Dinner is ready!

Has to be D. Last time I said Japanese and Mexican, but I forgot Iranian.

H, just put the poutine directly into my arteries.

G easily.

Southern comfort food, Mexican, Carribean, and Sushi Rolls. RIP Pizza but I didn't need it

G. Mexican, BBQ and (possibly?) Hot Dogs, all I need. I also couldn't live without Dr Pepper.

Would probably choose B as thats the one im most used to but D is also really good. You have south-east asian, east asian, indian, arabic, turkish, greek etc. You even have australia and new zealand included if thats what you fancy. Also israel where, as we all know, all food orginates from.

It is split that way because obviously no one can live for the rest of their life without mediterranean food

D, Italian, Japanese, Vietnamese, Chinese and Indian are already 90% of my diet

Correct answer

D gets Turkish, Arab, Indian, Chinese, Korean... why didn't you cut this in a way that gives the rest of the world any chance?

And Greek!
- I already said Turkish

D. Curry, Szechwan, vietnamese, thai, asian street food!, Teriyaki and Sushi all day.

D or G because those both can grow coffee.

Tough call though.

D is lots of different Chinese regional dishes (Shanghai style, south China styles, Xi'an Muslim styles, and all the different dumplings); all the great Japanese food, Vietnamese food, Thai food, Indian food, Aussie and New Zealand wines, Aussie steaks, New Zealand lamb, Malay, Indonesian dishes, Cebu BBQ, plus Lebanese and Persian food. That is a lot of variety.

G gets you New Orleans dishes, California wine, Cali tacos, Tex Mex, southeastern USA BBQ, Low Country Boil, Mexican food, Caribbean food, central American, chocolate, and I am guessing Hawaiian dishes.

And now I'm hungry.

all the great Japanese food
Hey now, you're missing out on the dancing squid bowl from Hokkaido
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxQmOR_QLfQ

C of course. Italian, Georgian, Slavic, Uzbek, and northern China.

E would be the only one I'd have to adjust for, I think the rest are all already on my plate

G. Sufficiently diverse populations and no hoity toity rules about what is authentic cuisine. Plus these regions contain every biome to grow every sort OG fruit vegetable and herb i could ever want to eat.

A!

French food! And uh, rotting whale taint buried in sand for three months, then pickled in shark piss.

Don't forget beans on toast, mint sauce and having to eat Brussels sprouts every year for Christmas.

D without a doubt. Indian, Thai, Vietnamese, Japanese, parts of China. It's even got some Mediterranean in there. That's basically all I eat already.

The D also stands for Durian
You have ME cuisine as well, which is indisputably amazing
Edit: And Greek as well!
- And Australia's got you covered for the occasional barbecue.

G. Burritos are the best.

G, no contest.

D, hands down. Indian, Thai, Vietnamese, Iranian, Turkish, Japanese, Chinese. Literally my favorite foods

Edit: Also includes a little bit of Italy!!

D gang!
Hands down. Easiest choice of my life
Plus "Australian" which is like, everything due to being a high immigrant nation. Lotta greek food for starters
Mine, too! (Also Korean and Lebanese.) What an excellent range of options.
I would miss Mexican food, but I'd make do.

G is the best answer. You’ll end up eating every single cuisine from the other categories (or a variant of it).

That’s only true if you apply a definition of “from” to the US that you’re not allowing any other country to have.
- I was more focused on the Caribbean but I see your point.

D so I can still dip my timtams in vegemite

Right answer.... wrong reasons.

D. Japan literally has so many random recipes that I get overwhelmed when deciding what to try.

Why is this centered on the Vatican? So you can eat Jesus no matter what??

H, because I'm in Canada, and the food would be cold before the guy from D got here.

A better question is which one of these is the worst. If I had to pick, B and C are not the best but even those aren’t too bad. A looks like it isn’t much but it is arguably the best. French and UK cuisine with a little German.

UK cuisine?? There is no such thing.

B is being slept on in this thread. I mean, look at it - you get northern Italy, Germany, Austria, Hungary, the northern Balkans, Sweden, and Finland. If you like pasta, pizza, grilled meats, fries, potatoes, sausages, licorice, a mindbogglingly large number of breads and cheeses, etc. etc. you'd be stupid not to pick that region.

Sad news: you wouldn't get any pizza, because that comes from Naples, which is in the south of Italy.
- There is more pizza than napoli pizza
- We were talking about national cuisines. To my knowledge Naples is part of the country of Italy.

D is the obvious correct choice because the western food in Asia is superior to the Asian food in the west.

G.

Love Mexican and south American food, Creole, Southern, Cuban…plus the US has stolen foods from around the world, so I guess I get to keep pretty much eating whatever.

the US has stolen foods
Lots of people in this thread seem to be labouring under the bizarre notion that only the US is allowed to count immigrant cuisine as their own.
- Because most everyone is an immigrant? Where do you draw the line and call something native or not? Otherwise we’re eating nothing but succotash and whatever else the First People had. Is anyone saying you can’t have a hamburger in Thailand?
There's also some Morocco, Spain and Portugal in there.
I mostly agree, on American Southern and Mexican alone.
D is tempting though, I love all Asian food. The variety from Middle Eastern, Indian, Vietnamese, Thai, Chinese, Japanese and Korean. I might have just convinced myself to go D while I was writing this actually...
- There is a community of Chinese immigrants that settled in Mexico as well. So some Asian cuisine can be included as well.
- Agreed. However - my exposure to Asian foods has been mostly those foods popular in western culture like sashimi, restaurant Thai or Chinese, etc. There’a a lot of if that I haven’t been exposed to or eaten, and even though I think I’d probably like a lot of the new stuff, there’s plenty I think I could never get used to like still-kinda-living food on my plate, nattō, etc. So I opted for the biggest slice of multicultural food I could get.

D>G/F>E

H because we just rip off everyone else's food anyway

D is the only sensible choice, there's really no debate here.

Definitely. East and Southeast Asia, the entire Indian subcontinent, most of the Middle East and parts of Greece and (maybe) Italy?!
So unbalanced.
- Nah mate it's the Steak and Cheese pies from New Zealand that make it.

For me it's D > G > everything else.

F because i live there

and food here is pretty good

Same. I'd pick my home turf no questions. I like pasta and chinese food, but I'd miss rice and beans way more than those.

D or G

H, I’m Canuck and old. Don’t want to change what I eat this late in the game.

D!!! Of Course??? Turkish, Greek, Indian, Thai, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Irani, Indonesian, Vietnamese, Filipino.... E, C and G get honorable mentions but it really is not fair at all.

It's not even close

D looks like I'd get Japanese, Indian, and Vietnamese food. Everything else in there is a bonus.

I mean D is a powerhouse lol

I live in D, but regardless it's so stupidly stacked it's nearly impossible to choose anything else.

Italian, Greek, Turkish, Lebanese, Iranian, Indian, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Thai, Vietnamese, and Australian? Stupidly stacked for sure and the widest variety to boot.

I must choose the very unpopular "B", for the sole reason that rest of the world is seemingly unable or unwilling to make proper sourdough rye bread. It is very, very delicious.

American here who learned the forbidden arts of fresh made whole grain sourdough. Ive never eaten store bought bread the same. It really is like a whole new food. First time I tried it I knew I had to learn to make it.
The Norwegians also have this crisp bread knekkebrod that every American i know think it tastes bland but I love them. I have considered life in Europe due to the fact they still have real bread readily available.
The only other things in this category for me are chinese fresh made hand pulled noodles (Biang Biang Mian is a good one) and garden ripened tomatoes. Sounds like a great excuse to do a tour of European China towns.
- Congratulations for discovering tastes beyond sweet white bread! "Knekkebrod" is a basic staple in all Nordic countries, naturally with regional varieties.
  Have you ever tasted sour rye bread? If not, here is a recipe if you feel like expanding your taste horizons to a whole new level:
  https://zegedinesandbellytimber.blogspot.com/2011/06/hapanleipa-finnish-sour-rye-bread.html?m=1

D without a doubt. Southern tip of Italy, Greek, Turkish, Persian, Pakistan, Indian, Chinese, Thai, Korean, Japanese, Vietnamese, Australian, just to name a few.

D or G seems like the obvious choices

D and G are hot because the center point is well north the equator. It puts most of the good food to the south and sides of that point.

All these people picking D have never had real Mexican food.

Bro you've never been to D obviously.

D represents something like 50% of the world population. The variety there is likely sufficient to sustain anyone indefinitely.

Although everything in the global south likely has varying degrees if spice, so those with intolerance might be better served with one of the northern slices. That said, slice A would be hands down the worst choice.

You mean I have to choose between Hokkaido or the rest of Japan? Rough :(

D has virtually all god-tier food Asia has ever produced, plus a bonus of whatever culinary bullshit Australia vomits onto the world stage.

Meat pies, Lamingtons, Tim Tams, Chicken Salt & Bundaberg Ginger Beer
- And Foster's. Not to drink. It's made from rye wheat, so if you let it rot it has a small chance to produce ergotamine. Ergotamine is a hallucinogenic precursor that is believed to have been one of the causes of the Salem Witch Trials.
I recommend kangaroo.
Good lean source of protein. Don't overcook it though
- I've had some while I was there, it was like beef but more tender, very good.

D because of the huge variety in food, and the tiny chunk of Italy means I still technically get Italian food :)

D section.

All the most interesting flavours come from D section.

There also lies the birthplace of spices. Wars were fought over those pices. The earliest forms of global trade was formed over those spices. Europeans started colonialism largely driven by the need for regular access to those spices.

Do not underestimate the power and value of spices. No other section, as presented here, compares.

All y'all sleeping on global South cuisine. F and E would get you an absolute smorgasbord of culinary bangers that you've probably never heard of. Plus with the amount of colonization that's happened in those areas, you'd get a lot of European-ish food too, if you wanted something more familiar. It's a tough choice between the two, but I'd take either of those in a heartbeat.

not sleeping, its just G and D the depth and variety is unmatched. The map projection and geometry choice causes it to be unbalanced geographically per section, so not their fault, and eurocentrism of maps ofc
- F and E both contain like 30 countries, with insane geographical and cultural variety, which would lead to a huge amount of culinary variety. Just as much variety as in G or D (if not more), it's just no one knows about or appreciates food in the global south.
For anyone who loves spicy food, I recommend finding an authentic Ethiopian place near you if possible!! I had never even considered that cuisine before, and i was pretty confused what to get, but a couple bites in I was in love!! my favorites are siga wot, and tibs is awesome!!!
- Doro wat, especially, is amazing.

G or D. D is the logical choice but giving up Mexican food is hard.

Other than everything invented in Brooklyn I don't know what H is, but I think it'd be good enough for me.

Answer is obviously H. H has NYC. NYC has food from everywhere.

D, because I’m British and can’t trust them forrins to not put too much spice like salt in my food.

F is one of the best choices, but most people from the northern hemisphere will miss out because they never had a chance to meet our culinary.

I was thinking about F for Argentine cattle alone.
I had Domoda from West Africa for the first time about a year ago. Its now one of my favourite things to eat.
Can you give me a list of some of the greatest hits?
- My list will be biased towards brazil, but I'd suggest trying tapioca, moqueca, churrasco, farofa, empadão, escondidinho, pão de queijo, broa, boliho de aipim, brigadeiro, paçoca, açai, pé de moleque, pé de moça, beijinho. That's what came to my mind, but there are a lot more. And also, it's hard to explain our culinary to others, because it's not just about the food, it's much more, like how it's prepared, how we eat (we tend to eat together and socialize in these moments, people invite others to eat, etc) how we eat the good stuff like on a daily basis, and not just on special events, etc.
  And to pay respects to our friends, you will also find great food in west africa, argentina, chile, and all of south america!
I was gonna say, F has West Africa and a ton of South American countries as well! D is a good choice, but imma go with F as well!

It’s a hard choice between D and G for me. G gets all of the southern US cuisine that Europeans are always blown away by, along with texmex, traditional Mexican, street tacos, Louisiana seafood, Cali and Florida seafood, etc… But D gets India, the Mediterranean (maybe even Italy? I can’t quite tell on this map), Korean, Japanese, etc…

If I wanted to commit to consistently good food, I’d go with G. But if I wanted a wider variety with a broader spice palette, I’d go with D.

Im torn between D & G lol

Easy D for me. It has Indian, Bangladeshi, Japanese, Chinese, Thai, and Vietnamese. I don't think I need anything else in life lol. Come to think of it, the only food I've had in the last month or so that isn't from D is pizza, but I can live without pizza.

(I'm Indian so there's obvious bias. But even if Indian and Bangladeshi food were removed, I'll still choose D. I'll be a little tempted by G because of Barbecue, but Korean barbecue is pretty great as well.)

D has a tiny sliver of Italy too.
I dont think any other country would claim this, so I pretty sure this counts as Japanese pizza
- "Double deliciousness all the way to the crust!"
  Language trivia: In Japanese the "crust" of the bread is called the "ears"
- Needs more corn
- Well, I was hungry... Not anymore
- A mini dog pizza? What is this?
  booking next flight to Japan
Dude that, and then there's like most of West Asia from Afghan to Lebanese with everything in between, plus Turkey and even a sliver of Greece and Italy.
- With Greece and Italy giving us European in addition to Indian and Asian, D covers pretty much everything and makes it incredibly balanced. it's the only choice.
D is the answet and it's so unfair. It has the entire diverse range of Asian cuisine, a glimpse of Western and Latin (through Australia-NZ and Philippines), and a slice of Medditeranean. It has all the ways to cook rice!
I’ll be a little tempted by G because of Barbecue, but Korean barbecue is pretty great as well
Galbi is great, but don't forget you also get Australian barbecue. Which, while not exactly the same as American barbecue, is much more similar to it than galbi is.
Yeah and Malay food 😋 god, d is easy

D has a ton of Asian goodness

Also, D even gets the entire bay of Naples, in addition to the cuisines of 3-4 billion people. Anyone who wants anything from A can get anything from there in Oceania.
D is so OP, I cannot imagine anyone picking anything else unless they are basing their choice on where they live.
- I'd miss mexican food, but some arsehole bundled it with the USA.
- Anyone who wants anything from A can get anything from there in Oceania.
  But then that's food you can eat in Oceania, not food from Oceania. D has a ton of good Asian food, but for traditional Western cuisine you want A or H.
D is literally the only answer.
Greek, Turkish, Arab, Indian, Chinese, Vietnamese, Thai, Korean, Japanese. If you want something more western, there's Australian for some classic bbq or fish n chips. There's also a tiny sliver of Italy.
- G is better- fight me
- That’s only if you like those things. G gets you barbecue, Mexican, Peruvian, Cuban, every Caribbean island, Hawaii, French Polynesia, and several others it’s hard to tell from the map.
  Of the things you listed from D I only like Greek, Italian, Chinese, and Japanese. And I can get all of those from Hawaii and California.
- And don't forget Kiwi... I want to say... fruit?
Mediterranean, middle eastern, indian, Chinese, se asian. I can live with that.
+1 for D
It's literally where the world gets most of their spices ... the English fought wars for those places and those spices
- the English fought wars for those places and those spices
  To sell them to the world. Never get high on your own supply.
Indian and Chinese ftw. I'll miss my local Moroccan place though.
D also has all the shit I cook. Hello microwaved Vegemite and cheese sandwiches.
plus aotearoa for cheese and wine.
- Aussie wine and cheese is arguably even better, yet another reason to go with D.

D has all the good stuff. Middle Eastern, Asian food, even a part of Greek food. I don't really see any competition to that.

Even a tiny bit of italy, D is heaven!
- Don't forget Japan! Pasta, sushi, curry, pad Tai, nasi. All the good stuff

G has mexican, cajun, columbian, and tex mex. Seriously south florida is insane food choice as well. Hell, I can get california burritos too. D has filipino, thai, arabic, and indian. Incredible vegan options and protein options and who doesnt love spicy thai chicken and rice? Either of those and im set for life :)

The one loss from G is Detroit Style pizza, but Tacos, Texas BBQ, and Southern biscuits and gravy make up for it
- I dont like pizza that much as a staple in my diet (too unhealthy imo, it is delicious tho) so thats not too bad, but as a cali-born, kentucky-raised filipino, yes.

Do you need F to have access to potatoes?

A. I'd sooner pop my clogs than not have my rice pudding, black pudding, beans on toast, Eton mess, spotted dick, coronation chicken, and vindaloo.

Those are foods? Absolutely deranged

D is probably the best region.

Yeah, D gets you at least four entirely different types of cuisine and Australian stuff will still have that Euro/American vibe. Only downside is you'll technically be allowed to eat Vegemite.

It's gotta be G. Soul food, Mexican, fry bread, bbq, all the fruits from that region, yum.

I'm not big on Asian foods, I enjoy them well enough but the only thing I'd miss in D would be Indian.

Wouldn't be a problem. G includes the West Indies places like Trinidad which has plenty of food that originated in India. So not the full list of all Indian food but it is perfectly real and not some crappy fusion restaurant knock off.
Results of the British colonial era bringing a lot of people from India after ending the official slave trade and still wanting people to work plantations. So they switched from literally slavery to the not quite but still awful indentured service. The British would get the lowest social groups in India that functionally couldn't own property in India to sign contracts for many years of work in exchange for a 1 room shack and a micro plot of land of their own.
Don't forget Chine-Mex!
- Context clues are telling me that this is relevant to my interests.
  Please, good sir/madam, what is Chine-Mex? Is it what I hope it is?
- ??? If there is any good Mexican in China or vietnam, please tell me where. Every time I am disappointed.

I partake in a little cannibalism, so it doesn't matter to me.

So then D has the most people

Lots of peeps on the D train, so I’m going G. You’ve got the spiciness of Mexican and Caribbean paired with the savoryness of Guatemalan and Colombian. Jam packed with fish and chicken dishes. Ceviche, jerk chicken, jambalaya, fried plantains, cornbreads, tacos, and giant burritos. Southern Spain means you get paella chock full of shellfish and also Spanish olives. And in the far west you get a bit of Hawaiian flare, so a little bit of Japanese sneaks in.

Regardless D and G are S tier. E and A are A tier. Everything else is, well, a carb with sauerkraut and sausage.

Plus G gives you some of the best of USAmerican food like all the bbqs, cheesesteaks, American chinese, and all the random fusions that occur in the la, atlanta, and dc metros!
Yeah it's gotta be G for me too
After living in D for half my life, the lack of decent Mexican food makes me a G person too.
I'll argue that C has a pretty solid showing. Southern Italy, Greece, Croatia, Serbia, the rest of the Balkans, Turkey, Ukraine, Russia, Northern China, Central Asia, Mongolia, Northern Japan. There's a lot going on there.
E and A are A tier.
A is obvious, but why E?
- Afircan food is pretty great. E has parts of Nigeria, Ethiopia, and Egypt. (Those are the ones that I've tried. There's probably more countries with great food there.)
- E's got Ethiopia. I don't know if Ethiopian rivals French though

D is easily superior

G, I can't live without Mexican food.

In addition to Mexican, G also gives you southern American food and every major type of American BBQ, soul food, possibly both Chicago and New York pizzas (line is close), etc.
- Exactly. No need for anything else.

D or G

D gets you most of Middle Eastern, all of India, most of China, all of South Asia, most of Australia, most of Japan. Huge variety, extremely high number of options, lots of spice availability, lots of meat and nonmeat protein options.

G mostly because of Mexico alone. I've traveled there a bunch recently and the food game is insane. You also get the US South (which does have a lot of great food outside of deep fried everything), Spain, Portugal, and Morocco.

C gets an honorable mention mostly because of southeast Europe. That whole area has been a crossroads for a very long time.

I'm solidly on D ground, but G because of Mexico alone?? That's just plain madness or hopefully pure ignorance. Central and South America have so much more than just Mexican food.
You forgot Puerto Rican and Jamaican food which is also in G.

G instead of D for me, because while I love Asian food, they also have a lot of spicy-sweet foods, and I hate spicy-sweet. Just do sweet, or just do spicy, but don't mix them in one. I hate sweet heat, there's few dishes that can make me like it. I also don't love a lot of tropical fruits and Asian fruits, I'm a basic bitch. But Tex-Mex all day? I can live with that, plus some Creole and soul food? Set for life. I will miss Asian food though... Curry, ramen, Kung Pao, lumpia...

B You get italian food but still can have Surströmming

Me, who knows how globes work:

I'm perfectly fine either way.

Please tell us the secret of how globes work

D but prob biased because I'm from Iran

At this point I think the city of Shiraz should make me an ambassador because of how hard I push Sharazi salad.
Every potluck im out there hustling Shirazi.
Even when its a bunch of racist old white folks. I let them try my "cucumber tomato" salad. Of course when they love it, I rug pull them and hit em with the "its Iranian!"
Can't go without Ghormeh Sabzi.
- I like it, but I have eaten it so many times just this past 3 months that I'm tired I pretty much love all of it listed on Wikipedia My favorites are the kebabs here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Iranian_foods I recently ate tongue but If you're a vegan there's a lot of food on the list that's vegan I like kuku and dolme most as a vegan option we also have a variant of the pizza that is much more tasty than your traditional pizza

A purely for the pain au chocolat

best answer. With H, you'd get a chocolatine.
A for rotten shark, snails, frogs and the blandest food possible e.g. toast with mayo

lol can't go wrong with A. Snails, frog legs, shark, whale blubber, seal, dolphin, herring, fries and cheese. Truly haute cuisine.

D for sure but a strong showing from G. Can't imagine anything else even putting up a slight competition to those options. I live in H and that would be a hilariously sad choice

I would say G, you get Mexican and southern US you get a bit of Brazilian, southern Spain, southern Portugal, Colombia, Venezuela and I would argue you get Italian in Sardinia and you even get Moroccan.

Its funny that Italy is in 3 zones, impriving the quality of food of all three.

I'm also a D guy. I knew I liked D before the map was even posted

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Food is so interconnected culturally, how do you even say where food really comes from? As an obvious illustrative example that most people would agree with, consider orange chicken. I don't think many people who really know about it would argue that, no, it's not American and actually Chinese. But at the same time, if we're willing to say variations of dishes are unique, then by that point you can basically get any food from any region. Because where do you draw the line? Does a different ratio of spices make it a unique dish? If so, well, every meal is probably unique depending on how precisely you measure.

TL;DR: If you agree orange chicken is an American dish and not a Chinese dish then you can probably get any food from any region so the choice doesn't matter.

Tribals: let's divide food like its politics
Food lovers: I fucking love all food, and what I didn't like, I at least tried
- Yeah, and what even makes something "authentic"? I remember Alton Brown saying that he observed that many foods that places are known for (e.g., Chicago and deep dish pizza, though I don't remember if he used it as an example) often are better outside of that area because in that area everyone often tries to differentiate themselves from each other rather than focusing on the dish. (I don't necessarily know if I agree with this, but it was an interesting thought.)

D is honestly extremely OP

Yeah no kidding. D and it isn't even close.

TexMex is real?

Why is this centered of Italy?

everyone gets pizza

G or D for me.

The only options are D and G

Consider global warming
- G. Mexican food will survive anything, including being left out for a couple days and not killing you when you forget how long it's been left out.

This map is doing flavor gerrymandering with D.

Does the USA only include like hamburgers? Or are we talking about all of the delicious multicultural foods?

No French Fries, obviously.

Can I just get the entire southern hemisphere?

F for all my Brazilian food and churrasco needs

yeah, it's hard to beat BR food for me, most of the world don't know what they're missing out
D still gets you Brazil and american BBQ though.
Edit: I meant G
- it... doesn't?
  also, american BBQ is such a low bar compared to churrasco, people might even be insulted

G. Mexican and texmex. I hate Texas but holy shit Tex mex is like heaven. Oh and that Creole food oh yeah

Husmanskost is one of the best cuisines but damn there's no contest against D.
Gimme the D for the rest of my life please

I'm a casual husmanskost enjoyer, but I've never heard of anyone claiming it to be one of the best cuisines out there.
I don't disagree with you, but I was surprised to hear that take 😄
- It has the salt, the umami, the sour in brilliant combinations and it leaves you fed in a distinct way compared to other foods! You just want to lay down and rest on the food afterwards which you don't get from many other cuisines 😎

The picture makes me wanting a pizza pie

I'm torn between D and G. I love Thai, Chinese, Japanese, and Mexican/Central American cuisines, not to mention American barbecue.

You can get Japanese and Chinese in Hawaii and Cali just fine.
- I mean, sure, but it's not from those places, which is the point of the OP.

Important: the potato and the tomato are from Peru. Are we talking modern cuisines, or pre-Columbian fusion?

I need a much sharper image around that middle part before I’d make a decision.

B, it tastes good like American food but it won't cause you an early death.

Has to be H, because I live there and if I had to get every meal imported to me that would be very annoying.

F

Horrible split, going right through my country, my state, and my administrative region.

For that, I would have to think if food from the other side of the river is considered illegal...

Mexican and Texas BBQ? Say no more.

If it weren’t for Sardinia being centered on this map, half these regions wouldn’t stand a chance

Why is this centered on a random spot of warm water in the Mediterranean Sea?

It's not called the "middle of the earth" sea for nothing.

G bc thats where I live already

D no question, Indian food makes up a huge portion of my diet

Imma go with A

Is it the snails, the frogs, or the British food that's doing it for you?
- The Guinness! Makes everything else tolerable. (But also, shepherd's pie is in there.)
Worse option ever lol

Dividing the world according to this uniform mathematical system is so stupid. Is this secretly a pro-gerrymandering psyop?

A has like nothing good it's just the British (and Greenland)

...but we stole the rest of the worlds recipes.
- ...and sucked at using them
There is France. France has pretty damn good cuisine.
Cumberland sausages, steak and ale pie, apple pie, Yorkshire puddings, toad in the hole, curry, gin, whiskey, whisky, Guinness, IPA, Sunday roasts…
I pity the rest of the world.

Everybody wants the D.

H because bannock is bestock

Fry bread and what they call here "ndn tacos".

right in the center!

To have access to all dishes in the word, thank you

😎🤘

Hard D. No, wait...

D D D

Korea is doing a lot to keep C viable.

F is a secret top tier with Morocco and Argentina.

I have to admit ignorance about most of E's cuisine, but Egypt is in there. That's something.

Most of Korea (including all of South Korea) is in D, so there's no value add from C there.
- Alright, I have to chalk that one up to my ignorance of "how big is North Korea."
  Maybe part of Greece is in C? This JPEG compression is making it difficult.
Korea is doing a lot to keep C viable.
I mean, even if you don't include China and Japan C also gets to call dibs over places like the Balkans and Caucasus (notably including Armenia), and on top of that it gets Italy.

A of course, you get both French and Italian food.

A small part of northern Italy .. is Genoa even in that part? Also .. english food 🤮
- You can both eat the best food in the world, and the worst 😁

C

I cannot live without sarmale and mici

France does some serious work.
- I love French food. It may be the best in the world. Is it enough to offset the food crimes in the rest of the sector? You be the judge.

Is this the question that prompts the start of European part of WWIII??

It's a hard (and meaningless) decision.
\ And a fairly civil debate, gg.

Anyone who chooses A or H is a psychopath

H has poutine and lobster, A has France and Ireland. There are some top tiers in each of these divisions.
Edit: wait, a piece of northern Italy is in A. A is a secret top tier.
H has three of the top pizza traditions.
Luv me beans on toast, simple as
Or likes French and/or Spanish food.

G.

Because I don't wanna change. But D is tempting. I love Asian food, and the best Asian shit is from that Southern region.

D for sure, Greek, Turkish, Persian, Lebanese, Indian, Thai, Vietnamese, Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Cambodian, Philippine, New Zealand, and Australian (which is essentially French/British). And more.

Australia is in D and it is home to a vast multicultural community. There are people with a cultural background from all over the world cooking in Australia!

B and enjoy a life full of Surströmming

Wurst, kiełbasa, pierogi, bagels, vepřo-knedlo-zelo, svíčková, chlebíčky and of course it's the only region to combine wine, beer and vodka.
Don't forget about banana curry pizza

G has MD blue crabs and Scrapple.

Case rested.

D

A has Scotland and I don't think I could give up Scottish Fast Food.

Definitely A. France, Britain, Scotland, Iceland and Canada. Edit: just found a piece of Italy and Switzerland within A.

Whichever one has Sicily so either C or D can’t really tell

Yeah people seriously underestimating Sicilian food.

If the lines were rotated some 22 degrees you'd have more of a realistic regional division of foods types for most places. As it is G and D has so much diversity that it's not much of a loss either way.

B followed by all the other sections that have a slice of Italy. No point in bothering with the rest.

D. I kinda already do...

G all day

Ok, so every slice gets a part of the mediteranean kitchen?

Should be fine with most of the northern slices, include Italy, Spain or Greece and I am happy.

Sooo B for me.

This can't really be answered in a simple way. Like a lot of "traditional" European dishes use potatoes. But at some point they where not native to Europe. So does that count? Or something like New York style pizza, is that American? Because in that case the Netherlands for example has a lot of Indonesian dishes that are more variations on traditional Indonesian food (made by immigrants using more local ingredients).

I think food is the best example why immigration and mixing of cultures can really improve humanity.

My take is that it's about complete meals, as they exist today, with the region that the meal is associated with. So I would put tikka masala in India, even though it was technically created in the UK. My guess is your Dutch Indonesian version is probably the same as that, and should go in D. Or would most Dutch people say "this is a Dutch meal"?
But you're definitely right that it's very fuzzy.
I saw a much more interesting problem not too long ago, which had much clearer lines. It was only about using ingredients native to either the new world or old world. Choose new world and you get chocolate, tomato, and potato. Old world means you miss out, but you do get wheat and rice.
- I think you have a good point most Dutch people would say lets get Indonesian food today, while actually getting food you probably can't find exactly the same in Indonesia.
  I would probably take D (I think it still has a tiny slice of Italy). Pizza and asian I can't live without. I think there is still debate on the origin of fries)...

d

D, easy

If it weren’t for Sardinia being centered on this map, half these regions wouldn’t stand a chance

G, but I acknowledge D is rad too

RIP to the Mediterranean

Or alternatively, everyone gets a little bit of Mediterranean food

Okay first we gotta see what each region actually has. I'm gonna only count countries where a significant fraction of the area is included (so no including Italy in D or A or France in H). With that in mind, A: France, Germany, British Isles. B: Central, Northern and Eastern Europe, Italy, Russia. C: Balkans, some Eastern Europe, Italy, Russia, northern half of Central Asia, Caucasus, Turkey if we're being generous, China, Japan and (North) Korea. D: Middle East (sans Egypt), Indian Peninsula, China, Southeast Asia and East Asia E: Some Arabian Peninsula, eastern North Africa, sub-Saharan Africa F: Most of South America, western North Africa, West Africa G: Some South America, Central America, USAmerica, Spain H: Spain and USAmerica

Some are obviously stronger than others stares at D and G, but wow this is more even than I expected. A gets hard carried by France, B gets Italy and Eastern Europe, C gets (some of) that and also Armenia and East Asia, E gets hard carried by Egypt (sorry for the whole rest of Africa, y'all need better PR), F is the birthplace of the potato and while H is just a subset of G it's a pretty decent one. Without further ado, here's my tier list:

S: D, G, C A: A, B, E, F B: H

'A' also has Belgian waffles, Dutch Pannenkoeken, Swiss fondue, and Icelandic Skyr (it's like yogurt, my wife likes it).
... is Egypt known for their food? I was thinking Ethiopian was the best of that section.
- I don't think it's usually associated with the country, but you will find a good amount of Egyptian stuff in a Middle Eastern restaurant. I think falafel is the most popular example. Also not internationally popular but Egyptian cheese is really good.

Not having the option of all Mediterranean foods is just plain evil.

Well, it kinda is in every section.

All c

Oh you fucker, you put the bullseye on Italy which has my favorite cuisine and are forcing me to choose which part!

It's got to be H, because I live in Canada and I'm not flying across an ocean every time I go for groceries!

Everyone wants to eat the D

I've been living in D my whole life and eating D most of the time, so i'll have D.

B if only one

In order of preference for me:

B
A
H
G (kind of a tie with H idk, I just like US borgers basically)
C (for Ukrainian mostly, basically cheating to get back to B lol)
D
F
E

Anything D and below idk, I could eat it but it I certainly wouldn't enjoy it, I hate Asian food with a passion, sans that bit of Turkish and Mediterranean which is ok. F and E I honestly don't know what they eat, like jerk chicken? Nando's type stuff? Yeah then I might actually choose to starve tbqh.

I was split between G and D until I saw the comment that D has a ton of Asian goodness. Definitely D.

G also has Asian goodness. Hawaii, French Polynesia, and Cali have tons of Asian food
Wait, what does D have other than Asian goodness?
- I think people are mostly saying D for India, China, Japan, and Korea. It also has Greece and Lebanon.