What's your favorite ethnic foods?

[Barracuda]

Rather than jacking the thread in Sightings about the bad behavior at a kebab place, I thought I would start my own here. I love Hawaiian (saimin especially), Lebanese, and just about any kind of Asian food, and I love to try new types of cuisine. I even know the difference between Hunan, Szechuan, and Mandarin cooking. What are your favorite types of "ethnic" or foreign foods?

[MoonCat]

Chicken Makhni (or makhani, I've seen it spelled both ways).

And baklava.

[42_42_42]

So far, the only ethnic food I've sampled that I didn't care for was Ethiopian, but it might just be that I didn't like what the friends I was with ordered (the meal was served communal-style), so I'd be up for trying it again.

Love authentic French and German/Polish foods and I actually like English pub fare (what?). Other favs are Lebanese, Indian, and Thai. Both the hubster and I love to try new cuisines, it's one of our favorite parts about travelling. As far as American regional food goes, I'll always have a soft spot for Cajun and Creole cooking as we honeymooned in N'awlins.

[firecat88]

I love Indian food. Just last night, we got takeout from the local Indian place and I discovered the wonder that is vegetable korma and meat momo. Oh, and cinnamon lassi. *_* All of it was so nummy.

I'm also quite partial to Thai, Irish, and Venezuelan food.

[bhskittykatt]

Thai and Greek. I love pahd thai and anything with peanut sauce, not to mention Thai iced tea (Noodles with peanut sauce are a weekly staple in our household). And I love lamb gyros and spanakopita and tiropita and baklava and all the other Greek things. Put tzatziki sauce on everything. Sriracha and tzatziki. Yesssss!

[Sunshine]

Lets see...mexican, tex- mex,.creole, cajun, italian, asian, greek, french....what can i say...i like food =)

[TheTigress]

Indian food>>>>>>Anything else.

My local Indian restaurant's butter chicken with basmati rice and mulligatawny soup would be my final meal if I was on death row.

[Barracuda]

I also recently discovered the amazing that is hu tien mi at my local pho place; while pho is a Northern Vietnamese soup, hu tien mi is the favorite of South Vietnam. Never really had Indian, truthfully, I keep meaning to but there aren't many Indian places around here I've heard much about. If I had the money, it would be interesting to try the Brazilian BBQ place downtown....

[AccountingDrone]

Anything without mushrooms, bivalves, coconut/palm products, anisey/licchoricy flavored anything, zucchini, okra, bell or really HOT peppers, eggplant or nonaccidental insects. [well, also the oily overly fishy tasting fish like mackaral, sardines, anchovies ... ]

I am deathly allergic to shrooms, mildly allergic [projectile vomiting] to bivalves, [digestive issues and the runs] to palm products and the rest I will always admit is an intense dislike to the food, not an allergy or sensitivity. Well, I can take some degrees of heat from peppers, but bell peppers have a nasty taste to me and I did too many liquid medications when young that were doped up with licchorice to mask the bitter taste to get near anything tasting that way. And I refuse to bother to look up how to spell it to correct the spelling.

I tried Ethiopian for the first time last spring, and found the chopped spiced raw beef way to freaking hot to eat [they must have switched my extra mild with someone who wanted extra hellish burn] but when we made it at home a little while back, and I could adjust the heat to my taste, it was fine, making the injira was a last, and we now add Ethiopian to our regular rotation. Last night we had Lions Head Meatball soup for dinner

[KhirasHY]

I'm equal opportunity here...Mexican, Tex-Mex, Italian, Indian, and Ethiopian are all tied at the top of my list. Thai food and Japanese Ramen (the real stuff, not the instant noodles) are close behind.

[jedimaster91]

SUSHI!!!!

I also love Chinese and Thai. My local Thai place has an amazing pineapple fried rice that comes IN A PINEAPPLE! It. Is. Awesome. German cuisine is also excellent (mmmm, saurbratten) and I cook the potato pancakes fairly regularly. Gotta have the chunky applesauce to top it with, though. Indian is good. I guess in short my favorite ethnic food is....food.

[LewisLegion]

Indian! I'm a sucker for a good vindaloo and some galub jamun. Almost anything curry gets my saliva flowing

Close second would be Mexican

[Miss Maple Leaf]

I'm not too picky with my foods, and I like all sorts of cuisines. However, my favourites would have to be Japanese and Greek.

I wish my town had both a Japanese restaurant and a Greek restaurant. I'd eat out every night.

And like LewisLegion, I also love a good curry. Too bad I'm not supposed to have spicy foods anymore.

[KhirasHY]

Indian! I'm a sucker for a good vindaloo and some galub jamun. Almost anything curry gets my saliva flowing

Don't forget the saag paneer!

[fireheart]

Another one for sushi here.

I'm going to try the teppenyaki soon at the sushi bar near my place.