Spot 12 for India among World's Top 100 cuisines - Delight or disappointment?
✍Surbhi Dinesh Singh Khichi
The world is full of food and fun. Every new dish you try on, every flavor that you savor for a lifetime and with more, you get to know that this tastes more yum! 2024 has come to an end. With this,Taste Atlas, an online culinary guide took to Instagram on Wednesday to share the list of World's 100 best cuisines. The croatian based platform was founded in 2015. It features an Interactive food map that opens up to a world atlas of the traditional cuisines, authentic flavors, the ingredients and diverse dishes across. The mouth watering Indian cuisine managed to stand 12th among the long list. Well, the netizens have some varied views upon the same. Being given the 12th number, is it a moment of delight or a disappointment?
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Well, as always the rankings have not been much pleasing to all. In July this year, the online platform released the list of 100 best dishes of the world. There too, India's only four dishes made a place among the Top 50. As of yesterday's rankings, it again didn't go well with the users. the comments section had numerous remarks that asked, "Why?" Before talking about the why, let us have a look at the Top 10 cuisines as mentioned in the post -
Greece which bagged the top spot, blends the food with yoghurt and cheese. It's staple food has olives, wine and certain varieties of meat and bread. Moreover, it is a favorite among vegetarians and vegans alike, for dishes that are plant based. The Italian cuisine is a mediterranean one, best known worlwide for its gastronomies. The third best Mexico has rich spices, fresh ingredients, and a cuisine that goes long back. This is all about the top three. About India, it is the rendition of spices and flavors. It made special mention of Hyderabadi Biryani, Chicken, Keema and Amritsari Kulcha. The other categories where India garnered it's rank were -
Other cities to feature were Hyderabad, Kolkata and Delhi among the best food cities in the world. The list was calculated based on a crowdsourced data that had 477,287 valid ratings for the 15,748 foods in the database. The top 100 cuisines had the highest average scores. But for the rest, we can see the debate online. Someone asked, "USA?" While clearly he wondered USA on 13th. A debate on how Greek food topped the list. Users even went on to question the authenticity of the list. A user took to mention how Indian food is more than simply dal roti. How India could not make it to the Top 10 even? As always, opinions are many. What matters is how the public reviews are taken. Are people really open to the acceptance of opinions? Taste Atlas was questioned about its reviews back in 2022, when it replied that its based on the 15000 dishes in its database which is open to vote throughout the year.