{"id":20990,"date":"2025-12-18T09:29:35","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T01:29:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=20990"},"modified":"2025-12-18T09:29:35","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T01:29:35","slug":"mouthing-off-american-cuisine-better-than-vietnamese-korean-singaporean-best-list-stirs-tempers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=20990","title":{"rendered":"Mouthing Off | American cuisine better than Vietnamese, Korean, Singaporean? \u2018Best\u2019 list stirs tempers"},"content":{"rendered":"


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A new food list stirred a wasp\u2019s nest of controversy last week. An online guide called TasteAtlas published its \u201c100 Best Cuisines in the World\u201d ranking, and \u2013 surprise, surprise \u2013 some countries were not very happy.<\/p>\n

The website, started by a Croatian journalist, says it aims to be an experiential compendium of traditional foods and dishes, rather than a list that rates avant-garde chefs and fine dining establishments. In its own words, it wants to be \u201can encyclopaedia of flavours, a world atlas of traditional dishes, local ingredients and authentic restaurants\u201d.<\/p>\n

So far, it claims to have catalogued over 10,000 foods and drinks, and extends the ambitious gastro-anthropology to map even more dishes, condiments and ingredients from everywhere across the world.<\/p>\n

From this milieu, it created its list. The top 10 honours, from first place to 10th place, go to Italy, Greece, Peru, Portugal, Spain, Japan, Turkey, China, France and Indonesia.<\/p>\n

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Italian cuisine ranked top of the TasteAtlas list. Photo: La Baia Kai Tak<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The full list is on the website, and it is fair to say some of the choices are contentious, if not downright questionable.<\/p>\n

For example, American food is ranked number 15, ahead of Vietnamese at 16 and Korean at 19. Who is going to stand up for the merit of a hamburger over a bowl of pho or bibimbap?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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