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The national dish of Portugal is salted codfish with cabbage. Fucking gross. I will die on this hill I don't care how many downvotes it gets me. You can find I

by dimmke 4y ago

The national dish of Portugal is salted codfish with cabbage. Fucking gross. I will die on this hill I don't care how many downvotes it gets me. You can find Italian restaurants all over the world. Where are all the Portugese restaurants if this cuisine is so brilliant?

captaincaveman 4y ago
Indeed the national dish is not to my taste, I'm not even sure what the USA national dish is, however I suspect it probably isn't the best, despite there being very good food available there. It can be hard to know what to eat and often more importantly where to eat as a tourist, and in Portugal its often (in my experience) the last obvious establishments that are the best (often places you don't even think sell food).
- js2 4y ago
  > I'm not even sure what the USA national dish Doubt there is one (some might say apple pie) and the only thing I can think of that unites all the different American cuisines and regional variations is the sandwich. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/04/14/dining/field-guide-to-the-sandwich.html https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/04/14/dining/field-...
- CRConrad 4y ago
  > I'm not even sure what the USA national dish is Big Mac?
heavenlyblue 4y ago
Italians are quite elitist in their food. It seems like every Italian's live purpose is proving to everyone how good they are at cooking. Spain/Portuguese food isn't snobbish or fancy, but it's generally good. As a matter of fact I find that the baseline for what is bad in these places is actually quite high. That is not the case for your average Italian restaurant around the world. Most of them are not that great.
deanCommie 4y ago
National dish notwithstanding, Portugal has other plenty of great seafood-based dishes. The best National food after Italian (and maybe Japanese) is Georgian, but you don't see their restaurants worldwide either.
- dimmke 4y ago
  Don’t even get me started on Octupus. Putting aside that it’s dubious ethically it’s like fucking rubber. Georgia being a tiny third world country that hardly anybody knows about might have something to do with their lack of cuisine reach. Portuguese is like the 5th most spoken language in the world. That’s pretty damning.
  - femiagbabiaka 4y ago
    You have not had well cooked octopus unfortunately. And as for other fantastic Portuguese dishes, caldo verde, grilled sardines, chicken piri-piri, are all quite good. That’s just off the top of my head. And although it’s technically a Brazilian cocktail, the caipirinha is a top tier hot weather alcoholic beverage. You should visit Portugal again!
- tormeh 4y ago
  Georgian food is very mediocre. Bread with cheese isn’t bad, but it’s nothing special. Brazilian food, however, is very underrated.
  - reducesuffering 4y ago
    A Georgian feast is like 8 different great dishes, not just Khachapuri. Chakapuli (Lamb & Tarragon stew) or Bazha (walnut sauce) with the way they make chicken… excellent.

by dimmke 4y ago

captaincaveman 4y ago

Indeed the national dish is not to my taste, I'm not even sure what the USA national dish is, however I suspect it probably isn't the best, despite there being very good food available there. It can be hard to know what to eat and often more importantly where to eat as a tourist, and in Portugal its often (in my experience) the last obvious establishments that are the best (often places you don't even think sell food).

js2 4y ago
> I'm not even sure what the USA national dish Doubt there is one (some might say apple pie) and the only thing I can think of that unites all the different American cuisines and regional variations is the sandwich. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/04/14/dining/field-guide-to-the-sandwich.html https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/04/14/dining/field-...
CRConrad 4y ago
> I'm not even sure what the USA national dish is Big Mac?

heavenlyblue 4y ago

Italians are quite elitist in their food. It seems like every Italian's live purpose is proving to everyone how good they are at cooking. Spain/Portuguese food isn't snobbish or fancy, but it's generally good. As a matter of fact I find that the baseline for what is bad in these places is actually quite high. That is not the case for your average Italian restaurant around the world. Most of them are not that great.

deanCommie 4y ago

National dish notwithstanding, Portugal has other plenty of great seafood-based dishes. The best National food after Italian (and maybe Japanese) is Georgian, but you don't see their restaurants worldwide either.

dimmke 4y ago
Don’t even get me started on Octupus. Putting aside that it’s dubious ethically it’s like fucking rubber. Georgia being a tiny third world country that hardly anybody knows about might have something to do with their lack of cuisine reach. Portuguese is like the 5th most spoken language in the world. That’s pretty damning.
- femiagbabiaka 4y ago
  You have not had well cooked octopus unfortunately. And as for other fantastic Portuguese dishes, caldo verde, grilled sardines, chicken piri-piri, are all quite good. That’s just off the top of my head. And although it’s technically a Brazilian cocktail, the caipirinha is a top tier hot weather alcoholic beverage. You should visit Portugal again!
tormeh 4y ago
Georgian food is very mediocre. Bread with cheese isn’t bad, but it’s nothing special. Brazilian food, however, is very underrated.
- reducesuffering 4y ago
  A Georgian feast is like 8 different great dishes, not just Khachapuri. Chakapuli (Lamb & Tarragon stew) or Bazha (walnut sauce) with the way they make chicken… excellent.