Indeed! And the UK does indeed have great food today—they just call it “Indian food”, not “British food”. Same with the US—most of the US’ food advantage is in the variety of available ethnic foods from other places.
One natural prediction in such situations is that the future will move towards mashups of the best ethnic foods from different places, and I definitely see plenty of that in the Bay Area. (For instance, Senor Sisig has been one of the most popular food trucks since I moved here 10 years ago, and they’ve been steadily expanding.)
Shouldn’t this imply that a country with a huge colonial empire (and the UK comes to mind) would have the best food?
Indeed! And the UK does indeed have great food today—they just call it “Indian food”, not “British food”. Same with the US—most of the US’ food advantage is in the variety of available ethnic foods from other places.
One natural prediction in such situations is that the future will move towards mashups of the best ethnic foods from different places, and I definitely see plenty of that in the Bay Area. (For instance, Senor Sisig has been one of the most popular food trucks since I moved here 10 years ago, and they’ve been steadily expanding.)