I know Lyon is France’s gastronomic capital and San Sebastian is said to be the Spanish one, but what about your country? Does it have a food capital?
I know Lyon is France’s gastronomic capital and San Sebastian is said to be the Spanish one, but what about your country? Does it have a food capital?
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Madrid, I believe, you can get food from every single region there.
I think Naples and Bologna share this title, which imo is fair because they represent the more mediterranean southern cuisine and the more central European northern cuisine.
Obviously, the other Italians in the thread will pitch in their random hometown down here 😁
I would have said Rotterdam, because big city and lots of different people from different cultures, so a wide variety of choices. But that’s most big cities in NL, so I chose Rotterdam because it is the birthplace of one of er new-age national dishes; de kapsalon.
But I googled and apparently it is Haarlem, I don’t think it’s common knowledge but it is due to their wide variety of restaurants or something.
I think 99% don’t really care for it though. The best typical dutch food is always made by grandmothers. And not some fancy restaurant in a big city.
I guess for Estonia, Põltsamaa (The city, not the parish or County), since 1 of our food brands is named "Põltsamaa".
I don’t think so but if any probably just Warsaw for being both the biggest city and the capital.
Copenhagen, a great variety of food and some of the highest rated restaurants in the world.
Has gotta be one the mountains city. Istg, they got the best food.
Maybe Brasov? Maybe Sinaia? Who knows
It’s definitely not the capital itself however. Most people from there eat "Mici" and Kebab
In terms of variety, London is an easy answer, but Birmingham also does deserve a shout for the variety and quality of their curries. Seaside towns will be in contention for the best examples of our old national dish, fish and chips, too.
In the Netherlands it is Groningen, famius for its eierball and different kinds of stamppotten with a ‘Klokje’.
Hard to tell in Germany but probably actually Frankfurt am Main. Has the most Restaurants per person, has a lot of variety and thanks to the financial industry lots of upscale stuff too… otherwise it would probably be Berlin.
Tough but for traditional cuisine would say Thessaloníki or Crete. For new era foodie culture then Athens.
In Norway it would be Oslo, due to it being the most populous city. But i would make an argument that Stavanger might be a close second. With three 1 star and one 3 star michelin restaurants and the largest food festival in the country.
Lithuanian food is largely a home ordeal and doesn’t have that much culture hotspots and codification around it. The capital Vilnius is the obvious choice, but Klaipėda could also be argued for due to the prevalence of fish and some Samogitian influence.
For Ireland it’s said to be Cork and in Cork it’s said to specifically be Kinsale
Bucharest. It has everything both national and international, traditional and modernized. The food game is up there.
I guess maybe Lviv bcs of really rich restaurant culture, but from the point of national cuisine, it’s hard to say cuz It is so diverse in different regions that it cannot be pointed only in one city
Gaziantep would be the capital. It has UNESCO recognized gastronomy.
A strong contester would be Antakya but 2023 earthquake took a huge toll on the city.
Adana and Sanliurfa are also famous for kebabs.
And some people say you find best of all cuisines in Istanbul.
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Lyon? Sorry but in France there is no such a thing as a unique “food capital”. Every region has a lot of unique food, specialty, sweets, cheeses, beverages…
Lyon is a big city, food is good but so is Toulouse, Bordeaux, Paris, Dijon…
I feel like it has to be the Rhodopes region, especially the Western Rhodopes. I think their traditional cuisine is well preserved. A lot of famous dishes and quality products come from that region. And it’s probably the most ethnically diverse part of the country, hence the rich mixture of different influences.
For Portugal like many other countries it’s very hard to tell. Sure there might be a self proclaimed spot but the gastronomy is so wildly diverse for such a tiny country. People would likely throw punches over an argument like this 😅
Vienna. Most variety for restaurants, and there are also some that serve specialities from the other parts of Austria.
Poltava is often viewed as one, if we are talking about traditional cuisine. But Western Ukrainian cuisine is also iconic.
We don’t really have one particular city that is known for its food over all the others. However, Liège does have quite a number of popular food items / dishes that are named after it:
Rotterdam. Not only because it’s the place where you find a variety of dishes that are traditionally from all around the world, but the food is also done well.
As a Spaniard, I say: I have a place to see the fight that is taking place over San Sebastián.
In the Netherlands there is no food culture, so there isn’t anything such as a "Food capital".
What we do have though, is the capital of terrible service: Amsterdam
I think it’s no question Abergavenny, good food over there. They even have their own food festival
Ireland, it’s Cork, home to Golden Vale, Clonakilty Black Pudding and Ballymaloe Cookery School
It’s Amsterdam for international and fine dining by a long shot, and claiming otherwise is bias and pure disingenuousness.
Otherwise, for “local” cuisine, Maastricht is an acceptable answer.
In Japan it’s Osaka. People here eat any time of day and the range of choices is astounding.
For Slovakia, it’s more about the central and northern areas, not really cities but cool restaurants with awesome traditional food.
Wouln’t Donosti (the name of the city you mentioned) be the food capital of the Basque Country? why there seems to be such an attitude to just ignore the fact that not all nations in europe have their own state?