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Indian food. The Europeans won’t understand this, but a lot of Americans straight up refuse to eat it based on the smell.
Indian food is right up there in my food heaven with Thai, Chinese, Korean, Mediterranean (Turkish, Lebanese, Greek) and Jamaican breakfasts, beef patties, roti, and jerk everything.
Might be a regional thing, but I live in the US and I don’t think I’ve ever met someone who dislikes Indian food.
What’s wrong with the smell?
It’s heavily spiced. A lot of Americans eat very plain food.
I am somewhat surprised to hear that.
I e.g. had the impression that the US was totally crazy about spicy Mexican food, which is supposed to be much better that the similar named, but bland stuff sold here in Europe.
Tbh, the Midwest gives the US a bad name when it comes to food preferences. The south spices the hell out of foods, the southwest has a ton of Mexican influence, the west coast has both Mexican and Asian influence in their cuisine
I live in the Midwest and there are busy Indian restaurants everywhere. The twin cities and Chicago both have some of the more diverse food scenes per capita in the country.