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Expensive Foods People Genuinely Do Not Understand How Anyone Enjoys

Reddit user 123456789_00 asked: 'What expensive foods do you genuinely not understand how someone could actually enjoy eating?'

We all have foods that we like or don't like, and depending on how passionately we feel, it may be pretty hard to understand why someone likes a food that otherwise grosses us out.

But if that food is also expensive, we'll also be left wondering why they'd spend so much money on that dish.


Redditor 123456789_00 asked:

"What expensive foods do you genuinely not understand how someone could actually enjoy eating?"

Escargot

"Escargot. It’s gross."

- Heysandygirl

"Escargross."

- dukeofbun

Amusement Park Food

"Amusement park food."

- flacidsword

"A small bottle of Coke for $18 because it comes in a novelty bottle from a novelty booth in a theme park."

- GeebusNZ

Live Geoduck

"Live Geoduck. Just no."

"Watching someone eat clams has never felt so inappropriate."

- Unicornucopia23

Gold Leaf

"Anything with gold leaf."

- toxic_fumes23

"Gold is the dumbest f**king trend I have ever seen in food. Any restaurant that uses gold in their food is not worth visiting unless you want to post on social media telling everyone you have money to waste on sub par food."

- TacoShopRS

A5 Wagyu

"A5 Japanese Wagyu, it’s too godd**n rich, a few bites is more than enough. Maybe Australian or American is a little tamer"

"If you didn’t know dry age has a “funk” to it that might catch you off guard, still good, just not might be what you think."

- ScorchFalcon

Salt Bae's Menu

"I don't understand how any of the people eating at Salt Bae's restaurant can enjoy what he is giving them at those prices. Paying thousands of extra dollars just because this guy was in a viral video? Give me a f**king break."

- rity5yender

Truffles

"Truffles. To each to their own, but truffles and truffle oil completely overwhelm the flavor of whatever they’re in, and it’s not a taste I care for."

- calvinball81

Questionable

"Anything that's come out the a** of an animal. Like those expensive coffees (I know it's a drink, but still)."

- JackHyper

Sea Cucumber

​"Sea Cucumber. It's a caterpillar/worm from the ocean that looks like snot on the plate. It tastes like processed American cheese that was left in the sun for the day and then wrapped around soggy tofu. It was served at my wedding and was maybe the worst dish of my life. Super popular in Asia, though."

- dangerwillrogers

Caviar

"Caviar. that expensive egg of fish hays."

- Client_Direct9613

Rocky Mountain Oysters

"They're not really expensive, but rocky mountain oysters. They're fried bull testicles and they basically taste like a beef chicken nugget. Not worth the hype, and a strange part to eat."

- vonshook

Foie Gras

"Foie gras. I was nauseated after seeing how the geese are force-fed. Should be outlawed everywhere. And I’m no vegan; I’m a pescatarian."

- Asparagussie

"There is ethically produced foie gras from just regular wild or free-range ducks/geese, but yeah, I agree that force-feeding foie gras production should absolutely be outlawed."

- SPEEDANDMOMENTUM

Shark Fin Soup

" Shark fin soup."

"I don't care how tasty it is, it's absolutely cruel to cut off a shark's fin and drop it back in the ocean."

- Impossible_Try76

Ortolan

"Ortolan. It is a small songbird that's drowned in cognac then cooked whole and eaten whole. The eating is done by placing a napkin over the face, they say to hide the diner from the eyes of God because it's such a sinful food, but in reality, it's because watching someone shove a whole bird into their mouth and chew it, including beak and bones, is not a pretty sight."

- SwordTaster

Expensive Burgers

"Any burger on any menu over the price of $14, especially if it doesn’t even come with fries."

"When did $18 single patty burgers become normal?"

- Expensive Burgers

Everyone is going to have different tastes when it comes to food, and some are going to be more tolerant to high prices than others.

But for those who don't even enjoy high-priced foods, it may be confusing why someone would be willing to spend so much money in the first place.

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