Cuisines of the World

[lawnrrd]

I have, on various occasions, experienced and enjoyed, among other things:

• Chinese food
• Indian food
• Thai food
• Vietnamese food
• Tibetan food
• American food
• Japanese food
• French food
• northern Italian food
• southern Italian food
• Spanish food
• Brazilian food
• Cuban food
• Jamaican food
• Mexican food
• Swiss food¹
• Belgian food
• Turkish food
• Greek food
• Korean food
• English food
• Russian food
• Australian food
• Ethiopian food
• Yemeni food

Has anyone ever had Canadian food?² Can anyone recommend a good Canadian restaurant in New York?

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¹Fondue is Swiss, right?

²Which, I emphasize, is not merely food that one happens to eat in Canada.

Comments

[aldoushuxley.livejournal.com]

I've had pea soup in Quebec.

[eleanor.livejournal.com]

Canadian food isn't terribly remarkable, and is regional, with a couple of exceptions:

beaver tails are a fried dough thing, usually with lemon juice and sugar on top, that are sold at outdoor stalls in the winter.

In parts of Canada, fiddlehead ferns are found on countless menus each spring.

And the one thing Canadians do better than anyone (well, no one else does it it poutine: gravy and chees curds on french fries. It's seriously good and you can get it at The Inn LW 12 on Little West 12th street. Also, I know this diner in Manchester, NH, where you can get a plate bigger than your head for about $6, but the travel costs are more than the subway.

[redstapler.livejournal.com]

Pomme Frites on 2nd between 7th and 8th also does a good poutine. I'm still eager to try the poutine at The Inn LW, though.

[tootlelulu.livejournal.com]

Yes, I believe fondue is Swiss.

A Candian friend of mine says, there are not really Canadian restaurants, but it is more that some regions are famous for a certain food: Nova Scotia Salmon, Alberta Beef, or Saskatoons, which are a kind of berry.

[queen-elvis.livejournal.com]

Poutine? Roast moose? A Canadian friend of mine has a special regional dessert recipe. But I suppose on the whole, they suffer from the same cuisine problem as Americans, which is that our food culture is based on British food culture, and yuck.

[katestine.livejournal.com]

There's a Canadian restaurant at Epcot. I only ate the maple pie. It was gooey.

[lawnrrd]

Mmm . . . gooey . . .

[elephantgiraffe.livejournal.com]

I notice that you've never enjoyed German food. I'm not sure anyone has.

[smtigger.livejournal.com]

You should try Burmese food. There is an amazing place near where we were last week.