Foods you love but shouldn't

Anthony Bourdain of “No Reservations” once said that he really likes the Mac & Cheese at KFC. It’s his favorite “guilty pleasure”

Now here’s a guy who graduated from the Culinary Institute of America, worked as a chef at some really great restaurants and now gets to travel all over the world and eat better than 99% of us. Now he’s by no means a “food snob”. He’ll tell you he loves everything from foie gras and Kobe beef to refried beans. He really loves Pho which is almost a “peasant dish” in Vietnam.

So, my question is -

What’s your “guilty pleasure”? What foods do you love but shouldn’t?

I’ll start with mine –
The 2 tacos for $.99 at Jack-in-the-Box
Chili dog at Wienerschnitzel – No cheese and not the Angus Beef. I’m talking the $1.35 dog
Rand Al'Thor's Avatar
Popeye's spicy fried chicken.
Vietnamese pork chops over rice.
Tabasco Slim Jims
lovelamp's Avatar
McDonalds french fries
Taco hell and powdered donuts...another vote for mickey D's fries
Popeye's spicy fried chicken.
Vietnamese pork chops over rice.
Tabasco Slim Jims Originally Posted by Rand Al'Thor
I wouldn't consider the Vietnamese pork chops to be a guilty pleasure.

In my opinion, a guilty pleasure needs to be something that is like frozen, full of artificial flavorings and preservatives, full of fat, from a fast food chain and stuff like that.
Coffee Ice Cream !!!!!
blenderhead's Avatar
Big Macs and Starbucks frappucinos.. So bad.. But so good.
RALPHEY BOY's Avatar
Hey Cupcake cup cakes,
Red Barn Double cheeseburger
FWR's Avatar
  • FWR
  • 11-16-2010, 10:42 AM
in a c-store, those cream filled chocolate cupcakes, and the chocolate covered mini donuts, 6 to a pack
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  • yeesh
  • 11-16-2010, 04:27 PM
Taco Bell Burrito Supremes-

Back in my drinking days, they were the perfect post-closing time meal. I don't get juiced anymore, but man I can't pass up those "belch-bombs"!
Taco Cabana
Whataburger milkshakes and sonic tater tots
Slotgoop's Avatar
Taco Shack's "Shack Taco" with all its' Chorizo greasy goodness.
alcatraz's Avatar
I know it's not from this area. But I once ate 30 whitecastle burgers. Heck if we are out of TX already better add an Animalized In and Out burger.

A guilty pleasure restaurant has to be Techniques formerly Ventanas. You can have the French Cuisine for 1/10th the price.
anything mexican...to include women
local pizza place
starbucks
taco hell
home style burgers
ranch dressing
beer