what kind of ethnic cooking is the hardest to find all the right ingredients?

boris t: what kind of ethnic cooking is the hardest to find all the right ingredients?
Oriental cooking, Middle Eastern/South Asian cooking, Meditteranean, European, or hispanic cooking.
If you ask what I think. Oriental would have to be the hardest, since they have so many unique vegetables, and use lots of fermented flavorings.

Answers and Views:

Answer by Diffin
Cannibalism

Answer by lolwut?
Chinese. there are not as many cats around as one might think.

Answer by mark
If you live in a small town in Mid-America then probably everything but mexican would be rare in supermarkets. If you live in LA, Chicago or NYC then we can get pretty much anything.

And, with mailorder even that problem is solved.

Answer by BLUE ORCHID
I would have to say Indian! Indian food has alot of spices and ingredients that are not easy to find even in India! If you live in South India, it is difficult to get some North Indian ingredients and vice versa. Here in the US, there are many hard to find ingredients available only in India.

Answer by Lilia
Middle Eastern, Egyptian and Morrocan….

Answer by Mistress of Spices
I agree with Blue Orchid totally, Indian ingredients are hard to find and even harder to substitute!

Answer by truce
thai. they use so many different spices, i can’t even identify what they are.