My Omnivore Hundred
I first heard about The VGT Omnivore’s Hundred from my buddy Julien Smith and being a guy who loves to try new foods it instantly peaked my interest.
The concept is simple, someone put together a list of 100 different foods they think you must try in your lifetime. The ones that are bolded I have eaten at some point and the crossed out ones (none in my case) are ones I’d never consider eating.
There is even a FAQ available for reading.
1. Venison
2. Nettle tea
3. Huevos rancheros
4. Steak tartare
5. Crocodile
6. Black pudding
7. Cheese fondue
8. Carp
9. Borscht
10. Baba ghanoush
11. Calamari
12. Pho
13. PB&J sandwich
14. Aloo gobi
15. Hot dog from a street cart
16. Epoisses
17. Black truffle
18. Fruit wine made from something other than grapes
19. Steamed pork buns
20. Pistachio ice cream
21. Heirloom tomatoes
22. Fresh wild berries
23. Foie gras
24. Rice and beans
25. Brawn, or head cheese
26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper
27. Dulce de leche
28. Oysters
29. Baklava
30. Bagna cauda
31. Wasabi peas
32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl
33. Salted lassi
34. Sauerkraut
35. Root beer float
36. Cognac with a fat cigar
37. Clotted cream tea
38. Vodka jelly/Jell-O
39. Gumbo
40. Oxtail
41. Curried goat
42. Whole insects
43. Phaal
44. Goat’s milk
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
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
60. Carob chips
61. S’mores
62. Sweetbreads
63. Kaolin
64. Currywurst
65. Durian
66. Frogs’ legs
67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake
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
78. Snail
79. Lapsang souchong
80. Bellini
81. Tom yum
82. Eggs Benedict
83. Pocky
84. Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant.
85. Kobe beef
86. Hare
87. Goulash
88. Flowers
89. Horse
90. Criollo chocolate
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
It is a rather interesting list for sure with a variety of food types from the simple to the fancy. I knew what most of them were, but several I had to look up and now I’m curious. I’m psyched that I get to try Poutine this weekend at PodCamp Montreal.
September 17th, 2008 at 8:49 pm |
My Omnivore 100 List…
Saw this over on CC Chapman’s blog. Had to tally up my own list. Basically, it’s a list someone put together about 100 foods everyone should try in their lifetime. So far I have tried 73 of them. 1. Venison…
September 17th, 2008 at 10:49 pm |
You’ve eaten Aloo Gobi - it was on the buffet at the Indian restaurant last week.
September 19th, 2008 at 11:10 am |
I figured out my 100 also…(website link above). I am surprised that I’ve eaten as much of it as I did! Right now #99 is my favorite.
September 22nd, 2008 at 5:18 am |
[…] I like lists and here’s a list of 100 foods that Andrew from very good taste thinks every one should try once. As usual with these lists, bold are those food I’d try, strike through are those I don’t really want to try. I’ve annotated the list to give a little background. (via CC) […]
September 24th, 2008 at 11:04 am |
I had some Pho with Chef Mark yesterday in chinatown here in Manahttan. Next time you’re in the area, make sure to ask Mark about where to get some good Pho!
September 25th, 2008 at 8:42 am |
Hope you were able to cross off the Poutine on your trip up to Montreal! Stuff is amazing.
September 25th, 2008 at 9:30 am |
Hi there CC..,
Taabishs’ Mom here commenting on your food list…
Next time you are at an Indian restaurant you can also get Salted Lassi and Paneer (usually served in the spinach titled ‘Palak Paneer’). Thai Pepper in town has a great Tom Yum soup. I believe Phaal is the Urdu word for Fruit which you have definitely had…I hope!
TC
Imrana
September 28th, 2008 at 9:55 am |
Hey CC-
I can’t believe you haven’t had gazpacho or heirloom tomatoes! Every year, we belong to a community supported agriculture farm that grows over 70 types of heirloom tomatoes- and I often use them in my Gazpacho, so we’ll have to have you up next summer and do the farm-tasting menu a la Hoffman and fill in those gaps for you!
October 24th, 2008 at 4:03 pm |
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