# Foods you wanted to try, that dissapoint **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 30, 2012, 9:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-wanted-to-try-that-dissapoint/617253 "2012-03-30T09:55:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![grude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2012, 9:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-wanted-to-try-that-dissapoint/617253/1 "2012-03-30T09:55:59Z")
Ackee - I had ackee and saltfish at a restaurant in Houston where I could not see or taste the ackee, if there was indeed any in there. I figured out why when I saw that ackee is $10 USD per can and up :eek: No wonder they wanted to stretch it out! Anyway I bought a can for myself and made saltfish buljol > **[TriniGourmet will be right back!](https://www.trinigourmet.com/index.php/buljol-recipe/)** > > We are doing some maintenance on our site. Please come back later. and when it was done I took off the heat and then added drained ackee from the can and mixed it around lightly not wanting the ackee to disintegrate, I wanted to actually taste it this time. Aaaaaaaaand it tasted like buljol with scrambled eggs in it. šŸ˜• Trying some ackee straight from the canā€¦scrambled eggs with a slight nutty flavor and very slight bitter aftertaste(nothing offensive). Not bad per se but not very interesting either, I can see now why this is limited to expat places as its certainly nothing that will become the new taste sensation. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2012, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-wanted-to-try-that-dissapoint/617253/2 "2012-03-30T10:22:29Z")
I had the kopi lowak when I lived in Aceh Indonesia. It tasted like coffee, certainly not good enough that it was worth sifting through civet poop to get the beans. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2012, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-wanted-to-try-that-dissapoint/617253/3 "2012-03-30T10:40:30Z")
Risotto. Iā€™ve had it a few places, including at very good restaurants, and I just didnā€™t care for it. ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2012, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-wanted-to-try-that-dissapoint/617253/4 "2012-03-30T10:52:04Z")
Phį»Ÿ. Iā€™d seen countless people online raving about it. On a different board, just the mere mention of Phį»Ÿ could drag a thread off topic with people talking about how much they love Phį»Ÿ, what place makes the best Phį»Ÿ, and so on. I tried it at a couple of different places, and I just donā€™t get the hype. Itā€™s _soup._ I thought it was good, mind you, but nothing I would go out of my way for. The cynical side of me tends to think the hype comes from internet snobs who just want to show off. ---
**Author:** ![Molotok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@Molotok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Molotok)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2012, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-wanted-to-try-that-dissapoint/617253/5 "2012-03-30T10:56:41Z")
Caviar. Prestige doesnā€™t make that crap taste any better. ---
**Author:** ![Steken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@Steken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steken)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2012, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-wanted-to-try-that-dissapoint/617253/6 "2012-03-30T11:37:15Z")
BĆ”nh mƬ. A terrible disappointment. And this place had excellent reviews - ā€œbest bĆ”nh mƬ in the city,ā€ and all that jazz. Plus everything Korean I have ever had, at least thus far. ---
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2012, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-wanted-to-try-that-dissapoint/617253/7 "2012-03-30T13:08:21Z")
Iā€™m really not all that interested in foie gras. Iā€™ve tried it now, twice, and itā€™s just not really for me. Iā€™m glad Iā€™ve tried it, and glad that I know what itā€™s all about, but I doubt Iā€™d order it again. ---
**Author:** ![pancakes3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ba9def/32.png) [@pancakes3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pancakes3)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2012, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-wanted-to-try-that-dissapoint/617253/8 "2012-03-30T13:30:10Z")
ditto caviar. and pupusas. ---
**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:** [March 30, 2012, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-wanted-to-try-that-dissapoint/617253/9 "2012-03-30T13:49:05Z")
Also on board with the caviar, although I wouldnā€™t mind having a bite of one of the sandwiches Bobby Flay made for his crew during ICA: Battle Caviar. Those looked _good_. Sushi is at the top of my list, though. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2012, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-wanted-to-try-that-dissapoint/617253/10 "2012-03-30T14:01:16Z")
> [@Snickers](#): > > Iā€™m really not all that interested in foie gras. :mad: Oh yeah? Well Snickers bars suck! ---
**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:** [March 30, 2012, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-wanted-to-try-that-dissapoint/617253/11 "2012-03-30T14:07:18Z")
Donā€™t make me stop this thread and come back there, you two! ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2012, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-wanted-to-try-that-dissapoint/617253/12 "2012-03-30T14:37:08Z")
I think caviar is okay, but not something Iā€™d go out of my way for. Thatā€™s probably the most disappointing of the fancy-pants foods Iā€™ve had. Also, I didnā€™t quite get the surge of popularity of bubble tea years ago. I mean, itā€™s okay, but I just donā€™t quite get its popularity. Pho and banh mi, though. _Love_. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2012, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-wanted-to-try-that-dissapoint/617253/13 "2012-03-30T14:42:57Z")
Ramping the expense level way back here, Iā€™ve tried cashew butter numerous times and been sorely disappointed every time. Love cashews, but for spreadable, just give me Jif. ---
**Author:** ![dangermom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@dangermom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangermom)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2012, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-wanted-to-try-that-dissapoint/617253/14 "2012-03-30T14:43:44Z")
I had always wanted to try Turkish Delight, since itā€™s what leads Edmund to his doom. I tried some last week. Blech. It must have been that WWII rationing warping Edmundā€™s mind, because I would have gone for a Cadbury bar any day. The same thing happened when I was a kid on a trip to New York. I had read books that mentioned egg creams, especially chocolate ones, and I just had to try one. It was horrible, but that may have been because we were in a cafe in a subway station, I donā€™t know. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2012, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-wanted-to-try-that-dissapoint/617253/15 "2012-03-30T14:44:48Z")
Sweet things like Ho-Hos, Ding Dongs, most Little Debbie cakes, most packaged cookies, those gluey frozen fruit pies on sale before holidays, and box cakes. Theyā€™re made for kids and people who just adore anything convenient and sweet. I mean, if Iā€™m hungry enough, if thereā€™s nothing good around, I might have one; I can stop at just one. But I donā€™t ā€˜likeā€™ them. They all have that artificial taste, that weird waxy coating and that filling made from Crisco. Uck. I can take them or leave them, and Iā€™ll usually leave them. ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2012, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-wanted-to-try-that-dissapoint/617253/16 "2012-03-30T14:46:41Z")
Morels. I love mushrooms, and morels have this mystique about them; you have to go out and find them yourself, and thousands of people traipse through the woods every spring because theyā€™re so awesome, and they have their secret hunting grounds that they reveal to nobody, etc., and I was amazed to find a few growing in the backyard at the in-lawsā€™ house! Oh yeah, a few pop up there every year. Sweetieā€™s dad loves 'em. We brought them in, and cooked them up, andā€¦hmm. They smell just like spooge. That was disappointing. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2012, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-wanted-to-try-that-dissapoint/617253/17 "2012-03-30T14:57:01Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > I think caviar is okay, but not something Iā€™d go out of my way for. Thatā€™s probably the most disappointing of the fancy-pants foods Iā€™ve had. To me caviar is always about the accoutrements that you get with it. Diced hard-cooked egg, onions, winter savory, etc with a demitasse spoonful of osetra or beluga caviar heaped onto a brioche slice is really, really good. But just caviar by itself? Meh. Awfully fishy and salty. It needs to go with something else. That said, its way too expensive for what it is. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2012, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-wanted-to-try-that-dissapoint/617253/18 "2012-03-30T15:03:34Z")
> [@boomerwang](#): > > Caviar. Prestige doesnā€™t make that crap taste any better. I agree that it was disappointing, but I still kind of like it. But, yeah, nothing too amazing actually. > [@dangermom](#): > > I had always wanted to try Turkish Delight, since itā€™s what leads Edmund to his doom. I tried some last week. Blech. It must have been that WWII rationing warping Edmundā€™s mind, because I would have gone for a Cadbury bar any day. Get Fryā€™s chocolate covered Turksih Delight. Itā€™s great. Regular turkish delight with powdered sugar? I like it, but agree it can be disappointing. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2012, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-wanted-to-try-that-dissapoint/617253/19 "2012-03-30T15:08:05Z")
Oysters taste like shit. ---
**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2012, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-wanted-to-try-that-dissapoint/617253/20 "2012-03-30T15:10:41Z")
Another one for Caviar. Pretty sure Iā€™ve had the good stuff, too. Not that I dislike it - itā€™s OK - but I can think of about a gazillion other things Iā€™d rather have. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-wanted-to-try-that-dissapoint/617253.md?page=2)