What ingredients or dishes lived up to the hype for you?
I finally was able to find leeks at the grocery store for a reasonable price, since nearly every store near me has them in the "organic super food" section at $5 a stalk.
I turned it into some incredibly delicious Leek and Potato (And onion, I didn't read the recipe closely) soup.
I think I cursed myself, because now I'm going to be wanting leeks even more
Black vinegar and dark soy sauce. I started fiddling around preparing more chinese/asian foods and these Sauces just have SUCH depth and strong flavor, I love it
Been experimenting with different kinds of fungus the past few months, mostly because they take less time to work their magic (like the one in tempeh), but I will definitely try fermenting my own soy sauce at some point. Everything else I tried to make myself so far has been way better than store bought products. If that's true for soy sauce too...