And this years culinary cliches go to....

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Salted Caramel and pulled pork.

Delicious but everywhere.

Anything to add?

It isn't healthier, it isn't just as tasty, just admit it's a fad that makes you feel speshul

Erm, yes it is healthier to eat meat, fish and vegetables rather than processed crap and to cook with oils which don't become trans fats when heated. And it is just as tasty. Actually.

Triple cooked chips, how can they be cooked three times?

Cook potatoes then fry the chips twice I believe.

H yes those doughnuts that are Krispy Kreme texture. They're just round, dense cakes. Proper doughnuts should be light have raspberry jam in the middle and sugar on the outside. And no icing.

hahaha! I got married in the summer and you are all moaning about my wedding food: street food, pulled pork, paella, fat chips, caramel wafers for coffee, ice cream van, sweetie buffet.
Served a cake of cheeses on a huge tree slice. Unhygienic!
'Twas bloody lovely!!

...and local ale :-D

:o weddings are meant to be a bit poncey tho, that's part of the fun. It's when you are presented with this stuff at the local pub that used to do fish and chips or sausage and mash.

momb - I bet it was luvverly This thread is more about every Tom Dick and Tesco jumping aboard the bandwagon and over-doing it!

Which reminds me - the fakey chalkboard font that is on every label, menu and... er... chalkboard is a big fat pointer to the clichés!

I love it when something I really like gets trendy. Have loved real ale for years, but now it comes with a side serving of hipster...

Means there's lots of it about, which is good!

cronuts, or was that last year?

This is not just this year - and it's been annoying me for ever and ever - Pizza with toppings that should NEVER ever be on a pizza - like...........Pulled Pork! Or kebab meat. Or tikka anything. Ghastly. Double ghastly! Stop it now!

Fish finger sandwiches that cost a tenner.

I am completely over the dirty burgers and buttermilk fried chicken followed by churros they sell at our nearby market - delicious every now and then, but I felt a bit Elvis-esque. I love sweet and salty popcorn though, and salted caramel icecream. Everything else is just boring. I wonder what the next big thing will be for next year...

Artisan Bread. Everywhere.
I don't mind salted caramel but it's meant a lot of places have stopped the chilli and chocolate combination which I love.

Ah, forgot the gelato places that have opened up everywhere - £3 a scoop! delish but vey'spensive.

It's the surroundings too - last fancy meal I had was in a cellar, no daylight, on plastic camp chairs pulled up to an old sewing machine table, we couldn't even fit all the glasses and plates on it! The coffee at the end came with a custard cream on the saucer which looked like it had been kicked round the back yard a few times.

Maybe my age, but I yearn for a big comfy chair and a nice view out of the window...

Here's s particularly dirty burger, served on a board with a silver bucket of chips

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Somewhere near to a clean toilet...

Fucking 'street food'.

I have never heard of most of these. Do you all live in London?

Pop up restaurants.

Awful salted caramel combos.

Handcrafted beverages from Starbucks

Juicing and pulping absolutely fucking everything. Plenty of time for that when we're in the old people's home.
Paper straws that STILL go mushy after first sip.

I think you could fry things on those big flat grill things in restaurants, rather than in a pan.

Foraging