re: What is the most underrated cuisine

3 pages and no one said “lesbian”? The OT is slipping.


Seriously, though, Greek / Lebanese is excellent and doesn’t tend to get a lot of notice outside of the greater BR area or certain other regions (NYC, Detroit).

I also have a taste for Ecuadorian because my wife learned to cook it from people we know. Not sure if it is really distinct from other Latin American cooking in general but she can make some good stuff if we hit the right markets in BR. When we first started dating, the first big meal she wanted to make for me was milianesa, which is a form of very thin steak cooked in certain spices..


Most other good cuisine already gets a lot of notice one way or another because they are already staples

I think most people know that Spanish food is good, but I don’t think many people think of it as some of the best in the world like French, Japanese, and Italian food, and it should be held in that class. You also don’t see a ton of Spanish restaurants even in decent sized cities.

Peruvian food, as mentioned, is really damn good.

Haven’t seen it mentioned yet but Moroccan food is also insanely good.

Balkan/Mediterranean. Cevapcici is one of life’s little pleasures. It’s similar in flavor to gyro, but so much better. I could eat kajmak and ajvar on shoe leather it’s so good.

Definitely Spanish. Among the masses, anyway.

Basque.

Peruvian and Ethiopian come to mind first, but let me add another, Mexican.

Most people love Mexican and it seems like there is a Mexican place every three miles, but that's just one form of it. Each region has different specialties and most are seldom seen in the Mexican places here in the States...the moles, tlayudas, ceviches, pibils, just some really tasty stuff beyond the tacos, burritos, and chimichangas.