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What are your top 5 eating cities in the world in terms of restaurant variety and quality?

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Tokyo, Yokohama, Hiroshima, San Francisco, Miami Beach

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Los Angeles, New York, Tijuana, El Paso, and St. Petersburg

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Lyon, Paris, Tokyo, Seoul, Palermo

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Glasgow, Birmingham, Grimsby, Swindon, Cardiff.

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New York, Los Angeles, Milan, Tokyo, Sydney

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Hong Kong, Dallas/Fort Worth, Singapore, Sydney and San Francisco

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Tokyo,Paris, NYC, New Orleans, Hong kong

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@Corporal Steve

Meat Pies, Scones, Fish and Chips and Pasties. Really?

Interesting.

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New York, Paris, Los Angeles,Tokyo, NOLA!

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Mombasa, Perm, Omaha, Limerick, Coober Pedy

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Boise, Kasukabe, Urawa, Omiya, Tokorozawa.

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Tokyo, Paris, New-York, Yerevan, Beirut

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New York, Los Angeles, Paris, Milan and San Francisco.

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Tokyo, Singapore, Bangkok. Yeah, that's only 3.

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London, Tokyo, Barcelona, Derry and Bangkok. @ihavegreatlegs i think thats a good choice by steve, there all delicious!

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London, Paris, Baghdad, Beunos Aires, Montevideo

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New York #1 by far.

The others in no particular order.

Tokyo London San Francisco Hong Kong

Most over rated is Paris.

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Hong Kong, Singapore, Vancouver, Osaka, and San Francisco

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Los Angeles,Tokyo,Chicago,Paris,New York

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London is #1 by far, everything from cheap but authentic cuisine from almost every country in the small markets with really authentic flavours (courtesy of a huge migrant population) to top restaurants featuring the best food in the world (Angus steak easily rates as my favourite steak in the world), although a bit pricey.

Abu Dhabi is amazing, with some of the best chefs from around the world, but the prices are ridiculous. They would easily rank #1 purely on quality and variety if it wasn't for the insane cost.

Hong Kong has an amazing range at very good prices, although the quality can be a bit hit-and-miss in many places.

New York had a good range, but I found that almost everywhere I ate the food had been altered to fit American taste-buds, for example every curry I had was insipid and nowhere near as complex as it should have been. The Italian and Irish food was spot-on though.

Paris is actually great provided you avoid the "big name" areas, some of the best French food I ever ate was in the poorer quarters of Paris made by student chefs, and within walking distance of there I had some amazing Morrocan food. Eat where the Parisians eat.

I suppose this really is the rule. Eat where the locals eat. Sure you can find excellent restuarants in almost every major city in the world, but for me the trick is finding amazing food at reasonable prices, and to do that you need to go off the beaten track and start poking around the areas that aren't in the guidebooks. My hint to foodies out there is to ask University students, they tend to have limited budgets but enough time to find the best food at the best prices, and tips that can save you hundreds of dollars come as cheap as buying them a beer or a meal at their chosen restuarant. I've had some of the best meals in my life by following this method, from the best udon shop I ever found in Japan, to cordon bleu cooking in Paris for 3 euros (cooking students from a top cooking school).

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Seoul, New York, Hong Kong, Montreal, Singapore.

I'm sure I'd have a Mexican city on there had I ever been to Mexico.

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New Orleans, San Fransisco, Singapore, Hong Kong, Paris

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San Francisco, New York, Tokyo, Milan, Madrid.

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what is this ..a survey..? I do not want to misguide you ....so i do not say.

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