What’s the most common non-European cuisine in your country?
June 18, 2025
What’s your country’s favorite non-European cuisine?
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Funnily enough, tacos. Norway is the second largest consumer of tacos after Mexico.
Its quite common to have “Taco Friday” some solo, some with family, some with a bunch of friends.
Probably american cuisine/fast food
After that, I’d say it’s maybe a toss up between that particular mix of chinese-japanese some asian restaurants have here and brazilian picanha places, I reckon
Chinese or Indian here in Ireland.
I’d love for more Japanese restaurants here.
I’d say Döner. But that’s just one dish out of the Turkish cuisine.
I would say Vietnamese.
Or fake Chinese food made by Vietnamese people lol
Italian, Indian or Chinese. Although the Indian and Chinese is very distinct from the cuisine you’d actually find in those countries.
Indian. But operated by Bangladeshis for some reason.
Historically it’s been indonesian. These days it’s either still that or chinese. I’m not sure.
Definitely Indian(/Bangladeshi) or Chinese. Even small rural towns will have at least one takeaway
Surinam and Indonesian food in the Netherlands for sure!
For Australia/ NZ
Thai, Chinese, Japanese, Indian are relatively equally most popular.
Maybe Indonesian (usually called Chinese but 80% Indonesian dishes)?
It was always Indian in the UK, but must be Chinese now
Unless Domino’s counts as ‘Italian’
Probably sushis or Chinese buffet (its mostly an asian cantine self service) or kebab. I think it depends on where you are in France.
I’m Bulgarian and because of the Ottomans a lot of the stuff we traditionally eat are of Turkish /Middle Eastern origin .
And that’s not even counting new (understand introduced in the late 20th/21st century ) cuisine like Chinese and Japanese food
Probably Chinese? Not sure though. Maybe north African but you know, cous cous is also a Sicilian dish so does it really count?
Italian, Greek, Asian
In Alot of small towns you will find one Delivery Restaurant that somehow has all of these on their cars.
(Döner Kebab between Italian and Greek but it’s not a Turkish food so I didn’t count it)
American and Chinese for Portugal
Döner and Chinese for Spain
Döner is also somewhat popular in Portugal, but nowhere as ubiquitous as it is in Spain.
In Italy it’s either Chinese or Japanese-style run by Chinese.
Many of them actually go for a fusion approach and offer popular menu items from both kitchens.
I’m British so all of it from everywhere we’ve ever conquered, so lots of French food.
Swedish person here. Kebab, that is super common and sold at every single pizzeria. (Yes, kebab pizza is also a thing here that’s one of the most common pizzas) Tacos are also extremely popular.
Thai and middle eastern. Love them and the immigrants that brought the food ♥️
🇩🇰: Turkish (kebab), Thai, Japanese (sushi) and Chinese. Mexican and Vietnamese becoming more popular.
UK: Indian or Chinese (HK)
Germany: Vietnamese or Turkish
Definitely Sushi- Japanese. In Italy all you can eat chain restaurants are our obsession 😹
Chinees-Indisch – Chinese and Indonesian dishes adapted to local tastes. This is one of the most popular takeout options. Restaurants are usually Chinese owned and are absolutely everywhere. Every random town has at least one of these.
Indisch – Colonial cuisine from the Dutch East Indies. It’s essentially Indonesian food but served more lavishly. The staple dish is called rijsttafel (rice table) and consists of a variety of Indonesian dishes served with rice. It’s similar to Indonesian nasi padang.
Surinamese – Surinamese cuisine is basically a mix of Afro-Caribbean, Indigenous American, Indian and Javanese cuisines with Dutch, Jewish, Chinese and Portuguese influences. This is in my opinion the best foreign cuisine that is regularly available in the Netherlands. Definitely worth a try if you ever visit NL. They also make some brilliant sandwiches.
Turkish – Mainly kebab shops, but authentic Turkish restaurants have started popping up in recent years as well. Nathaniël Gomes (RIP), a hairdresser with Cape Verdian roots, invented the kapsalon (lit. “barber shop” or “hair dresser”) at a kebab shop in Rotterdam. It consists of fries topped with kebab meat, cheese, garlic sauce, sambal (Indonesian hot sauce) and lettuce. It’s become a staple in kebab shops all across the Netherlands and Belgium.
Italian – Italian restaurants are everywhere. The quality varies greatly between restaurants. They are usually Italian, Turkish or Albanian owned.
Probably Indian, but we eat a lot of Mexican and Chinese food too.
I have El Paso fajitas quite often.
Turkish or Nepalese-Indian? Hard to say for Finland, Chinese is very popular too etc
No one answered for Turkyie? I know there are some Turks here. I’m curious
Asian cuisine in the UK (“Asian” means Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Sri Lankan)
Also, American cuisine is gaining popularity
If sushi and ramen bars count then i guess Japanese
31 comments
Funnily enough, tacos. Norway is the second largest consumer of tacos after Mexico.
Its quite common to have “Taco Friday” some solo, some with family, some with a bunch of friends.
Probably american cuisine/fast food
After that, I’d say it’s maybe a toss up between that particular mix of chinese-japanese some asian restaurants have here and brazilian picanha places, I reckon
Chinese or Indian here in Ireland.
I’d love for more Japanese restaurants here.
I’d say Döner. But that’s just one dish out of the Turkish cuisine.
I would say Vietnamese.
Or fake Chinese food made by Vietnamese people lol
Italian, Indian or Chinese. Although the Indian and Chinese is very distinct from the cuisine you’d actually find in those countries.
Indian. But operated by Bangladeshis for some reason.
Historically it’s been indonesian. These days it’s either still that or chinese. I’m not sure.
Definitely Indian(/Bangladeshi) or Chinese. Even small rural towns will have at least one takeaway
Surinam and Indonesian food in the Netherlands for sure!
For Australia/ NZ
Thai, Chinese, Japanese, Indian are relatively equally most popular.
Maybe Indonesian (usually called Chinese but 80% Indonesian dishes)?
It was always Indian in the UK, but must be Chinese now
Unless Domino’s counts as ‘Italian’
Probably sushis or Chinese buffet (its mostly an asian cantine self service) or kebab. I think it depends on where you are in France.
I’m Bulgarian and because of the Ottomans a lot of the stuff we traditionally eat are of Turkish /Middle Eastern origin .
And that’s not even counting new (understand introduced in the late 20th/21st century ) cuisine like Chinese and Japanese food
Probably Chinese? Not sure though. Maybe north African but you know, cous cous is also a Sicilian dish so does it really count?
Italian, Greek, Asian
In Alot of small towns you will find one Delivery Restaurant that somehow has all of these on their cars.
(Döner Kebab between Italian and Greek but it’s not a Turkish food so I didn’t count it)
American and Chinese for Portugal
Döner and Chinese for Spain
Döner is also somewhat popular in Portugal, but nowhere as ubiquitous as it is in Spain.
In Italy it’s either Chinese or Japanese-style run by Chinese.
Many of them actually go for a fusion approach and offer popular menu items from both kitchens.
I’m British so all of it from everywhere we’ve ever conquered, so lots of French food.
Swedish person here. Kebab, that is super common and sold at every single pizzeria. (Yes, kebab pizza is also a thing here that’s one of the most common pizzas) Tacos are also extremely popular.
Thai and middle eastern. Love them and the immigrants that brought the food ♥️
🇩🇰: Turkish (kebab), Thai, Japanese (sushi) and Chinese. Mexican and Vietnamese becoming more popular.
UK: Indian or Chinese (HK)
Germany: Vietnamese or Turkish
Definitely Sushi- Japanese. In Italy all you can eat chain restaurants are our obsession 😹
Chinees-Indisch – Chinese and Indonesian dishes adapted to local tastes. This is one of the most popular takeout options. Restaurants are usually Chinese owned and are absolutely everywhere. Every random town has at least one of these.
Indisch – Colonial cuisine from the Dutch East Indies. It’s essentially Indonesian food but served more lavishly. The staple dish is called rijsttafel (rice table) and consists of a variety of Indonesian dishes served with rice. It’s similar to Indonesian nasi padang.
Surinamese – Surinamese cuisine is basically a mix of Afro-Caribbean, Indigenous American, Indian and Javanese cuisines with Dutch, Jewish, Chinese and Portuguese influences. This is in my opinion the best foreign cuisine that is regularly available in the Netherlands. Definitely worth a try if you ever visit NL. They also make some brilliant sandwiches.
Turkish – Mainly kebab shops, but authentic Turkish restaurants have started popping up in recent years as well. Nathaniël Gomes (RIP), a hairdresser with Cape Verdian roots, invented the kapsalon (lit. “barber shop” or “hair dresser”) at a kebab shop in Rotterdam. It consists of fries topped with kebab meat, cheese, garlic sauce, sambal (Indonesian hot sauce) and lettuce. It’s become a staple in kebab shops all across the Netherlands and Belgium.
Italian – Italian restaurants are everywhere. The quality varies greatly between restaurants. They are usually Italian, Turkish or Albanian owned.
Probably Indian, but we eat a lot of Mexican and Chinese food too.
I have El Paso fajitas quite often.
Turkish or Nepalese-Indian? Hard to say for Finland, Chinese is very popular too etc
No one answered for Turkyie? I know there are some Turks here. I’m curious
Asian cuisine in the UK (“Asian” means Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Sri Lankan)
Also, American cuisine is gaining popularity
If sushi and ramen bars count then i guess Japanese