# Foods that Don't Live Up to the Hype **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** food-cooking\ **Created:** [September 26, 2025, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-dont-live-up-to-the-hype/1023414 "2025-09-26T13:19:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2025, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-dont-live-up-to-the-hype/1023414/121 "2025-10-01T04:11:39Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Winchell’s beats KK hands-down. Damn, I haven’t seen a Winchell’s since I was a kid. I have fond memories of their donuts, but they seem to have evacuated Texas. The nearest one right now is in Enid, Oklahoma. Luckily, I have found several local shops near where I live who fill that hole, and I rarely eat donuts these days. ---
**Author:** ![Die\_Capacitrix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/die_capacitrix/32/9_2.png) [@Die\_Capacitrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Die_Capacitrix)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2025, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-dont-live-up-to-the-hype/1023414/122 "2025-10-01T07:05:39Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > No (or at least not much) self-service disassembly for me. Agree. I actually prefer crab and lobster as featured ingredients such as crab louie salad, crab cakes crab melt, lobster bisque, lobster mac and cheese, etc. I don’t want just big chunks of crab or lobster to eat. > [@silenus](#): > > Winchell’s beats KK hands-down. Mmm, maple bars. I prefer cake donuts, so KK is not my favorite. Add me to the list of people who just don’t see steak as something special. I’m in it for the sauce and sides, which is why I usually get the “just the sides” menu at Texas Roadhouse-type restaurants. I famously (in my family) ordered a grilled cheese sandwich at a steakhouse. It was the only non-steak option that appealed to me. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2025, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-dont-live-up-to-the-hype/1023414/123 "2025-10-01T07:50:13Z")
I don’t dislike lobster, but it is way overhyped. It’s expensive, and in the end, even with melted butter, it has the texture of and tastes like shrimp. Maybe different from what the OP was looking for, but Caesar salad. There was a time when it was a special dish: most often prepared tableside out of raw ingredients, in full view of the diners, because it was typically prepared for two. Now it’s on the menu of every family restaurant, sports bar, and even some better places. It’s easy enough; cut up some Romaine, add Newman’s Own Caesar dressing, some croutons, and fake bacon bits. I’ve always been disappointed. Because I’ve had the tableside Caesar salad service. Raw eggs, anchovies, olive oil, real meat bacon bits, fresh romaine, so much more. It spoiled me for what passes as a Caesar salad at sports bars and family restaurants. We asked the young lady who made it for the recipe, and she gave it to us. We’ve followed it ever since, and never been disappointed. ---
**Author:** ![Orville\_mogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/aeb1de/32.png) [@Orville\_mogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orville_mogul)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2025, 9:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-dont-live-up-to-the-hype/1023414/124 "2025-10-01T09:05:00Z")
French andouillette. Literally shit sausage. ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2025, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-dont-live-up-to-the-hype/1023414/125 "2025-10-01T11:28:54Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > Lobster, and crab, are much better if you get them fresh, close to where they were harvested. Definitely! When I was a kid and when people could still afford to eat lobster occasionally, there was a fish place in Massachusetts that had a tank with live lobsters in it. My dad would pick up the live lobsters and bring them home. When the kettle pot came to a boil, my mom would drop them in. Nothing fresher than that! ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2025, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-dont-live-up-to-the-hype/1023414/126 "2025-10-01T13:33:03Z")
Obligatory stone crab reference: [![](https://www.fc-cpa.com/siteAssets/site9723/images/BloomCnty-Stone_Crab.jpg) ](https://www.fc-cpa.com/siteAssets/site9723/images/BloomCnty-Stone_Crab.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2025, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-dont-live-up-to-the-hype/1023414/127 "2025-10-01T15:40:35Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Five guys does have better fries. In& Out has better service- by far. Which one is more like to get my special order (plain, just cheese) right? I haven’t tried either, but both sound good, if I can get without condiments without a fuss. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2025, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-dont-live-up-to-the-hype/1023414/128 "2025-10-01T16:30:07Z")
Either will do a plain, but In-N-Out will taste better that way. ---
**Author:** ![ricepad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b38774/32.png) [@ricepad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ricepad)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2025, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-dont-live-up-to-the-hype/1023414/129 "2025-10-01T16:57:32Z")
I forgot how much I miss Berke Breathed’s insightfully dark humor! ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2025, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-dont-live-up-to-the-hype/1023414/130 "2025-10-01T18:17:28Z")
Lucky you (and all of us). [https://www.npr.org/2015/10/12/447117474/bloom-county-and-opus-the-penguin-return-after-a-25-year-hiatus](https://www.npr.org/2015/10/12/447117474/bloom-county-and-opus-the-penguin-return-after-a-25-year-hiatus) ---
**Author:** ![fedman1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e495f1/32.png) [@fedman1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fedman1)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2025, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-dont-live-up-to-the-hype/1023414/131 "2025-10-02T04:00:05Z")
sorry, from Google: **The Harlem Connection and Modern Popularity** - **Wells Supper Club** - **Roscoe’s** ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2025, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-dont-live-up-to-the-hype/1023414/132 "2025-10-02T05:03:48Z")
Not the same as andouille! ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2025, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-dont-live-up-to-the-hype/1023414/133 "2025-10-02T05:39:44Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > Which one is more like to get my special order (plain, just cheese) right? I haven’t tried either, but both sound good, if I can get without condiments without a fuss. There’s a 5 Guys near me, and i get a burger plain (or sometimes with cheese, mushrooms, and ketchup) with no fuss, and very reliably. I, also, don’t want extra stuff on my burger. And the 5 Guys burger is pretty good. It tastes like beef, not like fast food. ---
**Author:** ![Die\_Capacitrix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/die_capacitrix/32/9_2.png) [@Die\_Capacitrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Die_Capacitrix)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2025, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-dont-live-up-to-the-hype/1023414/134 "2025-10-02T12:24:48Z")
That article is from 2015. He’s been posting new strips on Facebook and Instagram for the past 3 weeks as The Bloom County Boys. Back to the topic. Cordon Bleu. It’s fatty and greasy. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2025, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-dont-live-up-to-the-hype/1023414/135 "2025-10-02T12:27:47Z")
I knew he recently started up again, but my search picked up an old article and I didn’t review it. Mea culpa. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2025, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-dont-live-up-to-the-hype/1023414/136 "2025-10-02T16:24:02Z")
There was a restaurant in L.A. called The Maryland that had chicken and waffles back in 1931. So, I think it’s something that travelling musicians spread. Yes, Roscoe’s only been around since 1975. ---
**Author:** ![Smid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/838e76/32.png) [@Smid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smid)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2025, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-dont-live-up-to-the-hype/1023414/137 "2025-10-07T22:01:42Z")
> [@Die\_Capacitrix](#): > > That article is from 2015. He’s been posting new strips on Facebook and Instagram for the past 3 weeks as The Bloom County Boys. I was very interested in that, and finally found it on Facebook. I’m already following it but was completely unaware of the daily posting because Facebook is so bad nowadays, But from facebook, I assume it is AI slop which told me the secret to a great steak was to BOIL it for a bit before frying it. Facebook, eh? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-dont-live-up-to-the-hype/1023414.md?page=6)