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Glob posted...

While Ill agree that the absolute best of any cuisine isnt necessarily found in its home country, I think the average standard tends to be higher in the home country by a considerable margin.

I'd disagree with that. There's considerably more Korean restaurants in Korea. The competitive aspects become price, convenience, availability, etc. 100 restaurants within a kilometer radius. 10 of them absolutely phenomenal, 10 of them dogshit, and the rest are aight. Meanwhile back home there's like 10, but only 1 being noticeably awful and 1 worth raving about. Ratio is the same.

Foreign restaurants typically have to be really good in order to last in the states. Especially if they're niche cuisines. They don't last if they're not profitable. I've seen plenty of shitty Japanese restaurants open up back home and here in Korea. It sorts itself out. The bad ones shut down more often than not