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Which Country Has The BEST Food? (A Very Serious And Scientific Ranking)

2025-08-10 Entertainment
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Debating the World's Best Food Country Ranking Methodologies

Discover why definitive global food rankings are inherently flawed and analyze questionable methodologies used by popular sources like Taste Atlas and Gordon Ramsay’s endorsements.

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  • Examine how random polls and user-voted data aggregation websites create confusing "best food" lists (e.g., Greece ranked #1 by Taste Atlas).
  • Learn why iconic cuisines like French food are often overhyped due to historical codification and establishment by gatekeepers like the Michelin Guide.
  • The discussion concludes that true culinary excellence lies in local, contextualized specialties, making a universal "best" impossible to define.
  • This episode dissects the futility of declaring a single best food country by analyzing specific rankings, cultural promotion strategies, and personal preferences.

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Today, Josh and Nicole settle once and for all – which country has the best food out there? Leave us a voicemail at (833) DOG-POD1 Check out all the episodes of A Hot Dog Is A Sandwich: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLW8XZTagL0oIGE0YPFlWbxfk332rLzoCy Want more Mythical Kitchen? Check out these playlists: Last Meals - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLW8XZTagL0oLPu4rowq_WOqg6nJ_oToRN Food Battles - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLW8XZTagL0oKvNweUd0NzXBTUgmVDXbTe Meals of History - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLW8XZTagL0oJzDtzkhoE_KeH_macdrpHJ Check out our podcast, A Hot Dog Is A Sandwich! Apple Podcasts: https://mythic.al/ahdias Spotify: https://mythic.al/hotdog CHAPTERS 0:00 How Dare We Rank All Countries? 2:20 Gordon Ramsay Chooses Moroccan Food 5:25 Does Josh Know The Top 10 Cuisines In The World (According To Taste Atlas) 9:54 What Does This Have To Do With College Football? 12:35 America's Must-Try Foods 14:36 Why Thai Food Is So Popular 17:16 Is French Food Overhyped? 20:09 All Food Tastes Better Beachside 23:05 Fusion Foods 24:15 Who Spends The Most Time Cooking? 26:35 Our Top Picks (Non-Negotiable) 27:38 Cuisines We Want To Try More 32:11 Opinions Are Like Casseroles 33:03 Little Known KitKat Facts 35:38 Every State Should Have It's Own Hot Dog 39:23 Can You Boil An Egg Inside A Car? 41:36 Our Feelings About Chi-Chi's 44:25 Last Meals Cookbook Pick up official Mythical Kitchen merch at https://mythical.com/collections/mythical-kitchen Check out Sporked, Mythical's new website dedicated to helping you find the best food on the shelves! - http://www.sporked.com Submit your Dreams Become Food photos here: https://forms.gle/cBopySaTXdzG7RFr5 Join the Mythical Society: https://www.mythicalsociety.com Follow Mythical Kitchen: Instagram: https://instagram.com/mythicalkitchen Facebook: https://facebook.com/mythicalkitchen Mythical Chef Josh's Instagram: https://instagram.com/mythicalchefjosh Check Out Our Other Mythical Channels: Good Mythical Morning: https://youtube.com/goodmythicalmorning Rhett & Link: https://youtube.com/rhettandlink Ear Biscuits: https://applepodcasts.com/earbiscuits Good Mythical MORE: https://youtube.com/goodmythicalmore In the spirit of minimizing food waste associated with the filming of this series, Mythical is donating to the Hollywood Food Coalition who provide daily, nourishing meals to underserved communities in the Los Angeles area. Closed Captioning provided by Rev

Top Comments (10)

@DaniasVoice 2025-08-21

In Mexico, we spend countless hours a day thinking, talking about, eating and preparing food.

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@aquasagleo 2025-08-11

this increased my crush on Josh for 1) his ability to name countries in a region accurately and 2) obliterating these lists and pointing out the Eurocentrism of them

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@Pitufa-h4v 2025-08-21

Taco is the greatest gastronomy creation. Just to start Mexico created chocolate and vanilla. Avocados, most variety of tomatoes and chilies. No contest Mexican food is the best

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@ElChilangles 2025-08-27

I have lived in both Mexico and Morocco and the food is great in both, but I'm going to give the winner's prize to Mexico so it's incredibly regional diversity. It's almost like 32 different countries worth of cuisine all from one!

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@itchingtoscratchgolf 2025-08-10

Egg whites start to thicken at 144°F (62°C) and become a tender solid at 150°F (65°C). Egg yolks begin to thicken at 149°F (65°C) and set at 158°F (70°C). Whole eggs, meaning the yolk and white combined, set around 165°F (74°C). On a 90°F day, the interior of a car can reach 130°F in just 30 minutes, potentially reaching 160°F or higher in a desert climate. It's feasible.

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@gracecoldicott 2025-08-10

This episode is such a love letter to food, I love it ♥️

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@alex-b9k7z 2025-08-10

44:25 That lady sounded like she just got into a car crash and was calling 911. Even Josh got jump scared, lol.

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@EL_Tio_DInero 2025-08-29

Every day I watch anything Josh is in he is rapidly becoming one of my favorite people to listen to. He is a great interviewer, a great podcast host, and overall makes everything he talks about more interesting. Nicole is really great too she really bounces off of Josh’s energy with amazing insight of her own and it just feels natural. Makes my days at work go by so fast.

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@brittanymartin1298 2025-11-18

Maryland! Wohoo ☺️ thanks for the pick Nicole

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@irrelevantpanda 2026-02-24

How did past guest, hot dog author, and national treasure Jamie Loftus not come up in the iconic regional dog conversation? She literally wrote a book on it AND sat with you at that table! Bring her back for another hot dog episode

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