Best posh/fancy foods?

[AMessageToYouRuby]

Got a ‘foodie’ relative staying from US so went to Fortnums and the foodhalls of Knightsbridge at the weekend. Some things (£8 radicchio!) are an absolute rip off but got me thinking, what are the best fancy foods?

My choices so far but feel free to disagree:

Torres Truffle Crisps
Nocellara Olives
Laurent Perrier everything
M&S chocolate Biscuits almost definitely non-U but have to be included off the strength of their own merits

Before the pitchforks appear; I know, COL, and mn ‘naice’ snobbery, and I like Netto 7p beans on white sliced with plastic cheese as much as or probably even more than most people and it is a perfectly good dinner anyone should be grateful for. However, some things really are just worth the indulgence.

All of these wonderlicious suggestions. I’m really hungry now

I'd go the other way too.

Good old fashioned fish and chips, scotch eggs, cucumber sandwiches etc.

My American friend always loves going to the Twinings shop in London

For those that eat candied jalepenos- how do you eat them and with what? I have them growing in a garden and came across a recipe- but not sure if they'd go with a cheese/meat platter or something else?

I've always wanted to try snail caviar, having a seen a TV programme about it

They almost always have the take home wellingtons reduced to half price at the end of the day; I often pop into Fortnums when I've had meetings behind Piccadilly and they're always there. I'm quite tempted now!

I was going to post the same thing.

@AMessageToYouRuby It was a take home and cook yourself one. I'm trying to think of a reason to justify buying it again.

Findlaters Chicken Liver paté from Waitrosr is sublime

Surely the only reason you need is that the shop is open and you're inside?

Good cheeses, as she possibly won't be able to get them at home.

Oooooo my kind of thread...

I love macarons....always feel fancy to me but I buy them in Aldi and they're quite reasonable.

Parma ham and mortadella....from an Italian deli.

Clotted cream...just give me a spoon

Ok so I've just put a £4 packet of crisps in my Ocado shop - and that was on special offer.
I dare not read the rest of this thread! (Not placemarking to read later, oooo no.)

https://fenfarmdairy.co.uk/shop/bungay-butter-200g/

This butter. Just incredible. They do great cheese too.

Potted shrimps from Waitrose with lovely bread

@wednesdayrobyn Wellington is going on my list for the cash crippling Fortnums birthday shop I'm now planning, although I'll take @LBOCS2 advice and go end of day.

@BrookNoRivals What an apt suggestion, we are taking barefoot cuntessa to Southwold next week and I've been banging on about how much she will love Black Dog Deli and the Pennybun collection, turns out both are stockists!

This thread has been financially dangerous. My fist is going to be tighter than my arsehole come September!

I accidentally make it pretty much every time I whip cream because I lose focus and over whip it. Might as well carry on, at that point!😂

If you've got an electric hand whisk you literally just stand there for 2 minutes and voila! If it required effort it would not happen here.

Nobody in their right mind sneers at Lurpak!

Does she know you had to re-mortgage for that?!!

Don't churn, babes. Just whisk to the point of oblivion 😂

Rich's cider and a good farmhouse cheddar, preferably cave aged

You can't do Southwold without Adnams
https://adnams.co.uk/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIzKmnqaG8gAMVFJXVCh1p0AhSEAAYASAAEgJDMvD_BwE

Ooh I'm following just to scope out some goodies for Christmas time 😂

If you're going to Southwold @AMessageToYouRuby make a little detour via Orford on the way and get some Eccles cakes from Pump Street Bakery. Best Eccles cakes in the history of the universe (and as a proud Lancastrian, I can assure you that I know my Eccles cakes). Top tip - they freeze very well so buy as many as you can fit in your car. 😛

Re Fortnums tea, I treated myself to a pack of their Earl Grey teabags. Hadn't bought them for years and I was disappointed to find them pretty flavourless. I'm sticking with Twinings in the future.

Betty's curd tarts

Fortnum & Mason Royal Blend Tea

Always drink expensive draught lager in a pub - something like Estrella or Camden Hells

If I'm in a nice restaurant and scallops are a starter I have them as a starter even though they are usually far from the the cheapest option

Someone mentioned gelato upthread. Crosta e Mollica make gelato bombes, tartuffi. Pistachio and almond, hazelnut and chocolate, cafe au lait. Waitrose. Wonderful flavours and texture, no comparison with UK brands.

For those that eat candied jalepenos- how do you eat them and with what?
Basically everything.
I eat them with cheese, particularly good with goats cheese. They liven up any cheese canapé you might make.
I put a tablespoon over chilli, on top of the sour cream. They are lovely just scooped up on a nacho. In a hot dog or burger.
My personal little recipe is sourdough toast, avocado, crispy bacon and a topping of sweetcorn mixed with candied jalapeños.
DD tops a doughnut with them and bacon bits though, mouth-wateringly delicious.