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Here Are 14 Desserts Served For Royalty Around The World — Would You Eat Them?

"Vermicelli-like pastry soaked in rose syrup and topped with clotted cream and crushed pistachios" sounds absolutely amazing.

Audrey Engvalson
by Audrey Engvalson

BuzzFeed Staff

All of the desserts in this poll were taken from actual menus that kings or queens ate at dinner. I'll give you the name of the royal, the name of the dish, and a brief explanation of the dish, and you tell me if you'd eat it.

All of the dishes were taken from Jake Smith's fantastic catalog of historic menus.

King Chulalongkorn of Siam (1853–1910)

Drawing of a man with a small mustache in a uniform with medals on it
Hulton Archive / Getty Images

Queen Victoria of Great Britain (1819–1901)

A painting of Victoria in an ornate gown and wearing a crown and flowing headdress
Universalimagesgroup / Getty Images

Queen Nazli of Egypt (1894–1978)

Black-and-white photo of a smiling woman wearing a fur coat
Toronto Star Archives / Toronto Star via Getty Images

Czar Nicholas II of Russia (1868–1918)

Black-and-white photo of a man with a mustache and beard in a military uniform
Laski Diffusion / Getty Images

King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy (1869–1947)

Black-and-white image of a man with a mustache in a military uniform
Print Collector / The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Emperor Maximilian I of Mexico (1832–67)

Black-and-white photo of a man in a suit with epaulets and a tie and wearing long sideburns and a thin mustache
Bettmann / Bettmann Archive

Prince Philippe, Duke of Orleans (1869–1926)

Drawing of a man in a suit and tie and with a thick beard and mustache
Phas / Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands (1880–1962)

A black-and-white photo of a woman sitting in a high-back chair and wearing a crown and a short-sleeved dress
Hulton Archive / Getty Images