What is your underrated cuisine that you think people should try before they die?
For me, it’s Ethiopian food. I’ve mentioned it before, but I don’t eat meat, and Ethiopian cuisine naturally has a lot of vega(n) dishes. I discovered it when I randomly went to an Ethiopian restaurant in the city.
You’re served these big plates with pancake like bread called Injera. They have a soury-sweet taste and are a delicious side dish to your meal.
You’re supposed to rip a piece of the Injera and use it as a tool to pick up the food on the plate.
The meal consists of lentils, chickpeas, kale, pepper, cabbage, veggies and fruits, which does not sound special at all to be honest, The real magic is in the spices, which are probably something you have never tasted before if you haven’t eaten Ethiopian food yet.
It looks like this:
What is your favourite, underrated cuisine?
Asian food and asian fusion restaurants in the West are disastrous for sure.
It really is abysmal how food can be that tasteless.
If you want true ‘fusion’ food. Just come to my country of Malaysia. We had cross cultural contact with the 2 regions (India and China) with arguably the highest density of food diversity for centuries, mixed with our own local and SEA inspired dishes. (And even some middle eastern influenced dishes).
I also do hate the word ‘spicy’ because it doesn’t describe the varying different types of spiciness you experience from like chili, or peppercorns, or even just the ‘amount’ of spices. The spiciness you get from typical Indian food is vastly different from Malay or even Chinese dishes or even Arab (ie. Arabian peninsula) food.