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Old 10-01-2011, 16:23
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I read in one of the Sunday supplements that the fashionable cuisine for 2011 will be vietnamese and that milk icecream will be the next big dessert.

That got me thinking how fashions in food last longer than in clothes but are still apparent in restaurant menus and supermarket shelves.

The last few years have definately seen a few trends- the rise of beetroot and butternut squash and the decine in formerly trendy veg like mange tout and baby corn (somehow just so Harvester now) Every pudding menu had to have a crumble and a creme brule but former faves like Sticky toffee pudding and tiramisu seem a bit pub lunch.

And Pork belly , black pudding , scallops and pea puree, thai chili prawns and venison all have been flavour of the past few years.

Anyone willing to predict the trends in food this year before we see them all recreated endless times on masterchef.......
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Old 10-01-2011, 16:24
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Meh, I still like a bit of baby corn every now and then. Nice and crunchy. Fashion be damned!

I vote for mackerel to become fashionable and scallops to fall from grace!
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Old 10-01-2011, 16:24
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I thought this year was Spanish. or was that last year?
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Old 10-01-2011, 16:32
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I thought this year was Spanish. or was that last year?
Tapas is so 2010 daahling
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Old 10-01-2011, 16:37
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Well surely it's Portugese this year then
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Old 10-01-2011, 16:54
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jelly is making a big comback apparently
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Old 10-01-2011, 17:03
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jelly is making a big comback apparently
I would not be suprised. I think high tea will become more fashionable. Everyone is getting out their Grannys china and making cakes and cucumber sandwiches - well in the summer they were. I do like toasted tea cakes and crumpets. yum.
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Old 10-01-2011, 17:29
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Baking if for sure a full on trend. I just hope this cup cake thing goes away- nasty sickly things
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Old 10-01-2011, 17:42
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Baking if for sure a full on trend. I just hope this cup cake thing goes away- nasty sickly things
Agree cup cakes are nasty. Definite trend back to home baking - real traditonal cakes, bread and also puddings. But OP was asking about what cuisine would be in for 2011. Vietnamese has been popular around here for years.
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Old 10-01-2011, 17:45
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Agree cup cakes are nasty. Definite trend back to home baking - real traditonal cakes, bread and also puddings. But OP was asking about what cuisine would be in for 2011. Vietnamese has been popular around here for years.
We had one open near us last year but to be honest it is really Thai with a bit of Pho on the menu
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Old 10-01-2011, 17:47
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Oops! Hobbes you are the OP!
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Old 10-01-2011, 17:49
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I think Vietmanese is popular here because it is casual and cheap dining. Tasty too.
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Old 10-01-2011, 18:13
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Vietnamese food is yumgasmic.
I'm sure some new superfood will trot along soon. As long as its not goji berries again I shall give it a try.
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Old 10-01-2011, 18:17
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I vote for mackerel to become fashionable and scallops to fall from grace!
noooooooo! I love mackerel and it is usually my fish of choice - I always feel smug in the fishmongers (I know - I'm lucky) when people pay over the odds for a tired bit of sea bass or monkfish and I get a super fresh piece of mackerel for a quarter of the price!!!!! I want it to stay untrendy and cheap!
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Old 10-01-2011, 18:17
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Vietnamese food is yumgasmic.
I'm sure some new superfood will trot along soon. As long as its not goji berries again I shall give it a try.
we need a sick-up smiley - rotten things goji berries.
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Old 10-01-2011, 18:20
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noooooooo! I love mackerel and it is usually my fish of choice - I always feel smug in the fishmongers (I know - I'm lucky) when people pay over the odds for a tired bit of sea bass or monkfish and I get a super fresh piece of mackerel for a quarter of the price!!!!! I want it to stay untrendy and cheap!
I ate so much mackerel as a student in a massive bout of enthusiasm for the fish that for years after I couldn't even look at it.

Thankfully I've now recovered and can enjoy the speckled marvel again.
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Old 10-01-2011, 18:21
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we need a sick-up smiley - rotten things goji berries.
They are what I'd imagine old people skin to be like mixed with ash. Foul foul things. Could cure every disease known to man and I still wouldn't eat another.
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Old 10-01-2011, 18:41
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are these gogi things a superfood- like the time everyone started paying £2 for a punnet of hard and sour blueberries in the belief that they would cure everything- especially encased in a stale Costa muffin.
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Old 10-01-2011, 19:20
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Vietnamese is fantastic, for me the ultimate fast food. The local place I go to gets your food out about 3 minutes after you order it.
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Old 10-01-2011, 19:23
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Tapas is so 2010 daahling
That fashion travelled slow then, more like 2009!
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Old 10-01-2011, 19:45
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noooooooo! I love mackerel and it is usually my fish of choice - I always feel smug in the fishmongers (I know - I'm lucky) when people pay over the odds for a tired bit of sea bass or monkfish and I get a super fresh piece of mackerel for a quarter of the price!!!!! I want it to stay untrendy and cheap!
I love it too! Has to be fresh though! I also love seabass...
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