A real foodie & cycles alot?

[shootingstar]

You're both right, travel is a test of one's preferences and passions of what one focuses for different/unfamiliar cultures/places.

I do at least take an interest in any culture's cuisine and appreciate good quality. Even when we went to Hawaii, which is still US, parts of the selections there are abit different than what is common on mainland US. Even if it means settling for Spam in sushi, which is their local thing.

Guess that explains why both dearie and I were dismayed that we didn't find hardly any good Czech nor Danish restaurants at the time we were in those countries last year. And we were in each country for nearly 7-8 days. I'm sure they existed...beyond our bank account. On some days, we spent up to 2 hrs. trying to find a decent restaurant, that wasn't their non-native ethnic...meaning not East Indian, Chinese, German, French, etc.

We both felt strongly that we didn't come all the way to Europe to try their "immigrant" restaurants when we could get similar back where we lived in Vancouver.

Well, I managed NOT to eat any Asian cuisine while in Europe (for 1 month), even though if desperate, I would have. (I would be a fool given the sheer quality and breadth of choice in Vancouver.) Please don't jump at me....I did try a Chinese restaurant in the Canadian Arctic. I wanted to try the "freshness" of their cooking ingredients in dishes were in middle of winter.

Elitist eh? Or maybe I just really want my global travel, genuinely abit different from being at home.

I welcome trying alot of different/unfamiliar foods and do have specific (defined) areas of "elitism" in terms of cooking quality, quality ingredients and how to enjoy certain dishes. Can be very simple, cheaply made dishes, but one has to know the right techniques and use certain ingredients.

Helps to cycle or walk alot. And at least know 1-2 cuisines well and cook from it.