Foods where the allure seems to be being stylish or pseudo-sophisticated (ingredient, restaurants)

[bjh]

Foods where the allure seems to be being stylish, cool or "in" or "sophisticated".

Here are a couple of foods I believe often carry this phenomenon:
Rare meat
Mushrooms

[saibot]

Poke bowls. They're rice and raw fish. And they're everywhere.

[Mightyqueen801]

Originally Posted by bjh

Foods where the allure seems to be being stylish, cool or "in" or "sophisticated".

Here are a couple of foods I believe often carry this phenomenon:
Rare meat
Mushrooms

Really?

Rare meat is something people have eaten forever. How is that "in" or "sophisticated"? It's a preference. I no longer eat meat, but I ate it rare for decades because it tasted better that way.

Mushrooms, too. How are they stylish or cool? They are a common ingredient.

[Ottawa2011]

Mushrooms? Maybe the ones that are extremely uncommon wherever you happen to live. Well, also truffles, truffle oil, truffle butter, etc., that kind of thing... ?

[vision33r]

Originally Posted by saibot

Poke bowls. They're rice and raw fish. And they're everywhere.

Not everywhere in America, just places where there there are many sushi places.

[jelenap]

By "rare meat" I guess OP might have meant "unusual" rather than doneness level.

But mushrooms? These are pretty common, so I don't get it, sorry.

[Lodestar]

When I was growing up I remember the mention of pheasant under glass. Apparently that was supposed to be an elegant dish.


I still don't know what it is or why being under glass makes it special. Guess I'll have to look it up right now.


Edited to Add: Here it is: https://www.quora.com/Why-is-it-call...nt-under-glass


Looks like it's also served with mushrooms.

[TabulaRasa]

Basic, ubiquitous button mushrooms are about as pedestrian and earthy and unpretentious as it gets, IMO.

[Lodestar]

Oh, now you've got me going!


Dishes named after famous restaurants, chefs or people -


Caesar salad
Peaches Melba
Chicken Tetrazzini
Crab Louis
Lobster Newberg

[5-all]

Mushrooms? Where mushrooms grow wild people go hunting for them. Especially poor people looking for food.