Lobster is often overhyped because its high price point creates an expectation of superior taste that it doesn't always live up to. In fact, there are more affordable seafood options
I'm tired of all the 'most expensive [insert food]' where they just cover it in gold and caviar instead of using high quality ingredients to make it actually taste good and be worth the price
Made from the fattened livers of ducks or geese, foie gras is known for its rich and buttery flavor. But the process of producing it, which involves force-feeding birds to enlarge their livers
Though truffles are rare and hard to find, truffle oil is often seen as an overrated ingredient because of its artificial and overpowering taste.
Acclaimed for the rigorous process involved in rearing Wagyu cattle, which includes a special diet and care to produce the breed's characteristic fat marbling, Wagyu beef has popped off in recent years.
While the Sriracha shortage has a lot of people up in arms, not everyone is a fan of the spicy and tangy hot sauce. "Everything that you put Sriracha on or in tastes like ... Sriracha," writes one Redditor.
A notoriously tricky ingredient to work with, scallops are expensive due to the labor-intensive process it takes to harvest them.
While I personally love a fried egg as a burger topping (shoutout to Red Robin), not everyone agrees with me. According to one user, a "runny egg on a burger is dumb