Yes, you are trying to antagonize. For any average non-foodie person such as myself, the selection of any major metropolitan city (quality, variety, diversity

Yes, you are trying to antagonize. For any average non-foodie person such as myself, the selection of any major metropolitan city (quality, variety, diversity of ethnic origin) is far more than sufficient. If you're trying to make some obscure, excessively-specific, metric-based argument based on number of stars and specific obscure cuisines that are missing to satisfy the extreme foodie, that's also trying to be antagonistic, because it's aimed at an exceedingly narrow audience.