"One of the best parts of travelling is getting to try all the delicious authentic foods every country is known for. But sometimes, it's hard to tell which dishes are actually traditional and which ones are a total tourist trap. Over on Reddit, users are revealing the foods that the rest of the world thinks are national favourites - but that locals barely touch. I'm not gonna lie, some of these made me question every "authentic" meal I've ever had abroad."
""Mainly all the insane fried foods you hear about in the United States. Most of those are fair foods. They're absurd novelties that come once a year during special festivities and are actually rather expensive because they're novel. You don't eat it because it's good, you eat it because you won't find it anywhere else." - Skyhawk6600"
""Egg rolls are not actually Chinese food, they were invented in America." "Most of it was invented by Chinese immigrants and people from various other Asian countries." - VacantThoughts Editor's Note: The origin of the egg roll is pretty mysterious, and actually still disputed to this day!"
Travellers often seek local cuisine, but many widely perceived national dishes are not commonly eaten by locals. Some foods are festival or fair novelties rather than everyday fare, making them expensive and uncommon outside special events. Certain dishes attributed to a country can be immigrant creations or regional items that outsiders assume are national. Examples include extravagant fried fair foods in the United States, rarely eaten frog legs in France compared with commonly eaten snails, and egg rolls originating in America with disputed roots tied to immigrant communities. Non-authentic foods can still be enjoyable.
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