Hypothetical-- you can only choose two cuisines to eat for the rest of your life. What might they be?

1. Mexican, what is life without salsa?
2. French, can't miss with those standards

Mexican and Italian. Both have very rich regional traditions with a ton of variety. Of course, Mexican food is a blend of Native American and European traditions, and Italian food (often) depends heavily on New World crops like tomatoes and corn, so these strict delineations are not real

1. Indian
2. Mexican

I try to eat mostly vegetarian at home, and Indian recipes are my go-to for that. Indian food is the best tasting vegetarian food in my opinion. I was tempted to put Chinese here because I make tofu stir fry somewhat frequently, but I go with Indian recipes more often.

Mexican for the second choice because that gives you huevos rancheros, Mexican rice and beans, and homemade corn tortilla chips with guacamole. And breakfast burritos from the place down the street from me.

1. Ethnic
2. Fusion

Figure that pretty much covers all of my bases.

Indian and Chinese are excellent options, since they’re basically a couple dozen (minimum) cuisines in a trench coat.

Indian or vietnamese because both have amazing vegan options

A famous Anthony Bourdain quote about Japan states: "If I had to eat only in one city for the rest of my life, Tokyo would be it. Most chefs I know would agree with me". He also famously described his first experience in Tokyo as being like "taking LSD for the first time," a transformative experience that changed his perspective on the world.

I agree, for me it would be Japanese food, it's so diverse and so refined.

Japanese
Indian

Eastern, western

1. Thai
2. Lean

Probably Thai and Indian, since they both have a strong vegetarian side.

Mexican, Indian. Hands down.

Though there some other traditional foods I haven't had yet (South American, African)

India is an entire sub continent of food, its like saying "european"

Turkish and French. Turkish because it has an extremely wide variety, French because they are the goat.

Italian and Mexican

Mediterranean and Thai.

New York style pizza and Chicago style pizza. I can't see this going poorly for me, ever.

Vietnamese and Italian.

Indian and Mexican. I'm Indian. Makes total sense. Equator foods for the win!!!

Pizza. Endless combinations available.

For me it would be Indian and Italian with mexican as an honourable mention id sorely miss.

All three are super easy to make on your own too and almost everything I make could be classed as imitations of either. Heck, I already make Christmas pizza every year instead of the usual Christmas dinner. A few years I've made Christmas enchiladas too which is why I'd miss mexican but I definitely have more curries than mexican over the course of any given year.

Mexican and Indian.

Or Mexican and Mediterranean.

Or Mexican and something I haven't discovered yet. I hear Thai is good.

Indian and Mexican. As a pescatarian married to someone who can't eat soy or eggs, we're already more or less doing that. Though Italian will be missed. Fourth would be American because unfortunately that's what we are

1: something East Asian; Japanese, Chinese, Indian, Thai. I’d be happy with any of them, I just can’t decide.

2: something Hispanic/South American, basically just Mexican food.

With any two in those categories there’s enough variety for me to spend my life eating

Japanese or Mexican probably.

mexican and mexican

American, and Mexican.

Middle Eastern and Indian has some of the best vegan food.

Chinese food! More specifically, Sichuan and Northwestern style food.

I don't need to pick a second one.

Give me Japanese, and give me Thai.

Japanese cuisine runs far and deep, and so does Thai food.

Of course, this begs the question: what about a good burger with kewpie on it, or what happens if I put carnitas in pad thai? Where’s the delineations?

Eventually I can argue that frosted animal crackers, the pink and white ones, furthest from any kind of national or regional cuisine whatsoever, are Thai food cause they’ve been eaten by Thai people.

Mexican and Chinese.

But like the american type chinese takeout with a seventeen page menu of sushi and bubble teas I will never once get. And the mexican restaurants that also serve americanized tacos, so you know everything else has extra cheese and sauce.

Indian and Thai, but I'd really miss pho.

That being said, no way I don't grill some steaks and burgers and brats..

If Indian qualifies as one single cuisine - then Indian. I'll have enough dishes to try out in my lifetime and that's after considering I am vegetarian.

French, Thai

Peruvian and Mexican

For my mouth and dopamine, Italian. For my health, Greek.

I feel like you people are forgetting about Greek cuisine. The worst Greek food is still decent.

Indian and italian

Biryani, Haleem with naan

Indian food is great because it packs tons of flavor with minimal calories

In this house, we serve both kinds of cuisine: macaroni and cheese!

Does "American" count as a cuisine? 'Cause it encompasses just about everything else, as long as I don't need it to be "authentic."

Italian and Japanese

Italian and Mexican. That covers about 50% of my diet already.

Middle Eastern and Middle Eastern (I should probably give other cuisines a try). There's a lot more to this stuff than shawarma, y'all.

Cajun, and I could stop there. Cajun food is hands down the best of the Southern US foods. Then it's a toss up between Mexican, Tex-Mex, or Greek. I might have a thing for spicy meats/fish and flat breads

Take the meat parts out and I'll eat almost anything.

Italian and Vietnamese. I’m from neither of the places, but their food is so much better than anything we’ve got.

Japanese & Mediterranean.

If I didn't have dietary restrictions the Vietnamese and Puerto Rican (with Mexican essentially tied).

1. Asian
2. Latin American

Japanese and Mexican I think.

Japanese and Mexican for the sake of the question. It's what I grew up eating, and I hate the idea of being without my familiar comfort foods.

Truthfully though, I love eating too much to limit myself regionally or to just two countries. There's so much I haven't tried.

Initially I thought French and Chinese, but I love pizza so much, and Greek food is so delicious too.

So, I found a compromise: Mediterranean and Chinese 😋

Thai and Iranian. That'd cover a large spectrum of what I like.

stir fry and pizza

Levantine and Belgian

Nothing beats a nice juicy shawarma with a waffle for desert. Ok maybe a Jet2 holiday beats it, idk.

My local one and either Japanese or Chinese. These folks have nailed it, but I still want to eat something familiar as my staple.

Chinese, mostly Cantonese food, because I'm just so used to it.

Japanese, because sushi, ramen, robatayaki etc...

I just realized I actually haven't tried much food lol, too picky to try new things... sort of just ate whatever I grew up with...

What does the average westerner eat btw? I feel like my life is just a small bubble.

Mexican and Italian

Mexican & Indian

Kimchi and macncheese. I could alternate every day

Italian and Korean. I would count a lot of deli food in the Italian category, so you have pasta, pizza, baked dishes, and deli food. Then Korean for the BBQ and kimchi (to fix my stomach after fucking it up with all the deli food.)

Haitian and German

I could probably live forever off of Korean and Caribbean food.

Probably vietnamese and mexican

South Asian first, probably Middle Eastern second

German and Indian. German for the breads and the sausages, Indian for the variety and spices.

Japanese and Italian. What is life without katsukaree and pizza?

Chinese and Australian

Australian because we don't have a culture of food beyond appropriating the rest of the world's on corner stores and such.

A very cop out answer though

Chinese and pizza maybe?

Italian: I can still eat pasta, rice dishes, cheeses, drink bomb coffee, have I memtioned pizza? & let's not start with desserts.

Thai: I can get all the spices and sweetness of SEA food.

Mediterranean and mediterranean

American Soul Food (Ribs, Fried Chicken, Greens, Mac & Cheese, Buttermilk Biscuits, etc)

and Thai

Just gimme the (Black) American foods that no one else makes.

Middle Eastern and German

Mexican and middle eastern and I'd die happy

Italian and German.

Indian and German .

My favourite main is lamb vindaloo and my favourite cake is black forest gateau. Additionally pretzels and pakoras are great snacks.

American / Canadian and arabic. Great Shwarma can be so flavorful and delicious. I also can't do without a great burger every once in a long while.

Burger

My problem with picking a cuisine is what that means.

It has become a gripe amongst Italian-Americans where I live that their cuisine isn't considered to be Italian because Italy has changed in a different direction from their traditional cooking. The Italian-Americans can trace some recipes and practices to those who just got off the boat, but those practices don't reflect modern Italian cuisine.

I'd probably pick Italian as one of my cuisines, but I don't know if my practices would match the current cooking practices from the nation-state of Italy.

Japanese and Thai

Asian and Italian. I’ll go Japanese if you want more specific than Asian, ooh or maybe Thai. Hard one

Mexican, because life is just better with spices.
American, given that American "culture" is really just cultural appropriation with added sugar and calories, I'll get to try something close to every other cuisine.

Mexican and italian. Mexican and Indian, mexican and korean.

So many options!!

Pizza and Tacos

What does soup and stew count as?

British - obviously includes the greats like full English/Scottish breakfast, roast dinners, fish and chips, but also includes a wide varieties of Indian/Bangladeshi curries (Balti, Jalfrezi, Madras, Chicken Tikka Masala, etc), and similarly with westernised Chinese dishes.

American - mostly from the south: fried chicken, barbecue, jambalaya, gumbo, etc.

Indian food. That picture looks delicious!

Can someone tell me every dish here please.

Recipes too if you have the time

Korean and Italian

How in the world is Mexican / South American food not on this list yet?

1. Mexican / Colombian
2. Probably Thai

Brazillian and Brazillian again

Korean and British