PS: french cuisine doesn't use like, snails or something?
I know this is second degree, but I feel an urge to disprove your point
:PSnails taste great with proper cooking. It's usually only served during holidays, things like that. I haven't eaten any in a few years. Frog legs, I must have tasted these many years ago, meh.
You know what we eat on a daily basis in France? Pasta, rice, French fries, pizzas, things like that. Anything more complicated is what you usually eat at French restaurants. It's pretty much like Japanese cuisine. Do you think they only eat sushis? Sushi bars are 'trendy' things in Japan, not many restaurants offer them. The actual Japanese cuisine is made up of noodles (ramen, soba, etc.), fried meat (yakitori, etc.) and delicious meals like the Katsudon. Oh my -- katsudon's. They're everywhere in Japan, and nowhere to be seen in Japanese restaurants in France. You have to get your ass moving to the French 'Little Tokyo' just to find half a dozen restaurants that actually provide proper Japanese food -- usually, this is where the Japanese actually go. The rest is just... A cultural thing.
Just like the French never wear berets, don't like mimes, and don't play the accordion all day. (Well, we do love our baguette though.)
I'm sure you guys in Argentina don't exclusively listen to tango music, either
:P (I've only watched one movie that was set in Argentina -- Happy Together by Wong Kar Wai -- and it had a great soundtrack by Astor Piazzola, but I'm no fool, it's just an idealized version of Buenos Aires that was in the movie. Well, err... OTOH, it wasn't exactly "idealized"... But you get my point.)
@Pete> Not our fault if British cuisine isn't popular overseas beyond Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares show
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