Redditors not from America, what is one "American take" on your countries cuisine that you actually enjoy?

[u/OwningTheWorld]

[u/casualsubversive → u/[deleted]]

The history of American Chinese food is actually really interesting. There's a good documentary about it, The Search for General Tso.

[u/listenyall → u/casualsubversive]

This documentary got me so hype I ordered general tso's as soon as I finished it

[u/casualsubversive → u/listenyall]

I love a good general's chicken!

One place I used to go served it with lightly cooked red bell peppers, instead of the sad two pieces of steamed broccoli everyone else does. It's always amazed me that hasn't caught on, because it's a great combo. (And that broccoli is almost always really sad.)

[u/deathofelysium → u/casualsubversive]

There’s a spot near me that makes “amazing chicken” that’s general tso sauce, thinner strips of white meat chicken instead of random chunks, bell pepper and some pineapple tidbits. Fucking choice.

[u/DadsRGR8 → u/casualsubversive]

The place by me does the sad broccoli (which I actually like) plus the red bell peppers which, do indeed, slap.

Now I’m sad because it’s too late for Chinese take-out. 😢

[u/Iam_nighthawk → u/casualsubversive]

The history of American Thai food is also super interesting. The Thai government made it a point to put Thai restaurants all over the US, and really the world, to help bring in tourism. The government invented pad Thai for that reason.

[u/jdolbeer → u/Iam_nighthawk]

Well it worked on me. And while pad Thai is a tasty dish, there's mountains of layers of other food for the cuisine. The Khao Soi from Khao Soi Islam in Chiang Mai is still in my mind and one of the best things I've ever eaten.

[u/le___tigre → u/Iam_nighthawk]

the history of sushi in America is also really interesting. the proliferation across the nation was mostly a front for trying to spread a left-field cult religion.

[u/jollyllama → u/casualsubversive]

I always tell my kids that American Chinese food is just as "American" as a hamburger and fries, and to consider it not "typical American food" is essentially erasing the fact that people from China have been in the US for almost as long as European settlers

[u/casualsubversive → u/jollyllama]

Related, and a personal soapbox of my own: Most "fake" Mexican dishes—hard shell tacos, mission-style burritos, fajitas, nachos—were invented by ethnic Mexicans in regions that always had a Mexican population, sometimes even literally in Mexico.

Tex-Mex is a fully legitimate regional cuisine!

[u/Yaggfu → u/casualsubversive]

I was sooo disappointed the first time I went to Mexico and they didn’t have hard shell tacos!!!! BUT then I learned about Memela!!!!!!

[u/ChickenOfTheFuture → u/Yaggfu]

Look up the first Taco Bell in Mexico. It failed because they tried to push hard shell tacos and nobody wanted them. They reopened later with soft tacos being the primary item and did much better.

[u/Picklesadog → u/casualsubversive]

I make the same argument all the time.

You're allowed to like food actually from what is now Mexico better than Tex-Mex, New Mexican food, Californian Mexican food, etc. But you can't say it's not authentic. It is authentic, just to a different region. 

[u/big_data_mike → u/Picklesadog]

Dr. Ken albala, professor of food history, says there is no such thing as “authentic” the way people use the term to describe food. All food is authentic to a certain place and time.

[u/captrb → u/big_data_mike]

Don’t forget how many ingredients from current worldwide cuisine are from the new world. Potatoes, corn, cocoa, coffee, and so much more.

[u/Picklesadog → u/big_data_mike]

Yes, I'd agree with that. I'd guess most cuisines would be unrecognizable 200 years ago. 

[u/1CEninja → u/casualsubversive]

Tex Mex is a distinct cuisine, and I expect a different experience when I have that compared to a legit taqueria or Mexican restaurant.

But I will fight anyone that says Tex Mex isn't delicious and authentic. It's just a bit different.

[u/Ok-disaster2022 → u/casualsubversive]

Tex-Mex and Mexican food are two related but different cuisines.

[u/ghostieghost28 → u/Ok-disaster2022]

It took me way too long to accept that I love tex-mex food, not authentic Mexican food.

[u/Mammoth_Sell5185 → u/ghostieghost28]

I also love American Chinese but not authentic Chinese. Which I think is fine! There’s a lot of local versions of American food that the locals like more than the authentic American version.

[u/radelix → u/Mammoth_Sell5185]

American Chinese food is apparently so prolific that American Chinese places are opening in China.

[u/ednichol → u/jollyllama]

Interesting take. I lived in China for several years and I’d always get annoyed when Chinese people told me that American Chinese food isn’t REAL Chinese food.

So I’d ask them are the people that own the restaurants not real Chinese people? When they came over in the 1800s to set up these restaurants, were they not cooking for other real Chinese people?

To me, American Chinese food is just another regional cuisine… just as real and legit as Cantonese dim sum, sichuan hot pot, or Shanghainese xiaolongbaos.

[u/PhiloPhocion → u/[deleted]]

I actually love American Chinese food as its own thing. Like if I want some authentic Szechuan food or something is a totally different craving than wanting American Chinese food.

Sometimes authenticity and good don’t have to be the same. There’s a Buzzfeed video or something of Chinese people trying Panda Express and for the most part it’s older actually Chinese born immigrants saying it’s basically not traditional but good and then second gen younger American born Chinese who act like it’s inedible.

[u/andersonb47 → u/PhiloPhocion]

Authenticity is kind of bullshit as a concept anyway really.

[u/softfart → u/andersonb47]

That’s what always gets me, authentic to what? They do it differently every 15 miles in most countries.

[u/dj92wa → u/andersonb47]

Seriously. “Authentic Italian cuisine” made with tomatoes, a plant that’s not even originally from that continent. It’s so relative and I strongly dislike how uppity people get about it.

[u/kanyeguisada → u/dj92wa]

Seriously. “Authentic Italian cuisine” made with tomatoes, a plant that’s not even originally from that continent.

And for that matter, imagine Asian food without spicy peppers. Which also ALL originated in the Western Hemisphere.

[u/cat_prophecy → u/[deleted]]

I would say that General Two's, Orange Chicken, and Sesame Chicken are the epitome of Americanized, Chinese cuisine. Including fortune cookies, none of those things exist outside America.

[u/ChuckTheWebster → u/cat_prophecy]

Aaaaand I love them. Had General Tso's for lunch.

[u/cravenj1 → u/[deleted]]

The more fake, the better. I don't want it unless the crab is spelled with a K or a Q.

[u/BizzarduousTask → u/cravenj1]

Craq is the best.

[u/MisterSnowman69 → u/[deleted]]

That stuff is an every Asian restaurant, go to Sushi bar got it there, getting Pho at a Vietnamese restaurant? Grab some crab Rangoon as well! Taiwanese? Sure got it there as well. Funniest and weirdest one was in Florida I stopped at a Indian Buffet in some town for lunch on a road trip, and on their menu for some reason was Crab Rangoon as well.

[u/sandwichandtortas]

Sometimes I just need a thick, greasy, mass produced pepperoni pizza.

[u/MorkSal → u/sandwichandtortas]

People love to shit on either Italian or American style pizza. 

I just sit in the corner thinking they're both so damn delicious.

[u/fforde → u/MorkSal]

I appreciate all styles of pizza! Variety is the spice of life.

[u/firstbreathOOC → u/MorkSal]

Even in the US there’s New York style, Chicago, Detroit, etc. I don’t even give a damn though because they’re all delicious.

[u/Cool_Difference_7047 → u/MorkSal]

All pizza is good pizza. Unless you make the crust with cauliflower, then fuck you.

Edit: yes, yes. I get it. Plenty of you like cauliflower crust. Plenty of elevators play Celine Dion, doesn’t make it right.

[u/Admiral_Gial_Ackbar → u/Cool_Difference_7047]

As a Celiac, this is the best kind of pizza that I can have, way better than the rice flour crust ones. Costco deluxe cauliflower crust is legit delicious.

[u/boblennon07 → u/sandwichandtortas]

I remember I went to Italy as a kid and for some reason I asked for a pepperoni pizza (thinking it was italian) and they came out with a pizza full of bell peppers. I then visited the US and got to eat a large deep pan pepperoni pizza and holy fuck it was amazing.

[u/funkycoldmarina → u/boblennon07]

I learned on a recent trip to Italy that pepperoni is the plural for bell peppers in Italian, and our tour guide warned us about the distinction, because this apparently happens often.

[u/Aeshaetter → u/funkycoldmarina]

How do you ask for a pepperoni meat pizza then?

[u/boblennon07 → u/Aeshaetter]

Pizza diavola. It's basically a pizza with spicy salami, also very good.

[u/Onore → u/boblennon07]

Correct in my findings too! It's not quite pepperoni pizza (at least not anywhere I lived), but it's the closest you get easily. Salami piccante can work, but like all meats in Italy, it depends on which regional variety of salami you end up getting.

My first pizza alla diavola included a red pepper infused olive oil topping that added so much great flavor. The waiter's eyes when I told him that a single teaspoon of it wasn't enough for a slice. Central and Northern Italian's seem to be spice averse - which is probably the reason they think of a mild American pepperoni as "the devil's pizza". Lol!

[u/gayqueueandaye]

I'm from Japan. I LOVE California Rolls

[u/big_data_mike → u/gayqueueandaye]

What do you think of the other rolls that we have like crazy roll, dragon roll, volcano roll, etc.?

[u/gayqueueandaye → u/big_data_mike]

I like dragon rolls/rainbow rolls! I'm living in the midwest right for university, and really have come to love Philadelphia rolls as well lmao

[u/big_data_mike → u/gayqueueandaye]

I did a sister cities exchange in the 1997 where a Japanese student lived with my family for 2 weeks then I went and lived with them in Japan for 2 weeks. Sushi was becoming popular in the US at that time but not all the super elaborate rolls. I kind of wish the guy we hosted could come back to the US and I would take him to get some volcanodragonrainbow rolls

[u/Annie-B3 → u/gayqueueandaye]

Fun fact! California rolls were actually made in Canada

[u/koreth → u/Annie-B3]

They’re CA rolls either way, I guess?

[u/pijinglish → u/koreth]

They’re CA rolls either way, eh?

[u/Splinter_Amoeba → u/Annie-B3]

Hawaiian Pizza too 🍍

Edit: are people reading my comment wrong? Ya, it's a Canadian creation

[u/WhereIstheWar → u/gayqueueandaye]

Supposedly these were created in Vancouver

[u/randynumbergenerator → u/WhereIstheWar]

And "Hawaiian" pizza is from Ontario. Can't trust those shifty Canadians.

[u/wingerism → u/randynumbergenerator]

We also made ginger beef!

But we also made Ceasars and Clamato juice...... so yeah, we are pretty swingy when it comes to food.

[u/Nikhil1702]

I love American style cheesecake.

[u/murms → u/Nikhil1702]

I wasn't aware that cheesecake had an "American" variety. I thought it was just generic cheesecake.

EDIT: TIL apparently there are a lot of national varieties of cheesecake.

[u/overthemountain → u/murms]

I think what most Americans think of as cheesecake - like Cheesecake Factory style cheesecake - is New York style. My in laws make a lot of german style cheesecake (Käsekuchen) which I don't really like as much.

[u/andersonb47 → u/overthemountain]

Is that the sort of custard-y one? Growing up in Wisconsin my aunt would bring cheesecake to Christmas every year. And every year I’d remember it’s the other kind of cheesecake.

[u/soopirV → u/andersonb47]

Sounds like you’re a true Wisconsinner (that can’t be the collective noun, right?)- judging cheese.

[u/XXsforEyes → u/soopirV]

Wisconsinner sounds like a legal charge for the lactose intolerant 🤣

[u/blueberry_pancakes14 → u/murms]

Basque cheesecake maybe?

[u/ChuckTheWebster → u/blueberry_pancakes14]

LOVE Basque cheesecake.

[u/Vryk0lakas → u/Nikhil1702]

Japanese style cheese cake is so light and fluffy it’s amazinf

[u/donedidthething → u/Vryk0lakas]

I had never thought cheesecake could be actual cake until i came across my first Japanese style cheesecake. My mind was blown and i instantly fell in love.

[u/Chanchito171]

Chimichanga

[u/Biocidal_AI → u/Chanchito171]

Best chimichanga I ever had so far was the Texas Chimichanga from Guadalajara in Indianapolis. So damn good. I dream of that chimichanga. I don't live there anymore, though, but maybe one day I'll have it again.

[u/zurdopilot → u/Biocidal_AI]

Texas Chimichanga from Guadalajara in Indianapolis

Well thats one way to confuse a mexican

[u/yjoyfulhav]

i gotta say the way americans throw cheese on everything is kinda genius like why not make a salad a cheese bowl instead of a plate?

[u/Teadrunkest → u/yjoyfulhav]

Koreans do the same. It always makes me laugh when they ask if I want cheese in my ramen/ramyeon.

Cheese homies 🤝

[u/runninginorbit → u/Teadrunkest]

It’s the same throughout East Asia, though I’m pretty sure it’s a recent phenomenon to do with the fact that the U.S. is the top exporter (either #1 or #2) of cheese and several years ago we had the highest surplus of cheese of all time.

[u/dudinax → u/runninginorbit]

Korea has army base stew with Velveeta and spam. 

[u/Successful_Opinion33 → u/dudinax]

Don’t forget the chopped up hot dogs.

[u/hellokitaminx → u/Teadrunkest]

Omg and how a bunch of bubble tea places put cheese foam on top. It’s an acquired taste but I’ve grown to really like it!

[u/cobbl3 → u/yjoyfulhav]

Cheddar cheese on apple pie, even. Or a subtle Bleu with vanilla bean ice cream. Americans are insane but sometimes it pays off!

[u/Elendril333 → u/cobbl3]

The number of apple varieties + cheese pairings are nearly unlimited and delicious!

[u/Cool_Difference_7047 → u/yjoyfulhav]

We also love to eat little cubes of cheese with fruit and cured meats. That’s a fantastic meal.

[u/ShreddedDadBod]

Cajuns know what they are doing

[u/random_generation → u/ShreddedDadBod]

Cajun is fully authentically American. While it’s certainly a product of immigrants bringing together regional flavors and ingredients, the “genre” was born in the southern U.S., and while it may be recreated elsewhere, its development is really in the U.S.

[u/ntrpik → u/random_generation]

Louisiana has had an outsized influence on global culture.

[u/m_faustus → u/ntrpik]

Reminds me a little bit of Mexico. Mexico has some kick-ass food and drink but the thing that pushes Mexico over the top is that they were responsible for both chocolate AND vanilla.

[u/WestCoastBestCoast01 → u/ShreddedDadBod]

We don’t ask or question what the Cajuns are up to down there, just respect the game.

[u/OGRangoon → u/WestCoastBestCoast01]

We throw a bunch of love in da pot.

[u/Whitewolftotem → u/ShreddedDadBod]

Yes the fuck we do. We love to cook and feed people and will stuff you with delicious food until you can't take one more bite. A guest being hungry in a south La home will not be tolerated lol. Somebody ( men and women cook here) would be immediately reaching for the magnalite or the cast iron

[u/PDP-8A → u/Whitewolftotem]

I just googled magnalite. We always called it "Mom's chicken pot." Thank you for teaching me something new today!

PS, the best fish I've ever eaten was, imagine this, at breakfast on the La coast.

[u/NAparentheses → u/ShreddedDadBod]

Cajun cuisine is American. As is its sibling Creole food.

[u/ma2016 → u/ShreddedDadBod]

*sees a low temp in the 60s

*whips out gumbo pot

[u/ChuckTheWebster]

Breakfast burrito.

From US, but used to live in Greece (where the gyro and taco/burrito are so similar and yet different that I knew they would love Mexican food). I made my Greek lovers breakfast burritos (which I also could have put in a pita instead of tortilla to similar effect) and they lost their goddamned minds. Which... valid, a good breakfast burrito is amazing.

Edit: now I also want to try a breakfast pita sandwich... a la the Greek.

Edit: my first time over 1k up votes by far. Thank you friends :)

[u/TexasDonkeyShow → u/ChuckTheWebster]

It’s always surprising to me how the breakfast taco/burrito hasn’t spread farther. They’re so simple, and almost every culture has some sort of thin flatbread to wrap it in.

[u/pepperminttunes → u/TexasDonkeyShow]

I think hot breakfast isn’t as common as you’d think it would be around the world and so the breakfast burrito doesn’t make sense in a lot of places for breakfast

[u/Senior_Ad_7640 → u/pepperminttunes]

Ime, Mediterranean countries definitely lean more toward the cold cuts fruit and pastry side of the breakfast spectrum. 

[u/shirley_elizabeth → u/ChuckTheWebster]

I moved from AZ to NC and sincerely miss all the various -bertos restaurants that serve giant breakfast burritos all day.

[u/Raisedshoulder → u/shirley_elizabeth]

Filibertos!

[u/Buckbo → u/ChuckTheWebster]

a local spot makes me gyro meat breakfast burritos with eggs, cheese, and potatoes and its my favorite thing ever.

[u/eldakim]

I'm Korean-American but I'll take the Korean angle.

LA galbi aka marinated Korean short ribs. Ever since I was a kid, I thought galbi was the short ribs we'd have at luncheons/events/holidays/etc. But after coming to Korea, I noticed that the traditional form of galbi looked quite different. Eventually, I found out that the galbi I had growing up was actually an American variant, and in Korea, it's called LA galbi (since Korean American immigrants from LA created this). Thought it was pretty cool that Korean Americans modified galbi to fit with American standards.

[u/mushrooom → u/eldakim]

It's worth pointing out that the reason LA galbi use thin-cut short ribs is because that was the popular style in the Mexican butcher shops at the time. It's a uniquely American dish born out of two immigrant populations interacting at a specific moment.

[u/Kayakingtheredriver → u/mushrooom]

that was the popular style in the Mexican butcher shops at the time.

Still is. You can get normal cut or thin cut. (as a Texan) Thin cut smoke a lot quicker than normal type. So instead of a 6 hour smoke, it is an easy 3 hour smoke. Won't have the same bark/smokey flavor but still pretty good and half the time if you are in a rush. Also good as quick fry in a KBBQ.

[u/TexasDonkeyShow → u/mushrooom]

Tablitas FtW

[u/randynumbergenerator → u/mushrooom]

Korean tacos are also an amazing result of said populations interacting.

[u/BangkokSchmangkok → u/eldakim]

I live in Korea and these days many Koreans are now claiming LA galbi has nothing to do with LA and that it was invented in Korea. Most Koreans know this is bullshit, but there are so many articles out now that claim "LA" refers to lateral axis cut instead of Los Angeles.

[u/TexasDonkeyShow → u/BangkokSchmangkok]

Show them some pictures of tablitas.

[u/DaFunkJunkie → u/BangkokSchmangkok]

“Lateral axis” that’s hilarious 😂

[u/kwixta → u/eldakim]

Oh! I’ve seen that on the menu in Korea but didn’t know what/why

[u/[deleted]]

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[u/byerss → u/[deleted]]

over the top

As if the original dish of French fries and cheese curd covered in gravy is a sane, healthy choice. 

[u/d0uble0h → u/byerss]

You mean to say the pile of carbs, fat, and sodium isn't health-conscious?

[u/pingveno → u/[deleted]]

I was just in Montreal and went to La Banquise, a poutine restaurant. There's no way the US can ever outdo how over the top pretty much every menu item was. I had one with (quoting from the menu) ground beef, swiss cheese, hot peppers, and onion rings. There's also a version with pulled pork, apples, and bacon.

[u/ermghoti → u/[deleted]]

For some reason a lot of places around here offer short rib poutine. The reason is that it's awesome.

[u/boblennon07 → u/ermghoti]

Short rib on poutine is unbelievably delicious.

[u/Simonindelicate]

As a British person, I love American tea. Cold brewed Iced tea as standard accompaniment to meals is amazing.

[u/blueskysahead → u/Simonindelicate]

you'd think that would be really popular there. you have a huge tea culture. you should bottle and sell it, instant millionaire.  you're welcome

[u/Simonindelicate → u/blueskysahead]

Most British people are very particular about what tea is supposed to be and are deeply suspicious of the deviant approaches to it's consumption pursued by former colonies. Not me though, I will drink that stuff by the gallon.

Sometimes people do try to sell it in bottles but they always put peach flavour and aspartame in it for some reason. We are limiting ourselves as a culture, tbh.

[u/no_ragrats → u/Simonindelicate]

Then there is the alternate form of American tea from the south, which can also be called diabetes.

Source: I am a born but untrue southerner, because I dont like tea

[u/andreaxtina]

Mexican American but sometimes some Jack in the Box tacos just hit lol

[u/_DynamicUno_ → u/andreaxtina]

I always get more than I can eat and hate myself when I finish them all

[u/inbetween-genders → u/andreaxtina]

Amazing especially when you get them at 1:30am.

[u/Altor3214]

I’m from Italy, and I’ll admit I love American-style pizza! The thick crust and toppings galore are just so indulgent. It’s like a guilty pleasure!

[u/Apart-Landscape1012 → u/Altor3214]

Had some excellent pizza in Italy, really outstanding. But they're just not the same style and while I've been enjoying my American pizza I can't wait to go back and eat an embarrassing amount of pizza 🤤

[u/pizzagamer35]

I love grilled cheese so much

[u/not_a_muggle → u/pizzagamer35]

I had no idea this was considered an "American" food. It's so simple lol I guess I figured it's kind of a staple cheap meal everywhere there's bread, cheese, and butter (or mayo don't come at me). Or maybe it's just a Western thing not necessarily American only.

Obligatory r/grilledcheese shout-out 🧀

[u/n0solace → u/not_a_muggle]

In England we call them cheese toasties. But we make them a bit differently I think

[u/andersonb47 → u/n0solace]

Virgin oven vs Chad stovetop

[u/n0solace → u/andersonb47]

No we toast the bread and put the cheese in after. But I prefer it the American way. I put cheese in bread, cover the pan in butter and fry the shit out of it until it's golden brown and.the cheese melting. Beautiful. Bonus with tomato soup.

[u/winstondabee → u/n0solace]

Put the butter directly on the bread, weirdo. Then fry.

[u/galfal → u/winstondabee]

If you have cold butter, the way they did it is fine too

[u/BuffaloWing12 → u/pizzagamer35]

Do you happen to often make them at night?

[u/yotreeman → u/BuffaloWing12]

I’m making ‘em at night ;)

[u/BuffaloWing12 → u/yotreeman]

where that chee danny?

[u/DFWPunk]

I'm not sure everyone understood the assignment.

[u/McGundam1215 → u/DFWPunk]

What dish has become “Amercanized” that may be from your culture and/or country

[u/drflanigan → u/McGundam1215]

And one of the top answers is "Cajun" lol

[u/tokoloshe_noms_toes]

I’ve had fries in Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany. But to me, Americans make them taste the best. I don’t know why, but I’m somewhat obsessed with US fries.

[u/ZachMatthews → u/tokoloshe_noms_toes]

Probably peanut oil. 

[u/str8rippinfartz → u/ZachMatthews]

They were even better with animal fat

[u/tokoloshe_noms_toes → u/str8rippinfartz]

Tried duck fries when visiting Chicago and the foodgasm had me in a chokehold, the only thing I remember eating from that trip was just fries and occasional sausage.

[u/Unumbotte → u/tokoloshe_noms_toes]

Careful, that's a recipe for blacking out and waking up two years later with an accent and a shrine to Mike Ditka.

[u/tokoloshe_noms_toes → u/Unumbotte]

I admit- did have intrusive thoughts to shout DAA BEARSS

[u/darwinsidiotcousin → u/tokoloshe_noms_toes]

There's a place near my hometown that has duck fat gravy poutine and it's incredible. Duck is underrated

[u/AsteriskCringe_UwU → u/ZachMatthews]

Probably more than just that.

Eta: and I thought only In & out, and 5 guys used peanut oil

[u/KravenArk_Personal]

In Poland you usually boil pierogi and eat them soft. In American Polish restaurants, you usually pan fry them after. I think it's so much better.

Also, it's just recently common to have sour cream with them

[u/mrsrobotic → u/KravenArk_Personal]

I agree, I'm American (but not of Polish ancestry) and ate them regularly for years pan fried. When I went to Poland I enjoyed them there as well but had an urge to ask for them fried!

[u/AccomplishedFan6807]

I love American pizza. Especially Pizza Hut and Domino's. You guys made a masterpiece. In my country we don't have American pizza franchises and it hurts. I might book a trip to the US just so I can eat at Domino's again

[u/everyonemr → u/AccomplishedFan6807]

I grew up on Domino's, but there was a period of time when it was absolute garbage. They had to fix their recipes and run an "Our pizza doesn't suck anymore" add campaign.

[u/EatYourCheckers → u/everyonemr]

Truly a brilliant campaign. We ate it for years after that after having not had it in 20 years.

[u/williamsch → u/AccomplishedFan6807]

I like little Ceasars and any pizza with cheese rolled into the crust

[u/Cool_Difference_7047 → u/AccomplishedFan6807]

The replies saying to try upper east coat pizza are correct. It is fantastic. However, as a pizza connoisseur, you also have to give Detroit and Chicago style pizza a go as well! They are different experiences, but I love them all.

[u/Ipuncholdpeople → u/Cool_Difference_7047]

Detroit style is so underrated. I love those crisp edges

[u/butterfly_mila99]

i never knew a burger could taste so good until i tried one with everything on it... like how do yall even stuff that much in there?

[u/Wars4w → u/butterfly_mila99]

I once ate a burger with grilled cheese sandwiches instead of buns.

It was worth the indigestion.

[u/galfal → u/Wars4w]

Ever have one with glazed donuts instead of buns? Sounds terrible… oddly delicious.

[u/valtboy23 → u/butterfly_mila99]

We unhinge our jaw's like a snake and inhale the burger, remember to breathe from your nose

[u/Andokai_Vandarin667 → u/valtboy23]

Bullshit. Any time I unhinge my jaw in public everyone starts screaming.

[u/paratesticlees → u/Andokai_Vandarin667]

You gotta do it at the five guys where you got the burger.

[u/DenverDudeXLI → u/butterfly_mila99]

Life...finds a way...

[u/btstfn → u/butterfly_mila99]

If you've never tried it, I recommend a fried egg (runny yolk). It's absolutely not something you should do often unless you really like heart disease, but damn it tastes good.

[u/wilyquixote → u/btstfn]

I think overstuffed burgers are rarely as satisfying as simpler ones, but a fried egg is an A++ burger topping, especially when added to a basic cheeseburger. 

[u/Sirlacker]

Corn Dogs are pretty dope.

[u/MorallyBankruptPenis → u/Sirlacker]

Fun fact, in Japan they are called American dogs

[u/andersonb47 → u/MorallyBankruptPenis]

Deep fried and on a stick isn’t uniquely American, but it feels like it is.

[u/FlatSpinMan → u/andersonb47]

Japan has a whole style of food like this. Kushikatsu. Deep fried bit of pretty much anything covered in panko breadcrumbs then deep fried.

[u/winstondabee → u/Sirlacker]

Korean corn dogs are really big in Los Angeles right now.

[u/herocheese]

ABC (American-born Chinese), so I'll take the Chinese angle (raised about 50-50 between US and China). Honestly? Orange chicken. Unashamedly. It's not something I eat often (trying to lose weight LMAO), but it's one thing that always seems to hit a certain spot deep in me that just makes it right. It's pretty similar to 陳皮雞 (orange peel chicken), but the American take of using orange juice making it sweeter and the sauce stickier is honestly pretty good.

[u/Dull-Football8095 → u/herocheese]

Hong Kong born Chinese (42yrs old and lived in SoCal for 30+ yrs) and I enjoy some Panda Express orange chicken with chow main every now and then. I pretend to hate it when my son suggests Panda Express at the airports but deep down excited to eat their orange chicken lol.

[u/MeyerholdsGh0st]

I’m an Australian… pretty much our entire cuisine is a mashup of things from other cultures. I have no idea what’s American and what’s not.

[u/Superb_Item6839 → u/MeyerholdsGh0st]

Too be fair, the only take on Australian food we have is Outback steak house, and it's really just a mediocre steak house chain. I don't think the US actually has a take on Australian cuisine.

[u/Bugaloon → u/Superb_Item6839]

Outback is such a weird place, we've got a few here in Aus too and it's like a vaguely Australian themed American restaurant. I guess sorta like how burger king is vaguely themed after an American diner.

[u/BeckyFromTheBlock2 → u/Bugaloon]

What's a go to Australian dish your family makes? Quite interested now. Ive visited, but only to train with the Army, and were shuttled through Darwin immediately. Unfortunately a storm forced us out directly after our training excersize, and we were left with no port call to explore.

[u/Bugaloon → u/BeckyFromTheBlock2]

Honestly beyond things like fairy bread and Vegemite which are pretty unequivocally Australian just normal western food. Spaghetti, hamburgers, roasts and veggies etc. we're a super multicultural society so "Australian" as a culinary identity borrows from most of the world.

[u/LionNo3221 → u/Bugaloon]

As an American who spent the 90s in Australia, the foods that I always think of as being specifically Australian are meat pies, sausage rolls, and custard tarts.

Oh, and pavlovas. And lamingtons, even though I'm not a huge fan of those.

[u/Bugaloon → u/LionNo3221]

Pies are everywhere so they're one of those things I consider borrowed tbh, and as a kiwi I can't let Aus claim the pavlova on principle. But custard tarts and laminations are things id forgotten about!

[u/Kozeyekan_ → u/Bugaloon]

The proximity to Asia gives us a lot of less-widely spread Asian foods too, with Indonesian, Malaysian, Viet, and Thai food usually pretty easy to get.

Plus, the influx of Greek and Italian migrants from the post-war era.

There is sometimes a bit of a twist with it all though. I remember seeing a restaurant shop front that said: "Little Malaysia. Authentic Malaysian, Thai and Chinese cuisine — best sushi in Broken Hill." A real melting pot of influences there.

[u/bozmonaut → u/Kozeyekan_]

most Australian families would have "stir fry" on their weekly meal routine 

chopped up vegetables and/or meat with some sort of Asian influenced sauce cooked in a frying pan (or wok if you have one) served on noodles or rice

[u/Superb_Item6839 → u/Bugaloon]

Yeah it is weird. It came about in the 80's when the US was very into Australian culture. TBH the bloomin onion is bomb as fuck there.

[u/SilverMeteor9798 → u/Superb_Item6839]

Outback is not intended to be Australian food to be clear. It's American food with a kitsch Aussie "theme."

Interestingly we have them here in Australia too and it's a place people go for an American style restaurant. 

[u/willstr1 → u/SilverMeteor9798]

IIRC the founders had never even visited Australia before opening the restaurant

[u/BonzaSonza → u/Superb_Item6839]

The irony is that we used to visit an outback steakhouse to experience American culture.

[u/Jimmy_Twotone → u/MeyerholdsGh0st]

To be fair, most American food is a Mashup of dishes from other places too.

[u/maiaxlove]

i’ve heard some people actually like the americanized version of chinese food like orange chicken or general tso’s chicken even though it’s not authentic it’s tasty in its own way

[u/LeatherHeron9634 → u/maiaxlove]

Yup! I love traditional Chinese food and have my hole in the wall places I go for traditional meals…. And then sometimes I just want Panda Express for a quick meal to go. Just depends on the mood I’m in

[u/Gabaloo → u/maiaxlove]

Orange chicken is probably my favorite thing to eat when it's good.

I just make my own at home now

[u/Known_Blueberry9070]

As an Italian, I love American pizza. So much cheese, so many toppings, none of that "burnt crust bubble" stuff we have back home.

[u/LooseJuice_RD → u/Known_Blueberry9070]

As an American, I love both Neapolitan and American styles of pizza. I don’t actually get why anyone would only like one or the other. They both have their merits.

[u/Oni_K]

Vermont Maple Syrup is an adequate substitute for Canadian.

[u/Unumbotte → u/Oni_K]

Shhh I think that's what the war of 1812 was about.

[u/ChuckTheWebster → u/Oni_K]

HA. I live in Vermont, and my neighbors are Canadian maple syrup farmers who drive down from Montreal for the winter to harvest syrup from their 260 acres... so is the maple syrup Vermontian... or Canadian...

Also, maple syrup is amazing and white sugar should never be used.

[u/ChaoticMutant]

Tex-Mex

[u/crispyjJohn]

There is nothing wrong with a nice, slightly spicy chili cheese dog. With some freshly diced white onions on top. (White cheese in my case.)

[u/Patient-Apple-4399]

American sushi! I love a sashimi with fresh fish but trying to fill my belly on it isn't cheap. Sometimes I want a deep fried tempura roll with avocado and imitation crab on top

[u/iJustRoll]

As an Aussie I really want to check out Outback Steakhouse 😂

[u/OldTiredAnnoyed]

The bloomin onion. It’s in no way Aussie. We don’t do that here. But man it’s good. I wish we did do it here & not just in Outback Steakhouses in the US.

[u/RedshiftOnPandy]

I like all these weird Polish pierogi toppings, I'm all for experimenting with food. But I just wish they used other fillings too. The potato and cheese is my least favourite lol.

[u/rosy_vega]

i gotta say the tacos here are pretty dope like who knew they had room to get even better right? i'm just here for the guac tho

[u/Fun_Run1626 → u/rosy_vega]

On another note, we invented the hardshell taco

[u/lifesnotperfect]

ITT: people not understanding the question and just saying what american foods they enjoy

[u/aerfen]

Hash browns are a solid addition to a full English breakfast

[u/Splinter_Amoeba]

A lot of KBBQ in California is nothing like actual Korean BBQ. Sure there's a grill in the middle, but it's predominantly beef while in Korea you're usually going to a pork place for Ssam Gyeop Sal or a chicken place for Galbi. Beef is usually reserved for special occassions. Also, most Korean places in America lack the 10 empty bottles of soju on every table.

[u/Desperate-Board3881]

chimichurri is South American pesto

[u/DishingOutTruth]

I'm Indian. The paneer butter pizza & chicken tikka pizza is fucking amazing. I honestly like it more than most Indian food if the tikka masala is prepared correctly.

[u/Fikkia]

I mean.. Chicago deep pan pizza. If you survive the heart attack it's delicious

[u/bmlsayshi → u/Fikkia]

I don't want to start a rumble, but I'll add Detroit style pizza to the list.