I have lived for 2 years in France, 1 year in Germany, 4 years in Italy and 2 years in the UK. In each case (apart from 3 months in London), I was living in countryside style settings (ie not big city). I had local friends and ate local food.
Restaurants in my experience, rannku in!
1 Italy
2 France
3 Germany
4 England
Home cooking / food that people eat daily, rannku in!
1 England
2 Germany
3 Italy
4 France
I found France to be particularly poor. And it surprised me as well. I had this romantic image of it part from what I heard and from the holidays