The point is that roast lam with rice or bread or pie or whatever is not an Australian invention and you can’t claim it as “Kiwi kuisine” whatever that is. Fried penguin eggs?
Taiwan is ok. Swisse food not so good and expensive, Polish also not good
Modern Australian Cuisine
Modern Australian cuisine (“Mod Oz”) is a dynamic fusion movement blending fresh, local produce with diverse international influences, particularly Southeast Asian, Mediterranean, and British traditions. It emphasizes high-quality ingredients—especially seafood and native “bush tucker”—prepared with light, contemporary, and innovative techniques.
Key Characteristics
Fusion Focus: Blends flavors from Thai, Japanese, Chinese, Vietnamese, Italian, and Greek, often using techniques like rapid cooking to create light, vibrant dishes.
Native Ingredients: Increasing use of indigenous ingredients (“bush tucker”) like finger lime, lemon myrtle, warrigal greens, and meats like kangaroo and emu.
Quality Produce: Strong focus on seasonal, fresh, and locally sourced ingredients.
Seafood Focus: Given the extensive coastline, high-quality seafood like King George Whiting, Tasmanian salmon, and Southern Rock Lobster are staples.
Casual Dining Culture: Reflects a relaxed, often outdoor lifestyle (barbecue) but with high-end, chef-driven techniques.
Representative Dishes & Flavors
Modern Classics: Salt and pepper calamari, zesty salads (e.g., kale and beetroot), grilled meats with Asian-inspired glazes, and modern twists on the meat pie.
Iconic Desserts: Pavlova (meringue with cream and fruit) and lamingtons (chocolate/coconut sponge cake).
Native Infusion: Kangaroo steak with Davidson plum sauce or damper bread with lemon myrtle butter.
Innovative Cuisine: Examples include fish charcuterie (using every part of the fish) or desserts using sea urchin.
You had me up until the “desserts using sea urchin” part. 
Guy
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Nice dish, I like the mince meats this way than in burgers
Sorry, that’s just dumb Ass talk.
I googled it and that’s what it said !
As for food there’s plenty of good food in Taiwan but you have to pay more and more for it every year and be discerning. Home cooking is also good in Taiwan but many people haven’t had a chance to try it, from the older generation.
It still doesn’t have pie crust, while roasted lamb pie does. So roasted lamb pie is not shepherd’s pie. My point stands.
I wouldn’t tell Eskimos how to build igloos from googling it lol 
Anybody can build an igloo from watching Youtube videos. Believe in yourself.
A computational linguist told me that US leads in AI discovery but China leads in AI application.
Shepard’s pie is always lamb…. The clue is in the name! It isn’t jackaroo pie or cowboy pie.
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It’s called pie even though it doesn’t have pie crust.
And the DPRK is a representative republic. It’s in the name.
https://www.simplyrecipes.com/recipes/easy_shepherds_pie/
In the US we at it with ground beef almost exclusively.
That’s called cottage pie.
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Not for people who can read.
That just proves the ignorance of Americans…
Oh that’s definitive then lol
Face it dude you are wrong..
Shepherd…sheep.
Again shepherd…sheep.
In other words Americans eat cottage pie…. But are too ignorant to know the name.
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