I am currently visiting the USA, and before I leave I want to try some food that is “uniquely” american - IE, you can’t really find it outside of the country.

UK stores do tend to have a “USA section” which has a small amount of sweets and other products. But I am wondering what americans specifically missed / couldn’t find in other countries.

As an example - Wendy’s as far as I’ve seen, isn’t local to the UK or at least where I live. So trying that was a “unique american food”, to me.

I’m also in Chicago at the moment, so I made sure to try a proper (real?) Chicago deep dish pizza (loved it, by the way).

Alternatively, any other suggestions of food to try?

Immediate edit - turns out Wendy’s is in some locations in the UK. I just assumed incorrectly!

Thanks for all the suggestions!!

  • Skua@kbin.earth
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    4 days ago

    I don’t know if the UK got that same amazing food truck fad that the US did a few years back

    I don’t think we got it to the same extent, but it definitely reached us. However given how we’re a long way from Latin America and have fairly few immigrants from there, we tend to have other cuisines in them. Indian in particular (which I’m absolutely not about to turn down).

    There’s a fun not-quite-a-truck “food truck” set up in an old tram car in the centre of the nearest city to me. The guy that runs it does good stovies.