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Indian food in the UK. I don't think this will surprise anyone, though.

Look at this Scotch egg! Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

I had pretty good baguette in London.

Do döner kebabs in Austria count as a Turkish food?

Brasil everything, pizza, hamburgers, sushi, pasta. They add their own style to international food and it's awesome.

NYC is cheating

There was a place I only went to once, closing night of it, that did amazing Mediterranean food. Probably as authentic as they could try to make it here in the states. It was to die for it was so good.

Otherwise, close by to where that place used to be is an Indian restaurant that has the best vindaloo I have ever had.

I had the best wonton soup I've ever had at some random Chinese restaurant in Montreal

It had little crispy bit of i think cracklins floating around in it

All of the food we had in Montreal was great, and this was just some random place we stopped in for a quick bite on our way somewhere

I moved to New Zealand six months ago, and I have had exactly one truly bad meal since I've been here. I haven't eaten any Maori food, so I guess all the food I've eaten has been from another country.

The one that surprised me the most was KFC. We moved from one state away from Kentucky, and we had to come here to have truly good KFC.

I was expecting the Chinese food to be good here, but it's really good. So is the Korean, Indian, and Malaysian food. The fish and chips are good. The burgers are great, even from McDonald's. The absolute best was Filipino food from a tiny little restaurant in a random strip mall near Sylvia Park. That food changed my life.

In fairness, I have had a couple of "fine" meals—as in, "well, nothing special, but it was fine."

The one bad meal was Pad Thai made by Thai people at a Thai restaurant down by the beach. It was just way too sweet, which makes me wonder if they saw me and made it "for a white guy" or something.

Carbonara in Krakow, Poland.
It was authentic and tasted incredible.

The next few I ordered at «italian» restaurants had ham, cream, peas (!!!) and one even onions. I just stopped ever ordering it out and learned to make it myself, but the one in Poland will forever be in my mind.

I had fantastic khachapuri in Lithuania.

Had better sushi in Taiwan than Japan on the same trip.

I had a blintz in Bali.

I had an excellent home-made lasagne in a restaurant in Gent, Belgium.

The best pupusas I've ever had were not in El Salvador, but rather a little shop in Toronto (now closed, RIP).

I had an AMAZING ramen bowl in NY, I think the name of the restaurant is Ivan ramen, it was the best food I've ever had, not just the best ramen ever, I highly recommend it if you find yourself in NY, hopefully when the orange in power is no longer in power

Vietnam has amazing French food. Especially top tier baked good like croissants. Up there with the best in Paris.

Had some amazing Indian food in Bordeaux.

This place: https://rajistan.fr/

I was out on business floating around the Cayman islands going from point to point and met a small statured man from the Philippines. he had this amazing boat that was so whimsical it felt as if it had floated out of a story book. it had these incredibly tiny glass chimes hanging from the palm roof and with the washing of the waves it sounded like magic.

anyway, he offered us something to eat and we obviously couldn't say no. he quickly began to work on his boat cooking up a storm. he was an absolute master at what he was doing! it was such a thrill to see him toss a bit of this and that into his pot and watch over it lovingly as it simmered. the air was filled with this amazing aroma of garlic, saffron, and tomato.

finally after a mouthwatering hour of cooking he plated the most beautiful Bouillabaisse for us to enjoy, and what a treat it was! it was the best Bouillabaisse I have ever had in my life!

unfortunately, I heard not that long after that the cartel found him and took his life. it's a shame that nobody will ever get to experience his cooking again, he was truly a master.

dang that vietnamese chili shrimp i shared in travel from osaka is probably right up there.

i have not had as good pizza in italy as i have had in several countries, but I prefer a strong, thick tomato sauce, which is very light in Italian pizzas that I've had, although the Italian fired crust is consistently better.

i prefer indian momos to chinese jianjiao: less oily, more consistently flavorful and healthy.

Where are sandwiches from!?! Because I don't know if I've ever enjoyed a sandwich as much as I enjoyed the Colombian barbecue chicken patacones that use plantains as bread. holy crap that is good and enough food for three days.

The Japanese have perfected the cheese cake, way more decadent without losing any of the flavor.

oh dang though, you know what, a Venezuelan living in Colombia made the best sushi I've ever had, and the best salmon belly sashimi I've ever had.

I had something in Germany they told me was from Austria that was just ham steaks with eggs and potatoes in an incredible red sauce.

I don't remember what it was called, nor where it actually originated from. But fuck, I wish I knew what that sauce was because the rest of it was super simple and something I can get easy at home. It's not the same without the sauce, tho. It wasn't spicy, it wasn't BBQ and it wasn't ketchup. It was just pure deliciousness.

We loooooooove gelato in Italy. It is magical to my husband and me.

We have tried to find an acceptable substitute in the US, but nothing is "right". I don't know if it's the geographical influence on the taste of our dairy, or USDA standards for keeping ice cream a bit too cold. We haven't found a place here that's advertising "gelato" that gets anywhere close to the experience of gelato in Italy.

But we randomly stopped at a gelateria in Akhihabara, Tokyo. Low expectations, but we wanted a snack. And that was hands down the best gelato we've ever had outside Italy. 5 stars.

Had the most amazing burger in Japan. I'm not sure what they put in their food, but EVERYTHING there tastes amazing.

I had some really good Chinese takeaway noodles in Athens. Bonus: 500mL Heineken’s were a €1.50.

puerto rico is not really a country, but it did have the absolute best hummus pizza I've ever had. the food there in general was top notch.

I had amazing ramen in Estonia. It was run by a Japanese lady though so I'm not sure that counts.

Ramen in Italy. Not the best Ramen I ever had but best outside of Japan. I also had very authentic Chinese in Italy. Had some of the best burgers I've ever had in Japan. China had a lot of odd takes on American foods and chains. There's kind of a long list here.

Sushi in Singapore, and Indian food (Tikka Fahl, iirc) in Czech Republic

I'd say Indian in Manchester, but after so long, Manchester is kinda known for its Indian food so it may no longer be a "not from there" thing!

I've had some really good fried chicken in Vietnam, one of the best burgers ever in Singapore, and conversely, terrible Mexican food in Spain, lol