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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ihavegreatlegs
Tokyo, Yokohama, Hiroshima, San Francisco, Miami Beach
gaijinfo
Los Angeles, New York, Tijuana, El Paso, and St. Petersburg
Foxie
Lyon, Paris, Tokyo, Seoul, Palermo
steve@CPFC
Glasgow, Birmingham, Grimsby, Swindon, Cardiff.
smartacus
New York, Los Angeles, Milan, Tokyo, Sydney
nath
Hong Kong, Dallas/Fort Worth, Singapore, Sydney and San Francisco
chuckbello
Tokyo,Paris, NYC, New Orleans, Hong kong
ihavegreatlegs
@Corporal Steve
Meat Pies, Scones, Fish and Chips and Pasties. Really?
Interesting.
nath
New York, Paris, Los Angeles,Tokyo, NOLA!
Daniel McNeill
Mombasa, Perm, Omaha, Limerick, Coober Pedy
Serrano
Boise, Kasukabe, Urawa, Omiya, Tokorozawa.
URO
Tokyo, Paris, New-York, Yerevan, Beirut
herefornow
New York, Los Angeles, Paris, Milan and San Francisco.
Smorkian
Tokyo, Singapore, Bangkok. Yeah, that's only 3.
nath
London, Tokyo, Barcelona, Derry and Bangkok. @ihavegreatlegs i think thats a good choice by steve, there all delicious!
oikawa
London, Paris, Baghdad, Beunos Aires, Montevideo
CruzControl
New York #1 by far.
The others in no particular order.
Tokyo London San Francisco Hong Kong
Most over rated is Paris.
takoyakitora
Hong Kong, Singapore, Vancouver, Osaka, and San Francisco
onedragon
Los Angeles,Tokyo,Chicago,Paris,New York
Frungy
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).
smithinjapan
Seoul, New York, Hong Kong, Montreal, Singapore.
I'm sure I'd have a Mexican city on there had I ever been to Mexico.
techall
New Orleans, San Fransisco, Singapore, Hong Kong, Paris
globalwatcher
San Francisco, New York, Tokyo, Milan, Madrid.
miyazawa3
what is this ..a survey..? I do not want to misguide you ....so i do not say.