What's your favorite ethnic cuisine?

Mediterranean Cuisine is my favorite.
Focus is on fresh whole food salads of veggies, grains, fruits, beans, nuts, seeds, and herbs.
Olive oil and spices. Meat or fish is a side dish (small portion).
(desserts are the smallest portion. I don't like Baklava though).
The last photo is Lentils with caramelized onions.
The dark salad is carrots, beets, pumpkin seeds, and pomegranate seeds.
(photos by Sassool)
 

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scroll up to see post #26 (5 more pics).
Here are two more. The bottom one has eggplant ratatouille, hummus and pita bread, lentils, and tabour salad:
 

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QuickSilver said:
Let's not forget our own American cuisine... Southern Cooking... Love it.. My first MIL was from Alabama.. I learned a whole bunch of down home cooking from her.
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+1 for southern cooking! Gotta have fried chicken, greens, maybe some cornbread and don't forget he black eyed peas.

Also: Mexican, Chinese.
 

Q.S., being a Chicagoan, you know there are lots of Poles and Czechs around: thus I have to vote for my absolute favorite cuisine: Czechoslovak Roast Pork and Dumplings drenched with pork-drippin's gravy and either Sauerkraut or Sweet-Sour Red Cabbage! YUM! The stuff I grew up on, bound to have clogged my pipes, but good! After all these years, my combined cholesterol is around 190! Hooray! imp
 
I can do some pretty awesome southern cooking, but my favorite is Asian foods. I can eat them every day. A sweet Korean friend taught me a lot about doing it properly too.
 
We have friends who worked in China for many years. The Chinese food that they cook is (not surprizingly) nothing like the food served up in most 'Chinese' restaurants. The same goes for many of the curries sold in the UK.

I enjoy cooking curry which I do from scratch - I don't use any of these 'cook in' sauces. At least it's easy enough to get all the spices from Asian supermarkets.
 
Lara said:
scroll up to see post #26 (5 more pics).
Here are two more. The bottom one has eggplant ratatouille, hummus and pita bread, lentils, and tabour salad:
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Love those! I used to go to a restaurant called Falafel hut and they had the best!! I'd get a falafel pita, tabouli, etc etc.
 
Capt Lightning said:
We have friends who worked in China for many years. The Chinese food that they cook is (not surprizingly) nothing like the food served up in most 'Chinese' restaurants. The same goes for many of the curries sold in the UK.

I enjoy cooking curry which I do from scratch - I don't use any of these 'cook in' sauces. At least it's easy enough to get all the spices from Asian supermarkets.
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Same for Thai restaurants in the UK and US - the real thing in Thailand is so much better!
 
3horsefarm said:
Which is why I was very pleased to get lessons from my Korean friend.
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I tried some Korean food at a restaurant my brother likes. He has been to Korea a couple of times and enjoyed the food. I liked it all except for one dish - can't recall the name - couldn't eat more than one spoonful.
 
imp said:
Q.S., being a Chicagoan, you know there are lots of Poles and Czechs around: thus I have to vote for my absolute favorite cuisine: Czechoslovak Roast Pork and Dumplings drenched with pork-drippin's gravy and either Sauerkraut or Sweet-Sour Red Cabbage! YUM! The stuff I grew up on, bound to have clogged my pipes, but good! After all these years, my combined cholesterol is around 190! Hooray! imp
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My late husband was Czech.. and I made pork and dumplings for him all the time.. but didn't us the greasy drippings, but made real gravy. Roast port loin is pretty lean. Bohemian (ie Czech) sauerkraut is sweet... as they add sugar. German sauerkraut is pretty SOUR.. and will pucker your puckerer.
 
Mexican, Italian, Chinese. As a Californian I grew up around amazing Mexican food. I can make a lot of these dishes..Pozole, Camarones a la Diabla, enchiladas, and really good Spanish rice and beans...chile verde...guacamole.

I also love Japanese food..especially Sushi. I love trying new cuisines...I have had the best homemade Greek food. I love it! Okay , I'm sure good homemade ethnic food is going to be better than anything in a restaurant. My Italian friends knock me out with their food..especially at Christmas.
 
I love Canadian food also, much of it is very similar to American food. Canadian bacon rocks. Also love some of the food from across the pond. Trifle, black currants with clotted cream, bangers--which I am now able to buy here. Steak and kidney pie. Now I am hungry. homemade mango cashew stir fry for brekkie!
 

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