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p1atl10
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World's Best Cities to Eat Well.....
http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/food/worlds-best-cities-to-eat-well-507 538/
1) Paris
2) Rome
3) Tokyo
4) Mexico City
5) Barcelona
6) Madrid
7) Hong Kong
8 ) Beijing
9) Milan
10) Shanghai |
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fx
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Sep 12, 2009 - 09:12 PM |
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Mexico City? Seriously? Never had outstanding food there...guess i missed the great places...
My personal list
Tokyo
Singapore
Melbourne
Shanghai
London
San Francisco
followed by many asian places (Bangkok, HK, HCM...) |
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hammerforlife
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Sep 12, 2009 - 09:22 PM |
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How can Shanghai be there and London not?  |
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Shangstar
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Sep 12, 2009 - 09:52 PM |
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London is too hit and miss. I am surprised Shanghai is on there. The article mentions Hakkasan in London, but that recently got voted one of the most overrated restaurants in the UK, and it is - i've been there. Same stuff as Crystal Jade, only smaller, on bigger plates, and you only get 2 hours, and you pay a LOT more. I recall the girls who took us there were the pretentious types - the lads had to go out and get kebabs afterwards.
Mexico City I hear is shite also. I agree with Paris, Tokyo, HK, Rome and Barcelona. The rest are a bit iffy, including Shanghai. Surprised NY didnt make it. |
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DrShanghai
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Sep 12, 2009 - 10:27 PM |
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Hi agree about London
I would say:
Hong Kong
Paris
LA
Seattle
Toronto
Nice
Rome
Dallas(Yes Dallas!)
NY
Barcelona
Greek Isles
I don't know Australia, and NZ so can't say
Mexico city No way!
Cozumel Mexico YES |
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annielam9898
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Sep 12, 2009 - 10:40 PM |
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wonder who come up with the list? how could beijing and shanghai get listed, and NYC, where I think by far the best city in the world for good eats, not on the list. bull.. |
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Shangstar
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Sep 12, 2009 - 10:43 PM |
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sometimes the authors of these lists like to write something different and daring otherwise people wouldnt buy them. |
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alixiw
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Sep 13, 2009 - 06:21 PM |
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I think Singapore would have been on that list.
Also, I personally highly doubt Shanghai validity- and it doesn't have NYC?
I think San Francisco has great restaurants too. I"ve had great food in Mexico City but usually it's at home not in a restaurant so that doesn't count. |
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missbeverly
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Sep 13, 2009 - 07:18 PM |
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What a crock of sh*t!
Australia and Singapore don't even rank.. thumbs down. |
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fx
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Sep 13, 2009 - 07:26 PM |
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totally agreed, australia and NZ have a lot of affordable fine dining places...and singapore has such a great variety of food... |
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jasonnoguchi
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Ok, can't say I have been to everywhere... but amongst some of the places I have lived in are NYC, Tokyo, Singapore, Shanghai, Beijing, Brisbane, Pattaya, Surabaya, Hong Kong , Kochin...
Without prejudice, I must say that Singapore offers the widest variety at an affordable price. In fact, food from almost every nation is available in common eateries.. you don't even have to go to restaurants. Hong Kong has the second widest selection in my experience, Brisbane is pretty much fish and chips most of the time unless you go to specific places and restaurants. |
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donkeykong
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| "Both the UK and the U.S. are wonderful for eating out," says Anholt. "But it doesn't change the fact that people still think American food means McDonalds." |
Ignorance. |
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p1atl10
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Sep 13, 2009 - 10:48 PM |
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^ Loved that quote also...... |
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Ah Beng
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Sep 13, 2009 - 11:34 PM |
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| Without prejudice, I must say that Singapore offers the widest variety at an affordable price. |
the topic is eat well, not anyhow eat..sorry. |
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Shangstar
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Sep 13, 2009 - 11:47 PM |
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i reckon the author simply skim read a few gushing reviews in City Weekend and thought - wow that must be a great place to eat. |
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p1atl10
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^ Close....
"The list is derived from the 2009 Anholt-GfK Roper City Brands Index, released in June. It surveyed 10,000 people from 20 countries--each chosen for geographic and economic diversity--in April of this year. It asked them to rank 50 cities on such varied subjects as climate, physical attractiveness, restaurants and nightlife. Cities were judged on lifestyle, buzz, multiculturalism and attractiveness.
To determine which cities were most-closely associated with good food, respondents were asked to look at a list of subjects--including food--and indicate which ones they would find interesting in the city. Cities with the highest number of respondents saying "yes" to the subject "food" ranked highest.
Formerly known as the Anholt City Brands Index, the survey was started in 2005 by Simon Anholt, who works as an independent adviser to 20 national, regional and city governments on brand strategy and public diplomacy. In 2009 he joined forces with New York-headquartered market research firm GfK Roper to create a new report that included more respondents from non-European countries, as well as a mix of respondents from both developed and developing countries." |
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annielam9898
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Sep 14, 2009 - 06:32 PM |
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the topic is eat well, not anyhow eat..sorry.
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exactly! i personally think it's about variety and quality. what makes NYC great is the fact that it's one of the most diverse city in the world. people had been migrating to the city since ages. the chinese were there since a 100 years ago, no mentioning others like south americans, europeans, etc. the point is there's no shortage of fresh quality and authentic ingredients in NYC, and that's the most important thing for good eats. i have never seen another city has such variety of food, while maintaining its authenticity. though i know someone will argue.. anyways just my 2 cents. |
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Ah Beng
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Sep 14, 2009 - 11:43 PM |
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Shanghai is in the top 10..what am I mising here? Is it the lanzhou noodles? |
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Sep 15, 2009 - 09:20 PM |
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^kentucky fried pigeon and rat skewers. delicious |
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jasonnoguchi
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Sep 15, 2009 - 09:28 PM |
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| Ah Beng wrote: |
| jasonnoguchi wrote: |
| Without prejudice, I must say that Singapore offers the widest variety at an affordable price. |
the topic is eat well, not anyhow eat..sorry. |
Then it pretty much depends on how you interpret "eat well". Does "eat well" means just good food or a good variety of food or cheap food or all of the above? No matter how you combine those criteria, Singapore still tops my list in terms of price, accessibility to those food (pretty much always colocated in common eateries), variety (you may challenge authenticity but hey, authenticity do decline with variety), taste (it really just take good cooks, not good land, to produce good food. Make sure you go to the right places with the right cooks. As long as the cook is good, the taste is good anywhere in the world, right?). |
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alixiw
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Sep 15, 2009 - 10:16 PM |
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I think the ingredients (the right ones) are equally important. |
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leidelaohu
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Sep 16, 2009 - 12:33 AM |
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| I think the ingredients (the right ones) are equally important. |
Exactly.You can put salt on a dead rat but that's not going to make it taste good. |
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Ah Beng
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Sep 16, 2009 - 01:20 AM |
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| Ah Beng wrote: |
| jasonnoguchi wrote: |
| Without prejudice, I must say that Singapore offers the widest variety at an affordable price. |
the topic is eat well, not anyhow eat..sorry. |
Then it pretty much depends on how you interpret "eat well". Does "eat well" means just good food or a good variety of food or cheap food or all of the above? No matter how you combine those criteria, Singapore still tops my list in terms of price, accessibility to those food (pretty much always colocated in common eateries), variety (you may challenge authenticity but hey, authenticity do decline with variety), taste (it really just take good cooks, not good land, to produce good food. Make sure you go to the right places with the right cooks. As long as the cook is good, the taste is good anywhere in the world, right?). |
I agree that singapore has the most variety of food for a very small country. But that's the trouble with it also. The overhype hawker fare might taste fine occasionally, there isn't much 'eat well' principles associated with it. Variety and cheap means nothing without quality and craftmanship. Staple food for your culture just isn't quite there yet...and not exactly healthy either..common eateries just lack the basic 'eat well' criteria..no offence mate, but food paradise in singapore may be a myth.
(Aside from those monster mutant chilli crabs...) |
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TrueNorth
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Sep 16, 2009 - 01:43 AM |
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Mexico City? Seriously? Never had outstanding food there...guess i missed the great places...
My personal list
Tokyo
Singapore
Melbourne
Shanghai
London
San Francisco
followed by many asian places (Bangkok, HK, HCM...) |
Tokyo is the top? Even for an ex-Japanese, it is too expensive, and its portion too small. If the money is not the issue, perhaps Tokyo is the top. |
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shanghai_flava
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Sep 16, 2009 - 07:56 AM |
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According to the link provided by the OP: "Three Chinese cities--Hong Kong, Beijing and Shanghai--placed seven, eight and 10, respectively. Cantonese food rules in each of these cities, and delicacies such as Shanghai's hairy crab, Beijing's beggar's chicken and Hong Kong's dim sum add local flavor."
B/S except for the HK food. I expected HK to be in higher rank. |
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