What's one food your children surprised you by loving? Win a £100 Rosa's Thai voucher!

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We all have ideas about what our children will and won't eat... and then they completely surprise us.

Has your child ever loved a food you were convinced they'd refuse? Maybe they happily tucked into something spicy, developed a taste for olives, or unexpectedly became obsessed with curry or sushi!

If you're happy to share, we'd love to hear about it. Your story might even encourage another parent to try something new with their own child. 🍽

Leave your comments by 13/8/26, to be entered into the Rosa's Thai voucher draw.

I don't have kids so I expect I'm not in the draw.

My brother was the fussiest eater. I have seen my mum make him a ham sandwich when the rest of us were having a Sunday roast.

But when we went on holiday to France a miracle happened, he would point at something on the menu and ask for it. He didn't know what he was getting and he always ate it.

Then back home he was back to white bread sandwiches.

Two kids, 8 & 5 - both love calamari and my eldest on holiday last year ate a sea bass 'fully intact' with skins, bones, eye still present etc. I still remember when he was two years old and would only eat plain toast so I'm amazed at how far he's come 🤣

Weirdly enough my youngest loves everything. The only thing he won't eat is offal. He even does weird combos. Honestly, I don't know where he gets it from as he certainly does not get it from me!

Spicy food. I didn't grow up around spicy food and first time I had it was when I got married and spent time at my in laws. The kids love the stuff though and always asking to have 'nan's spicy insert dish'.

Ox heart.

Both my daughters aged 6 and 8 love olives and have done from a very early age (1-2) to the point they actually tried to bring jars to the cinema to eat instead of popcorn 🤣

Teriyaki octopus. They’re huge fans of Japanese food but the current fad is specifically octopus.

My 10 year old loves mussels , didn’t expect that

DS - tuna steak, crab, rabbit, goat

DD - grapes & satsuma with salad 🤷‍♀️

my autistic son tried squid in Tenerife and now he absolutely loves calamari. He calls it chicken squid. He is so fussy I really wasn't expecting it!

Broccoli. Like, it's so strange as you always hear when growing up that broccoli is awful and sometimes I feel like psychologically that sets up someone to hate it. But my kids have always loved their broccoli as I've always made sure that they didn't hear anything negative about any food whilst growing up.

Flax seeds, we now have them.sprinkled on everything!

Salt and pepper squid! Never thought a child who rejects fish fingers would like it,but there you go!

Seaweed. This was my niece and honestly I was pleasantly surprised. Not a lot of people I know like seaweed and I definitely thought my niece would also hate it, but no, she absolutely loves it. Kids always amaze me.

My DDs was marsh samphire, the first ‘green vegetable’ my DD would eat. Which has to be a bit of an ‘only on MN…’ type of thing.

(no idea about the poll, I’ve never had bubble tea)

I was convinced my 4-year-old would pull a face if I offered them a lychee, but to my surprise they absolutely loved it! They called it a "magic fruit" because of the juicy middle and kept asking for "just one more." It reminded me not to judge what they'll eat before they've even had the chance to try it—children can be full of delicious surprises! 🍈😊

I was convinced my son would turn his nose up at mango sticky rice. Rice for pudding? With fruit? I thought there was no chance! We ordered one to share at a Thai restaurant, and after one cautious taste he declared it "the best dessert ever" - and learned a lesson too.

My kids love sushi and teriyaki rice bowls, with loads of different veggies piled on top.

Ramen noodles with a bit of spice. I was very surprised.

My couple enjoyed pad thai - which I thought would be too spicy for them - but they loved it. I am more open minded now and let them choose a bit more from menus when eating out. They also loved prawn crackers (after getting over their inital disappointment that they weren't Christmas crackers ha ha)

DC1 loved chick peas from the off and DC2 Marmite.

Sushi, she loves sushi, especially with a hefty dose of wasabi

My DD has grown her own courgette plant and is very proud - not only does she eat her homegrown organic vegetables, she offers them to me too, win, win!

Soft shell crab… 8 year old absolutely loves it and was 6 when he first had it 😂

sushi! He loves it! Unfortunately it is not the cheapest food but it is super healthy