Depending on the country this can ring very true when it comes to food in my experience. i.e where popular = worse. The most extreme experience I had was for a

Depending on the country this can ring very true when it comes to food in my experience. i.e where popular = worse. The most extreme experience I had was for a brief stay in Thailand, where the main tourist streets are filled with ridiculously glamorous looking and very busy restaurants serving the blandest meals (by anyone's opinion) with the most watered down and expensive drinks I've ever had. I don't think anyone could ever eat at one more than once. But within only a couple streets distance you can find amazing street food for a fraction of the price and eat like a king, which is exactly what all the locals were eating. Some westerners might be a little worried about hygiene but they cook it right in front of you and honestly I think the tourist restaurants were a complete facade and are probably have far less hygienic kitchens hidden away... Since then, in foreign lands, I'm more wary of places filled with tourists and few locals.