In Texas, Tex-Mex.

In the US, it's really hard to say. We're too diverse.

The US at large? Too diverse to have a specific cuisine but corn is a native food here, I recommend corn on the cob, either just with butter or the fancy Mexican style, and also try cornbread.

Local food, we have Cuban sandwiches and deviled crab, I didn't know until recently that those are only served around here, despite the name these are Florida foods. Cuban sandwich is a three meat affair on Cuban bread, deviled egg is a sort of fried dough with seasoned crabmeat in the middle.

Taiwan: Come visit us!! The majority of the foods on my list youq can get at most night markets.

1. Beef Noodle Soup - You've gotta try the beef noodle soup; it's practically the national dish! Imagine slurping down spicy broth with tender braised beef and hearty noodles. Total comfort food.

2. Bubble Tea - No trip to Taiwan is complete without bubble tea. It's the perfect combo of tea, milk, and those addictive tapioca pearls. Totally worth the hype!

3. Gua Bao - Think of Gua Bao as the Taiwanese burger. It's a fluffy steamed bun stuffed with juicy pork belly, sprinkled with peanuts and cilantro. So good.

4. Stinky Tofu - It might smell funky, but stinky tofu is a must-try street food. Dare yourself to try it fried up crispy with some pickled cabbage on the side.

5. Lu Rou Fan - This is a go-to comfort dish: simple braised pork over rice. It's unassuming but unbelievably tasty.

6. Oyster Omelette - This is a unique mix of eggs and oysters with a sweet potato starch that gives it a chewy texture, topped with a sweet and spicy sauce.

7. Pineapple Cake - For a sweet treat, grab a pineapple cake. It's a crumbly, buttery pastry with pineapple jam inside—a perfect souvenir too.

8. Dumplings - You can't go wrong with dumplings, steamed or fried. Dip them in soy sauce and chili and you're set.

9. Shaved Ice - To cool down, shaved ice is perfect, especially piled high with toppings like red beans and fruit.

10. Mango Shaved Ice - Upgrade to mango shaved ice if you’re there in mango season. Fresh mango with shaved ice and condensed milk? Yes, please!

We are super friendly too and the majority of the population speaks English.

I'm listing countries where I've lived and split into Savoury, sweet and drinks categories, some countries have less items because I couldn't think of other examples. On most places and categories I tried to limit myself to 3 entries.

Argentina

Savoury

• Churrasco - Argentinian bbq, it's just meat with salt and possibly chimichurri (a "sauce" made with some herbs, restaurants around the world seem to call any dressing chimichurri but the traditional one is the best and only one for me)
• Fugazzeta - Essentially a thick dough onion and cheese pizza
• Empanadas - Similar to a calzone but with more fillings, it can be made in the oven, fried or grilled in charcoal. Traditional filling is meat but also very popular are Humita (corn with bechamel sauce, one of my favorites)

Sweet

• Alfajor - two biscuits with dulce de leche in between, usually covered with chocolate.
• Postre Balcarce - One of my favorites desserts, it's a sort of cake with peaches, almond, merengue and other stuff, look it up.
• Media Lunas - Sweet croissant.

Drinks

• Mate - A sort of tea, drunk in a special cup with a special straw.
• Paso de Los toros pomelo - Grapefruit flavoured tonic water.
• Fernet con coca - An alcoholic drink made by mixing Fernet (a bitter liquor) with a can of coke.

Brazil

Savoury (northeast)

• Acarajé - A Bean paste fried in dendê oil, filled with shrimp, Vatapá (a paste made of shrimp, coconut milk, peanuts, etc) and Caruru (a paste made with okra, personally I don't like it)
• Moqueca - A stew made with fish, shrimp, tomatoes , onion and dendê oil
• Beiju - A tortilla made with cassava flour, filled with a variety of fillings.

Savoury (general)

• Coxinha - A fried potato dough filled with chicken and usually requeijão/catupiry (a special creamy cheese)
• Pastel - Similar to Argentinian empanadas, but the dough is lighter and it's only served fried.
• Feijoada - A stew made with black beans and some meats (sometimes eaten with orange)

Sweet

• Brigadeiro/Beijinho - Cooked condensed milk with chocolate powder or coconut.
• Pudim - Cooked condensed milk (Yes, Brazilians love condensed milk) with eggs and a caramel sauce.
• Paçoca - Sweet peanut crumbly cylinder.

Drinks

• Guarana - A soda made from a fruit found in Brazil.
• Caldo de cana - Pressed sugar cane, essentially natural sugary water.
• Caipirinha - An alcoholic drink made with lime and cachaça (a typically Brazilian alcoholic drink). Cachaça is not vodka, and a caipirinha made with vodka instead of cachaça is called a caipiroska.

Italy

Italian food is very well known, so I'll list less known dishes, some of them are still known but not to the same level of Lasagna and Tiramisu.

Savoury

• Parmegiana - A lasagna made with eggplant instead of dough and LOTS of parmesan cheese
• Panzerotti - Similar to a calzone, but lots more filling and a thinner dough
• Putsnesca - garlic, anchovies, capers and black olives tomato sauce, usually eaten with Penne

Sweet

• Panettone - A sweet bread with caramelized fruits and raisins
• Panna Cotta - Cooked cream topped with some sauce
• Pastafrola/Pasta frolla - Sweet tart filled with jams

Drinks

• Lemoncello - Lemon liquor.
• Aranciatta - Similar to Fanta but I think it's made with tonic water because it has a bitter taste to it.
• Soda - A traditionally made soda with syrup and sparkling water, they have several flavors.

Ireland

Savoury

• Guiness stew - A stew made with meat, potatoes, onion, carrots and Guiness.

Drinks

• Guiness

Spain

Savoury

• Tortilla de patatas - A sort of tall omelette made with fried potatoes and usually onion.
• Paella - Seafood and veggies with rice and saffron.
• Patatas bravas - Fried potatoes with a spicy sauce.

Sweet

• Crema catalana - Custard topped with caramelized sugar.
• Churros/Xurros - Fried dough covered in sugar and cinnamon, made to be eaten by dipping in chocolate or dulce de leche.
• Turrón - A sort of nougat.

Drinks

I've only recently moved to Spain, haven't had any traditional drinks here, if someone has some recommendations let me know.

I'm Ukrainian. We have a very particular way of making salted hearing. It's really good and totally different from more commonly sold salted hearing and I would recommend it to anyone.

We call it селёдка (see-leot-ka)

Canadian cuisine isn't really distinctive, but you should really try French fries with salt and malt vinegar before you perish.

USA: Real barbeque. I don't mean braised meat slathered in a sticky sauce, either. I mean tough cuts of meat, cooked slow and low over woodsmoke until it is fall-off-the-bone tender. No sauce required.

Much easier to find this in the southern US, with Texas, Missouri, and the Carolinas all being particularly famous BBQ regions. In the northern states, your best bet is gonna be to find someone local with a smoker - not just a grill.

If you come to Chicago, definitely grab an Italian beef, a Chicago style hot dog, and some deep dish.

If you’re adventurous, try a shot of Malort. I personally like it, but it’s generally hated and used as a joke on tourists.

If you come to America, go to a diner. Diners are attempted in other countries but they never get it right.

Texas food is pretty grim, but we we have some good stuff.

• Beef is very cheap here, so if you like steaks, I'd recommend a nice steakhouse. Especially if you're European, y'alls steaks are the stuff of nightmares.

• We also have good tex mex, which probably explains a lot of our obesity issues.

• Watermelons here are both much better and much larger than anywhere else I've ever been.

• Chicken fried steak does kick the shit out of schnitzel, even if mushroom sauce is amazing.

Otherwise we mostly import any cuisine worth a damn.

Belgium: French Fries, yes. Common Tourist Etiquette Mistake: don't put ketchup on it, just don't.

Laos: Laap (of fish preferably) and sticky rice, the dry on eyou make a ball with your fingers, grab a tiny bit of extra-spicy Laap, and let it explode in your mouth. Chew lengthily to allow the rice to restore balance in your innards.

Morocco: Couscous. Not a joke, so good and also kind of mandatory on Friday Noon. I love my Fridays!

Ok so everybody is always about the stroopwafels, the fries with lots of mayo and the raw herring. And that's all fine unique and dandy.

But the real thing that many food travelers miss is the smoked eel. They are delicious smokey fatty fishes, really unique to dutchland, Japanese unagi doesn't hold a candle to it.

They are horrible looking, hard to peel (yup you peel the eel) but they are the best culinary thing our country has, and I'll die on this hill. Goes with a korenwijn type (Dutch gin)

The Southwest of Germany has two really regional dishes that are worth a try. The one is Käsespätzle which is a special Swabian type of egg-noodles with cheese. The other is Maultaschen which are Swabian Ravioli.

Okay this is going to be a little less high brow then many other suggestions

Fat Shack - There are a number of locations in USA mostly in Colorado and Texas but there are in about 10 state. I would never call this food good for you. But it may be one of the most American things ever.

The main sandwich they make is called the Fat Shack and is a hoagie roll filled with Cheesesteak, chicken fingers, jalapeño poppers, mozzarella sticks, french fries & honey-jalapeño mustard. And you can get your choice of sauce (I always choose cheese sauce because at this point why not). The smallest size of this sandwich comes in at 1600 calories.

All their food is in the same theme and most locations have a you bring it we fry it thing too. They make no guarantees but will try to fry anything you want to bring in.

If you are visiting an area with one or live near one it is quite the experience to eat one of their meals and really one may be enough for a lifetime.

Tostone. Take a green unripe plantain (similar to a banana). peel it cut into 3 or 4 parts depending on size. Soak in salt water over night. Dry and fry 3 min. Remove from oil and smash it flat. Fry for another 3 min. Salt and serve with crushed garlic in olive oil.

on the east coast of Canada, in the French speaking region known as Acadie (not in Quebec), there is a dish known as Poutine Rapée. it is not the delicious "cheese fries and gravy" Poutine, oh no. This is a big fucking potato dumpling with seasoned pork and onion inside it. Making them is an art form. They are super delicious. Eat one of those for lunch and you'll go for hours.