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Looks that got wrapped in 'Continental' in the Zagat numbers, which is pretty high. Anecdotally here in DC Germanic restaurants are almost all Biergarten type

Looks that got wrapped in 'Continental' in the Zagat numbers, which is pretty high. Anecdotally here in DC Germanic restaurants are almost all Biergarten type places that emulate 'street' food, and there isn't any fine dining to bring up the averages. I imagine that's true in most of the US. Fun outliers I can think of are Filipino and Laotian, which are both fairly expensive vs the country prestige, but of course there's a tiny sample size.

CuriouslyC 10y ago
"Real" Filipino food is street food, and pretty unappetizing. Offal, adidas, sausage made of who knows what, betamax, roast/fried pig feet/ears, brain, etc, all served with a side of white rice and washed down with san miguel. That being said, lechon, oxtail stew and sinigang are awesome, but not what most Filipino people eat on a regular basis.
- stephenr 10y ago
  > "Real" Filipino food is street food, and pretty unappetising. Unappetising to western tastes, I think is what you meant. > sausage made of who knows what That's what a sausage is, unless you make it at home. > roast/fried pig feet/ears I've come to enjoy roasted pigs tail (technically its the tailbone from the carcass, rather than the actual curly part of the tail) and its fucking amazing.
  - CuriouslyC 10y ago
    Well, I observed that as Filipinos made more money they tended to stop eating that food, so I don't think they're that into it either. I will admit that the deep fried pigs feet are very tasty though. If I had to pick one thing Filipinos loved most, it would definitely be fried chicken. They also seem to have a soft spot for spaghetti with an extremely sweet tomato sauce.
beat 10y ago
In the Twin Cities, Laotian food is cheap and easy to find - we have a huge southeast Asian community (the largest Vietnamese community outside Vietnam, with many Hmong). Around here, there's nothing particularly "exotic" about Vietnamese or Thai. More specifically Laotian and Cambodian food is also easy enough to find, although they're sometimes hidden in "Vietnamese" restaurants. Larb and sticky rice? Yeah, we got that. :) Filipino, on the other hand, is almost nonexistent. We just don't have a significant community here to support it.
yompers888 10y ago
Every time I go to a German restaurant that people rave about (but more on the family-style dining side of things,) I'm shocked by how similar it is to the stuff my grandparents (on both sides) used to cook. Meanwhile, when I cook my staples are tacos, chili, coconut curry, and chicken salad.

CuriouslyC 10y ago

"Real" Filipino food is street food, and pretty unappetizing. Offal, adidas, sausage made of who knows what, betamax, roast/fried pig feet/ears, brain, etc, all served with a side of white rice and washed down with san miguel. That being said, lechon, oxtail stew and sinigang are awesome, but not what most Filipino people eat on a regular basis.

stephenr 10y ago
> "Real" Filipino food is street food, and pretty unappetising. Unappetising to western tastes, I think is what you meant. > sausage made of who knows what That's what a sausage is, unless you make it at home. > roast/fried pig feet/ears I've come to enjoy roasted pigs tail (technically its the tailbone from the carcass, rather than the actual curly part of the tail) and its fucking amazing.
- CuriouslyC 10y ago
  Well, I observed that as Filipinos made more money they tended to stop eating that food, so I don't think they're that into it either. I will admit that the deep fried pigs feet are very tasty though. If I had to pick one thing Filipinos loved most, it would definitely be fried chicken. They also seem to have a soft spot for spaghetti with an extremely sweet tomato sauce.

beat 10y ago

In the Twin Cities, Laotian food is cheap and easy to find - we have a huge southeast Asian community (the largest Vietnamese community outside Vietnam, with many Hmong). Around here, there's nothing particularly "exotic" about Vietnamese or Thai. More specifically Laotian and Cambodian food is also easy enough to find, although they're sometimes hidden in "Vietnamese" restaurants. Larb and sticky rice? Yeah, we got that. :) Filipino, on the other hand, is almost nonexistent. We just don't have a significant community here to support it.

yompers888 10y ago

Every time I go to a German restaurant that people rave about (but more on the family-style dining side of things,) I'm shocked by how similar it is to the stuff my grandparents (on both sides) used to cook. Meanwhile, when I cook my staples are tacos, chili, coconut curry, and chicken salad.