To ask you what food/drink trend people are pretending to love?

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Mines matcha - looks nasty

Previously sweet potato fries but they've kinda died out now

Cost. Cost. Cost. Huge oven or small air fryer? Running cost.

Bao buns, too dry. Rarely get sold with the shot of chilli sauce they need to make them edible.
Kombucha. Tastes of vinegar. Bleh.
Anything with a lot of fat in it.
Cheese and onion crisps.

Most of the rest I like: bubble tea, sourdough, coconut water, salt plus sweet combinations, chia (I like slimy/chewy/challenging textures)

I was going to 'like' avocado too, but just ate one and...nah. Suddenly too greasy, soft, bland... I only really like it as a vehicle for chilli and onion on toast.

I don't think that's been mentioned. As I grew up eating dim sum most Sundays, it's not new to me. I'm pescetarian though, so don't like most of the savoury buns on offer but I love steamed custard buns!

The thing I find strange with the current bao buns ilyou see sold in shops is that the fillings are not completely enclosed in the buns, but look more like flatbread sandwhich.

I've enjoyed escargot abroad. Not sure if it's the 🐌 or the sauce. Can't see it taking off here.

We have local mussels which are enjoyable in season.

Well...erm....😂

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In Singapore. I like traditional mochi if it is well made. There is a fast food type mochi out there that is an abomination.

Oh yes the bao buns that supermarkets do now for occasions like Christmas and Easter to look like a reindeer or a bunny. They’re so style-over-substance. Cupcakes and some doughnuts are like that too- so wrapped up in what they look like, the colour, the toppings, the “aesthetic”, that the actual taste is a secondary consideration. Not wanting to sound like an old fart but I guess it must be due to the advent of social media and people posting pictures of their food online.

I just remembered alfalfa. It used to be all over the place in salads, but has it now disappeared? I haven't seen it for years. I didn't mind it but it was boring, there's no getting away from that. People used to rave about it.

I'm another one who can't stand truffle in any form. I'm incredibly catholic in my food tastes in most ways, but one whiff of that evil stink and I feel my gorge rising.

I guess I'm lucky really - the things I find horrible or just don't get are: oysters, caviar, truffle and champagne, so I'm a cheap date! Give me potatoes in almost any form and a nice vegetable soup or crunchy salad and I'm happy.

Matcha and sourdough bread.

Thought of another one, that seems to have disappeared, thank goodness!

Red velvet cake. I mean what was its appeal? What flavour is it even meant to be? It's got so much colouring in it that it tastes of nothing but sickliness.

Afternoon tea. Now I know it's been around forever, but it really took off during covid and now people have afternoon tea parties for all sorts of events, particularly hen dos and baby showers. A really good one is amazing but most of them are pretty grim, with wierd cakes. And who eats 2 scones and four cakes at one go?!

I have the gentleman's afternoon tea, lots of savouries. I don't have a sweet tooth though.

@Arran2024 look out for places that do savoury afternoon teas. Example below.

Why are you so concerned about when things were created? Yes matcha has been around a long time. About 1500 years. Aperol spritz is a lot older than 15 years so if you only heard about it 15 years ago you are really quite a late adopter.

Fisherman's tea sounds lovely!

DH has that. It's too filling for me 😁

Cakes that don’t look like cakes. Cake is a really appetising thing in its own right. It doesn’t need to be a fake something else. Just eat cake!

Also, cakes that are half a dozen layers high. Impossible to slice and eat. Two layers for a cake, three for a gateau max.

Also cakes that look like they are wearing frilly knickers. Just cool it with the retro icing.

Aperol is nearly 100 years old - originally Italian, Venice.

I spent a long time up the mountains in Italy, Switzerland and France, loved having the bitter aperitifs...

@Lonelydave me too, I only drink good wine or bitter aperitifs or a good G&T , mind you I don’t really have a sweet tooth- hence I don’t like many cocktails