culinary delicacy
Fine dining specialty
A culinary delicacy is a food considered rare, expensive, or particularly refined—something that elevates a meal beyond ordinary fare.
Delicacies vary by culture: caviar and truffles in European cuisine, bird's nest soup in Chinese tradition, fugu in Japan.
The term implies both scarcity and acquired taste: Snails are a delicacy in France but strange to many Americans.
- caviarCured fish eggs
- trufflePrized subterranean edible
- foie grasFattened waterfowl liver
- smoked salmonCured, preserved fish fillet
- lobster thermidorRich French shellfish preparation
wagyu beef · sea urchin · Parmigiano-Reggiano · aged balsamic · saffron · uni · century egg · black garlic · matsutake · Peking duck · gold leaf · tasting menu · molecular gastronomy · bone marrow · bouillabaisse · kimchi · vanilla bean · sushi
culinary delicacystaple food
Primary dietary component
peasant food · fast food · convenience food · processed food · grub
culinary delicacyslop
Liquid food waste
swill · garbage · gruel · dog food · mystery meat
culinary delicacyhardtack
Imperishable unleavened wafer
gruel · sustenance · emergency rations · MRE · famine food