II Mortis II Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 Everybody loves to treat themselves to a takeaway, but what is your favourite? If I was going to order food, I'd personally pick Mexican. Nachos, enchiladas, fajitas, they're all great in my opinion what takeaway would you pick? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StayonTarget Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 If Italian includes pizza then I pick Italian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smoochy Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 I love Mexican food, so I voted for that. Though you can't beat some good Italian food either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hydrosugar Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 American, easily. KFC, Maccas, I seriously love all that garbage. It's hardly exotic, but it's...consistent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rep Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 Chinese would be mine. Gotta love that Sweet & Sour chicken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burnout x360a Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 I don't really do takeaways but I am impartial to Chinese. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romanzad Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 Indian or Italian (Pizza) for me. Id vote for Indian as i've tried making my own as well as buying a ready made one and they never taste as good as my local! Although I could quite happily have Pizza every day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barad Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 If Italian includes pizza then I pick Italian. This lol. I only ever order pizza's or go out for KFC/Subway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Royalty Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 All of the above, I love trying out new food! But I'm not sure if I have ever tried any Thai food from the poll though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbear. Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 (edited) I'd like to know what other countries consider to be "American" food. If you consider the fast food that we export at all indicative of the majority of our cuisine I find that extremely amusing. Edited January 13, 2013 by bigbear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
II Mortis II Posted January 13, 2013 Author Share Posted January 13, 2013 I'd like to know what other countries consider to be "American" food. If you consider the fast food that we export at all indicative of the majority of our cuisine I find that extremely amusing. Subway, McDonald's and Burger King are just 3 examples of what I'd consider "American" takeaway food. If Italian includes pizza then I pick Italian. This lol. I only ever order pizza's or go out for KFC/Subway. Yeah Italian food does include Pizza Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbear. Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 Subway, McDonald's and Burger King are just 3 examples of what I'd consider "American" takeaway food. Yeah Italian food does include Pizza I'll admit that those 3 are pretty indicative of American drive-thru or fast food. So I'll accept that term for the purposes of this thread. Just realize that American fast food is not at all indicative of overall American cuisine. Pizza as most people know it shouldn't count as a Italian. Modern pizza was basically created in America. It only loosely resembles what was created in Naples so long ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yeffrey Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 I'll admit that those 3 are pretty indicative of American drive-thru or fast food. So I'll accept that term for the purposes of this thread. Just realize that American fast food is not at all indicative of overall American cuisine. Pizza as most people know it shouldn't count as a Italian. Modern pizza was basically created in America. It only loosely resembles what was created in Naples so long ago. Look no further than Chinese food. I have two coworkers from Hong Kong who laugh at what we call Chinese food. They say its pretty much fast food junk to them. Just like how the American food response earlier was about McDonalds and KFC. Chinese food ftw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbear. Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 (edited) Look no further than Chinese food. I have two coworkers from Hong Kong who laugh at what we call Chinese food. They say its pretty much fast food junk to them. Just like how the American food response earlier was about McDonalds and KFC. Chinese food ftw Most "Chinese" food is Americanized Cantonese. In my area most of the cooks are Mexicans. lol. Its kind of true for almost all these foods though. A lot of what the entire world considers Mexican, Chinese and Italian is actually American food. Its food created in America by immigrants from those countries loosely based off their home cuisine. These types of places really thrived back when small business entrepreneurship was at its height in 1950s America. Then most of that food was spread throughout the world through the World's Fairs during the 20th century. Edited January 13, 2013 by bigbear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warpath Lord Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 American and Italian. I love Burgers and Pizza! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StayonTarget Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 American and Italian. I love Burgers and Pizza! Burgers are German. Hamburger. Hamburg, Germany. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbear. Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 Burgers are German. Hamburger. Hamburg, Germany. No. No it isn't. The hamburger as we know it was created in the US in the 1890s. It went global in large part because of its showcase at the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis. A good friend of mine from Germany had no idea what a hamburger was until he came to the US. When people first started using the word around him he thought they were referring to someone from Hamburg and couldn't understand how that applied to food. But your mistake ties into part of some of my above points. Pizza as we know it, Chinese food as we know it, Mexican food as we know it, Italian food as we know it...They were all created in the US and exported through the World's Fairs in the 20th century. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cann0nSen5ei Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 Any place that lets me put bacon in a sandwich is a place i go to, Subway is the sammich place for me A Good mexican food takeout is delicious, because tacos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frazerz1990 Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 I picked English for fish & chips. Pizza is just as good though. I used to like Chinese when I was younger have gone off it now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry94 Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 (edited) Mine is Chinese and English, can't decide With Chinese food you have noodle dishes which are awesome. But with English you have fish n chips EDIT: At restaurants though, Italian wins hands down. Edited January 13, 2013 by Harry94 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
II Mortis II Posted January 13, 2013 Author Share Posted January 13, 2013 Oh man I just thought... Why didn't I include Greek in the poll? I love kebabs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capn Doug Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 Variety is the spice of life. I love 'em all. If I had to pick, just one.... Probably English. Because you are never in the wrong mood for Fish and Chips. Most Italian and Indian I prefer as dine in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DxxxRules Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 Chinese! Sweet and sour chicken, Orange chicken, Bourbon chicken, Noodles soaked in sweet and sour and soy sauce!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceris Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 I'll admit that those 3 are pretty indicative of American drive-thru or fast food. So I'll accept that term for the purposes of this thread. Just realize that American fast food is not at all indicative of overall American cuisine. Pizza as most people know it shouldn't count as a Italian. Modern pizza was basically created in America. It only loosely resembles what was created in Naples so long ago. Yeah, in the newest Percy Jackson book, Percy asks for a pizza from a restaurant in Italy and the waiter glared at him:p If you wanna include pizza as Italian, then include that in my list but normally American (Burger King) and of course fake Mexican food from Taco Bell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capn Doug Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 Yeah, in the newest Percy Jackson book, Percy asks for a pizza from a restaurant in Italy and the waiter glared at him:p If you wanna include pizza as Italian, then include that in my list but normally American (Burger King) and of course fake Mexican food from Taco Bell. To be fair, I have had pizza in Italy. It's a southern Italian thing, so not the touristy areas. The pizza in Italy has similarities to the American version, it's the toppings that are so far off the original. Anyway, the same is true of a lot of cuisines. The North American version of it is only loosely based on the source material. That goes for some Indian food, Chinese Food, Mexican food.... Haven't you ever heard the rumours about what you get if you order Chinese food by speaking Mandarin? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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