What food surprised you when you first ate it? For me it

>>7677311
bahn mi sandwich

Smoked Pork Belly

I went to heaven that day

>>7677311
I tried to think of an answer that wasn't a sandwich, but falafel was clearly the best. I could give up meat as long as that was in there. I'd say that's a bit of a surprise, since I fit the fat Southern carnivore stereotype.

I used to buy four orders of baba ghanoush every week, but they changed the recipe. I prefer what I make at home now.

There's also this Indian-run food truck that has excellent vegetable curry and curried lentils. Honorable mention: stir-fried vegetables from Chinese takeout.

Basically, that vegetarian doesn't completely suck, but it probably is loaded with MSG and fat.

Pho.

Holy fuck it blows ramen right out of the water.

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chinese braised pork belly

Eel. I fully expected to hate it but it was delicious.

Alligator tail from Razzoo's

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>>7677311

Omg he's so cute <3

>>7678309
same

>>7677311
>Elvis sandwich
It's called a Fool's Gold Loaf .

lobster. as a child I had never tasted anything half as nice

Fresh caught and smoked white fish

>>7678207
This, actually.

I don't know how I made it my whole life without ever trying it, but I tried it for the first time a few years back and it blew my fucking mind, now I make sure to get it at least once every couple weeks.

Duck meat, also sauerkraut

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>>7677311
>posting weaver in /ck/

>>7678984
>weaver
I'm glad I don't know what this means.

>>7678944

You can have all the ones we've got in my state. It's starting to drive me nuts that I'm always catching them instead of trout when I wet fly fish.

>>7679212
No kidding. As I type this, I'm on the shore of lake Erie. Watching the fishermen throw back white fish, let's me know it's garbage. Only the black folks are keeping them.

Caviar. I wouldn't eat it for free.

Green Barfi (pistachio dense milk based sweet confectionery) . I thought it was going to taste disgusting at first, because I never really liked almonds and pistachio in general. But after trying it tasted surprisingly good.

>>7679228

It's oily and disgusting unless you smoke it. It basically can't be prepared any other way. I think they're super ugly looking so that keeps me away from the damn things.

Poutine, i was soooooo hyped about everyone saying its a god-tier snack, but when I had it (for fucking 8 ameribux) it just tasted like popeyes fries with bland chicken gravy and fat jellyish curds of disappointment.

Tortilla chips, peanut butter, and chunky salsa. It's so amazing.

>>7678914
That's a different sandwich Elvis liked.

The Elvis sandwich is a fried sandwich containing peanut butter, banana, and bacon.

Neither of them are pleasant. Sort of tolerable, but not particularly nice.