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>>249716 I have, it's not that great. GERMANY had better pizza, I lived in both places 2 years.
This thread brings up a great point about ethnocentric arrogance about food. All "ethnic" food is essentially a group of people took advantage of their surroundings, and basically just cooked and mixed said edible surroundings into what today rational people consider simply food, but Europeans in particular, have a childish outlook that it's art.
What determines ethnic cuisine has more to do with the land itself and little to do with the people there.
Likewise, there's nothing truly magical about "authentic" food. It's not "authentic", but rather just simple.
Food in itself is nothing magical, it's simply suspended carbs, proteins and fats extracted for our nutrition. I could mash together edible plants from my backyard and call it "authentic", but that doesn't mean it wont taste like shit.
TL;DR Europeans in particular have a very childish view of what food is, most other cultures are mature enough to look through the magical thinking and see food for what it is, food.
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