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1. Mexican, what is life without salsa?
2. French, can't miss with those standards

Mexican and Italian. Both have very rich regional traditions with a ton of variety. Of course, Mexican food is a blend of Native American and European traditions, and Italian food (often) depends heavily on New World crops like tomatoes and corn, so these strict delineations are not real

1. Indian
2. Mexican

I try to eat mostly vegetarian at home, and Indian recipes are my go-to for that. Indian food is the best tasting vegetarian food in my opinion. I was tempted to put Chinese here because I make tofu stir fry somewhat frequently, but I go with Indian recipes more often.

Mexican for the second choice because that gives you huevos rancheros, Mexican rice and beans, and homemade corn tortilla chips with guacamole. And breakfast burritos from the place down the street from me.

1. Ethnic
2. Fusion

Figure that pretty much covers all of my bases.

Indian and Chinese are excellent options, since they’re basically a couple dozen (minimum) cuisines in a trench coat.

A famous Anthony Bourdain quote about Japan states: "If I had to eat only in one city for the rest of my life, Tokyo would be it. Most chefs I know would agree with me". He also famously described his first experience in Tokyo as being like "taking LSD for the first time," a transformative experience that changed his perspective on the world.

I agree, for me it would be Japanese food, it's so diverse and so refined.

Japanese
Indian

1. Thai
2. Lean

Eastern, western

Probably Thai and Indian, since they both have a strong vegetarian side.

Mexican, Indian. Hands down.

Though there some other traditional foods I haven't had yet (South American, African)

India is an entire sub continent of food, its like saying "european"

Italian and Mexican

Indian and Mexican. I'm Indian. Makes total sense. Equator foods for the win!!!

Vietnamese and Italian.

Mediterranean and Thai.

I go with the two big Is.

Italian - because you have never truly lived if you didn’t eat authentic Italian food. There is a reason Italians take their food serious and there is so much to explore beyond pizza and spaghetti.

~~Indian~~ UK - because sometimes you just want to shove that Chicken Tikka Masala in your face. Fun fact: The best Chicken Tikka I ever had was in fucking Perth, Scotland. Make of that what you will.

Edit: Turns out what I call Indian food is British. So, at least one good thing came out of the Brits colonising half the world.

Chinese food! More specifically, Sichuan and Northwestern style food.

I don't need to pick a second one.

For me it would be Indian and Italian with mexican as an honourable mention id sorely miss.

All three are super easy to make on your own too and almost everything I make could be classed as imitations of either. Heck, I already make Christmas pizza every year instead of the usual Christmas dinner. A few years I've made Christmas enchiladas too which is why I'd miss mexican but I definitely have more curries than mexican over the course of any given year.

What an incredibly difficult question to answer. Mexican and Chinese probably. Hokkien noodles are so fucking good

Japanese or Mexican probably.

Mexican and Indian.

Or Mexican and Mediterranean.

Or Mexican and something I haven't discovered yet. I hear Thai is good.

1: something East Asian; Japanese, Chinese, Indian, Thai. I’d be happy with any of them, I just can’t decide.

2: something Hispanic/South American, basically just Mexican food.

With any two in those categories there’s enough variety for me to spend my life eating

Pizza. Endless combinations available.

Middle Eastern and Indian has some of the best vegan food.

American, and Mexican.

Indian and Mexican. As a pescatarian married to someone who can't eat soy or eggs, we're already more or less doing that. Though Italian will be missed. Fourth would be American because unfortunately that's what we are

New York style pizza and Chicago style pizza. I can't see this going poorly for me, ever.

French, Thai

For my mouth and dopamine, Italian. For my health, Greek.

Give me Japanese, and give me Thai.

Japanese cuisine runs far and deep, and so does Thai food.

Of course, this begs the question: what about a good burger with kewpie on it, or what happens if I put carnitas in pad thai? Where’s the delineations?

Eventually I can argue that frosted animal crackers, the pink and white ones, furthest from any kind of national or regional cuisine whatsoever, are Thai food cause they’ve been eaten by Thai people.

Indian and Thai, but I'd really miss pho.

That being said, no way I don't grill some steaks and burgers and brats..

Mexican and Chinese.

But like the american type chinese takeout with a seventeen page menu of sushi and bubble teas I will never once get. And the mexican restaurants that also serve americanized tacos, so you know everything else has extra cheese and sauce.

Peruvian and Mexican