Your favorite "ethnic" food?

Well, what's your favorite ethnic food....feel free to get as descriptive as possible.

(I'd like to learn more about various dishes etc...that are "native" to a specific area/people)

 

Arent most dishes native to somewhere?

Like pizza - italian.

 

Yes, I suppose...but for the sake of conversation could we generalize? Actually, we don't really even have to, you could simply say your favorite foods and what ethnicity they are most commonly associated with, or where their "roots" are.

If you feel so compelled to give a brief history of the food that would be awesome too.

 

My mother still makes the best jag (jagacita) and loaded with linguica


Hotwater

 

Jamaican food, I would say: jerk chicken, curry goat, rice and beans, meat patties, fried plantains, etc.

 

Chicken Biryani. It's like heaven! I'm half Indian although the religion of my Indian family is originally a Persian religion which is where the dish supposedly originally comes from. You can't just nip down to any Indian takeaway, it has to be authentic and roasted and that's when it's sooo damn good! I'm off to my kitchen...

 

Thai food, I just love 'curried chicken'

Peace

 

I would have to say my favorite is Chinese


I love a quickly cooked stir fry with hot sauce

 

I don't know because all the ethnic food I've ever had was probably Americanized somehow. I'm a big fan of fried rice...lol.

 

That's a tough one. I love so many different types of food.

 

hahaha

Some people need a little more explanation.

Fuck yea! Chinese food!

I'm a little allergic to seafood though. Sometimes it worth it.

I also love the shit out of Italian food.

 

I like a lot of different things, but my favorite is probably som tam with sticky rice and bbq chicken.. yum yum! That's thai.

 

Korean ribs(I only wish there were a vegetarian food similar to that beautiful taste, falafel, hummus, anything curry, couscous.

 

sushi!

 

Oh, gado gado is a fucking sensational dish.. Indonesian vegetarian food. Would go great with chicken :tongue:

 

jews taste delicious after the initial period of getting used to the crispiness

 

Jamaica jerk chicken
mango lassi (a beverage, not a dish)
Thai red curry/Thai sweet peanut curry
pork vindaloo (anglicized I know)
Sudanese style fish with banana on a bed of mashed yams (don't remember the proper name for the dish)
Moroccan fish soup
haggis
Schezuan chicken
Peking duck
seafood tom yum soup
sushi

...and a lot of dishes with foreign names that I don't remember.

Ask me about any you are curious about, but I'm sure you would have heard of most of them.

 

This may come as a shock, but I ate a lot of Korean food when I was living in Korea.

 

What about Cream of Sumyungi?

 

I've never had it, I'm curious.

By the way, I borrowed Jamaica jerk chicken from you. I ate a lot of it while visiting London. Its a fantastic dish.

I also like gumbo and beef jambalaya but they are essentially American.

Edit: Oh you mother fucker :smilielol5: