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To ask for foods which are genuinely delicious?

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Ppejfhfhrhhfhf · 28/04/2024 17:50

I’ve just tried blue cheese and honey on toast and it’s so delicious it’s genuinely taken me aback. I had the same the first time I ever tried guacamole.

What foods have done the same for you. Not things that are tasty and you enjoy, but that you’ve tried for the first time and genuinely got a shock at how delicious they are?

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JadeVS72 · 28/04/2024 21:43

Ooh great thread!
Pani puri- especially the tamarind sauce
This green mole dish I had during 'Mole festival' at Mestizo on Hampstead road in about 2012.
Vietnamese summer rolls.
The tofu larb they serve at Zaap thai in Leeds.
Dates!!!
When my friend at uni made cauliflower cheese with loads of blue cheese.
A roasted squash I had that had dark green skin and dark orange flesh and was so dense and smooth and buttery I couldn't stop eating it (approx 2008.)
Tiramisu 😁
An 'avocado dream' smoothie I had in las vegas in 2014.

I'm sure there's loads more that other people's ideas will remind me of!

Diversion · 28/04/2024 21:43

A plate of small pieces of white stilton with ginger and apricot and chocolate buttons from the fridge, delicious.

ilovepixie · 28/04/2024 21:39

Also as a child rhubarb eaten raw dipped in sugar fresh out of the garden. And scallions again picked fresh from the garden in bread and butter with a shake of salt.

ilovepixie · 28/04/2024 21:38

In Debenhams Canterbury the early 80,s I had a baked potato filled with chicken in a white sauce. It was absolutely delicious. I was about 12 and I still think about it. I don't know why it was so special, but it was just out of this world!

JinxandBinx · 28/04/2024 21:36

I remember the first time I had a steak cooked medium rare. My dad only eats well done and I used to hate having beef Sunday dinner because the meat was so chewy. I then became obsessed with Gordon Ramsey and he has his beef medium rare, so I thought “If it’s good enough for Gordon…” Honestly life-changing, and I can make the perfect medium rare steak with an amazing blue cheese sauce

BarrelOfOtters · 28/04/2024 21:35

A ripe home grown tomato with a bit of salt. It’s a different thing entirely to a refrigerated supermarket tomato.

CheeseSandwichRiskAssessment · 28/04/2024 21:34

Homemade focaccia dipped in olive oil and Italian seasoning blend, with or without caramelised onions for that sweet/salty hit

Jewelanemone · 28/04/2024 21:32

Another vote for feta baked in filo and drizzled with honey.
My mum lives in Crete and this is my favourite starter in my favourite restaurant where she lives 😋
Bacon rolls cooked and eaten at the beach after diving. Corn on the cob with salted butter. Crispy duck and hoisin sauce. Strong cheddar with crunchy bits, that makes your mouth water.

WhamBamThankU · 28/04/2024 21:31

Toasted sourdough rubbed with a raw garlic clove followed by large vine ripened tomatoes, sprinkling of rock salt and pepper on top. A drizzle of olive oil to finish. Divine. I know there's a name for it but I'm currently just thinking what it tastes like 😅 I regularly have it for breakfast and warn colleagues how antisocial my breath will be so to stay away.

itsjustbiology · 28/04/2024 21:31

fresh crab

LauderSyme · 28/04/2024 21:29

AtleastitsnotMonday · 28/04/2024 19:47

A proper, aged, thick, sweet balsamic vinegar. The good ones are expensive but worth it. Best served with homemade dough sticks, straight from the oven for dipping. Or in summer drizzled over sliced beef tomatoes, with finely diced slivers of red onion, a sprinkle of rock salt and plenty of black pepper.

Yes! I was given some promotional packs of Mazzetti balsamic vinegar; it was the texture of golden syrup and was divine.

Crispy shredded chilli beef.

My mum's homemade Quiche Lorraine.

Puy lentils.

King prawn puri.

Indian barfi.

A four cheese gnocchi, not sure which cheeses but one of them was definitely blue.

A salad made with smoked trout, radicchio, avocado, artichoke hearts, asparagus and an aioli dressing.

LostInTheColonies · 28/04/2024 21:29

Thai green curry. Couldn't believe anything could be so delicious when I first tried it - in 1993!
Had a similar reaction to fresh rice paper rolls at a Vietnamese restaurant in France. With dipping sauce - the clear one, not the thick peanut one. And that was even earlier... 1988. Still so memorable.

Nitflux · 28/04/2024 21:29

A drizzle of maple syrup on a salami and nduja pizza. Sweet and salty, and so good.

MyBigFatGreekSalad · 28/04/2024 21:25

Figs, cottage cheese and honey on sourdough toast

mrsbyers · 28/04/2024 21:24

Anything with honey sprinkle on some maldon salt - it’s incredible

Pablosdog · 28/04/2024 21:21

Cocktail sausages coated in melted butter and mustard

Shade17 · 28/04/2024 21:19

Foie gras, slightly crisped on the outside, on top of a well aged rare steak.

+1, epic!

MummaMummaJumma · 28/04/2024 21:14

Fried egg on toast with marmite. Delicious!

mitogoshi · 28/04/2024 21:12

Roasted figs Stilton and honey, ideally on lightly toasted homemade focaccia. I made it as an experimental starter, highly recommend

familyissues12345 · 28/04/2024 21:12

We bought some goats cheese and a jar of Fig chutney from a farm shop yesterday, that was bloody amazing!

ElizabethVonArnim · 28/04/2024 21:10

Sev puri. I have no idea what's in it- our local Indian cafe menu says it is 'a party in your mouth' and gives no other explanation. Oh my God. So delicious. If you ever see it on a menu, eat it. Don't let people tell you it's a good idea to share.

Iwishiwereamillionaire · 28/04/2024 21:02

Rocket with freshly shaved Parmesan.

griddled peaches, honey and crème fraiche

so simple but gorgeous!

Bananadramallamas · 28/04/2024 21:02

A warm Eccles cake with a fat slice of Stilton cheese on top. Amazing.

App13 · 28/04/2024 21:00

Trifle

Jam sponge & custard

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