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Apr. 22nd, 2009 09:58 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
i recently had crabcakes from a hospital cafeteria in Maryland that are probably better than any crabcakes available anywhere outside of Maryland.
What other foods are regionally better, rather than just regionally popular? Almost any two-bit pizza shop in New York serves better pizza than you can get in most states, so that's one. I have had excellent fried oysters in New Orleans, but there are fried oysters just as good in Baltimore. Philly cheese steak subs are a legendary local preference, but I haven't heard the claim that they are tastier than those elsewhere. I can't compare the flavor of Lancaster county scrapple to what is available in other areas, because I never heard of anyone else willing to eat it.
Produce doesn't count. I don't consider the lack of Minnesota oranges or New Mexican cranberries significant.
What other foods are regionally better, rather than just regionally popular? Almost any two-bit pizza shop in New York serves better pizza than you can get in most states, so that's one. I have had excellent fried oysters in New Orleans, but there are fried oysters just as good in Baltimore. Philly cheese steak subs are a legendary local preference, but I haven't heard the claim that they are tastier than those elsewhere. I can't compare the flavor of Lancaster county scrapple to what is available in other areas, because I never heard of anyone else willing to eat it.
Produce doesn't count. I don't consider the lack of Minnesota oranges or New Mexican cranberries significant.
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Date: 2009-04-22 06:17 pm (UTC)Ethiopian is better in DC, but I'm not sure that's what you meant.
People say that clam chowder is better in Boston, but I wouldn't know.
South Indian food is better in NJ. Specifically, in a certain house in NJ. :) (Actually, it is much better in general in the restaurants.)
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Date: 2009-04-23 12:46 am (UTC)We have a good south Indian restaurant to take you to, by the way. Well, you can tell us if it's good, but we like it.