Food Trends On Their Way Out
Sep 23, 2014, 10:25 am
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Desserts in general are huge in the Middle East (particularly in Qatar). I remember cupcakes featuring heavily in the best Dubai malls, and a lot of the desserts eaten in the swanky cafes on the Pearl in Qatar seem to be quite cupcakeish.
Sep 23, 2014, 10:30 am
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The big trend at the moment is potentially bubbletea - It's been imported to Europe in the last year or so (having been previously only in chinatowns) and for some odd reason is taking the place by storm. We could really do with some decent Mexican food too.
Sep 23, 2014, 11:10 am
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This BBC article on the bubble tea phenomenon in Britain was published quite recently
The four-year spread of bubble tea across the UK
The intriguing part of the story for me is the photograph showing a boba tea drinking competition in Germany. Never seen anything like the rainbow striped little balls in the competitors' tea.
Anyone know what they are?
Edit - also has it's own Dining Buzz thread here. Been around for quite some time and still picking up steam. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/dinin...ubble-tea.html
The four-year spread of bubble tea across the UK
The intriguing part of the story for me is the photograph showing a boba tea drinking competition in Germany. Never seen anything like the rainbow striped little balls in the competitors' tea.
Anyone know what they are?
Edit - also has it's own Dining Buzz thread here. Been around for quite some time and still picking up steam. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/dinin...ubble-tea.html
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Sep 23, 2014, 12:33 pm
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This BBC article on the bubble tea phenomenon in Britain was published quite recently
The four-year spread of bubble tea across the UK
The intriguing part of the story for me is the photograph showing a boba tea drinking competition in Germany. Never seen anything like the rainbow striped little balls in the competitors' tea.
Anyone know what they are?
Edit - also has it's own Dining Buzz thread here. Been around for quite some time and still picking up steam. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/dinin...ubble-tea.html
The four-year spread of bubble tea across the UK
The intriguing part of the story for me is the photograph showing a boba tea drinking competition in Germany. Never seen anything like the rainbow striped little balls in the competitors' tea.
Anyone know what they are?
Edit - also has it's own Dining Buzz thread here. Been around for quite some time and still picking up steam. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/dinin...ubble-tea.html
i'd say they hit the USA around turn of millenium.... 2000 and still doing decent 14 years later
Sep 23, 2014, 2:22 pm
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I feel the same about cupcakes. For the money I'd rather have a slice of cake or pie. The bigger form factor of a cake or pie allows for flavors to be combined in more ways than simply two inches of colorful frosting heaped atop dull cake.
Sep 23, 2014, 8:34 pm
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I 100% agree with the cupcakes. Expensive..
I hope Froyo doesnt die out. I feel the market is over saturated though
Those 5 minute pizza places are pretty damn good for the time it too to make them.
And i 100% agree with slapping organic, gourmet, etc on something and then jacking up the price w/o a quality increase. like why...
I hope Froyo doesnt die out. I feel the market is over saturated though
Those 5 minute pizza places are pretty damn good for the time it too to make them.
And i 100% agree with slapping organic, gourmet, etc on something and then jacking up the price w/o a quality increase. like why...
Sep 23, 2014, 10:38 pm
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Cupcake shops always struck me as a losing proposition. The made in front of you pizza and serve your own yogurt on the other hand seem like winners to me as long as the market doesn't become over saturated. People like to feel in control of their food choices and these two experiences offer that feeling.
I wouldn't be surprised if the fro-yo market thins out substantially. There was a big fro-yo trend in the nineties, too, but then all of those places just disappeared.
I'd bet on the pizza places--customization is hot right now, pizza never goes out of style, and it's a lot easier than 6 people with different dislikes trying to figure out what toppings are mutually acceptable.
Yes, I agree that brioche (and any big, poofy sandwich buns, for that matter) can't go away soon enough.
Sep 23, 2014, 10:45 pm
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I have found one upside to the anti-gluten trend--increased marketing of hard cider in the U.S., because unlike beer, it's gluten-free! (And yes, it is--often prominently--labeled as such.)