Sichuan
South India
Japanese
Korean
Turkish
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Which Hunan dishes came to mind when you added that cuisine to your top 5?
I don’t think I have terribly distinct “favorite to cook” vs. “favorite to dine out” lists. But I seldom look to cook any Korean at home other than Army Stew, which is kind of a comfort food for me. So in place of Korean, if I did have a separate “cook” list, would probably be Mexican dishes or Pizza (which I guess the way I do it is “American” vs. “Italian”? 
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As with your OP, no particular order (with caveats above), and with a lot of untidy lumping:
Mediterranean/ME (Persian/Syrian/Greek/Sometimes I don’t know the difference but like it all)
Caribbean including Cuban, Haitian (esp. West African traditions), Jamaican
Thai
Indian
Korean
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Chinese (Cantonese and Hong Kong cha chaan teng)
Korean
American (classic comfort foods)
Eastern European
Middle Eastern
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Amazing how well that one aged, and how it’s applicable for far too many occasions
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Classics are classic for a reason 
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I started to type 5 and deleted it. I have equal love for every cuisine I’ve had the opportunity to try.
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Bravo! An EOE in our midst. And what a lucky disposition to have! Imagine never being disappointed or, worse yet, put off by any dish from any cuisine, but instead loving them all equally.
It’s the amazing fusion meals that stopped me in the end. Like Chef Lee.
The lines that cross deliciously and the OG, way too difficult to pick.
R&G is good but Koi Palace is probably the best Canto restaurant in the Bay Area and the prices reflect this, although could be Mr. Jiu now. I haven’t been. Cantonese cuisine the US is slowly dying as immigration has changed.
In any case, in no particular order or region, I’d say:
Chinese
Italian
Mexican
Standard American
Middle Eastern/Mediterrean.
Standard American means comfort food but also BBQ. Mexican boom now includes regional cuisines but I can’t follow it all. I added Middle Eastern Med as a catch all. No way I know enough about it, apologies for vagueness.
I think my list, at the the top three are standard American preferences. Can’t imagine the US without those.
I rank a current top 5, as in this week’s top 5 cravings 
Lately,
Mexican
Greek
Thai
Chinese
Italian
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Can’t argue with that grouping or any others mentioned! The only food group I have tried ONCE never to repeat isn’t even worth mentioning because I was the one who prepared it badly. But I would not be able to look at any cuisine and not find dozens of dishes I enjoy.
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Agree.
I don’t like the restaurant food is one particular cuisine too much, so I don’t usually mention it. I have never had the home-cooked version.
I’ve tried it maybe 6 times.
- French
- Middle-Eastern
- Italian
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That’s why I’m going:
US and all our bastardized cuisines
Greek- Thank you Greek Americans for the gyros. I love you eternally.
Italian- I love the red sauce, I LOVE it! I love US pizzas. Gimme more weak black olives and extra onions, peppers, etc.
Tex Mex and Cal Mex are no sins. Cheesy enchiladas are a good thing as are fish tacos.
Chinese American- I’ll eat the rat on a stick all day, and some general Tso’s, with a Chinese American egg roll. (-“That’s not real Chinese!” - It’s American Chinese, yo, and I love it, a’ight?!)
German American- frankfurters, USA, are the shizzle. Brats? depends on who made them.
Goin’ out in style:
All American BBQ smoked meats. Salt 'n peppa and smoke! Just too big a pain to make all that at home.
Italian American- Pizza, Chicago style Italian beef
Balkanian- Love my Serbian place (burek to die for, and the cevapcici are sublime)
Middle Eastern- I love lamb. Just do. I don’t care what part of that world one may come from, seems all I’ve tried are adept at lamb prep.
Greek American- Could OD on gyros. Never forget my first gyros. Life altering for the better. I sat in satisfied amazement upon completion.
I’m pretty fair at Mex/Tex/Cal, so I rarely go out for those.
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Ummm. Wha’?
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Supposed to emulate Peking duck, or chicken, and has a skewer through it.
But it’s rat? 
It’s GOK, is what it is.
Let’s call it American-Italian - the red sauce places have relatively little to do with Italian cooking (not that it is automatically bad but very different cooking and dishes)
