NOW EAT THIS: FIVE GEN-Z FOOD FADS YOU’VE NEVER HEARD OF

Butter coffee

Also known as bulletproof coffee, but essentially a shot of the black stuff with a tablespoonful of butter and another of coconut oil stirred in. It’s claimed to slow down the caffeine “hit”, curb appetite and improve your brain function – but it tastes every bit as disgusting as it sounds.

Bubble tea

Tapioca might be the stuff of schooldinner nightmares to the older generation, but millennials love this Taiwanese speciality, which finds the edible beads sitting at the bottom of a huge cup of sweet, cold tea, often with added fruit juice.

Feta pasta

A Tiktok sensation that supposedly sparked a feta shortage in Finland, this is basically a slab of feta and some tomatoes baked with a slug of olive oil and then stirred into pasta to make a creamy sauce. See also caramelised shallot pasta.

Cloud bread

Another Tiktok trend, in which egg whites, sugar, corn flour and food colouring are whipped and baked into a rainbow-coloured cross between a meringue and a bread roll. Looks better than it tastes.

Tornado omelette

A Korean speciality: a half-cooked omelette, twisted in the pan by using a pair of chopsticks to form a whirlpool shape as it finishes cooking. Looks incredibly cute on Instagram, tastes like… omelette.