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 several of the dishes praised in Time Out s fresh list of the world s best food cities 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 great 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 expedition worlds-best-cities-for-food