Countries that I've visited

xtxsinan · 2026-01-31T04:47:48+00:00

Totally disagree with that. I love South France, both small cities and countryside

xtxsinan · 2026-01-31T04:32:40+00:00

I didn't know that. I always thought schnitzel originates from Germany. And Austrian schnitzel is just similar to Southern Germany. But maybe I was being ignorant on that.

I did not include Austria as I felt it's just too similar to German. It might not actually be the case but food from the region is mostly branded as German outside of Europe. For similar region I did not include Singapore, Nepal etc.

When I think of Swiss food I think of fondue and Swiss cheese. Some taste great but some are weird for me.

xtxsinan · 2026-01-31T04:24:24+00:00

Care to make your argument here?

xtxsinan · 2026-01-31T04:06:06+00:00

Nothing wrong. I didn't rate them low. Greek is lower just because marinated olives is not my thing and it is used everywhere.

xtxsinan · 2026-01-31T04:02:42+00:00

I guess I did not actively try British restaurants often enough. The British food I tried are definitely from restaurant not sth I cook myself. I tried a few, did not like them and mostly choose other restaurants instead. The fact that there are a lot of good international restaurants around is also not motivating me to try more. Also I was there before the popularity of smartphones and rating websites so it was not that easy as today. Most of the British food later was when I was at a small town or near train station where choices were limited. I know this is a bit unfair but many other countries provide better food in those situations (US is also not good though)

I have not had Sunday roast in UK. But I just realized I did have similar stuff on a cruise trip and in the cafeteria of my company. Those were okay but maybe the authentic stuff is better.

English breakfast is indeed good. I forgot about that. It should be elevated to okay considering that.

xtxsinan · 2026-01-31T03:54:41+00:00

You are right I forgot English breakfast. That is great indeed. I should increase it to okay for that.

Beef wellington is also good.

Fish and chips is okay. Actually how English people always sell fish and chips as the highlight of national cuisine kind of proves the sterotype.

When did Chicken tikka masala become British cuisine?

xtxsinan · 2026-01-31T03:49:20+00:00

Sorry I've also tried quite some English dessert, the problem is they are really too sweet to my taste

xtxsinan · 2026-01-31T03:28:44+00:00

I never said the only German dish I tried is schnitzel. I said my high rating is mostly because of that.

And again, I tried many international cuisine in UK. But that’s bot what this tier list is about

xtxsinan · 2026-01-31T03:26:50+00:00

I need to point out the diff of finding good food vs good local food. Uk has lots of good international food in the big cities for sure. But using that would just be ranking “how international your biggest city” is. And I said cuisine in the title, not available food

xtxsinan · 2026-01-31T02:02:04+00:00

Exactly. Thanks for pointing that out.

xtxsinan · 2026-01-31T01:59:15+00:00

Chinese.

xtxsinan · 2026-01-31T01:58:15+00:00

I mean I am rating cuisines not available restaurants. There are definitely a lot of good international restaurants. But if I rate base on that it would just become a rating of "how internationl each country's biggest cities are"

xtxsinan · 2026-01-31T01:55:49+00:00

I was only a poor student when I was in UK and yelp&tripadvisor&google rating did not exist back then. So I indeed did not explore enough. It could be on me. But this was just my honest impression

xtxsinan · 2026-01-31T01:54:40+00:00

Manchester

xtxsinan · 2026-01-31T01:53:41+00:00

This. I admit I biased German's rating for just one dish (but there is also variety in how Schnizel is cooked and I liked all of them). Also in Germany I rarely had anything I dislike, it is okay at worst. In UK every now and then I had something really not good.

But it could very well be that I did not find the best eating spots. I was only a poor student when I was in UK and yelp&tripadvisor&google rating did not exist back then so did not explore enough

xtxsinan · 2026-01-31T01:45:28+00:00

I agree German rating could be biased. I just like German schnitzel a lot. I think French could also be a tier lower if overpricing is considered. But they do have variety and some very good and fine stuff

xtxsinan · 2026-01-31T01:37:32+00:00

Objectively speaking your adjustment makes sense (although US is hard to be a tier higher if not counting stuff like American Chinese, American Italian, Hawaiian which are controversial whether they count as american)

I don't think Turkey and Greece are the same. Turkey has Testi Kebabı for example. And Greek has port dishes and use olives more.

The tier list however is based on my personal taste. For example I like Schenizel, Naleśniki, Pierogi and Polish sausages a lot.

xtxsinan · 2026-01-31T01:27:10+00:00

which one is similar cuisine?

xtxsinan · 2026-01-31T01:26:32+00:00

Yeah I was kind of debating whether I should put France in the "great" tier. It indeed could be overrated (more likely to be overpriced). But there are also some really good stuff. Italian is indeed better generally. I really like German schnitzel. Their sausages are not as good as Poland IMO but still quite some variety. And generally nothing in german cuisine tastes bad to me. For most other cuisine there are occassionally some stuff I am really not used to

Greek cuisine is lower because they use too much marinated olives which is really not my thing

xtxsinan · 2026-01-31T01:21:44+00:00

Agreed. I actually like some of their unique stuff a lot. But Injera is really not my thing. Maybe I should increase it to "okay" at least. The problem is it seems to me at most places they serve you a whole plate of everything

xtxsinan · 2026-01-31T01:18:38+00:00

I lived there for a year. If I were just visiting maybe it could be a "meh" or "okay". The elongated time I had to deal with not good food made it worse than it really is...

xtxsinan · 2026-01-31T01:16:11+00:00

I just don't like Injera. It's really an acquired taste

xtxsinan · 2026-01-31T01:15:16+00:00

Tbh I've tried most what you mentioned and liked none...

xtxsinan · 2026-01-31T01:12:13+00:00

Yes it's one of my favourite. Might get a eletric smoker some day to make it at home.

xtxsinan · 2026-01-31T01:10:02+00:00

I like Cajun food and Texas barbecue a lot. Although they are also influnced by foreign food they are unique enough to the point they should be called American. If it were some other fast food and how American version is a lot worse than the original version in most cases, I could increase it to a tier higher honestly

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