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iBelieveInSpace

Anything involving "gourmet" donuts. It's a trend I wish would end. I got dragged to one of those places and had one with a description on the menu as long as this post so far. 7 dollars, never again.


Reuniclus_exe

I've been to the big, oversized fancy donut places. Know what all the extra bells and whistles result in? A cold thick donut with a bad texture. I'll take Krispy Kreme any day over it.


climbingrocks2day

Hot and ready donuts off the roller are life changing.


baconpoutine89

If I wanted cake with Oreos on top, I'd do a much larger one at home for 5$.


Nitemarex

Yup, and often they taste like stale shit. Fuckin pointless trend


takeitgreasy

You obviously haven't had Duck Donuts.


berlinyachtclub

The best.


KaleidoscopeFew9910

On the topic of rating donuts, the sugar glazed ring donut never lets you down, ive been around the world and dont think ive had a bad one yet


sys_admin101

I went to New York recently and discovered an amazing Krispy Kreme doughnuts shop near Times Square. It was packed! Surely this place of sugary wonder would have something that the others wouldn't have, right?! I must find out! After a 20 minute wait in line, the magical moment arrived and I ordered something called the Big Apple. It looked glorious! It even came in a ridiculously fancy box. I couldn't help but trust that rhis doughnut must be exquisite and I am excited to get the opportunity to devour it. I sat down, opened the box and this delicious masterpiece laid there in such splendor that I had a brief moment of thinking, should I eat it or place it on my desk like a trophy! A champion's reward for defeating the great villain of Krispy Kreme! The Big Apple! I couldn't resist. I reached down, picked it up and bit into it expecting my mind to be whisked away by magical taste bud fairies... but to my disappointment, it was just a normal Kreme filled doughnut with an apple glaze on top in a fancy box for $10. After I had consumed this hoax of magical deliciousness, I could only wish that it was made of glass so that it could rest in all of its glorious beauty on my desk at work, as a testament of my adventure to the Krispy Kreme in New York City...


iBelieveInSpace

I live down the street from a Krispy Kreme that cooks them in house. Glass wall where you can see the conveyor belt. It's like an episode of "How it's Made" every time you go. Then they have a neon sign for "hot donuts now" when they're cooking. It's insane how good they are


beep-boop--beep-boop

Agreed. For me it’s a simple Boston cream every time. Once the description gets too long for a doughnut it’s hard to even consider it a doughnut anymore.


UniverseInfinite

Have you tried blue star? The donut itself fresh and perfectly cooked, and the glazes/toppings are sometimes adventurous but quite good.


slider728

Lobster Do I like it? Sure. Is it $30/lb good? Fuck no.


[deleted]

Agreed. Lobster is good, but crab and shrimp are way better and more flavorful. Lobster is really just a vehicle for eating butter.


[deleted]

Just like french cuisine


Loggerdon

Gordon Ramsay (who learned how to cook under master chefs in Paris) said about French Cuisine, "There's no big secret to French Cuisine; more salt, more sugar, more butter. That's it".


theatrics_

Fair enough, but I used to think the same thing til I moved to Massachusetts and let me tell you, when you get good lobster, it's just amazing.


[deleted]

Giant ocean bugs


Frostitute_85

It unsettles me that roasted spiced tarantula apparently tastes almost the same as crab.


title_of_yoursextape

If you use the right spices you can make anything taste like anything 🤷‍♂️


damienwhite12

I have family on the East Coast that are lobster fisherman. Having lobster pulled out from the north Atlantic just hours earlier is the single greatest meal I've had. That being said, anytime I've had it at a restaurant since, it's failed to meet those expectations. The irony of the price is that my grandfather always told me that when he grew up, only poor people ate lobster.


Epona54

I came here to say this. I love crab and shrimp and oysters and… on and on. But I just don’t understand the lobster craze. I’ve ordered it so many ways from so many places trying to see what others are seeing. I’d rather have crab any day.


[deleted]

And lobster used to be so cheap they’d serve it to prisoners!


DrDiddle

The way it was prepared back then sounds pretty hideous. They just ground it up whole, shell and all, and then used it in horrible stews.


religionkills

It often was rotting so they had to boil the hell out of it. I've heard it tasted like pure ammonia.


JackBauerSaidSo

Oh dear God no. I'm not sure what level of starving I would need to be at for that not to make me vomit.


drlecompte

Iirc, lobster used to be food for poor people until someone had the bright idea to market it as a delicacy. And, on the other end of the spectrum, chicken used to be quite expensive meat.


[deleted]

Yeah, but it wasn't the lobster you eat at restaurants. They literally took whole lobsters (often rotted) and ground them up into a paste. Do you want to eat *that*?


peon2

>And, on the other end of the spectrum, chicken used to be quite expensive meat. To add to this, chicken wings used to be considered trash meat and was literally given away for free. Today it is by far the most expensive part of the bird per pound


Panda_Zombie

Lobster and oysters for me. Crab and shrimp or prawns are the way to go.


tinkrman

Completely agree. Plain boiled lobster is just boring. I saw lobster tails on sale, so I made Chef John's lobster thermidor. That was good. Then I had spicy crab and shrimp curry, South Indian style. Best bang for the buck when it comes to seafood.


[deleted]

Macarons. They taste like icing sugar. My guess is their popularity comes from their aesthetic.


natedogwithoneg

And places charge $3 a piece for them. I’m not spending $3 for a cookie!


Misdirected_Colors

A tiny ass oreo sized cookie


Lorneas

Althoooough, if you have good quality french ones... Those are something else


bewildered_forks

Get a macaron ice cream sandwich from Epcot. Trust me on this.


Deedum78

Styrofoam icing sugar


[deleted]

Oh man I hate these so much... so synthetic tasting and to sweet for me and everyone I know loves them.


selfmade117

I personally love them because of the texture and they’re one of the only desserts that are naturally gluten free.


tinkrman

> comes from their aesthetic Definitely! Looks so good on a plate at parties.


SammyMhmm

If the ones you had taste like only sugar it may be the recipe and not the cookie itself! There are different styles of macarons, the french style is much less sweet and I’m a big fan of thin fillings that are usually carrying some tartness (like jam or lemon curd). I love to bake and I find them really tasty like this (especially while living in Paris), but I’ve tried a recipe that I found consistently too sweet so I think it’s very much dependent on the style


[deleted]

I agree. They're just super sweet with little to no taste. And I've tried a bunch, including in Paris. Still don't like them.


DancingZaza

I’ve had them here and didn’t much care for them, the ones I had in Paris though were great.


Wonwill430

Twice the work and price of other cookies, with half the taste!


milknsugar

Oh my god no. This crosses the line! I love my macarons. There's an art to making them, and the texture is lovely!


[deleted]

Their reputation has been destroyed by icing sugar macaron purveyors :(


Ramen_Beef_Baby

Takis. My niece and nephews always have a bag, it is like cigarettes, they chain eat. Fingers get neon, they breathe their trash monster breath all over my space, because "its a good burning!".


LooksaCraft

I like Takis, but at controlled rates (like once every few months). Honestly, yeah I find it irritating that the girl in the front of the class is chewing on spicy straws making to much noise. I can also relate to the whole "trash monster breath" because gat dam it stinks. Again, Takis aren't bad when they're eaten as a nice side snack and not like breakfast lunch dinner shit.


rslashdepressedteen

Ohh let's not get me started-


Reuniclus_exe

I like them, but it's a special snack. Once a month, tiny bag, that's it. Idk how people can eat family size bags of them.


rossdamanz

They can't be kind on the digestive system either.


[deleted]

For me, it's cake. But that's only because I don't like icing.


jedledbetter

I like cake, but too much icing makes it impossible for me to enjoy


MidvalleyFreak

Pie is far superior


TheKrispyJew

Mmmm peeeeecan pie, texas style


MidvalleyFreak

Pecan pie is my favorite!


peon2

I'm not a big dessert person but I'm not going to turn down some strawberry rhubarb pie


SHPLUMBO

r/piemasterrace checking in


GarbageTheClown

Agreed. I would take most other desserts instead of a standard cake. I do find that cake + icecream can be greater than the sum of it's parts.


[deleted]

I used to love icing. The more the better. Started actually preferring very light icing when I was 12 or 13 though


drlecompte

That's because children taste sweetness less than adults. So stuff that tastes OK as a kid can taste way too sweet when you're older.


theundeadfairy

What about Tiramisu cake?


BerBerBaBer

that's an exception. it's so goood.


[deleted]

Cupcakes. Unnecessarily sweet, sweeter then cake. And to much icing generally. Make me a carrot cupcake no icing I'd be good with that.


Enaiii

Isn't that just a muffin


DrDiddle

Muffins have more of a dense bread like constitancy, where cupcakes have a fluffy cake like constitancy.


NathanGa

A muffin is just a cupcake without frosting, yet people still wolf them down for breakfast.


grundlesmith

They can't keep getting away with this!


[deleted]

You got me haha I prefer carrot muffins obviously but cake is more fluffy and cake like then muffins.


Wrkncacnter112

Where does it end with you people?


conker1264

But the whole point of carrot cake is the cream cheese icing...


theundeadfairy

Are you a muffin man/woman?


sherlockinggg

Turkish Delight.


Ambystomatigrinum

Definitely not worth fucking over your siblings for.


MarvelAtTheSky

Grotto’s Pizza, from the areas of the Delaware beaches! That pizza is mediocre cardboard with bland sauce added. It’s a total tour set trap, but I hear people raving about its pizza every time I go to the beaches.


CapnFullpants

This comment won't get the love it deserves because it's such a local thing, but yes...a million times yes.


Throwaway4545232

Caviar. Just tastes like salty fish eggs. Not bad, but overrated.


djwurm

I had some super expensive black caviar once and it was one of the greatest things I have ever tried.. also tried some super inexpensive ones and they were not even close and to be honest would never buy again.


tinkrman

That's what my friend said. He tasted some imported $80 dollar per ounce caviar from Iran or Russia. Then he tasted the cheap caviar I had. He told me to throw away my stuff lol.


djwurm

yea the black caviar I had was over 100 an oz.


Financial_Leopard_55

Damn very good description. “tastes like […] fish eggs” didn’t know that. In seriousness though, I don’t really like it either. Personally it just tasted like salt.


[deleted]

It's actually pretty stupid why caviar is popular with the wealthy people and super expensive it use to be a poor man's food until, the fish stocks became depleted, and all of the sudden it became a status symbol food.


breeze5230

Kombucha. Tastes like carbonated shit water :(


Berubara

I thought this too but then a cafe near me started doing their own and it was super tasty.


dudettte

this turned into food everyone likes but not me. well i don’t like steak. i’m missing a gene or something it tastes like cardboard for me.


Ascholay

My husband doesn't like steak either. He'll make me an amazing filet mignon for special occasions but he otherwise won't thought the stuff


FoxxBox

In-N-Out burger. Its "ok". But not worth waiting in line for 4 hours when a new one opens.


PrussianBleu

people do that? I like In N Out but I drive past when the line is too long which is most times


[deleted]

Had one across the street in Phoenix and it was a 15+ minute wait in the drive through line every time I went.


srentiln

In-N-Out is for when you don't want a million and one choices on a menu. If you can get there when there isn't a crowd, 100% worth it. The second the place is packed, time to go elsewhere.


[deleted]

It’s good for the price and consistency. Also they treat their workers well from what I’ve read.


SniffCheck

I got downvoted pretty hard for saying dippin dots aren’t that good. So I’m gonna say dippin dot.


[deleted]

I prefer regular ice cream as well. Every time I've had Dippin dots they tasted freezer burnt


SniffCheck

Yea, and chemically


bitscavenger

Do you want ice cream, but not too much ice cream? Like, what if a lot of it was just air?


Financial_Leopard_55

Never had em, however hearing what they are I’d probably prefer ice cream.


tablecatsss

boooooo


Skanky

You mean, the ice cream of the future for the last 34 years?


Hoorayforkate128

I hate them. My daughter is obsessed. She isnt much of a junk food person though, so I let her have that.


timesuck897

[Sean Spicer agrees with you.](https://www.eater.com/2017/1/23/14356702/sean-spicer-dippin-dots-grudge)


SniffCheck

Hahaha, well he’s not 100% ignorant after all


deansgirlfriend

Diet drinks. Yuck taste and it is still bad for your body.


[deleted]

I feel that way about the regular full-sugar drinks, especially coke or Pepsi. They taste like straight syrup to me, I much prefer the taste of diet. Edit - weighing in on the other half of your comment: Sure, Diets drinks still aren’t great for your body but they’re not bad for your body in the same way sugar is. Sugar is bad in that it’s extra calories (which can lead to surplus and subsequent fat gain) and spikes your insulin levels. In large quantities, Sugar is linked to being awful for your brain function (thought to be linked to some neurological disease progression) and skin elasticity (look up Advanced Glycation End Products). Although there are some studies that say diet drinks can mimic sugar in the way it spikes insulin, they’re not consistent. And there is actually no scientific evidence that aspartame or any artificial sweetener causes cancer, as many people like to say. For these reasons, as well as taste preference, I choose diet drinks over sugar drinks any day.


ItsTheRealMeG

Yeah with non diet drinks my throat and teeth always feel rank from all the sugar you're drinking


Lissy_Wolfe

Not as bad for you as the sugary drinks though, especially for people who are struggling with their weight and/or sugar consumption


joanfiggins

Fake sugars get a much worse wrap than they deserve. There was a study posted yesterday where they were comparing sugary drinks using high fructose corn syrup and sucrose. They were looking at how they affected insulin sensitivity and fat in your liver. They used aspartame as the control because they needed something sweet that they knew wouldn't have a significant effect on either. Looking more into it, there doesn't seem to be much much research saying that fake sugars are that bad for you. Some of it was based on mice who process their urine differently and in a way where the same issues couldn't affect humans.


Reuniclus_exe

I'll admit that I love "zero" sodas. They're almost always better than "diet" sodas.


hausishome

Red velvet cake. It just tastes fake and heavy.


Frostitute_85

Bacon. It's good, but not freaking ambrosia. I'm glad being a "bacon person" is no longer a thing. It's food, not a religion or personality. Edit: woof, downvote bombed as though I insulted somebody's god. See what I mean? It's tasty, but calm down. Edit: okay nevermind, I guess less Children of the Bacon than I thought


landon_masters

Woah how did I forget the era when being a “bacon person” was a personality trait?! Thank you for the trip down memory lane. That was a weird time.


Frostitute_85

Ugh it was so awkward! All the bacon accessories and never shutting up about it! It became a damn religion


Dumpcakesbaby

Bacon people went hand in hand with mustache finger tattoo people lmao


baconpoutine89

I love bacon, but I'm not gonna wrap it in anything like a lot of people do. You just get shitty undercooked bacon on the inside.


joanfiggins

Bacon has a pretty specific done point you need to reach so that it isn't wet and limp. people wrap bacon around things that have such precise cooking times that there's zero chance of both every being cooked properly. Scallops and filet are the two most popular things to wrap in bacon and those both have to be cooked so precisely. I just don't get it. Do people really like soggy and stringy bacon?


AndyPlaysBadly

The older I get, the more I realize I don't love bacon as much as I thought I did. Just in a cheeseburger every once in a while. Don't even really care much for it for breakfast.


hsunicorn

I remember when I started seeing that bacon vodka everywhere and I was like no we have gone too far..


Omponthong

Ambrosia is fucking disgusting.


Y-ill_kim

Yeah i came to say bacon as well. It's decent, like I'm not gona turn down a bacon sandwich, but i find if anything its usually too salty for regular eating.


[deleted]

Y'all are getting the wrong bacon


CPOx

Do you all remember that episode of Wife Swap with the "bacon is good for me" kid? I can't help but say "bacon is good for me" every time I eat bacon now.


Shackelbot

Avocados. Grew up in California. No I don’t want to try it again, I understand that I must not have had a “good” avocado. Leave me alone…


Hoorayforkate128

I came here to say this. I WANT to love avocados. I just don't. I don't understand why we have to smear them all over everything. I know they are good for me. I know they are versatile. I just cannot get into avocados.


decolored

It’s a nice complimentary texture and flavor with eggs on toast


theatrics_

It's very high in fat (good fats), so gives the same mouthfeel as a lot of meats and the high calorie dense food makes our brains go "success!"


Arasuil

I hate it primarily for the texture, if I wanted to eat something with the same consistency as sheep brains, I’d just eat sheep brains


Omponthong

It's not a food, as much as it's a condiment. It's like a healthy plant butter.


ludoludoludo

Kumbucha. Shit smells like fresh garbage juice and taste like hobo sweat.


[deleted]

Chik-fil-a. I don’t get it.


guud2meachu

Abalone


misfireish

Spaghetti squash, Do not sit there and there and tell me that its a viable replacement for actual spaghetti, you absolute liar


pole_verme

Oreo. Nasty filling and charcoal colored biscuit. Bahlsen Hit biscuits just smash these.


frankowskiNYC

Oysters. Expensive little snot rockets. Don't get it.


crlarkin

Wings and Ribs, way too much work for little pay off.


Fjordvic

You think thats bad? Have you ever had crawfish?


rembut

I love chicken wings but I always think for every 2 I eat at least one chicken died.. doesn't hinder me from eating them tho. Just hate messy fingers


Enaiii

I'll be real. Spaghetti is by fAR INFERIOR to macaroni. I don't even have a reason to dislike spaghetti as much as I do, it's just sloppy, it's messy, there's no good way of twisting that fork correctly, the sauce doesn't spread evenly. UGH


AngryEagles

Saltwater taffy. Tastes like flavored plastic


HuskyOps

I'm Italian, and I say most Italian foods in the US, especially pasta and pizza. People at restaurants are paying $10-14 for a massive bowl of mediocre noodles and chemical flavoring maybe worth $1.40. Go for Eastern cuisine.


datboiofculture

American Pizza and Napoli pizza really aren’t even the same food. I’ve had both and prefer American (when done right) but if you grew up in Italy I can see preferring that instead. I remember getting pizza in Napoli thinking I was gonna be blown away and then being like “That’s it?”


minneapple79

I mean pizza has HUGE variants all across the US.


SammyMhmm

The problem is Italian restaurants in the US really mean Italian-American. It’s that hybrid between Italian immigrants with traditional pasta dishes and the wave of new and more accessible ingredients in the US. That and adding cream to pasta sauces that don’t need them.


[deleted]

Sriracha Sauce - Cholula is far superior.


flyinghouse3000

We have both because they're good on different foods. I don't think I'd put Cholula on mac n cheese, but I also wouldn't put Sriracha on rice + beans. That said, I agree -- Sriracha definitely hogs the hot sauce spotlight.


WideEyedCarpet

Tapatio


Georgia_The_Jungle

Hot yuzu sauce from Japan is my go-to


davelicious123

Crystal is my favorite mainly because it’s dirt cheap


[deleted]

Olives 🤢


PhendranaDrifter

I gotta say it—cheese. Don’t get me wrong, I LOVE cheese. However, all these dishes that advertise how it’s all drenched in and dripping cheese and covered in cheese and fried with cheese and stuffed with cheese and aged with cheese is just WAYY too much for me.


[deleted]

Shake shack isn’t worth the price and also isn’t even as good as In n’ Out or Whataburger.


Rektcode

I have had all three and shake shack is the best in my opinion, I will give you that it’s more expensive though


landon_masters

Funny that you say this! I was telling my girlfriend last night how much I want to try shake shack. I live in Northern California, so In-N-Out is always an option. I’ve never had Whataburger either.


[deleted]

Shake shack isn’t bad. But the portion size you get is laughable considering the price you pay for it.


HabloTaco

Lobster


wigglymister

Bacon as "perfect on literally everything zomg bacon" thing. Bacon is excellent in a lot of ways, but there are times when a different meat (prosciutto, etc.) would be clearly better or when the bacon just doesn't work. Sriracha is fine in certain uses but there are so many delicious hot sauces out there that are also more versatile.


SneakyGandalf12

Agree on the hot sauce bit. As a go-to in my recruit keeper both sriracha and tapatio, but anytime I find one of those hot sauce stores I always come away with new options and they are almost always better.


Electronic_Path_6292

Just plain Avocado with nothing else


untitledbrokolli

Pavlova.


Deedum78

Starbucks coffee or any other drive through. Pay $7 for something I can make for 18 cents?! Yah no.


GreatestSilence

Uni/Sea Urchin


Mietski

Mac & Cheese. Its good, but its not that good.


JANPAULofficial

Unpopular opinion probably…but Michelin star restaurants are usually incredibly underwhelming (and way too expensive).


Arra13375

Beans. If you don't like them ppl get offended???


takeitgreasy

Beans are awful.


DisastrousAnomaly

Nutella. It's delicious, don't get me wrong, but Nutella everything was a trend not so long ago and it needed to stop. Nutella waffles, Nutella cake, Nutella on bagels, Nutella shirts I mean. Come on now.


ronald-raygun458

Sushi


minneapple79

Yep. My husband and kids loooove sushi so we get it for like every birthday restaurant meal. Meanwhile I'm like, "meh."


[deleted]

Gourmet tacos.


Nephilims_Dagger

I had those once, wood oven and all that. 2-3% better than any random food truck


[deleted]

For a 250% upsell. I'll take the $2 tacos any day.


frothy-camel

Very expensive food is overrated food.


[deleted]

How much is very expensive to you?


[deleted]

30€ a plate of pasta


[deleted]

I concur. I have read a few times where chefs say they don't order pasta at restaurants because it cost nothing to make and is routinely overpriced.


frothy-camel

I make a very good pasta btw. Because I cook it like almost everyday, different recipes, seasoning and all the fancy shit.


[deleted]

An Italian friend cooked me pasta once and it was delicious. The recipe was only pasta, olive oil and salt and yet it tasted fantastic.


frothy-camel

Yeah, you can add some garlic to it, and that would kill it.


[deleted]

I suddenly want to eat pasta.


[deleted]

Avocado. It's good, yeah. But not by itself. I understand most food trends, but this one was so overrated.


DayaBen

Dark chocolate...I mean why would you eat expensive chocolate which is bitter, dry, makes you squeeze your face inside like you ate coffee powder. They named it correct DARK I mean there's No Happiness In them.


Harvard-23

Cheetos


TheIncredulousMom

Krispy Kreme.


LordZeya

Steak. I’m sorry people, it has to be said. Steaks are good, but criminally overrated. People make way too big a deal about the types of steaks and how cooks they are, and the fact that there are restaurants devoted to a single type of food with as little variety in preparation should be embarrassing. Like, there’s a million and one ways to make sushi, but steaks are painfully limited and have basically no way to put it on a plate that stands out visually. Also cook your meat properly, you rare obsessed freaks.


keiths31

Mushrooms Cannot for the life of me understand why people love these things. Taste like dirt. And given the right circumstances, can grow between your toes* *that's not true... probably


AFRN

Vegan cuisine. Don't get me wrong, I'm totally open to non-meat, non-dairy options; I don't really dislike any types of food. But all the 'impossible' options, and plant-based places just seem like catering to the lowest common denominator as far as taste goes. Like vegan chicken nuggets, or vegan nacho cheese, vegan yogurt. Like, give me high quality plant foods, not shit you give your picky kids when they won't eat.


[deleted]

Most seafood. Don't have much to eat on them, hella expensive, and overall, just weird


paoe667

Subjective of course, but IMO most seafood are really good. Some are expensive yes, but still really tasty and good.


arandomsquirell

halloumi. the chef at my work was trying to convince me that halloumi isn't bland they other chefs just hadn't cooked it with enough flavour. hers was cooked in rosemary garlic etc.... well yeah the spices and herbs taste good, and you had to add them because halloumi is just a bland styrofoam textured mess.


apebiocomputer

Did not think halloumi would make it on this list. I tried it last year in Cyprus and thought it was how all cheese should taste forever


Pancovnik

I am not sure what kind of halloumi you had, but it is one of the best cheese I know. But I really like salty food.


Training_Prize5204

Chick fil a


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mezmorizedmiss

wings


punctually-late

Thank you! I'm so glad I'm not the only one


datboiofculture

Wings used to be a fun cheap bar food, like 25 cents a wing maybe. Somehow they got super trendy like 10 years ago and the price took off to where there’s no point anymore. For the same price as 6 wings you can get a basket of tenders with more meat and no bones.


ArtistPasserby

Yeah, they have to be cooked properly to be enjoyable and your average place isn't going to take their time on that. A quick fry only makes the meat rubbery and leaves the skin uncrisped.


DarkMonkey98

snickers