Research shows that Alaska, Hawaii and Nevada love Filipino food

If you think they’re all pizzas, burgers and steaks in the United States of A, think again. According to a recent study by the Huffington Post and Yelp, each American state has a hankering and particular liking for a certain cuisine — and the results are so varied.

The research examined the restaurant listings in Yelp, a crowd-sourced review site about local businesses. Yelp crunched numbers and calculated the percentage of total restaurants each cuisine represented in a given state. Then it compared the outcome to the cuisine’s representation in restaurants, also in percentage, nationwide. The results revealed a disproportionate level of representation in each state; and that there’s a craving for Filipino cuisine in the states of Alaska, Hawaii and Nevada. 
 

The list of the top five popular cuisines in each state are shown below.
 
Alaska

1. Filipino: 208% higher than national average.
2. Fish and chips: 200% higher than national average.
3. Thai: 158% higher than national average.
4. Seafood: 158% higher than national average.
5. Hawaiian: 90% higher than national average. 

Hawaii

1. Hawaiian: 5028% higher than national average.
2. Ramen: 1443% higher than national average.
3. Filipino: 809% higher than national average.
4. Korean: 465% higher than national average.
5. Food stands: 380%t higher than national average. 

Nevada

1. Filipino: 277% higher than national average.
2. Hawaiian: 238% higher than national average.
3. Buffets: 156% higher than national average.
4. Steak: 84% higher than national average.
5. Vegan: 66% higher than national average. 

It definitely seems like more and more people are falling in love with our food. And we can’t blame them.
 
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