1. Mexican, what is life without salsa?
2. French, can't miss with those standards

Mexican and Italian. Both have very rich regional traditions with a ton of variety. Of course, Mexican food is a blend of Native American and European traditions, and Italian food (often) depends heavily on New World crops like tomatoes and corn, so these strict delineations are not real

1. Indian
2. Mexican

I try to eat mostly vegetarian at home, and Indian recipes are my go-to for that. Indian food is the best tasting vegetarian food in my opinion. I was tempted to put Chinese here because I make tofu stir fry somewhat frequently, but I go with Indian recipes more often.

Mexican for the second choice because that gives you huevos rancheros, Mexican rice and beans, and homemade corn tortilla chips with guacamole. And breakfast burritos from the place down the street from me.

Indian and Chinese are excellent options, since they’re basically a couple dozen (minimum) cuisines in a trench coat.

Indian or vietnamese because both have amazing vegan options

Japanese
Indian

Eastern, western

1. Thai
2. Lean

Mexican, Indian. Hands down.

Though there some other traditional foods I haven't had yet (South American, African)

Probably Thai and Indian, since they both have a strong vegetarian side.

A famous Anthony Bourdain quote about Japan states: "If I had to eat only in one city for the rest of my life, Tokyo would be it. Most chefs I know would agree with me". He also famously described his first experience in Tokyo as being like "taking LSD for the first time," a transformative experience that changed his perspective on the world.

I agree, for me it would be Japanese food, it's so diverse and so refined.

Turkish and French. Turkish because it has an extremely wide variety, French because they are the goat.

India is an entire sub continent of food, its like saying "european"

1. Ethnic
2. Fusion

Figure that pretty much covers all of my bases.

Vietnamese and Italian.

Italian and Mexican

Mediterranean and Thai.

Indian and Mexican. I'm Indian. Makes total sense. Equator foods for the win!!!

For me it would be Indian and Italian with mexican as an honourable mention id sorely miss.

All three are super easy to make on your own too and almost everything I make could be classed as imitations of either. Heck, I already make Christmas pizza every year instead of the usual Christmas dinner. A few years I've made Christmas enchiladas too which is why I'd miss mexican but I definitely have more curries than mexican over the course of any given year.

Indian and Mexican. As a pescatarian married to someone who can't eat soy or eggs, we're already more or less doing that. Though Italian will be missed. Fourth would be American because unfortunately that's what we are

Pizza. Endless combinations available.

1: something East Asian; Japanese, Chinese, Indian, Thai. I’d be happy with any of them, I just can’t decide.

2: something Hispanic/South American, basically just Mexican food.

With any two in those categories there’s enough variety for me to spend my life eating

Mexican and Indian.

Or Mexican and Mediterranean.

Or Mexican and something I haven't discovered yet. I hear Thai is good.

mexican and mexican

Mexican and Chinese.

But like the american type chinese takeout with a seventeen page menu of sushi and bubble teas I will never once get. And the mexican restaurants that also serve americanized tacos, so you know everything else has extra cheese and sauce.

Japanese or Mexican probably.

If Indian qualifies as one single cuisine - then Indian. I'll have enough dishes to try out in my lifetime and that's after considering I am vegetarian.

Give me Japanese, and give me Thai.

Japanese cuisine runs far and deep, and so does Thai food.

Of course, this begs the question: what about a good burger with kewpie on it, or what happens if I put carnitas in pad thai? Where’s the delineations?

Eventually I can argue that frosted animal crackers, the pink and white ones, furthest from any kind of national or regional cuisine whatsoever, are Thai food cause they’ve been eaten by Thai people.

Indian and Thai, but I'd really miss pho.

That being said, no way I don't grill some steaks and burgers and brats..

For my mouth and dopamine, Italian. For my health, Greek.

French, Thai

Peruvian and Mexican