Very Good Taste Omnivores Hundred.
1. Venison (médaillons…mmmm)
2. Nettle tea
3. Huevos rancheros
4. Steak tartare
5. Crocodile
6. Black pudding (boudin!)
7. Cheese fondue
8. Carp
9. Borscht
10. Baba ghanoush (I love the name but I cannot bear eggplant)
11. Calamari
12. Pho
13. PB&J sandwich
14. Aloo gobi
15. Hot dog from a street cart (in four cities in two countries, at least!)
16. Époisses (no stinky cheese for me, merci)
17. Black truffle
18. Fruit wine made from something other than grapes
19. Steamed pork buns (char siu bao bao bao)
20. Pistachio ice cream (gelato, really)
21. Heirloom tomatoes
22. Fresh wild berries (huckleberries off the bush, baby)
23. Foie gras (oh yes)
24. Rice and beans (qué bueno)
25. Brawn, or head cheese (scrapple)
26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper (yup)
27. Dulce de leche (oh yes)
28. Oysters (po’boys!)
29. Baklava
30. Bagna cauda (seems unlikely somehow, but can’t recall)
31. Wasabi peas
32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl
33. Salted lassi (only sweet)
34. Sauerkraut
35. Root beer float
36. Cognac with a fat cigar (don’t enjoy cigars)
37. Clotted cream tea
38. Vodka jelly
39. Gumbo
40. Oxtail
41. Curried goat
42. Whole insects
43. Phaal
44. Goat’s milk (only in cheese, under duress)
45. Malt whisky from a bottle worth £60/$120 or more
46. Fugu
47. Chicken tikka masala
48. Eel
49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut
50. Sea urchin (once)
51. Prickly pear
52. Umeboshi
53. Abalone
54. Paneer
55. McDonald’s Big Mac Meal
56. Spaetzle
57. Dirty gin martini
58. Beer above 8% ABV
59. Poutine (regular, poutine italienne)
60. Carob chips (blech)
61. S’mores
62. Sweetbreads
63. Kaolin
64. Currywurst (ja ja ja!)
65. Durian
66. Frogs’ legs
67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake (three out of four)
68. Haggis
69. Fried plantain
70. Chitterlings, or andouillette
71. Gazpacho
72. Caviar and blini
73. Louche absinthe
74. Gjetost, or brunost
75. Roadkill
76. Baijiu
77. Hostess Fruit Pie (CHERRY!)
78. Snail
79. Lapsang souchong
80. Bellini
81. Tom yum
82. Eggs Benedict
83. Pocky
84. Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant (I would if I could!)
85. Kobe beef (does Wagyu count?)
86. Hare (Here, hare, here.)
87. Goulash
88. Flowers
89. Horse
90. Criollo chocolate (not that I’m aware of)
91. Spam
92. Soft shell crab
93. Rose harissa
94. Catfish
95. Mole poblano
96. Bagel and lox
97. Lobster Thermidor
98. Polenta
99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee
100. Snake
Only 77 (or 78 if you count Wagyu for Kobe).
Would have thought I’d done better than that.
