Most overrated food

[sdifox]

My vote is Japanese ramen. It's good but the pork, chicken, or soy broth does nothing for me.

You are just eating at the wrong places.

 

[sdifox]

Heard about Pho on Food network. Described as delicate but nuanced broth of 25 hours prep. Served with bean sprouts, basil leave and fish sauce on side.
Great vegetable beef soup but I has ready for dinner afterwards. (Damn my American palate and appetite.)

You didnt order xl?

 

[dullard]

Heard about Pho on Food network. Described as delicate but nuanced broth of 25 hours prep. Served with bean sprouts, basil leave and fish sauce on side.
Great vegetable beef soup but I has ready for dinner afterwards. (Damn my American palate and appetite.)

Um, pho is for breakfast.

 

[lxskllr]

I wonder if anything alive other than human would consider eating that twice.

Sriracha's /ok/, just waaay overrated. I'd rather have it on a burger than ketchup, but I'd be fine never having it again in my life. I like almost every other hot sauce better.

 

[GagHalfrunt]

I have yet to be wowed by caviar
Truffles are good but not $15/gram good.

Good choices, those are the first two things I thought of. Mediocre food favored by idiots who like them because they're expensive. There's nothing truffles add to a dish that you can't get out of various mushrooms and caviar can be duplicated by pouring a pound of salt on small shrimp.

For those saying Sriracha, also a good pick. Just trendy, people eat it because they think they're supposed to like it, not because they actually like it.

And just to add something not already mentioned, CroNuts. Not one iota better than any decent donut, why people line up for those things remains a mystery.

 

[freeskier93]

Nutella. It's a sorry excuse for chocolate.

 

[Sean Kyle]

I think miaw miaw pizza snack is the best fit here!

 

[MrSquished]

absolutely it's bacon. Don't get me wrong, it is good. I eat it on occasion and usually enjoy it. But if you believe what you see on the interweb you'd think that bacon simultaneously provides instant orgasms and doesn't make you a complete fatass. But it actually does neither of these, and is really just "ok."

This

 

[zinfamous]

I agree with Lobster. Way overpriced for what, for many many years, was rightfully considered cheap peasant food. Hell, prisoners used to protest when served lobster and iirc, it was deemed cruel and unusual punishment.

There is some vile northeastern Lobster Cabal that probably fixes prices and controls this delusion that Lobster is premium (think DeBeers, but with awful New England accents)

http://gizmodo.com/lobsters-were-once-only-fed-to-poor-people-and-prisoner-1612356919

 

[zinfamous]

This

I agree with bacon. Nothing wrong with bacon, but I do consider it cheating when trying to make dishes like brussels sprouts that really don't need it.

 

[LevelSea]

cupcakes

 

[AznAnarchy99]

Heard about Pho on Food network. Described as delicate but nuanced broth of 25 hours prep. Served with bean sprouts, basil leave and fish sauce on side.
Great vegetable beef soup but I has ready for dinner afterwards. (Damn my American palate and appetite.)

You order the small bowl or something?

 

[FeuerFrei]

Chocolate.
I've never bought into the hype.
Almond Snickers and Peanut M&Ms are good though.

 

[KMFJD]

Durian, hot dogs, cotton candy

 

[foghorn67]

Beef steak

It's called steak.
If you call something else steak, you have to qualify which type.

 

[foghorn67]

Sriracha

Can't stand this hipster, overhyped crap. It doesn't even taste spicy, and the rest of it is just bad. And these morons are the millennials who say Tabasco sucks. While Tabasco isn't my favorite, it is leagues above Siracha, because Tabasco actually has flavor.

 

[Darwin333]

I agree with Lobster. Way overpriced for what, for many many years, was rightfully considered cheap peasant food. Hell, prisoners used to protest when served lobster and iirc, it was deemed cruel and unusual punishment.

There is some vile northeastern Lobster Cabal that probably fixes prices and controls this delusion that Lobster is premium (think DeBeers, but with awful New England accents)

http://gizmodo.com/lobsters-were-once-only-fed-to-poor-people-and-prisoner-1612356919

Couldn't agree more, it's just a really bland meat.

 

[Carson Dyle]

Just trendy, people eat it because they think they're supposed to like it, not because they actually like it.

The above statement is one of the most idiotic things I've read in a long time. Sure, people put a sauce on their food and claim they like it because it's "trendy". "Pass me the Sriracha. This stuff is great, isn't it?"

And they love caviar and truffles because they're expensive? What nonsense. Is that what they teach kids now in America's trailer parks? "You don't want that. That's rich people food. They just showin' off. You want another bowl of SpaghettiOs?"

 

[GagHalfrunt]

The above statement is one of the most idiotic things I've read in a long time. Sure, people put a sauce on their food and claim they like it because it's "trendy". "Pass me the Sriracha. This stuff is great, isn't it?"

And they love caviar and truffles because they're expensive? What nonsense. Is that what they teach kids now in America's trailer parks? "You don't want that. That's rich people food. They just showin' off. You want another bowl of SpaghettiOs?"

Wow. Almost like I struck a nerve about your drinking problem.

 

[monkeydelmagico]

Caviar and Pate

 

[AznAnarchy99]

Caviar and Pate

I fucking love pate.

 

[AznAnarchy99]

Can't stand this hipster, overhyped crap. It doesn't even taste spicy, and the rest of it is just bad. And these morons are the millennials who say Tabasco sucks. While Tabasco isn't my favorite, it is leagues above Siracha, because Tabasco actually has flavor.

I grew up with it. It became a white people fad the last few years.

 

[slayer202]

Shrimp

 

[shortylickens]

Rice.

Its just fuckin STARCH, people! Its not healthy. Its an energy block and not a particularly good one either.
You can get starch from anywhere and usually with a lot more nutrition.
8 ounces of potato has as much starch as 8 ounces of rice but also includes a metric butt ton of vitamins.

 

[NoTine42]

Sweet potato fries