Foods To Try Before You Die
The ever-evolving bucket list of Foods To Try Before I Die, along with a map, is below.
Since creating it in August 2010, I have been able to cross off 24 items.
There are currently 70 left. It is inevitable that I will add many more.
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Foods To Try Before You Die Map
Featuring all the locations I’ve been to tick items off the list.
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Foods To Try Before You Die List
Food
DISHES
Baked Alaska
Beijing Duck (at Made in China, Beijing)
Bollito Misto alla Piemontese
Bombe Nero
Bouillabaisse
Canard au Sang Servi à la Presse
Chicken Cooked in a Pig’s Bladder
Chocolate Croustillant [at Le Louis XV in Monaco]
Crêpe Suzette
Gumbo
Lièvre à la Royale
Lobster Thermidor
Mont Blanc
Omelette Arnold Bennett
Omelette Rothschild
Oysters Rockefeller [at Antoine’s, New Orleans]
Peach Melba
Pig’s Trotter stuffed with Sweetbreads & Morels [at Koffmann’s, London]
Reuben Sandwich
Roast Rib of Beef
Rum Baba [at any Alain Ducasse restaurant]
Salt-Baked Fish
Shrimp Po’ Boy
Sole Veronique
Spaghetti, Jambon Blanc, Morilles et Truffes [at Ledoyen, Paris]
Stargazy Pie
Truffle Soup V.G.E. [at Paul Bocuse, Lyon]
INGREDIENTS
Abalone
Bonnotte Potatoes
Bordier Butter
Bluefin Tuna
Bresse Chicken
Capon
Chicken Sashimi
Cornish Early Potatoes
Dexter Beef
Elvers
Golden Iranian Almas Caviar
Goose
Gull’s Egg
Hereford Beef
Hogget
King Crab
Longhorn Beef
Matsutake Mushrooms
Morel Mushrooms
Ortolan Bunting
Percebes
Rose Veal
Salt Marsh Lamb
Sea Urchin
Snail Caviar
Suckling Pig
Triple-Cooked Chips [at any Heston Blumenthal restaurant]
Wagyu Beef
White Truffles
PASTRIES
Éclair au Chocolat [from Jacques Genin]
Ispahan [from Pierre Hermé]
Macaroons [from Ladurée]
Macaroons [from Pierre Hermé]
Paris Brest
Tarte au Citron [from Jacques Genin]
Drink
CHAMPAGNE
Armand de Brignac
Cristal
Dom Perignon Rosé
Krug
Salon
COCKTAILS
COGNAC
Louis XIII de Rémy Martin
SWEET WINE
Chateau d’Yquem
Icewine
WINE
(at least one First Growth Bordeaux)
Château Haut-Brion
Château Lafite Rothschild
Château Latour
Château Margaux
Château Mouton Rothschild
(at least one non-First Growth prestige wine)
Château Cheval Blanc
Château Pétrus
Romanée-Conti
(Other)
Gaja Barbaresco
Vega Sicilia Unico
You have to try ‘Pata Negra’. It’s a premium jamon (parma ham) from Spain. It’s a lot darker than normal jamon and quite a bit oilier. A great place to try it would be Barcelona. Pan con tomate is a great way to enjoy it. If you’re not sure which jamon to choose, then buy the most expensive you can afford. It’s worth every penny!
Also, another great spanish ingredient is Aceitunas de Campo Real. They are easily the best olives that I’ve ever had. Completely different to any other olive I’ve ever had. They are very common in Madrid in tapas bars. Try to avoid touristy bars though. You’re more likely to find the best ones in the tapas bars that are popular with the locals.
Thanks for the suggestions – always welcome. I have had pata negra, it was actually the first item I ticked off this list when I had the Joselito Gran Reserva (supposedly the best of the best). It didn’t really do anything for me, I’m afraid.
Olives I don’t particularly like but I’ll keep my eyes out for these. Might be I just need to taste the best of them to change my mind!
There’s definitely more vintage champagne for you to try other than the above three. Ace of Spades has been labeled the best in the world. I was lucky enough to get completely wasted from it.
Thanks – I’ll add Armand de Brignac to the list.
My wine knowledge isn’t the greatest so I imagine there are quite a few gaps in that area. All recommendations gratefully received!
Some on here that I’ve tried (salt marsh lamb and crepe suzettes) but raw oysters – never, ever, ever!
It’s always worth trying something once (with food anyway!).
My experience of oysters wasn’t particularly pleasant but I wouldn’t try to put anybody off. Worth giving it a go and making up your own mind.