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.

Mine love any sort of seafood!! Especially shellfish

Daughter loved olives as a toddler then had an extremely fussy phase. Came out of that and she wouldn’t touch cheddar but loved Parmesan 🤷🏻‍♀️
It’s still a struggle with veggies but we are getting there, her new favourite thing to eat is Pad Krapow which is great as it’s one of my favourite things to eat too!

Calamari on holiday !

Vegetable spring rolls. Might not sound very exotic but it was for my very picky girl!

DD, Caper berries.
DS1, Fish food! Most of a tub destined for our goldfish.
DS2, Crazy about damsons and eats them before they are fully ripe.

8yo has always loved really strong olives, stronger than even we adults like...
He's not keen on spicy food but powered through a gochuchang chicken bake, having a big swig of milk after every mouthful!

My children are both obsessed with sushi as the rice is “clean” as they don’t like mixing of sauce and rice or pasta on other foods

My youngest is very fussy although he is willing to try new things. He recently discovered smoked salmon and cream cheese sandwiches and now won't eat anything else!

Spicy papaya salad - from Rosa’s Thai as it happens. Got it for myself to eat on the way home from work but had tiny bit left. My child tried it and now I have to get it weekly for her. Eaten as is - no rice, nothing!

My daughter is autistic and I cannot for the life of me get her to eat something simple such as a sandwich or a jacket potato. Instead she loves east asian food and all sorts of unusual stuff. We recently went to Scotland and she surprised me by tucking into a full lobster and mussels, which are now her favourite foods!

Pickles she absolutely loves anything pickled. Even spicy aubergine pickle. I can't bear it but she and her dad love it!

When DS was 2 he loved spicey food, he loved a chilli con carne or a prawn dansak.
He also loved hummus, olives and focaccia as a snack.

My eldest DS was little he loved anything seafood. Mussels, salmon, prawns squid, octopus crab you name it he loved it. He still does

My youngest loves kefir.

My child recently enjoyed sticky sushi rice and I was also surprised when she like Kallo salted rice cakes

My 4 year old and 1 year old are both completely obsessed with cherry tomatoes!!! They choose them over any other food including treats! Very random!

Prawns dipped in mayonaise - I hate them - DH loves them in salad and my DC really like them

My DD loves spicy food, and has done since she was about 3. Spicy noodles with extra chilli are an almost daily lunch choice

DS(11) is still a fussy eater particularly when it comes to vegetables, but in the last few years we have discovered that he loves strong flavours and spice. I’ve managed to get him to eat sweet potatoes and tomatoes within spicy meals, and he loves going to Asian restaurants and will try almost anything (as long as there is no vegetables or he can pick them out!). We have deduced that he finds typical English food very bland.

Ox tongue and haslet…both of which make me feel sick! My mum would make them ox tongue or haslet sandwiches when they were little, which they would wolf down 🤢

Since she was very young, DD2 has absolutely loved chicken liver pâté. I thought she would hate it! But it has to be made by her Italian Nonna. Apparently, nobody else makes it quite right, including me! 😄

I just love that. Isn't that what Italian Nona's are for, cooking the best food in the family?

Beetroot. Tastes like ash to me 😅

pickled eggs! i go to the chip shop just to get them and stock up!

My son was about 6 and very fussy, only eating really plain food. I ordered a chicken tikka masala for a meal and he asked for a taste. Then he ate the whole thing!

They are easy to make, depending on the age of your child it could be a project.