Controversial Food Opinions - The Béchamel Test

chilean food is weird. i have a strong affection for it but i hesitate to describe it as good

― Louis Jägermeister (jim in vancouver), Friday, March 23, 2018 1:10 PM (twenty-five minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah my limited experience with it was very unimpressive, esp since, like, it's upside down california the food there should be insanely good

I figure it's because the water is so salty/minerally it's destroyed everyone's tastebuds, that a lot of stuff is just starting to get imported, the milk/cheese situation is stupid and the traditional food is pretty bland.

They do put bechamel in their lasagna here too. It's bad.

this is a picture of locos mayo which is probably my favourite dish. this looks utterly revolting

http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/medium/2588977.jpg

I have never seen this before. That looks terrible.

genuinely the worst looking food i have ever seen my god

I've never had it when it looked that bad tbh, but almost all the images on google look just about as terrible as that one

Pastel de Choclo is one of the weirdest things I have ever eaten. Who would have thought a mashup between chicken stew and creme brulee would be so awful? (Said no-one ever.)

I was watching an Anthony Bourdain on Chile and he goes to Fuentes Alemana which is supposed to have the most amazing lomito. I ordered it with half mayo because otherwise they put a huge scoop on top. I should've gotten the full mayo because it was seriously very bland. I wonder how many times he has average food and is just too nice to say anything.

i love the fuente alemana - well did i suppose as i haven't eaten meat in 5 years - and would usually get the chacarero. i find that the meat you get in chile can be quite bland as well tbh, like bistek a lo pobre is a boring and bad bit of meat with a fried egg on it

I had a conger eel a lo pobre the other day. It was ok. I was at Liguria the other day and got a pernil sandwich ( I only sometimes eat meat when I go out in Chile. It was so gristly and bland I took it home and recut the meat and added more stuff to it.

Every food opinion is controversial to someone.

I don't like Korean food very much. I think it's bad.

now THAT's the kind of content i came to this thread for

My dad is from a neighboring country to Chile & he puts mayo on hot dogs too. terrifying.

Ugh, I am in Chile now and the mayo is out of control here.

― Yerac, Friday, March 23, 2018 2:09 PM (two hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

it really is

not a fan of chilean food. all the good shit they ripped from peruvian cuisine lol

I think Korean food is way overpriced for what it is. I think I only like kimchee. All the filipino food I have had has been disgusting.

ceviche, lomito, even a goddamn pisco sour is all better in peru

man i fuckin love korean food

Someone who was fairly "worldly", half asian/french was telling me about an awesome fried chicken place in Santiago. She took me and I totally trusted her, forgetting that ultimately she was chilean. It was basically bland chicken nuggets served with mayo.

the only cuisines I don’t much like are not controversial eg british

The pisco sour is 10xs better in peru but I like any mix drink with egg whites. I kind of think the ceviche is the same in both, but we make our white fish ceviche a lot and never go for the mariscos mixtos.

The empanadas in chile are also dire.

!!!

i like empanadas de pino :( also the queso

They are basic. The empanadas in Peru and Argentina are much better.

probably I’m the only one on ilx who has opinions about bolivian food

I like it

Oh, is that where your dad is from? The last time I tried to go to Bolivia there was a surprise visa that I didn't know about so we just went to the atacama instead.

Korean noodle and rice dishes all kind of suck. The only thing fun is doing the barbecue.

controp: any pupusa is better than any burrito

most south americans know chilean food doesn't exist

if chilean food didn't exist chileans would have to invent it

canadian and us cuisine is basically junk/garbage food

british food doesn't exist either

indian food is junk food as well

hm those are all i can think of for now

indian food is junk food as well

― F# A# (∞), Friday, March 23, 2018 2:19 PM (thirty-nine seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

controversial

I could eat indian food every meal of the week. Mmmmm.

There are a couple of very good traditional chilean restaurants with a modern twist, near fine dining. And chile does kind of have near the only real wine game in Latin America save for Argentina who got saved by malbec and torrontes.

o ya

to balance things out, definitely give props to chilean (and argentinean) wine

peruvian wine is really bad, tastes like sweet grape juice or something

don't mean to restart the war of the pacific

indian food is junk food as well

― F# A# (∞), Friday, March 23, 2018 2:19 PM (thirty-nine seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i don't think this counts as an opinion

I don't like burgers. They all taste the same, like nothing, just some overcooked meat in stodgy bread. Just tried a five guys burger to see if it was any different, it was just like a McDonalds burger, but bigger, what is the point. French fries are also boring. I mean I get McDonalds and Burger King is cheap and convenient, but why would anyone want to spend more than £5 on this stuff I really cannot understand

because it's everywhere

I think 95% of hamburgers are kind of terrible too. Eating crappy overdone ground meat for no reason.

Steaks are also boring. Thirty mouthfuls of the same mediocre taste and texture. But people seem to genuinely enjoy eating them.

I like steak tartar and i like steak rare and in small quantities.

i love burgers

my preference is rare/bloody meats, but i'll eat them if i know it's from a good quality source, and this is rarely the case

one thing i love about japan is their meats, i'll eat almost raw japanese meats and eggs any time

almost all*

I'm sorry, you said Indian food was junk so your mouth is obviously broken in some way.

i mean doesn't mean i don't eat it or like it

If you cut down on the ghee or oil when making it, it's actually really healthy.