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Stuff you thought was so sophisticated the first time you ate it/did it?

121 replies

PolarBearOnARaft · 10/07/2019 08:04

I’m having tomatoes on toast for breakfast and remember being offered that for breakfast in NZ on my first long haul trip 30 years ago when I was 18 and thinking ....bloody hell tomatoes on toast ...how sophisticated is that.

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KatsutheClockworkOctopus · 10/07/2019 10:45

My parents had a punch bowl with little cups that hung on hooks all around. I thought that was extra fancy :)

fishonabicycle · 10/07/2019 10:48

I went to Australia about 35 years ago. I was so impressed with myself eating sashimi, drinking saki, and then avocado and alfalfa on rye! Never had any of them at home!

Enclume · 10/07/2019 10:52

Individually wrapped tea bags still give me a thrill.

So do After Eight mints. I don't care if you can get them in Poundland... still posh.

ChihuahuaMummy1 · 10/07/2019 10:57

Olives

EileenBilton · 10/07/2019 10:59

late eighties: ordered a cheese sandwich in a cafe and it was served with coleslaw and crisps.

AmateurSwami · 10/07/2019 10:59

Avocado in a salad age 18 Grin

maidenover · 10/07/2019 11:18

Chicken Kievs really were the height of sophistication in the 80s, I also remember thinking they were the fanciest tea ever.

I also remember the first time my Dad cooked Chinese food, I’d never had a take away at that point, my mind was blown

sar302 · 10/07/2019 13:18

The neopoliatana (?) ice cream my grandparents bought for us. We only ever had vanilla at home. This was vanilla, chocolate AND strawberry in ONE tub!!

BlueMerchant · 10/07/2019 13:26

Travelling alone on a 2.5 hour train journey I felt like I was worldly wise (especially as I had to change train) I was 18.Grin
Doing the grocery shop when I moved to uni. I would buy fresh pasta and think I was so classy.

Frownette · 10/07/2019 13:33

Not exactly with food as I was introduced to all sorts from an early age.

I thought I was wildly sophisticated for buying a rimmel eyeshadow kit from boots when I was 12 (think it was pink and blue Blush), bloke buying bottle of red wine and cooking dinner when I was 18, first payslip, buying first designer dress at 20. Still have that dress actually. And the payslip.

80sMum · 10/07/2019 13:40

Driving! The first time I drove myself to the supermarket, it felt like the pinnacle of grown-upness and sophistication. I felt as though I had become part of the adult world for the first time. I was 27!

StCharlotte · 10/07/2019 13:54

dinner with all these famous comedians and ambassadors

I'm trying to imagine how the conversation might have gone...

Thecurtainsofdestiny · 10/07/2019 15:57

I was given a box of Thorntons chocolates by a boy when I was about 12.

That seemed the height of sophistication to me!

managedmis · 10/07/2019 15:58

Hummus

Lobster

isseywithcats · 10/07/2019 15:59

back in the seventies the classic bernie in meal prawn cocktail for starter, steak with the trimmings for main and black forest gateaux for afters felt very la di da i was only 16 at the time,

GinghamChicken · 10/07/2019 16:12

Aged 16 and drinking vodka and lime in a pub because I didn't know what to ask for. Nearly bankrupted my boyfriend.

TeaAddict235 · 10/07/2019 16:16

For me it wasn't eating anything in particular, but wearing a leather bag that I had bought with my own money when I was about 18 and a GAT with a buddy. I thought that I was the bee's knees, the dog's dinner, ...... I felt so grown up.

TheCatThatDanced · 10/07/2019 16:17

avocado, spagetti bolognese or most Italian dishes. Veal escallopine (yes I know it's cruel).

GnomeoNameo · 10/07/2019 18:45

Malibu and pineappple - in the mid-Eighties.

Happynow001 · 10/07/2019 18:54

The first time I ordered Coquilles St Jacques followed by Steak au Poivres. Can't remember the circumstances around the dinner - but I can remember the taste of the food!

Happynow001 · 10/07/2019 19:00

Having a lovely lunch in the restaurant carriage of a train en route to Scotland (I think) and ordering a half carafe of wine with my meal. I felt so sophisticated!

A long ago memory!

TSSDNCOP · 10/07/2019 19:01

Ordering a Long Island Ice Tea at the bar in TGI in London.

Being taken to a casino in Mayfair at Christmas by a bunch of lovely city boys with too much money and lovely manners.

Going out for our birthday dinners as a child to the upstairs seated restaurant of a fish restaurant. The starter list had orange Joyce and the ice cream came as different flavoured balls in a silver bowl.

Buyitinbamboo · 10/07/2019 19:09

I remember going to cafe Nero with my friend for the first time at 16. We didn't know what any of the drinks were so I sensibly ordered a latte. He ordered an espresso and was devastated when it came out in the tiny cup, tasting like strong coffee 😂

KittenSnuggler · 10/07/2019 19:10

A Vesta Chow Mein when I was about 10. It was so different from the usual stuff we used to eat when I was a kid. And of course now I know it was nothing like actual Chinese food!

Me and my DB bloody loved it though and it became a Saturday ritual and treat that my DF would make for us when my DM was out.

I've just googled it and you can still buy it. I think I might have to get one just for nostalgia!

TheClitterati · 10/07/2019 19:13

Raw oysters. First I felt brave and then posh. Yum yum.

I'm from nz and have eaten tomatoes on toast (preferably Vogel's) all my life.