The world’s top 10 food cities, including a Southern fave

Louisiana boiled crawfish Costa Rican gallo pinto on banana leaves and a French fry-stuffed sandwich from South Africa called a Gatsby these are certain of the dishes praised in Time Out s latest list of the world s best food cities Related Articles At Cooks of Crocus Hill that old name is new again as Bellecour partnership ends Recipe Herbed Green Rice is a flavorful sidekick for your next barbecue Give salt-and-pepper pork chops a crunchy coating without the deep frying Burnsville Cub to celebrate revamped grocery store with fanfare The innovative ice-cream makers at Salt Straw serve up secrets and recipes in a new cookbook There s only one U S place on the list but that s by design Time Out surveyed its readers for The world s best cities for food right now on criteria like quality affordability and attributes such as family-friendly and experimental The editors then narrowed down the ranking in the interest of geographic diversity so that there s only one culinary capital per country Though this is kind of a self-selecting poll it s hard to quibble with New Orleans placement as America s food mecca Other spots might surprise folks who ve never been perhaps Abu Dhabi praised for its burrata pizza or Riyadh for its Japanese cuisine and Medell n chicharr n salad From street eats to fine dining family-run taverns to cutting-edge kitchens eating and drinking is the backbone of local beliefs in our cities and the reason a large number of of us choose to advance writes Time Out Without ado here are the first on the list of culinary capitals Time Out readers vote the world s best cities for food right now New Orleans Bangkok Medell n Cape Town Madrid Mexico City Lagos Shanghai Paris Jakarta Source timeout com journey worlds-best-cities-for-food