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I thought foie gras was going to be more delicious but it tastes like liver. I know, I know... should've seen that one coming. I just thought that no way it tastes that much like liver or people would hate it, right?

Basically any popular tourist food but especially Georgetown Cupcake in DC.

Also, macarons. I always think they'll be good but they just are not.

Oh, hey! Someone else who doesn't get the big deal about macarons. They're not terrible or anything, but they're also not anything to write home about.

I'm a DC native and yeah, Georgetown Cupcake is HIDEOUSLY overrated. Anyone who lives here knows that if you want actual good cupcakes, you go to Baked & Wired.

When I got into baking, I wanted to learn how to make macarons because they looked so pretty and a lot of bloggers said it's one of the most difficult cookies to make. It took me years and years to learn how to make it. When I finally was able to make them, I was just thrilled to have been able to make them.
But after baking them months on end, taking a break, and then eating them again...they're OK.

Honestly not worth the effort or price they go for, but they're cute. I get the novelty of it, but never going to be a dessert that goes on my favorite list.

Here's a hill I will die on: the world-famous Japanese cheesecake? Is not cheesecake. It's ASS.

One of the things I wanted to do, for shits and giggles, while in Osaka was try one of the famous Rikuro-Ojisan's souffle cheesecakes. We managed to get in a relatively short line (about 10-20 minutes) at the Ebisubashi-suji location, to grab a cake and go back to the hotel to taste-test and enjoy. However, we did not enjoy.

It isn't cheesecake. It's egg souffle. Which is fine, if that's what you're expecting, but when you grow up with real cream cheese in the midwest and know that cheesecake should be equal parts cheese to egg, having a ratio of about 3 eggs to 1 cheese is just wrong. Not Cheesecake. Sorry Japan, your lactose intolerance has given you a skewed idea of what cheesecake ought to taste like. Literally the only disappointing food I put in my mouth while in Japan.

It's been 20ish years since I was in Japan, but their cheese was almost always a disappointment. Even on pizza.

I split one of those cheesecakes with a few of my travel mates when we were in Osaka and we were all confused and disappointed. I’m not sure what we were expecting, but it definitely wasn’t that.

The fluffy pancakes were also kinda meh. They tasted too egg-y for me. Looked pretty though.

exactly it. Like, it's okay for what it is, but what it is isn't what you expect from either the name or the hype.

Yessssss!!!!!

When I ate it it was like eating eggy styrofoam.

I feel like it's more of an aesthetic thing. It looks pretty therefore the expectation is for it to taste good.

I feel the same about the cloud/puffy pancakes and French macarons.

They're pretty looking desserts, but they're not that good tasting.

Nutella.

Venison. Growing up on Robin Hood and the like, I imagined that deer would be absolutely delicious. The once or twice I’ve actually had it, I didn’t think it was anything special.

And I read about “sweetmeats” as a child and imagined some interesting sweet glaze on bits of roasted meat. Was quite disappointed to learn it was just an old fashioned term for sweets.

My mother read French books as a child and was intrigued by “tartine”. She thought it was like a little “tarte” i.e. a small pie, and was sad to discover it just meant slices of bread/toast with a spread or topping.

Why did I think sweetmeats meant like brains.

Because that's sweetbread. Fucking english.

sweetbread isn't brains, it's a thymus gland

Sweetbread can be made with a variety of organs, including brains.

Venison, to me, tastes like beef that's been left sitting in a basement for a while

it's a more iron-y beef to me but yeah if it's really gamey, it'll have that funk to it. ugh.

Pretty much everything served at a typical American thanksgiving dinner. Western food in general, with some exceptions.

So much of it is bland.

You must have never been to a black Thansgiving dinner, lol. Trust me, it'll change your mind.

Cheesecake in general. Not my thing. Actually, while I'm at it, a lot of cake in general.

Sprinkles cupcakes. They’re so dry and bland.

Magnolia Bakery cupcakes in New York City

It was another dry cupcake I could have gotten anywhere - guaranteed Walmart cupcakes were better tasting.

But their actual cake was so good! Moist and decadent.

Doughnuts just don't do it for me. When I was 17, I recall craving for a doughnut, and the one I got looked so big and covered in pretty icing.
But the moment I took a bite I just felt like there was something lacking. And ever since then, doughnuts just are...OK.

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