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the worst for me would have to be my mothers rendition of my cuban grandma's picadillo, she would use ketchup instead of tom paste. and for salads, the worst was ketchup with mayo for thousand island. and all the countless american rip off dinners cause she wouldn't cook cuban food.

look, first of all neo-japanese is overated bad sushi and sorts i.e. sushi samba, fusha, etc. And as for Japanese being the new French, well I cant agree with that because I've eaten countless times at morimotos restuarant in philadelphia and expected it to be something close to any of the nobu's or for that matter an iron chef tasting and he pleased me with maybe 2 dishes. Now nobu is a different story. As far as cultures and countries being the "New France" well there will never be one just the new Japan or the new Spain similar technique different country.