since I'm Filipino, I love eating this.. It may look nasty for some people but it's really really good. http://www.filipino-food-lovers.com/site-images/dinuguan/dinuguan.jpg I also love Japanese Food. Tempura... http://www.whitby-seafoods.com/images/products/tempura_butterfly_prawn.jpg

2009-09-07 02:31:00 Author: Count Posts: 315

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Oh man that made me hungry.. Since I'm Filipino, I love eating this.. What is that, by the way? It occurs to me I don't think I've had Filipino food. I've had Malaysian, as I mentioned... Just reading up about it on wikipedia, it seems Filipino cuisine has developed hispanic influences during the Spanish colonial period. South Asian food with Latino influence? SIGN ME UP GOD ******. Sorry, I'm really hungry right now. No but seriously, what is that a picture of? You're right, it doesn't look like the most appetizing thing I've ever seen... But if it's tasty enough, man I'll swim in it.

2009-09-07 02:43:00 Author: Teebonesy Posts: 1937

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FOOD. God, I love FOOD. Thank god for my dad's obession with it! XD San Diego, although having a very "Hispanic" culinary background, has lots of internationally inclined resteraunts, and, to my surprise, all are delicious! This thread is making my stomach roar just thinking about the foods! Here's what I find in my city: Italian- Sure, sure. You see your average run-of-the-mill spaghetti and lasagna. But when you have a whole section of town specifically called "Little Italy", you know you have something special. Rigatoni noodles and spicy Italian sausages drizzled with a light alfredo; large bowls of antipasti spanning across long enough to consume your face; cannolis, OH THE CANNOLIS, stuffed to the brim with thick, sugary creme in giant shells to easily throw off any diet- I'll just let the pic do the talkin' from now on. http://www.austin360.com/shared-gen/blogs/austin/outandabout/cannoli.jpg I shall post more later. My brain is in a lock... O_o

2009-09-07 03:43:00 Author: Outlaw-Jack Posts: 5757

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I'm surprised there isn't any Indian food in that list!!! You just got to love the Curry espically when you eat it with Chapati! It's just..... amazing! (that's the bread looking stuff) http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Vegthali.jpg/180px-Vegthali.jpg I'm also gonna have to give out my personal favorite from my home country, Takoyaki! Translation: Cooked Octopus http://oisiso.com/imagess/takoyaki.jpg It's batter, diced or whole baby octopus, tempura scraps , pickled ginger, and green onion, topped with okonomiyaki sauce, green laver , mayonnaise, and katsuobushi (fish shavings).

2009-09-07 12:45:00 Author: snowyjoe Posts: 509

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I'm surprised there isn't any Indian food in that list!!! You just got to love the Curry espically when you eat it with Chapati! It's just..... amazing! (that's the bread looking stuff) http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Vegthali.jpg/180px-Vegthali.jpg I'm also gonna have to give out my personal favorite from my home country, Takoyaki! Translation: Cooked Octopus It's batter, diced or whole baby octopus, tempura scraps , pickled ginger, and green onion, topped with okonomiyaki sauce, green laver , mayonnaise, and katsuobushi (fish shavings). I LOVES me some Indian food! Butter chicken, man, really good butter chicken that makes your insides squeal. And chewey, fresh, steaming hot naan. Your Takoyaki reminds me actually of these really cool hot dog vendors in Vancouver. They're called Japadogs, they're unbelievably popular - Just streetside hot dog vendors with lines down the block. They're big smokey jumbo sausages prepared with Japanese ingredients, including every single thing you listed with that octopus (minus the octopus itself)! there are pictures all over the stand of the different celebrities who ate there. Ice Cube: "I ate here 10 times!" Steven Seagal. Good times. YouTube - Japadog?

2009-09-07 13:24:00 Author: Teebonesy Posts: 1937

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Jap dogs!? Where have i herd of this story before... oh yeah! The Avocado California Roll!!! Sushi chiefs back in Japan told the inverters that they were crazy to invent something like that, but because of its popularity, it's now even displayed in Sushi bars in Japan But I've never herd of Jap Dogs before, might be interesting to try it You learn something new everyday!

2009-09-08 05:46:00 Author: snowyjoe Posts: 509

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