How International is Your Taste in Food?

By: Brian Whitney
Estimated Completion Time
4 min
How International is Your Taste in Food?
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About This Quiz

You do not have to be a world traveler to have adventurous taste buds. Some people eat all sorts of international food without ever leaving their hometown. Are you one of them?
How often do you eat burgers and fries?
A few times a week.
A few times a month.
Once a month.
Less than once a month.
Where do you usually shop?
A regular grocery store chain.
Whole Foods or Trader Joe's.
A local market.
An ethnic market.
How often do you eat Chinese food?
Never.
Once a year.
A few times a year.
5 or more times a year.

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When you do eat Chinese, do you go to a buffet?
I don't eat Chinese.
Sure, isn't that the only kind of Chinese restaurant?
Sometimes.
No, those places are nasty.
How often do you eat pizza?
A few times a week.
Once a week.
A few times a month.
Once a month or less.
What kind of pizza sounds best?
Meat lover's.
Sausage and onion.
Spinach and feta.
Bacon and mashed potato.

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How often do you eat food that you get from a heat lamp in a store?
A few times a week.
Once a week.
Once a month.
Never.
What sounds best?
A steak and cheese sandwich.
Fish and chips.
Tamales.
Pho.
How often do you eat Mexican food?
Never.
Once a month.
A few times a year.
More than a few times a year.

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When you eat Mexican food, is it a place own and run by people from Mexico?
I don't eat Mexican food.
How would I know?
No, there are no places like that where I live.
Of course.
What sounds best?
Bacon and eggs.
Pot Roast.
Wonton soup.
Sushi.
What do you think of sushi?
I am not sure what that is.
That stuff is so nasty.
I like it fine.
I love it.

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If you are in New York City, where do you go to eat?
A fast food place.
An urban steakhouse.
Chinatown.
A Thai place that you read about online.
You have an adopted cousin from Cambodia. She made food from her homeland, do you try it?
No way.
Sure, but I wont like it.
Of course.
Yes, I have had Cambodian food before.
How would you describe someone who eats ethnic food?
Pretentious.
Weird.
Adventurous.
Well versed in cuisine.

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What sounds best?
Pizza.
Guacamole.
Pad Thai.
Injera.
Do you speak other languages other than English?
Nope.
A little, but not fluently.
Yes, I know a couple of languages.
Yes, I speak more than two languages.
Have you ever been to Canada or Mexico?
No.
Just Canada.
Yes, a few times.
Yes, many times.

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Have you ever been to Europe?
No.
I have wanted to, but i can't afford it.
Yes, a few times.
Yes, many times.
Have you ever been to Africa?
No, who does that?
No.
I have wanted to, but I can't afford it.
Yes.
What does "going out for Italian food" mean to you?
Getting a pizza.
Going to a place like Olive Garden.
Going to an old school Italian place.
Going to a place located in a place like Little Italy in New York.

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Have you ever eaten Greek food?
No.
I have had a gyro before.
Yes, I have had things like spanakopita, and souvlaki.
Yes, I have gone to fine dining Greek restaurants.
Do you eat French food?
Just French Fries.
No, I don't even know what that is really.
I have eaten at a French restaurant.
Yes, many times.
How often have you eaten Thai food?
Never.
A few times.
Less than 50 times.
Over 50 times.

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When people around you are speaking another language does it make you uncomfortable?
Yes, I wonder if they are talking about me.
Sometimes.
No.
What a weird question.
Which burger topping appeals to you the most?
American cheese.
Bacon and cheddar cheese.
Blue cheese.
Pork belly and foie gras paté.
Have you ever had Spanish food?
No.
Isn't that the same as Mexican?
Yes, once or twice.
Yes many times.

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What type of Indian food sounds best?
I don't know any off the top of my head.
Samosas.
Chicken Korma.
Shahi Paneer
Have you ever eaten at a Somali restaurant?
No, don't you have to go to Somalia for that?
No there are none where I live.
No, but now that you mention it, I want to try one.
Yes.
Pick a fast food option.
McDonald's
Arby's.
Chipotle Mexican Grill.
I don't eat fast food.

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