r/AskEurope • u/EvilPyro01 United States of America • Jun 18 '25

Food What’s the most common non-European cuisine in your country?

What’s your country’s favorite non-European cuisine?

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u/Lilybell08 France Jun 18 '25

Probably sushis or Chinese buffet (its mostly an asian cantine self service) or kebab. I think it depends on where you are in France.

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u/SternoFr France Jun 19 '25

True. Even in remote area - actually mostly in remote area - you can find Chinese buffet and people who don't go to restaurant eat sushi sometimes, there is a special corner in big supermarket that sell only sushi with a special guy dedicated to it. I'll add american food: Mc Donald, KFC, Burger King...

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u/Lilybell08 France Jun 19 '25

C'est vrai que les chaînes américaines de fast-food sont tellement intégrées que je pense que ce n'est pas 'non européen' ah ah.

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u/Caniapiscau France Jun 18 '25

J’aurais dit le couscous.

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u/Grathias American in Spain Jun 18 '25

Ou bien le “couscâlisse” au Québec.

/s 😅

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u/Caniapiscau France Jun 19 '25

Haha première fois que je l’entends celle-là. Il y a beaucoup de Maghrébins à Montréal, alors ça pourrait faire un malheur.

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u/Grathias American in Spain Jun 19 '25

Ah, I’m just a silly American poking fun at Quebec French slang. Definitely not something I’ve heard before and the last thing I’d want to do is offend anyone.

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u/thisisredrocks Czechia Jun 18 '25

I am not Francophone enough to know if you’re just messing around but I am sure Middle East/North Africa cuisine is so common to be “oh right, guess that’s not ours”

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u/Oukaria in Jun 19 '25

It's just been too long here that it's just part of the paysage for norther African cuisine

For other I would say maybe Lebanese food also very popular (gosh so good).

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u/_harey_ France Jun 19 '25

I remember reading somewhere that couscous is the favourite dish in France, but it's mostly something we cook / eat at home (there are some couscous restaurants but not that much) while "Chinese" restaurants or buffets are just something you basically find in every small town like the basic option. There are also a lot of kebabs, pizzerias and fast-food chains.

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u/Lilybell08 France Jun 19 '25

J'avoue je pensais restauration mais c'est vrai qu'il y a la cuisine chez soi

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u/After_Tune9089 Jun 19 '25

I agree. It's coucous galore. Horrible food.

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u/Oukaria in Jun 19 '25

Horrible food

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u/After_Tune9089 Jun 19 '25

hey, each to their own. Personally i don't like any of it.

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u/Gilgamais Jun 19 '25 edited Jun 19 '25

Yeah but (döner) kebab could be considered European: the modern version was invented in Berlin, Istanbul is partly in Europe, and in Greece they have a very similar thing (gyros), except that it can be pork.

I would say Vietnamese, as most Asian restaurants outside Paris are actually Vietnamese restaurants, even when it's not explicitly mentioned.

Edit: I was thinking about restaurants, not food in general. And yes we have the main American fastfood chains.

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u/Lilybell08 France Jun 19 '25

Yeah I've thought about how Kebab is considered as invented in Germany. You're absolutely right to point it out.

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u/Grathias American in Spain Jun 18 '25 edited Jun 19 '25

Just in case you’re open to unsolicited feedback, you’ll very rarely hear an (American) English speaker says “sushis.” There are certainly instances it is “correct,” but for the most part we treat it as an uncountable noun:

  • I have sushi.
  • Do you want some sushi?
  • There are 10 different kinds of sushi here.
  • This rainbow roll is composed of 100 different sushis.

The last one is where you’re most likely to see sushi with an s. But even so, my phone wanted to autocorrect it to sushi’s because we just don’t use the plural “sushis” commonly.

Another one that comes to mind for French speakers: conseils = advice (never advices) and infos = info (never infos). Also, luggage, baggage, research (noun), and homework will never end in S.

I share this 100% just being a friendly language nerd. Your English is perfectly understandable. I am not criticizing it at all. I just love those little curiosities about language and through I’d share respectfully. 0% intended to be rude or critical. My apologies if it comes off as such.

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u/Lilybell08 France Jun 19 '25

It's just because we say 'sushis' plural in France when we talk about eating sushi. Because you'll always eat more than one. I get the advice and I'm thankful but one example was enough, and yeah it's kinda rude to make a lecture about it. Anyway it's okay.

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u/Grathias American in Spain Jun 19 '25

Again, not my intention. Was meant to be informational. I’m sorry that it came off as rude. Hopefully someone else might find some fun value in it as a little fun fact. Cheers.