For all the food fanatics out there, traveling is essential, if you want to taste everything the world has to offer. That is why we have rounded up the most resounding symphonies of flavor, the most colorful dishes and the tasties bites. Here is your guide to the fascinating, international cuisines.
10. Lebanese Cuisine
The Lebanese cuisine is the place where you can taste all the goodness the Middle East has to offer. Foods are generally Mediterranean, high on vegetables, little meat and full of flavors. Perhaps the most famous dish worldwide is the appetizer mezze - a selection of dips, pickles, salads and nibbles with Arabic bread. It also includes an abundance of fruit, fresh fish and seafood and little animal fat. The country is also famous for the Arabic sweets, Tripoli being referred to as the “Sweet Capital” of Lebanon. [Lebanese Recipes]
9. Greek Cuisine
With a significant influence from the Turkish and Italian cuisine, the Greek cuisine is a focused around olive oil, vegetables and herbs specific to the Mediterranean region. Eating in Greece is a different experience from Greek restaurants in other countries - gyros for example is considered by Greeks junk food. Restaurants now offer an authentic eating experience, being up to date with the latest culinary trends and stocked up with regional specialties. The Taverna and Estiatorio are widespread, being the places where you can find affordable authentic cuisine. [Greek Recipes]
8. Spanish Cuisine
For a lighter approach on food, we turn to the Spanish cuisine, containing a variety of meat and fish, as well as vegetables. It is also influenced by the seafood available from the surrounding waters. Spanish cuisine uses the most oil among all Western and Central European cuisines. One of the most popular drinks in Spain that goes perfectly with its national dishes is sangria, a drink made of wine and fruits. [Spanish Recipes]
7. Japanese Cuisine
Known for its seasonality of food, aspect and quality of ingredients, the Japanese cuisine is rapidly becoming a trend worldwide. White rice and soybeans are the ingredients you should expect to find in almost any dish. According to Michelin Guide that ranks cities worldwide for their restaurants, Tokyo is the most delicious city, with 150 top-ranked restaurants, as opposed to Paris and London that have 148. Apart from its capital, it is fascinating to uncover the local cuisine throughout Japan. [Japanese Recipes]
6. Mexican Cuisine
Known for its varied flavors and spices, Mexican Cuisine is a result of the Spanish conquistadores’ interaction with the Aztec culture. Most of the Mexican food we eat today is a delicious combination of ancient traditions, Aztec, Mayan and Spanish. The French also had their part in the story, adding baked goods such as sweet breads and the bolillo. You can easily choose the restaurant you are going to eat in by popularity: restaurants with good food usually attract all the customers. There are also exotic options for your menu, such as iguana, insects, rattlesnake, deer and even spider monkey. [Mexican Recipes]
5. Thai Cuisine
Many people say Thai food alone, with its balanced mix of hot, sour, bitter and sweet, is a good enough reason to visit the country. The foods are characterized by the use of fresh herbs and flavors, such as lime juice, lemon grass and fresh coriander. Similar to many Asian cuisines, rice is the main component in Thai foods as well. You will often come across nam pla, a strong fish sauce, shrimp paste and noodles. If you’re looking to get a kick of out your lunch, you should try the raw beef, fermented fish paste or deep fried insect larvae mostly present in the Northeast, where eating insects in fairly common. [Thai Recipes]
4. Indian Cuisine
One of the world’s most sophisticated and diverse cuisines, only one part of the Indian cuisine is known to the world. The Indian food served in restaurants worldwide is North Indian, also known as Mughlai or Punjabi. There are other 3 categories of Indian cuisine: South, East and West. The foods are mostly vegetarian, but many include lamb, goat, chicken meat and even fish. Indian cuisine is usually very spicy so in order to enjoy the food, start slowly and in a few weeks you’ll get accustomed to the flavors. Meals are usually eaten without cutlery, while seated on the floor, but these traditions are starting to change for the restaurants oriented to the Europe or the US. [Indian Recipes]
3. Chinese Cuisine
Originated in various parts of China and now spread throughout the world, Chinese cuisine is now eaten by a third of the world’s population every day. The cuisine is easy to create, economical and tasty. Most of the food is prepared in bite-sized pieces because the Chinese culture regards knives and forks as weapons. Usually, every person at the table is given a bowl of rice while the other dishes are shared by everyone at the table. Some dishes are cooked from endangered species, such as facai moss while others from meat you would want to avoid such as dog. [Chinese Recipes]
2. Italian Cuisine
Perhaps one of the oldest in the world, the Italian cuisine can be traced back to the 4th century BC. It became what is today along with the discovery of the New World, that brought potatoes, tomatoes pepper or maize on the list of ingredients. An Italian meal is structured into several sections: antipasto (the appetizer), primo (pasta or rice dish), secondo (meat course), dolce (dessert). Italy is also famous for over 400 kinds of cheese, including the famous Parmigianino Reggiano, and 300 types of sausages. [Italian Recipes]
1. French Cuisine
Starting with the Middle Ages that brought rich banquets to the French Revolution, where refined techniques were used, French Cuisine can be called in the 21st century “haute cuisine”. It is as popular as the poetry or French arts, a meal at a restaurant comparing to “a sort of theatre you can eat”. Pastries are a large part of French cooking. Cheese and wine are also a major part of the cuisine, being perhaps the most famous of all. The modern restaurant has its roots in French culture so restaurants are bountiful, but as for recommendation before deciding on one. In Paris alone, there are over 5,000 places to eat, with prices and menus to suit anyone’s taste. [French Recipes]
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Sorry, French cuisine might be all posh and stuff, but there is nothing better than Italian cooking. Where would the world be without pizza? Hmm? Bolognaise and pasta…. Damn Im hungry for some Italian.
Actual posh french restraunts suck. I want to be filled up, not have my stomach teased.
I’m surprised that Korean cuisine isn’t on the list… It should be in the top 3!
I have to say that I think 1st place should have gone to Italy. I have extensively eaten both French and Italian cuisine and cannot see how French food can be considered better. France is home to some of the greatest desserts, no doubt, but even Italy has many delicious pastries and cakes, too.
If Italian cuisine is NOT the world’s best, then why is it the most replicated in restaurants around the western world?
I’m italian so I’m glad you guys put italian food in the second place.
Danish cuisine isn’t well known but you should definitely try it! yes, it’s not that great thing if you’re dieting but…wow!
some dishes are really delicious
squash with beef is one of my favourites, you should absolutely try this one
FRENCH CUISINE ORIGINATED FROM MASKING THE TASTE OF ROTTEN FOOD
AND ITS GROSS, LAMELY FLAVORED, AND THE PORTIONS
SUCK JUST LIKE THE FRENCH!
This is the most worthless list ever created. “Like, here’s my favorites, okay? French food is totally bitchin’!”
Famous Parmigianino (sic) Reggiano?
Well, I have to disagree with most of the top 5 here.
French food is the most over-rated cuisine on the planet. They can’t cook, and they can’t make good wine at a sensible price, either.
For me, the top five are
1) Indian
2) Italian
3) Chinese
4) Thai
5) Mexican
Andy
This article should be named, “top 10 most common foreign foods in western countries”
To call it “chinese food” is like to have 1 category lumping all European food together as the same.
ok how about replacing indian cuisine with cajun/creole cuisine, sooo much better than indian…
It’s all good anyway. You gotta love the food. Italian and Asian and French tops my list.
Where’s the burger and fries of American cuisine?
I’ve tasted all cuisines above and French will always be the best. You just can’t deny it, they have the most refined and diversifed cuisine in the world. Italian for instance is all about pasta and pizza. It’s good for a movie night, but sorry, not refined…
French cuisine is also about choosing good ingredients. they have the best ingredients in the world because French are concerned with quality. It may be more expensive some times but ask a French, eating good is 2nd priority in French people’s lives, after health…
This list is disappointing. I live in Hong Kong, and I can tell you that there are at least six distinct types of Chinese food that I know of. And I’m a foreigner here. Choosing French as number one is a cop out. They hardly have the most interesting or flavorful cuisine, by any stretch of the imagination.
Lebanese cuisine should be in first place..That’s in my opinion and japanese second..
bon apetit
Hooty: yeah, I’m surprised (and not, at the same time) that Korean food isn’t on the list. But for many people Korean food is still an enigma, because when you say Korean food most people think only of kimchi or [yuck] dog meat (trust me, I’m half Korean, I know).
Anyway, I agree with what most people here have said, that French food is overrated. Yes, they have some of the best quality of ingredients, but the execution for the most part is lackluster. Guaranteed you’ll find much richer flavor in many other cuisines around the world.
And as far as “Chinese” food goes, I think it’s funny that people still group all types of Chinese food into what most people see at a buffet (which it’s definitely not). If people tried real Szechuan cooking, they’d die and know better, or real Cantonese style.
“French food is the most over-rated cuisine on the planet. They can’t cook, and they can’t make good wine at a sensible price, either.”
Priceless!
Nice list.
Roy : can we really call american food cuisine ?
I understand why people are so passionate about their food tastes, especially if you happen to be of that one nationality that wasn’t included in this list.
One can definitely argue that the list is flawed, for example the lumping generalization of Chinese food (of which several regional styles exist), or Mexican food (also of wide regional variation). But in general, I think the author made a valid point that these are definitely the tastiest (if not the “best”) cuisines in the world, although maybe not necessarily in that order, and unforgivably omitting the super tasty Cajun-style.
As a food lover, I enjoy almost all styles of cooking, with Mexican-Oaxaqueña and Michoacana-style being my absolute number one, followed closely by the deliciously hearty dishes of Italian Toscana-style.
…Where is the Belgian cuisine !?
Hihi ok it’s a joke “mitraillette” “Moule frite” and “gaufre de Liège” didn’t make it.
End of story
this list is great but you forgot an important cuisine??? Turkey… Do you eat anything from Turkish cuisine? just try kuru-pilav-cacik and you will see what i mean. and baklava, dont miss it.
Just how different is Lebanese cuisine from Greek? How is it in Chinese food endangered species are mention, while under French, the endangered ortolan is not mentioned, nor is horse, and foie gras (liver from a force feed goose)
indian cuisine is the best if someone likes spicy stuff then go for it well the people who r not used to it will find it spicy but after some time u will like it than no other food.
there r 3 types :
north indian
south indian
and goan food (mostly sea food).
my favourite is north indian
Yeah, I’m running with Indian first, then Mexican with Italian getting the bronze. Thai can have forth.
This is a good reason to have Australian cuisine there though, as we’re pretty keen on a bit of everything and have been influenced by all on the list!
Great list anyway, I wouldn’t knock back a feed from all ten if it were offered to me!
Sorry to disagree with all. I would like to make a question: does anyone know the Portuguese food? For sure, you don’t know it. That’s why our spanish neighbors like it very much. We are a little country with a big variety of food. I would suggest all to taste it and them make the classification!
Right on the button. French cuisine by far offers the best combination of diversity, flavor, and harmony. It integrated the cuisines of its Spanish and Italian neighbors, and it added it’s own vast heritage. Chinese cuisine is highly diversified as well, but it lacks the brilliance. Thai cuisine is very tasty, but not very diversified. Good list.
Well, some dishes look delicious. But there is an interesting point in this list. The Greek cuisine which is stated GREATLY INFLUENCED by TURKISH CUISINE is in the list. So, where is the inspirational one?????
Objectively, Turkish cuisine should have been on top of this list. With variety and tastes of its foods.Such as kebaps, Turkish ravioli (manti) Pide, baklava, milky deserts…. Do not take from anybody the chance of tasting such great foods.
“Ere…you’re having a lend ain’t ya…..wot about good old British Fish n Chips, Tripe, Jellied Eels and Black puddins”….! And don’t forgit those excellent dishes from Scotland such as Haggis and deep fried Meat pies….
French Cuisine????
no way!! you dont know what tasty cuisine is!
1Greek Cuisine
2 spanish
3 portugueses
5 Italian Cuisine
6 brasilian cuisine
7 Mexican Cuisine
8. Chinese Cuisine
9 frech
mediterranian cuisine is the best, in the world!
you are all wrong. peruvian cuisine is the best in the world, you just have to give it a try. it’s far better than any of the above. it may not be as popular, but it’s far more tasty than italian and much more rich than french. trust me on this one.
I wish you had mentioned Persian foods, most people think it’s like other middle eastern foods, but it’s different due to its cultural differences. I suggest you to try it once! There are many delicious foods that you can try such as “ghorme sabzi”, kebabs, different types of stews …
Sheeesh…you provincials are amusing. Get out into the real world, explore, and discover the wonders of Maldives cusine.
Few who arrive ever bother leaving, even if here for a temporary vacation/holiday.
Wait, it IS getting rather crowded.
Just stay away. Scat. Don’t bother coming. Meteorite season is coming and you may get splattered.
To the question “Why is Italian cuisine the most relicated in the world” the answer is simple…. Its inexpensive (please note, I did not say cheap) It costs about $0.5 to make a good pizza (depending on ingredients of course) and you can sell it for a few bucks.
It is good allright.
Now I cannot phantom how French food could be the first considering the abismal quality of french restaurants abroad. But, as Japanese food also did, french food has tremendeously benefited from foreign influence and therefore is extremely varied. Well done it is indeed one of the most exquisite and refined type of food. Familly style french food is also quite good. Yes the french love eating well, eating is their main social even.
As to basic French bashing….. Aheim… isn’t that getting abit old?
Correct me if I’m wrong, but isn’t Tripoli in Libya, and not Lebanon?
Dan Says:
April 8th, 2008 at 6:57 pm
FRENCH CUISINE ORIGINATED FROM MASKING THE TASTE OF ROTTEN FOOD
Hilarious. Looking back through history, you’ll see that nearly every culture, especially poor ones, actually created their cuisine out of not only masking the taste of “less than fresh” foods, but utilizing flavors created in the preservation of foods (kimchi and the use of soy comes to mind), but using every single part of an animal. The use of spices clearly shows this. Ancient Romans had their “fish sauce” that was literally fermented fish guts - that would truly mask off flavors. To slam one single culture for this practice shows not only stupidity but a lack of understanding of where cuisines come from. The world is FULL of exciting food - it’s hardly a contest.
Although I love “Mexican” and “Italian” cuisine - both suffer from 2 faults that put them lower in a more subjective, instead of preferencial,list of top cuisines. First is that they both suffer from stereotypes of what an average American, or any other non-resident non-vistor of that country assumes that cuisine is, and the huge variety and variations that locals prefer, is often something else entirely. And two, they tend to suffer from the same ingredients just in different shapes lack of true variety.
Hello? Vietnamese, anyone?
Considering China has several distinct cuisines (Hunan, Cantonese, Szechuan, etc.) the term “Chinese Cuisine” is about as vague as “European Cuisine”
Tripoli is in Lybia
How about eastern european? My all time favourtie meal of perogies, cabbage rolls and garlic sausage… or honey wheat. Still, the list does make my mouth water (except for Chinese).
I think that many of the French cuisine detractors here need to eat French food in France.
I have the mixed blessing of being a road warrior all over the world while only having time to visit the local restaurants outside of work (no other tourism); so I am somewhat wise in the ways of world food. In my opinion, the cuisine must be experienced within the culture. I have yet to experience a French restaurant in the US that was the equal of the smallest bistro in Lyon; the local milieu must match the meal.
Here is the tops in my book:
French, Korean, Indian, Thia, Lebanese, Turkish, Bulgarian, Danish (for the pastries) and then it starts to drop off.
Italian is an also ran. British is off the bottom of the chart. American food is OK, but it is largely designed to go down easy so that the patrons can scarf it as quickly as possible without tasting any of it.
What about Peruvian food? It’s my favorite.
hey… disappointing to say the least… I beg your pardon: spanish cuisine? 8th place? well if you want to eat watery soup with anything thrown into it, go ahead. it’s a poor cuisine, really, with an absolute lack of taste… try portuguese cuisine…
please, no one even dare to mention u.s. food in here. that’s just a disgrace.
I can´t get it, what´s so great about italian food??? Bowl full of pasta? That is definetly not the food, that would satisfy my stomach. By the way every country has something deliciuos…
what about African cuisine???? Senegalese and Gambian food is tops, hands down. And indian is REALLY good too. and ethiopian is really where its at!!
Shame that you didnt include PERUVIAN… check it out it should be a top 10.
i’m half mexican half croatian. i’ve been to italy six times. in my humble opinion, italian food is absolutely the tastiest… the best!
1. Italian
2. Turkish
3. Thai
5. Mexican
6. Greek
Mexican food in the top ten?!
Is this ranking of the Top Ten Cuisines based only on the Top Ten tourist destinations?
That can only be the reason why cuisines from Morocco or Peru are not included.
Including Spanish Cuisine DOES NOT cover the Latinamerican one. They are two worlds apart.
who made the list?
Mexican cuisine in the top ten in the top ten?
Greek?
Moroccan and Peruvian should definitely be included instead of the aforementioned!
this is weird…peruvian cuisine is the best american cuisine (on par with mexican, maybe better) and it’s not included =S… search in wikipedia “latin american cuisines” or “peruvian cuisine”
This ranking is about the 10 most popular cuisines of the world… No doubts, you can certainly find near any of these cuisines in any cosmopolitan place… But is is due mainly due to the size and prestige of each cuisines’s country, rather than the taste itself!
Sure French, Italian, Chinese, Japanese are great cuisines that must be mentionned… But there are so many others that could score far better than Greek, Spanish, or Lebanese… Why not mention Portuguese, Korean, Morrocan, Peruvian or Russian, Ethiopian and many others?
hey, i think lebanese cuisine should be the first u should taste it than give your opinion about it although it is rarely marketed outside this small country, so it deserves to be in the top five beside thai italian mexican and chinese and american.
1-lebanese
2-thai
3-chinese
4-mexican
5-italian
6-american
ps: frensh food should come in the worst 10 cuisines in the space
Nobody is asking for the opinion of the cuisines! It is a result of a long investigation of the cuisines of the world…I think it is a perfect result, I consider that the first 3 places are just Perfect!!
French
Italian
Chinese
etc….
Somebody says something about Korean cuisine? why is not on the list? No way! I lived in Korea for a year and cuisine there is a desaster!
Hello everybody!
I protest against capitalist choices!!! Your first choice of cuisine MUST be Russian!!! Admit it or I will point my missiles to the countries of your capilist cuisines! Have you tried Borsch, Pelmeni and Pirogi? Don’t forget that our food has a nuclear touch to it:)
C’mon people, it’s pointless to argue about which cuisine is the best. If the whole point of this nomination goes down to one’s personal choice then I vote for my Mom’s cuisine. I think it’s all about personal preferance. I like all cuisines as long as the food has most important ingridients in it - TLC! :))) Keep cooking!
Bon Appetite!
how about Moroccan cuisine dummy???? t is one of the finest cuisines in the world. If you dont agree, then stop eating couscous and lamb tajines……
I probably think that all the cuisines in this list are very good, I am Mexican and I have been to all those countries and eaten the food in each country and I think that Italian food should definitely be at the top of the list.
Mexican should definitely be on the list, and it is indeed, because its a great mixture of everything, but however, normal mexicans don’t eat iguana and spider monkey…that was eaten before the Spanish conquest.
As for French food, I think it is good, but I really think that it is overrated.
The only cuisine that i don’t think that should be in this list is Spanish cuisine, outside of Paella and Mejillones (mussels) in tomato sause, the rest of their dishes are EXTREMELY greasy. and this is because they simply use TOO MUCH olive oil, when you order something in Spain you can see how your meal is basically “sweating” grease and it usually leaves a thick layer of at on the bottom of your dish.
As per British cuisine (which many people consider it to be horrible) I must say that I don’t dislike it, a typical Sunday roast (roast beef or lamb with mint with nice gravy) is usually lovely.
All I can say is that I’d rather eat pub food in Britain than tapas in Spain…
1. Thai
2. Chinese
3. Korean
4. Japanese
5. Vietnamese
6. Mexican
7. Italian
8. French
9. Spanish
10. You name it!
Off the top of my head … Steak Tartar, Herrings in Sour Cream, Strudel, Sauerkraut, Clear Chicken Soup with Noodles, Stollen, Frikadellen and “Real” Burgers (not the american crap), Goulash, Kohlrabi, All the wursts, potato salads, Sauerbraten not forgetting Zwiebeln.
I think German “cuisine” should be up there somewhere.
There are TWO cities named Tripoli, one in Libya, one in Lebanon.
Google is your friend stupids.
yeah, so french food is easily not the most unusual cuisine in the world. I will say that one of the best meals I have ever eaten was at a french restaurant in NYC when I was young. One of the reasons that it cannot be considered unusual is that ALL professional chefs need to learn basic cooking skills that derive from french cuisine. And the french bashing is really old and puerile. As for whoever said Italian food has no subtlety- are you high or is the olive garden just the ‘fanciest’ place you’ve ever been? I’ve been an Italian chef for almost two decades and you’re just a paisan.
I wonder what happened to some of my favs:
-Vietnamese
-Ethiopian
-Creole
-Korean
-West African
…and No, Chinese is not all one cuisine, just like ‘American’ shouldn’t be anywhere near this list. WTF is american cuisine anyway, cheetos, spaghetti-o’s and microwave pop-tarts?
have u guys ever tasted indonesian food?u should try it and i think u will change the list ^^
I have tried all the above food. But my choice is in the below order
1. Indian
2.Chinese
3.Italian
4.Persian
5.European
Turkish cuisine is absolutely one of the bests in the world. There is no such variety of foods and desserts in the world other than Turkey. It has the range of foods from vegetable meals with olive oil to most delicious kebabs (remember that “kebab” is Turkish and we all use this word). Please be fair and include Turkish cuisine in this list.
For those who think Italians sit around eating nothing but pasta all day, you really need to expand your horizons. Pasta is but one course of several served at a meal. Do yourself a favor and try some saltimbocca, pizza rustica (yes, it’s completely different from the usual thought of pizza), or one of the many seafood offerings enjoyed in Italy. Spaghetti and meatballs isn’t a meal there any more than fries would be considered a complete meal in the US. Remember also that this is the country that brought espresso to the world.
Also, having recently visited India I can attest to the fact that the food there is quite varied and flavorful. There are dishes to suit most any taste, even for those with more timid palates.
IMO, French, Italian and Indian cuisines are overrated.
I love to eat different-2 kind of food.My most favourite is indian food,i belongs to hongkong & there is lot of indian place there people can find yummy indan food-Bombay dreams in central,kohinoor indian restaurant in Tsimtsatsui, Asra indian restqaurant in shatin, hurry in curry fast food & some vege indian restaurants also.
Secondly,i also love noodles in hongkong.
Third, i like to eat italian food also.
Reading through the comments makes me want to gag:”OMG HOW CAN FRENCH BE NUMBER ONE ITS ALL GARBAGE aNd ITaLY toO LOL ITS ALL JUST PASTA NOT FOR ME”.
Lists will always be subjective, but people will always be stupid.
Now go back to your Kraft Dinner and wieners, please. Thank you.
It is all matter of taste - literally
My list based on experience: Japan, India, Italy, Thailand, Greece. Also eaten well in France but I don’t find it special. Being from Finland I love nordic tastes too like rye bread and rawpickeled and smoked fish. Also Russian kitchen is worth trying.
I admit having prejudice too: after watchin Anthony Bourdain in Greenland I would pack my own sandwiches …
South Indian food often very spicy rich in nutrition ,and leaves you craving for more. I heard that most of the south indian dishes are made from rice yet loads of variety. I love it and enjoy them very much. Infact we are north indians but my mom and I like south indian food more.
Peruvian, the best!
In terms of creativity and taste, Chinese’s is far far on top of the list, the rest are just child play.
You can cook any meal, but not Chinese, believe me.
1-.chinese
2-.mexican
3-.italian
4-.japanese
5-.lebanese
6-.american (we all love junk food , we know it’s not healthy but we love it!!)
If you haven´t tried peruvian cuisine. You know nothing about cuisine.
Learn: http://www.perumuchogusto.com
LOL The title should have been “My Top 10 international cuisines”. How do you dictate someone else’s preferences?
Being Indian, my top 10 international cuisines would be:
1. Italian (I’m totally crazy about pizzas, pastas and salads)
2. Arab (I dig their meat dishes and Ramdan sweets)
3. Mexican (one of the best in the world!)
4. American (French fries, burgers, fried chicken, apple and cinnamon pies etc.)
5. Chinese (For sheer culiniary diversity)
I also dig Thai and French cuisine though nearly not as much as the five above.
This list is subjective by one individual only and there is nothig wrong. If this list is made by famous chef Anthony bourdain, he would put Vietnamese Cuisines as top on the list. He dedicated 5 out of 17 Chapters to Vietnamese Cuisine on one of his book. The book covers many countries in the world that he had visited.
I live in korea and I find it is seriously overspiced with chilli. I would not put it in a top 20. I agree with the list although I would put Italian on top.
oh and there are many others that marginally outside the 10 like morrocan, Vietnamese and Arab food if I can generalize like that. I dont think you can call American food cuisine although everybody eats it now and then.
there are two tripolis. one in libya and one in lebanon
Peruvian Cuisine, is the numer one, you have to try it and then you will be agree with me.
YOU HAVE INCLUDED LEBANESE CUISINE AND YOU HAVE NOT INCLUDED PERUVIAN CUISINE? YOU MUST BE NUTS
Everyone has their own opinion but personally
1. Chinese
2. Indian
The write up on Chinese food I found to be very dissapointing and uninformed. While some Chinese food is easy to make and not to hard on the wallet, I would hardly classify Chinese food ” as easy to make and economical”. Try making high end Chinese food and then tell me its easy to make. You will fail. And then tell me that abalone worth hundreds of dollars per piece is economical. And contrary to general Western belief, dog is not that common a dish in China though it had to be mentioned in the description as “others from meat you would want to avoid such as dog.” Fact is, Chinese cuisine had such a large influence on the cuisine of Asia - especially East Asia such as Japan,Korea, and Vietnam that it is universally considered one of the great cuisines. The same goes for Indian cuisines influence on South and Southeast Asia. That is why I rank Chinese cuisine above Japanese, or Vietnamese, or Korean…because ultimately it is Chinese cuisine that shaped and formed those cuisines. What would Japanese cuisine be without quintissential Chinese inventions and ingredients such as Chinese inventions such as tofu, soysauce, soybeans(brought to Japan), rice wine(introduced to Japan), chopsticks(introduced to Japan), rice(introduced to Japan), azuki beans(introduced to Japans),etc…
I am suprized about 2 interesting and trajic points.
First one, Turkish cuisine is one of the 3 best kitchens around the world.
Second one, stuffed vegetables in Greek picture and kebabs in Lebanon picture are certainly from Turkish cuisine not from Greek and Lebanon kitchens.
obviosly you haven’t tried Peruvian Cuisine, which is considered one of the best three in the world, with french an chinese cuisine, no wonder Lima, Peru’s Capital, was declared as the Gastronomic
Capital of the Americas
I see only one mention of German cuisine on here, so I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised that Austrian cooking didn’t make the list… blend together Bavarian, Northern Italian, Czech, Polish, Hungarian and native Austrian sensibilities, and you get Austrian cuisine. And honestly, I’d like to know who has a better set of offerings from the dessert cart than the Viennese…
You say that Greek cuisine is significantly influenced from the Turkish and Italian cuisine, but i can’t see the Turkish cuisine in the list. In addition to the mediterranean tastes like Greek tastes, Turkish cuisine has also Middle Eastern tastes and also some traditions from Central Asians. I saw dolma with olive oil and yaprak sarma in the photograph and like Meyra Alp i surprised. Greeks also eat them but the word ’sarma’ is pure Turkish and also the word ‘dolma’. Beside the foods with olive oil you should taste mant?, kebap, karn?yar?k, lahmacun, tarhana, yo?urt, bulgur pilav?, baklava, künefe etc. etc. Turkish cuisine shows differences from region to region. In this richness you can taste foods from Central, Eastern and Southeastern Anatolia, Aegean, Black Sea, Marmara and Mediterranean Regions. I think listing the world cuisines like this is meaningless but if you want to be ’satisfied’ after leaving the dinner table with handcrafted foods try the Turkish cuisine which has the heritage of Ottoman cuisine.
goan and indian coastal food is best. all food is good. but the fresh food preparation should get the top priority. authentic goan and nearby coastal food is the best. not the fusion one! people know only goan fish curry but at my home fish curry preparation varies according to the fish for scientific reasons which is passed from one generation to the next and according to the regional climatic conditions and as per fresh food availability. this is the scientific attitude and living and to keep intact everyone should get good food. goan food justifies that it is simple, traditional, rich, fresh, scientific and for everyone poor to rich. its unique not just special but yummy; try it!
Where is caribbean food in all of this. When you go on vacation to the islands do you not remember what you see when a dish is put together. Exotic…only the best…we can take it start out the sea and cook it for you right there on the spot. Forget the style and plate designs, we’re talking about originality and combination, not to mention recipes and kept secrets. Its a island ting!
What is Peruvian Cuisine? Where is that? No way the most delicious
1.-Italian ( Pizza, in any place around the worl they’re )
2.-French ( High class, well people, highest events)
3.-Mexican ( Anybody knows tacos? Everybody )
4.- Chinese (Good, simply good)
I love asian cuisine ! but one thing; chinese cuisine, easy to make? yeah right…Just because chefs in chinese restaurants are working their (…) off in a short amount of time just to please the customer, doesn’t mean chinese cuisine in general is easy to make. Yeah ok fried rice..but even that can take some time-if you want a proper fried rice dish. Try making chinese soups ( this can at least 3 hours! boil time not even included!) or seafooddishes such as crab and lobster. What I want to say is that no cuisine is easy to prepare, it takes time and, most important, passion and love.
As long as Mexican and Italian are in the top 5, I’m okay with the list lol.
I would place Indian food on the top slot followed by chinese. Indian food is really diverse. The only popularly marketed indian cuisine outside India is the northindian cuisine but there are 4 very diverse cuisines within india.North indian , south indian , north eastern and western indian cuisines. Im sure most people here would think of only chicken tikka or butter chicken when we talk Indian food. But one should definitely try the south indian cuisine too. The karimeen fry(a fish found only in the back waters of kerala ) is an absolute delicacy. Indian food comes on top mainly cause of its very diverse cuisines which suit every tougue and soul
nooo this is absoultly not correct….u forgot moroccan food!! its one of the best in the world..its actually comes third after french and chinese food….i bet u wont disagree with me if u tast moroccon food
oh my god!!!where is moroccan food????!!!!!!!Moroccan cuisine has long been considered as one of the most diversified cuisines in the world. The reason is because of the interaction of Morocco with the outside world for centuries. The cuisine of Morocco is a mix of Arab, Berber, Moorish, Middle Eastern, Mediterranean African, Iberian, and Jewish influences. The cooks in the royal kitchens of Fez, Meknes, Marrakech, Rabat and Tetouan refined Moroccan cuisine over the centuries and created the basis for what is known as Moroccan cuisine today.
Morocco produces a large range of Mediterranean fruits and vegetables and even some tropical ones. The country produces large quantities of sheep, cattle, poultry, and seafood which serve as a base for the cuisine…GIVE IT A TRY AND U WONT BE DISAPPOINTED MY FRIENDS
I consider myself a foodie, and though taste is a matter of opinion, I believe, if relegated to the realm of facts, the best food in the world, without contest, would be Indian. Let’s say the person with the most unbiased and best taste was to decide, it would be Indian. Indian food varies not only by region, but by per state (more than thirty), and per parts of the state. The sheer variety and diversity of Indian cuisine is unparalleled. The majority of people have never tasted real indian food, which can only be obtained by traveling throughout India, and being accustomed to the palate. A person who has developed his tastes with predispositions towards Indian flavors, is gifted beyond belief. Contrary to popular belief, there are a multitude of non-vegetarian dishes, especially in areas with non-Hindu populations. The development of food through milleniums, and the influence of many different invading populations and empires throughout time, makes it the tastiest cuisine in the world. Less about the ingredients, more about flavor and preparation.
I will highly recommend to visit Peru. I found the most exquisite and creative cuisine.
HEY PEOPLE AND WHAT ABOUT OURS? WHAT ABOUT
CZECH CUISINE =)
DON´T EVEN TELL ME YOU DON´T LIKE IT. YOU SHOULD BETTER GO AND VISIT OUR TRADITIONAL RESTAURANTS… CHECK IT AND THAN WE WILL SEE =)
The list is obviously biased. Otherwise Indian and Chinese would have come at the top just for its incredible diversity because taste is very subjective. And it is also obvious that the author doesn’t have a clue about real Mexican food and obvoiusly not familiar with fine mexican cuisine. I mean spider monkey and iguana? Sure in some remote locations monkeys may have been eaten at some point, but its clearly missing the point in regards to Mexican cusine. Judging from that you can conclude the list is meaningless .
I agree with so many comments here, Peruvian Cuisine should have been included in this list, even in the top three spots! Anyone who has tried it will agree with me… they have more than 700 typical dishes. It’s just breathtaking.
traveling is part of my job, and speaking of mediterranean cuisine i think the best is Lebanese. It is true that Greek, Turkish and Lebanese food consist of the same base (olive oil for ex), but Lebanese dishes have exquisite flavours and a larger variety. Therefore my n’1 would be Lebanese food.
I think it’s fair to say that cuisine is among the most subjective things one can judge and to create a list and claim your opinion (or anyone’s) as fact unnecessary and superfluous.
First, WTF!!! Italian cuisine is so much more than Pizza and Pasta…That is just an American interpretation of what Italian food is….BTW…there really is no unified Italian cuisine, but rather many different regional cuisines, Tuscan, Venetian,Piedmontese, Bolognese, Roman, Neopolitan, Sicilian, Sardianian, and many more. With thousands of variations of ingridients and local flavors….to call Italian cusine not varied is incredibly ingnorant!!!! BTW…French cusine (which is very good) has its origins in the Italian cuisne brought over by Catherine DiMedici in the 15th century.
Finally, I agree with all the posts about Peruvian food..it definately deserves to be on the list…simply incredible!!!!
I think Italian food is the number 1.
When i go to a restaurant, i want to eat tasty food AND be filled.
And Italian food is easy to prepare
What the hell are you talking about ? French cuisine’s the pits among all these you mentioned folks ! their strong point is pastry and bread !! Ok, Mediterranean food tops’em all ! but nothing comes close to MOROCCAN CUISINE !!! the best and the finest you can ever taste ! followed by Lebanese, Turkish, Italian and Greek ! unless you prefer to eat whatever starts with “Le” or ” Chez” !! Gimme a break !
how is posible??
peruvian food is considered one of the great foods around the world ,
The last year i traveled to peru, their food is spectacular ……
Each to their own, everyone has different tastes.
For me however, Chinese cuisine, particularly CANTONESE cuisine which is considered among the top 4 Chinese cuisines in China is the best.
Cantonese Cuisine relies on bringing out the natural flavors of the food usually (there are exceptions) and uses very simple to sophisticated methods.
Having travelled to most of the world and trying some of the finest restaurants as well as some of the lesser more humble food places, my favorites are Chinese, French, Japanese, Mediterranean (Lebanese and Greek) and Moroccan. Korean cuisine is nice but lacks the sophistication. Indian is very rich and sophisticated but I find it too extreme.
I’m sorry, but comparing “Chinese cuisine” to a cuisine from a single European country (i.e. France) is like comparing “European cuisine” to “Beijing cuisine”. Give me a break. China has many traditions of cooking. If you think “Chinese cuisine” is easy to make, then stop eating at Panda express and try some real Chinese food please.
Korean food is one of the most underrated and underexposed cuisines in the world. I don’t think it matches the diversity and sophistication of Chinese or Italian cuisine but Korean food is more savory than Mexican or Lebanese.
Syrian Cuisine is fantastic and it has more varities than the Lebanese one. It is pretty much similar to Lebanese cuisine. But, Syria is much older and most of the lebanses recipes are taken from the Syrian ones. I don’t trust this result because it is based on the PR and propaganda. To be fair, I would recommend calling it Syrian Lebanese cuisine or mediterranean cuisine. I know many Lebanses who come to Syria and adore its food and especially in Aleppo.
Hello, I am Mexican.! We have a varied menu in the mexican cuisine.
Fish,meat,chicken,seafood and a large number of Vegetables. Each State
of Mexico has it own typical dishes. Not olny tacos. I really love mexican
food. I also like Indian and Italian cuisine.
I think filipino and vietnamese cuisine must also be included in the list. They have variety of flavors… yum yum!
Hello, i’m Mexican and i can asure you that mexican food will not dissapoint you, specially the one in the northern part of Mexico, we have the best beef meat in the world (google it if you dont believe me), Mexico has infinity of dishes and a great variety of cultures with different kinds of cuisines that makes Mexico a powerhouse in the cuisine industrie, fot those who haven’t tried it yet, i recomend you go to a good quality mexican restaurant, o visit Mexico, specially the food in the north its among the best.
for those who is asking himself , what is this peruvian food all about ?
Peruvian Food is as rich and complex as its history. The food is a multicultural mix of the fallen Inca Empire and of the succesive waves of Spanish conquerors, African Slaves, Chinese laborers and Italian and Japanese immigrants who made Peru their home….
result : an amazing fusion , u can’t describe just like that or try to compare to other cousines.
Spanish food ? no thanks … m all in peru , but than the healthy version.
i love Lebanese and Moroccan food , but many or their spices u will find them in many peruvian dishes.
i love the freshness and simpicity from italian food as well as the thai… but
my choice is the pervian cousine by far.
Chris Van Hese .
Amsterdam
Chinese is definitely #1 in the world. More people eat it everyday than any other type of cuisine. That kind of vote cannot be ignored!!!!!!
Hawaiian food - Poi, Pok’e, Kahlua pig, Lau Lau, Lomi Lomi Salmon, Chicken long rice, opihi,squid luau,shaved ice…. even China is sending their top chefs to Hawaii to learn and master this greatest of the world’s cuisines. It is said it inspired the next new world order leader…Barack Obama! He always comes back for more….
I am so fascinated to hear people ranting about their taste buds!
This is why we love our foods so much!
For me, I would like to consider the traditional TOP 3 World’s Best Cuisine:
1) French
2) Chinese
and…3) Turkish
There must be reasons why these cuisines are traditionally thought as TOP 3 in the world. I also want to vote Japanese cuisine for the way they prepare seafood so fresh…uncooked, that is. That’s the way I like it!
I would also vote Vietnamese, and I want to try Peruvian as many people suggested here….
I disagree with the list. This is what I would put on the list:
1. Italian
2. Japanese
3. Thai
4. Puerto Rican
5. Brasilian
6. German
7. Greek
8. Arabian
9. French
10. Chinese
I dont know about putting french cousine as first of the top 10. PERUVIAN cuisine is been known for its exquisite taste all over the world, and it doesnt even make it in the chart?, i’m surprised indian food even made it to the chart, with it’s horrible smell i would not even want to get near the kitchen to taste it. PERUVIAN food is surely one of the top 5 in the world, when you go to Peru you would be able to taste it’s delicious taste and would be blown away by it’s fantastic way of how they cook this complex dishes.
Anthony Bourdain thinks El Bulli in Spain serves the best food outside of Asia. That should tell you that he ranks Asian cuisine above European. Anyone who ranks Japanese food ahead of Chinese is retarded … the diversity of Japanese food and taste is much too low. I would rank Korean above Japanese for tastiness and variety. Don’t confuse (overwrought overrated) presentation with good food. That statement probably applies to ranking between French and Italian as well but I don’t know; my experience with pastries is that French pastries are much much better than Italian ones.
How about Turkish Cypriot Cuisine!!! Ehi ehi ehi:))) But for REAL!!! French Cuisine shouldn’t be at the Top of the List…
I disagree with the list aswell. This is what I would put on the list:
1-Turkish Cuisine (Wedding, Lentil, Soup, Shish Kabob, Baklava, Coffee, Doner Kebab, Dolmas, Fried Mussels, Plain Yogurt, )
2-Italian Cuisine (Pizza, Pasta, Salads, Rosemary Lambs, Seafood, Tiramisu,)
3-Chinese Cuisine (Cantonese Soup, Oyster sauce, Sweet and sour pork, Steamed fish, Chinese noodles, Crispy fried chicken, Stir Fry)
4-French Cuisine (éclairs, chocolate mousse, Grand Marnier, Champagnee,
5-Levantine (Arabic) Cuisine (Lebanon-Syria-Israel etc…) (Hummus)
6-Mexican Cuisine (Tacos, Burittos, Guacamalo)
7-Japanese Cuisine (Sushi, Sake)
8-Indian Cuisine (Tikka Masala, Chicken Tandoori)
9-Persian Cuisine (Pilaffs with Saffron)
10-Australlian Cuisine
11-Tai Cuisine (Sweet and Souries)
12-Greek Cuisine (Fish Salad and Calamari)
13-Portoguesses Cuisine
14-Puerto Rican
15-American Cuisine (Delicious Steaks and Shakes :))))
HOW ABOUT THAT…
The title of this article should have been:
__My___ Top 10 Most Tasty Cuisines in the World
posted in: World Cuisines | posted by: Dave Emery on April 08, 2008 | 120 Comments
This is Dave Emery’s opinion. He is entitled to his own OPINION.
Not all taste buds are the same.
Seriously Dave, you need to get out more often. How much of the world’s cuisines have you eaten?
no CUISINE can RIVAL the GREAT INDIAN CUISINE -end of story .
i’d have to say
1. indian
2.chinese…they have the most unique preparations.
3. spanish…muy bien!!!
bon apetite!!!
im suprised the lack of mention of POLISH cusine- pierogi, cabbage rolls, beet soup, and gulash are just a few of the dishes that have become popular in north america, not to mention the long list of desserts. Polish Vodka is among the few best in the world- i highly recommend polish cuisine!
You got to be kidding, lebanese in the top ten?? that’s ridiculous, specially that most of their cuisine is originally from Turkey and is mainly street food no fine cuisine at all. At least you should have mentionned Korean and Moroccan cuisine.
how in the world can peruvian cuisine not be in this!
Everyone has their own preferences over others, generally due to bias or because they haven’t tried other cuisines. If I had a list of 15 top cuisines, in absolutely no order, I’d have:
Moroccan, Egyptian, Italian, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Greek, Mexican, Indian, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Thai, Vietnamese, Indonesian.
1.-Mexican
2.- Japanese
3.- Italian
4.- French
5.-Chinese
6.-Indian
Spanish, greek and Korean just suck! KIMCHI!! WTF!! hell no!
Peruvian is the worst of thw worst! they eat rats and who d hell knows what more it just yucks!!
PERU NEVER, can’t even being called cuisine! it SUCKS!!
LOL! and those all people who’re saying that peruvian should be named, well I just think half (maybe more) of these people is just the same person, what a loser muahaha!! >:)
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who made the list?
Mexican cuisine in the top ten in the top ten?
Greek?
Moroccan and Peruvian should definitely be included instead of the aforementioned!
# Fox says on May 11th, 2008 at 10:43 pm:
this is weird…peruvian cuisine is the best american cuisine (on par with mexican, maybe better) and it’s not included =S… search in wikipedia “latin american cuisines” or “peruvian cuisine”
and so on…
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c’mn boy, can’t you be more creative? LULZ!!
peruvian cuisine is not on the list because its not among the best, simply as that, there is no arguing =) why do peruvians have to be such a stalkers on this blog
It, is much rong I dint see Americno food and French No.1 what is matter wit u all it very rong.
I think we do it like this No.6 mexicano No.5 Indiano No.4Thiolind No.3France No.2Americano No.1Italiano
Cuisine is a matter of taste, yet there are certain cuisines that stand out. I Think Japanese food is Number ONE hands down! It tastes great, its presentation is very artistic, and looks marvelous, not to mention how healthy it is, both to body and mind.
So Go for what you enjoy the best 
I also think that Moroccan cuisine should be among the 5 best of the world, it’s a tale, a happy story of marriage between many races, cultures, even continents that gave birth to a tasteful, exotic and amazing mixture of foods. A cup of Green mint tea after a good Moroccan meal is a treat like any other!
French, Italian and Spanish… I’d say they are wonderful, but not as much as Japanese and Moroccan cuisine.
Thanks for reading. Remember, It’s all a matter of taste
I have traveled the world over, and I will say that French cuisine deserves to be on the list, however Portuguese flavours and variety are hard to match. I will say that the Cajun/Creole foods of South Louisiana in the USA are very close to the Portuguese. It is very distinct and flavourful. I was surprised on my travels to the USA to make this discovery.
Italian is the best, pasta, pizza, lasagne, risotto…
french food sucks, i mean come on all they eat is frogs legs, snails, sparrows and stinky cheese and all they drink is over-priced wine!!!!!!!
sorry about that first comment
actually, french food does deserve to be on the list; croissants, brioche, the best cakes, baggettes, creme broulet, souffle, all those different types of cheese(stinky but delicious), all the different types of gorgious chocolate, and much more!And all the better is that all this food is of a good quality!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
every country has foods we’d rather avoid than eat; france has snails and frogs legs, china has scorpion, snake, dog, turtle…
I seriously think korean food should be on the list as well
i guess the koreans have advertised its food the wrong way
of first introducing kimchi (which is fermented cabbage)
it certainly isn’t something you will like if you aren’t familiar with it
i suggest trying out korean bean pastes (ssamgjan, dyeonjung, gochujung)
there are three types according to the period of fermentation
and if you add those into meat dish and cook it,
they seriously do wonders!
all the cuisines are tasty and delicious! each delicacy has its own flavor and its own history as an art!
I agree with the list though! all the cuisines stated deserve to be at the top!
HOWEVER, IT S A SHAME TO NOT INCLUDE MOROCCAN FOOD and PERUVIAN FOOD! especially Moroccan! it s an insult to the GOD of CUISINE
Hei!… do you really like food??? I’m asking you that, because everybody forgot one of the most delicious, creative and healthy mediteranian cuisine (Portuguese). Reminding of Spanish and Greek cuisine and forget to mention the Portuguese cuisine is a joke… or oversight I presume…
i love greek food too, actually, greek food is the only cuisine where i like every single dish! it doesn’t have any really gross foods like e.g. fried rat!
i like it all.
i feel exactly the same about middle eastern food
i can surely say that my two top favourite foods are arabic and mediterranean food!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Greek food is influenced by Turkish food which in turn is influenced by Indian food. kebabs are Indian Muglai food we have a lot of varieties here in India.
Lastly in my opinion Italian, Indian and Chinese food is the best no doubt.
have a nice day bon apetite
These foods are a summary of the great peruvian food which is the most diverse. In Peru you can find a delicious Peruvian Chinese fusion food.
THESE FOODS ARE A SUMMARY TO THE GREAT PERUVIAN FOOD, which is the most diverse, in Peru you can find a delicious chinese peruvian fusion food since there are lot of chinese and japanese desendents, i live in europe and here the food is just Nothing so much french fries lot of fat food, this is why i miss so much the food there healthy bio natural products and lot of seafood wich is the main peruvian cuisine mmmmm lekker rico yummy
lebanese food should be in 3rd or 2nd place it carries a bunch of delicious dishes such as sheesh taouk,waraa ‘aareesh kabab,kafta,labneh,hummus,taboule,lahme b’aajeen etc.
As I have eaten to my satisfaction in some of the best places California has to offer. I am soaring among the clouds of contentment, having just glided my way through a long lunch of ceviche, ají de gallina and suspiro a la limeña. And here’s the best bit I didn’t have to travel for 7 hours to get it.
If you’ve visited Peru, you’ll know that it has one of the most subtle and refined cuisines in the world. If you haven’t, you may still be at the stage of asking the not too thoughtful questions such as “Is it a bit like Mexican food?” and “So what’s a typical Peruvian dish?”
Coming up with a “typical” Peruvian dish is like coming up with a typical French one. Both countries have varied and comprehensive national cuisines, rendering the question meaningless. Auguste Escoffier, after much contemplation, decreed that only three nations were in this category: France, Peru and China.
When I tell people this, they are often skeptical. Part of the problem is that the cuisine in the rest of Latin America is comparatively dull. So, unless you have spent time in Lima, you may struggle with the idea that Peruvian cooking, evolved during the golden age of the Spanish Viceroyalty, and enriched by subsequent waves of Chinese and Japanese immigration, is not about steak or beans and rice.
Until now, the argument has had to rest there. Although there are Peruvian restaurants in the USA, I’m afraid they’re tatty and inauthentic. And few people are prepared to travel thousands of miles to see for themselves. Now, though, there is an outstanding example of the genre in SF, The Embarcadero, Pier 1.5, California: La Mar, which opened almost exactly seven months ago, and which is responsible for my present bliss.
In recent years, Mr. Gaston Acurio took charge and began to remedy the situation by starting one of the most ambitious projects the kitchen of Peru has ever known. He has opened up for service in Madrid, Santiago, Quito, Caracas, Panama, Bogotá, and of course Lima bringing high culinary culture to other lands. Over the past seven months, they have conquered the exacting North Californian public.
Actually, it isn’t quite true that North Americans, in general, have been without Peruvian cuisine. It has a valiant sample of smaller and less flamboyant Peruvian restaurants; it’s just that no one thinks of it as Peruvians, they have not made the impact yet. Peruvian cuisine does not have a rich American godfather to bring their taste all the way up here. So, Mr. Acurio will single handedly cover that for us and for the sake of world culture.
And to think that I once asked the question “Is it a bit like Mexican food?” ¡Carajo, Peru! ¡Lo siento, compadritos!
Agreed I Lebanese should be at top of list and its criminal Turkish food isn’t on there! French at no 1 pure snobbery!
Another contender to go on would be Hungarian.
by the way we can’t classify which cuisine is the best because we all have different taste like i don’t like mexicain food but that’s my taste some people actually like it. So you see .
i think the top ten are in a great order french is the best oh you can’t imagine picture mean nothing it is so tasty i lived there during 4 year and just enjoy eating there.Try it.And i know why most of you like mexicain because its fat like other cuisine
you see when i read the commentaire it’s all a matter of taste.
The list is Great, the lebanese have a fine cuisine and I had no idea what it consisted of . But it seems to be a very healthy diet. fruits and vegetables like the meditrainian, I would love it. I also like the thai and mexican and of course the italian food is great also.The mexican cuisine is always listed in the near top five, or so and deservedly so. I love allmost all foods from around the world,but it would be a very sad thing no to have mexican foods.
don’t you ever eat korean cuisine such as kalbi, bulgogi, bibimbap, jabchae, etc?
for other food/cuisine one has to develop the taste buds but for indian food -taste buds will come out naturally
Have you ever tried Vietnamese food ? It’s delicious, extremely healthy diet with pleinty of vegetables in any dish.
“Cha gio and pho ” are two Vietnamese cuisine that has no competitor.
Greek cuisine does not belong on this list.
You could have chosen a better picture to represent italian food! Where is the tomato sauce?
The “3 Kitchens of the World” are traditionally and historically recognsied as such:
1. The 1st kitchen of the World is FRENCH cuisine.
2. the 2nd Kitchen of the World is TURKISH cousines - which unfortunately has been discriminated or overlooked from the list (though I am not Turkish)
3. The 3rd Kitchen of the World is CHINESE cuisine.
My top 3 are:
1.Mexican
2.Italian
3.Chinese
What surprises me is japanese food being there. The food is pretty disgusting and the tastes are the ones don’t like the first time but do “get used to”. Food isn’t the type you come to like, you eat it once and if you don’t like it, it’s not good.
And the mexican food varies by regions, and it’s a mixtures of tens of cultures that came to mexico during 500 years, and most of the things that make the italian cuisine so good did came from ancient mexican cuisine.
NOT FORGETTING ALL THE CANDY LIKE CHOCOLATL AND CHICLET (gum) SPICES THAT TRAVELED TO INDIA, AND WEIRD VEGETABLES AND FRUITS USED EVERYWHERE.
The aztecs even used ice for their drinks from the peaks around the Sierra Madre.
I live in India and i love Indian cuisine the most.
I have heard a lot about Indonesian Cuisine,but how come it is not included in the list.
By far I believe that list is badly put. peruvian cuisine has got to be at least on the top 3 of all if not the best of all. Obviously the guy who did this chart hasnt tried peruvian food. heres my list:
1 Peruvian
2 French
3 Thai
4 Italian
5 Chinese
Once you eat peruvian food you get addicted to it. If you would´t put it in the list is because you´ve never try it.
1.Turkish
2.Italian
3.Mexican
greek and lebanese cuisine are cheap copies of turkish cuisine
Vietnamese cuisine should be on the list! It’s Asian with French influence. It’s much better than Spanish which is so bland. Greek and Lebanese food cannot compare to Vietnamese food. Korean food? Good but not all that, other than kalbi and bulgoki, there’s not much left on Korean food so Vietnamese foods win over Korean food. And Vietnamese food is even tastier than Japanese food in dept and range. It is similar to Thai and Chinese. If Thai food is on there, then Vietnamese food should be too.
1. ITALIAN
2. INDIAN
3. CHINESE
I am an Indian and can survive with these cuisines all my life
I lived many countries and worked in the restaurant in London, Lived in Russia long time, lived in the USA and now in Canada and visited many countries. The worse foods are from Philippines, South America, North America and most African countries. Chinese, Russian, Macaroni, fettuccini, bikini, martini, le francais are not healthy food. Italian manipulates flour and milk products and every food they put unhealthy for health cheese, French use all creams, cheese, and fats are unhealthy. English has no good food (fish and chips deep fried), so chose Indian food as national food (10,000 Bangladeshi Restaurant in UK) run as Indian cuisine. Chinese and Japanese food, Korean foods are rotten Soya bean (Soya sauce) and other fermented(rotten) stuffs, but Japanese is healthier, Chinese one of the worse unhealthy and filthy food in the world as most Chinese eat at home and 5 times saltier than normal food and most chinese suffers from high blood pressure, but commercially cooked Chinese food is gooier like and no test at all, except a few. Chinese food is good, who never eat Indian, Thai(mix of Indian, Chinese and other cuisines), Vietnamese(good food) or other food etc. What you see Indian cuisine in the west are commercial, but every corner of India has different cuisine. South Indian and Bengali food are the best, because it not only based on meat, poultry, but vegetable and fishes. Malaysia, Indonesia have Indian influence, including east Africa and Middle East, because they use Indian spices.
My friends wife is from Peru and she eats everyday friend chicken, rice and plantain (no test-like rubber) and he went Peru many times and said that no good food there. They eat mostly separate cuisine. Spanish has no good foods, why South America and Philippines have no good food. I was in many Filipino house and they eat mostly fatty cheap pork and chicken, Tilapia and Milk fish deep friend with only salt. They make mostly soups like food and it contents the meat and taro, vegetable with only salt and sometimes add Chinese Soya sauce (visually some meats floats in the sea). Most Chinese when sweats, smells very bad, because eat all type of rubbish stuffs and smelly animals and insects. People who have no smells are vegetarians. Hungarian lives less in among Europeans, because eat fatty sausages and smoke cigar like tobacco.
The list is not accurate, here is my opinion:
1 - French & Italian,
2 - Thai-Indonesian- Chinese,
3 -Japanese, Indian & Moroccan,
4 -Spanish, & Mexican,
5- Turkish,
6 - Argentinian,
7- Russian ,
8 - Vietnamese,
9- Peruvian,
10- Syrian.
P.S. Greek food is just 1% of Turkesh Cuisine.
Syrian food is the best in Mideast but less advretised.
Russian food is excelent but less adrvertised.
American food the best sold cos it’s rubish food,
Lebanese food is best sold in mideast cos it’s also fast food ,
Italian food combine best sold+ excellent food.
French food is the best but takes a lot of time to make therfore dificult to sell quickly , unlike pizza or pasta.
Moroccan one of the best in the world, but couscous/tajine takes 3 hours to cook, but Arabic Shawirma take 3 minutes.
Bon appetite
Indian food is the best, no matter what. itallian food is cheap that is exactly why ppl prefer italian food, french is too expensive with nothing good about it and chinese is alright so 4 me INDIAN is the best then CHINESE…
Hey Franco! You eat only macaroni with cheese and meat ball may be. I watch FOOD TV here and I only saw Italian eat macaroni and cheese. I don’t consider a cuisine made of meat and fish or vegetable with milk and milk product. Did you saw how the North Americans and Europeans are obese, because of milk products? Now a days so many people here are sick due to bad foods. I want to see food with natural spice and ingredients and healthy too. I imagine your knowledge of Russian food, means you don’t know anything outside macaroni. I lived in Russia over 10 years and all are greasy food and copy of German, french and other cuisine. They are famous for borsht (a greasy soup floating with pig and dead chickens carcasses). Everyday they eat potato and when I was young potato was stable food for horses and pigs etc in my country and if you eat only potato, you will be football after 20 years of age. Why all Russian women are obese and round (Russian called bigimot(hypo), because the belly full of potato grown fat. In my student life in hostel full of foreign students (over 80 countries) found my above conclusion about the food people eat all over the world.
Well no cuisine is the best for sure but I can tell you some horrible foods:
1. Philippines (chicken cooked in 7up)
2. Korea (dog brain soup)
3. China (fried cat tail)
4. Vietnam (minced King Cobra)
5. France (foie gras)
6. Africa (monkey liver)
Italian, Indian and Thai are goods foods. Fresh and healthy…
Peruvian cuisine is the best in the world !!
it beats hands down any of these in the list. In fact, we not only have HUNDREDS ( yes you read well , at least 500 and counting ) typical peruvian dishes which are delicious, but even french , italian, chinese cuisine in Peru is better than in their countries of origin.
The only reason it does not make the list is because Peru is yet not one major tourist destination, as are most of the other countries listed here.
But you just wait and see….. Peruvian cuisine is slowly dominating Latin American capitals and it will continue its expansion soon….
I would place Peruvian above Mexican. Mexican food is great but Peruvian went beyond mixing prehispanic and spanish, they also assimilated African, Arab, Chinese, Japanese, Italian, and French elements from the immigrants that arrived for centuries. Theirs is unique.
Ok….opinions …..opinions….blah blah blah….sick of everyones opinions….all food is good except - of course exceptions>>>>>
Fast Food - except - KFC..I worked there, ( met my wife there) true story…
Ok - Food the best….All good - let me see - no particular order, not definitive by any shot - Arabic, Kosher, English, All asian - Italian, french, european ….. let me see…..Food for me is transitional…..One day I like Asian the next - Greek - Ok, but seriously - As long as the cook is putting love into the dish …… which means feelings, you have to feel the food - Love it!!! Enjy!!!
Peruvian food is the best, try it and you will agree with me.
I think one cant generalise aboutt entire cuisines like chinese and indian all lumped together as one…there are many different regions with specialities and many diff cusines under the Chinese banner and same goes for Indian…I think this list is actually stating the well liked cuisines of the world..ones that are commonly appreciated all over the world…
OMG… I’m all the way here in Seattle, WA and I’m quite surprised how Moroccan cuisine was not on this list… it is definitely be in the top 3 if not on the top… it’s got a mix of Mediterranean, Middle eastern, European and African… Couscous, Lamb Tajine, Chicken w/ lemons & olives, Plumb & Almond beef tajine, Bastilla, Mashwee, Herira, kefta, shebakia… not to mention the sweets … You clearly need to taste more cuisines my friend. Peace out!
1) Liban
2) France
3) Italie
I am a lacto-vegetarian, and for my group, Vegans, and other vegetarians, vegetarian Indian food is simply the best and uncontested.Most other cuisines cannot be prepared without eggs or mushrooms, and a vegetarian meal in these cuisines would simply be lots of salad leaves. Especially south Indian dishes such as Idli/Sambhar/Chutney, variety of Doshas, are simply mouth-watering, not to forget the pure vegetarian Onam Sadhya, in the state of Kerala along with Puttu/Kadala and oothappam/sambhar, seva are famous.In tamil Nadu, Set-dosai with vadakari. Among the konkani preparation, Pathrode with Brahmi chutney. Not to mention the Jain food of Indian Cusine, prepared without using any root vegetables.
Every body has there own liking to dishes depending on which basic flavor you like the most, I will not contest your list but i am surprised to see chinese and japanese food on the list. get a life dude, if you can rank chinese and japanese foods in top 10 you don’t deserve to write a blog, you should probably change your career or at least give up blogging. I would like present my list based on my liking i would say there is tough competition between indian and thai for the first place and second goes to mexican, chinese and japanese don’t have a place on my list.
i like Indian foods very much secondly I like Thai and Mexican foods
I would put French and Peruvian as the two best in the world, then the rest.
Hey Baz,
I understand what you mean but Still French Cusine & Italian is very tasty.
North American is not cusine it’s called Food.
Cusine is an art, French they know how to cook and for them it’s a life style, Asians also are very artistic, greeks and in Arabic food you will find Moroccan cuisine the most divers as well as a bit of syrians cuisine.
French has had the most top rated chef`s
and how can you rate pizza as Italian when it was invented by Greeks and Pasta string was invented by Chinese
I loved the way French cook there meals to perfection so if you ask for rare steak that is what you get plus the first to make fruity red wine to wash your palette and brings out flavour
Chinese cuisine is the best because the variety of foods and cooking techniques dwarf those of any other type. Their is truly something for everyone. The fact that this author advises that you should avoid dog is a very western sterotypical veiw brought about by the authors own cultural stigma’s. I’m sure an indian, whom believe cows to be sacred would be horrified by the eating of steaks in the western world. I’m also dissapointed by the fact that american cuisine dosen’t even appear on the list. I mean hot dogs and macdonalds are in many ways the most widespread and popular of any type of food around. This list should be made from an international school of thought and this author obviously didn’t graduate.
As someone else said, India is the best. I could literally live there without any meat. Hands down, the best cuisine in the world…
Chinese is the best of the best,
I have been to France, Italy, Spain, Morocco and I liked their cuisne too.
Next time will visit India they good cuisine too.
Only countries famous for Gastronomy has to be listed here, for those who don’t know meaning of gastronomy pls google it.
Therefore no top ten has to be made but, we can say the only countries with real gastronomy are: France, Italy, Morocco & greece ( Miditeranean countries) China, Indonesia, Thailand, Japan & India ( Asia) we can add Peru. But sorry Mexico hasn’t got gastronomy but got some tasty food as well. The rest of the other world cuisine are very good but can’t be on the list.
The guy who made this list must still travel and try real cuisines.
Chinese must be on top followed by France.
Lebanon & syrian food can be found anywhere as well as Shawirma which can be prepared in 2 minutes, can we call a food which is prepared in 2 minutes a Cuisine????? is Mexican taco a cuisine too ???????????????
Real cuisne takes time a French foie gras takes 1 hour, a Moroccan couscous or Tagine takes 2 hours and most Indian food takes long time to cook cos it good cuisine.
Bon appetit to all
hahaha he has not tried peruvian food i guess and im not peruvian
Honestly, I’ve never been to (or even seen) any French restaurants - whereas Italian, Chinese, Indian, Mexican are plenty. This should go to prove that most people like these cuisines. Should be fairly simple to figure that out - people like tasty food and hence there are more of these restaurants because there is demand for them.
Other cuisines like Mid-eastern, Greek, Peruvian, Vietnamese, Philipino, Korean etc etc are seen in limited numbers and hence prove there is a limited audience for these cuisines, perhaps mostly catering to people of those countries.
Of these, I would put Chinese, Indian and Italian as the top 3. If you look at world populations, India and China have always had a bigger population throughout history. They have also had the most fertile lands capable of growing every vegetable (unlike other areas in the world like the middle east or Europe where only a few vegetables grow). Hence the variety and evolution of these cuisines. Italian is also include since Romans rules the world and were able to include most of other cuisines into theirs. The chines would claim that Spaghetti is nothing but Noodles that Marco Polo took back from China….go figure.
mmmm i think Italian should off being the 1 on the list and the MEXICAN food the 4th on the List cuz Italian,French,Chinese and MEXICAN are the most famous cuisines in the worlds., well im sorry but i have never seen an thai or indian restaurant like Chinese or Mexican restaurants lol
1. French
2. Italian
3. Chinese
4. Mexican
5. Indian
ohhh and btw who the hell is writing all that shit about peruvian food? i mean nobody know what the fuck is that food, theres no Restaurants in the world of peruvian food cuz isnt that good so GET OVER IT cuz MEXICAN FOOD is so much better than any other latin american cuisine so fuck off losers
ohh and btw just remember that CHOCOLATE is 100% MEXICAN
Indian Cuisine is d very best….
m fav food give below.,.,.
1,INDIAN
2,PAKISTANI
3,CHINES
4,SRILANKAN
5,THAI,
6,ITALIAN
7,BANGLADESHI,
8,JANPANI
9,SOUTHKOREAN,
AMERICAN,
is there a point to argue about taste? for some, a plain burger is the best ‘cuisine’ and you cant argue with that. that said i’m a global foodie but i rate in no order the top 3 as french, indian and chinese. peruvian a close 4th if not in the same tier, and the other a notch below. my personal choice is indian though.
and shame on you if you describe french food as just baguettes, indian as just curry and chinese as just stir fry.
Dear Sid I respect your opinion but it’s not cos we find a lot of Italian Chinese resturants then we say that what people like.
Top of the Top food takes time to cook, if we look to uantity then we should rank USA food is the best hence we find american food in every corner of the planet.
Moroccan cuisine is one of the best of the best we find lot restaurant but not as much Italian or Idian cos Moroccan cuisine is considered as a Gastronomy to cook a Tagine you need a good set up and time same thing for making couscous, but a pizza or noddles can be made in 7 minutes.
French Cuisine is similar to Moroccan and peruvian it’s a lot of skills to prepare a dish and let not forget that these 3 cuisines can rarely be sold as takeway so that’s why we find few restaurants.
Indain cuisine is so good it can also be added to French, Moroccan and Peruvian, but due to a huge number of indians abroad we therfore find their restaurants everywhere.
We can not qualify a cuisine by quantity but by quality.
Philippine Cuisine is the most powerful of all!!if you don’t believe it, then go to the Philippines for you to forget the FRENCH!
another thing, ITALIAN is number 2.
i think indian food is best,the peoples who r disagree.. may be ignorant about it …when u wanna take a taste of real indian food.. u have to visit india …then certainly..u will .fond of it undoubtly….coz no country is as diversified as India.
Does any one know about Nepalese food, they have the best food ever in this world. TRY IT