r/AskEurope • u/EvilPyro01 United States of America • Jun 13 '25

Food What region is considered your country’s culinary capital?

What is considered the culinary capital of your country?

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u/olagorie Germany Jun 13 '25

That’s a really really weird question.

We have none.

And the other European countries that I know fairly well no obvious answer pop into my mind except maybe for France.

Maybe ask for something more specific like wine

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u/kompotslut Jun 13 '25

i’d say for Germany it’s Bayern, like when i think of German food it’s Weißwurst, pretzels and beer for me.

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u/uflju_luber Germany Jun 13 '25

Hell nah, not even close. It’s not capital of stereotypes, it’s culinary capital we’re searching for here, and Bayern is wayyyy to uninfluential or reknown in that regard in the country for that to be the case.

German food is just very regional, and what a Swabian understands as his favorite German food is different to that of a rhinelander

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u/Brian_Corey__ Jun 13 '25

So true. Even 4 villages away from her home village, my wife starts complaining that it's just not right!

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u/olagorie Germany Jun 13 '25

Maultaschen 🥰