What's the best meal you've ever had?

[DrPizza]

Tarantellas, Medford, NJ, broiled seafood platter.

 

[DrPizza]

Originally posted by: scott
best as in most appreciated:
Any and I do mean any home cooked meal when I return home from a backpacking trip.

best as in best quality food, environment to mellow out with good friends or my loved SO:
Stonehouse Restaurant at San Ysidro Ranch, Montecito

Wow, you sound like one of the teachers I go on backpacking and kayaking trips with. Last trip was a 2-day trip. While he was content to splurge & actually carry the weight of a can of spam for dinner, I packed in filet mignon, a pound of bacon (bacon wrapped filets over a hot wood fire... MMMMMMmmmmmmmm), pancake mix & syrup for breakfast, with the leftover bacon (I forgot the eggs though to have eggs over easy too, damnit!), corn on the cob, soaked in the stream first, then cooked in the husk over embers from the fire (if you've never had corn on the cob cooked this way, you are really missing out.) For breakfast, he had his usual instant oatmeal.

The time, care, and effort I put into preparing dinner perfectly exceeds the normal amount of time I'm willing to spend cooking dinner at home. But, we were camping - it was a perfect activity to occupy some extra time. Oh, and don't forget the s'mores for dessert.

 

[Baked]

My mom's home cooking. Yes, I have one of those moms who can actually cook.

 

[imported_Imp]

Can't think of one. The ones where I'm enjoying myself so much usually end up with me about to blow my load from eating way too much. Damn you Mandarin...

 

[LS21]

i dont have a super super amazing meal experience

some of the better ones were a sechuan place called Dinner in Oslo
also continental food called restaurant Eik in Oslo

best steak in US was Ruth Chris houston
best steak outside was la Cabrera in Buenos Aires

but generally the best steak and etc are stuff i make myself

 

[KeithTalent]

Originally posted by: JS80

Originally posted by: KeithTalent
Well I bought a cookbook and we also bought 2 plates. I think it was around 500 Euros for the 2 of us. I have the bill at home, so if you really want to know I can post it later (assuming I can find it).

KT

Hmm...not bad...

do the courses come with wine pairs?

You can get him to pair, but we just had a couple of cocktails to start, a bottle of wine over dinner, then coffee and tea after, The road to get to and from the place is absolutely nuts, very high, narrow, and really only 1.5 cars wide, so we did not want to be blotto leaving the place.

KT

 

[WildHorse]

Originally posted by: DrPizza

Originally posted by: scott
best as in most appreciated:
Any and I do mean any home cooked meal when I return home from a backpacking trip.

best as in best quality food, environment to mellow out with good friends or my loved SO:
Stonehouse Restaurant at San Ysidro Ranch, Montecito

Wow, you sound like one of the teachers I go on backpacking and kayaking trips with. Last trip was a 2-day trip. While he was content to splurge & actually carry the weight of a can of spam for dinner, I packed in filet mignon, a pound of bacon (bacon wrapped filets over a hot wood fire... MMMMMMmmmmmmmm), pancake mix & syrup for breakfast, with the leftover bacon (I forgot the eggs though to have eggs over easy too, damnit!), corn on the cob, soaked in the stream first, then cooked in the husk over embers from the fire (if you've never had corn on the cob cooked this way, you are really missing out.) For breakfast, he had his usual instant oatmeal.

The time, care, and effort I put into preparing dinner perfectly exceeds the normal amount of time I'm willing to spend cooking dinner at home. But, we were camping - it was a perfect activity to occupy some extra time. Oh, and don't forget the s'mores for dessert.

Did you savor all that in front of your friend with his spam? If so, are you & he still friends?
Ha ha ha

 

[SoulAssassin]

I can't say definitively the best ever but certainly near the top is Bern's Steakhouse in Tampa. Steak was amazing, service perfect...truly an 'experience'.

 

[DrPizza]

Originally posted by: scott

Originally posted by: DrPizza

Originally posted by: scott
best as in most appreciated:
Any and I do mean any home cooked meal when I return home from a backpacking trip.

best as in best quality food, environment to mellow out with good friends or my loved SO:
Stonehouse Restaurant at San Ysidro Ranch, Montecito

Wow, you sound like one of the teachers I go on backpacking and kayaking trips with. Last trip was a 2-day trip. While he was content to splurge & actually carry the weight of a can of spam for dinner, I packed in filet mignon, a pound of bacon (bacon wrapped filets over a hot wood fire... MMMMMMmmmmmmmm), pancake mix & syrup for breakfast, with the leftover bacon (I forgot the eggs though to have eggs over easy too, damnit!), corn on the cob, soaked in the stream first, then cooked in the husk over embers from the fire (if you've never had corn on the cob cooked this way, you are really missing out.) For breakfast, he had his usual instant oatmeal.

The time, care, and effort I put into preparing dinner perfectly exceeds the normal amount of time I'm willing to spend cooking dinner at home. But, we were camping - it was a perfect activity to occupy some extra time. Oh, and don't forget the s'mores for dessert.

Did you savor all that in front of your friend with his spam? If so, are you & he still friends?
Ha ha ha

I always offer bacon & pancakes to everyone in the morning. And, I brought half a dozen ears of corn to share.

 

[KeithTalent]

Here are pics from El Bulli for those that PMed me and any others interested:

Cassis Martini with freeze-dried Chrysanthemums

Liquid Olives

Crunchy Black Olives

Creamy Walnuts with Cocoa Powder

Salty Chocolate (cassis, yoghurt, pistachio)

Oyster Shooter with Sweet Wine Tempura balls (tempura not pictured)

Pistachio Foam with Yoghurt Powder

Milk-Nut Flowers

Maltitol Raspberry with fresh Wasabi and a spoonful of Raspberry Vinegar

Black Sesame Sponge with Miso

Peanut Medallion with Curry Powder and a Tangerine Parcel

Parmesan Nugget Leafed with Gold

Goat Cheese Parcels

Seaweed Ravioli with Clam

Warm Watermelon Boat filled with Blackberry Caviar

Young Walnuts in Gorgonzola Cream

Parmesan Couscous Salad

Liquid Beans with Ibarra Ham and Bacon Jus

Figs in their own Fat

Blackberry Puff

Three Varieties of Roasted Garlic in Coconut Milk

Razor Clams

Dashi with Caviar

Gnocchi with Coffee

Gorgonzola Dome cracked open with Walnuts, Celery, & Apple

Pork Loin with Roasted Marrow

Hare Jus over Cranberry Jelly

Mackerel Teryaki with Rose Foam

Dried Tomato Couscous with Basil Sorbet and Parmesan Water (water not pictured)

Lime Sorbet with Cocoa Nibs

Fresh Strawberries with White Balsamic Pearls

Mango Squares on Pistachio Brittle

Truffle

Banana

Chocolate Baskets

KT

 

[iamwiz82]

1913 Room, by far. I have eaten at pricier places, and none compared. I would have gladly purged to indulge some more, were it not for those pesky "acceptable" social behaviors.

 

[IronWing]

Chopped pork sandwich, chips, Hostess peach pie - Starnes Barbeque, Paducah, KY

2nd place:
Caramelo Grande, Sonoran hotdog, horchata - El Guero Canelo, Tucson, AZ

Runner-up:
Chopped pork plate - English?s Pit BBQ, Rosiclare, IL

India's Restaurant, Denver is also very good.

 

[nineball9]

Duck from a duck farm somewhere in the vicinity of Gunstock Mountain, NH. They slow cook their ducks for 8 hours. I love duck, and their cooking method results in a non-greasy and delicious duck. NH friend took me there several times but I don't know where it is.

 

[IHateMyJob2004]

Recenly, I had a ver good steak in Key West. I can't remember the name of hte place but it is owned by the woman who was To Cruise's love interest in Top Gun.

 

[virtuamike]

This has been a good food year. Went to NY and got to try pizza at Grimaldi's, pastrami at Katz's and Carnegie Deli, dessert at Dessert Truck and Serendipity, and tapas at Casa Mono. Also finally ate at Fish in Sausalito. Best meal this year though has been oysters at Hog Island. Between my coworker, his fiancee, and myself, we finished off 50 kumamotos and another 50 medium sweetwaters. Plus cheese, bread, pasta salad, beer, and some bubbly.

Kumamotos with cocktail sauce

BBQ sweetwaters w/ lemon, butter, and garlic

Carnage

 

[sandorski]

Canneloni, Gigi's, Vancouver- place has changed Ownership and I heard it's nowhere near as good now.

 

[little elvis]

Tojo's in Vancouver, ate their about 6 years ago, great food, overpriced though.

My absolute favourite meal was a Hazelnut Pasta dish at a small vegan restaurant (can't recall the name) in Dunedin, New Zealand.

 

[Slew Foot]

Mac n cheese with little hot dogs cut in. YMCA in Harlem.

 

[guyver01]

Originally posted by: IHateMyJob2004
it is owned by the woman who was To Cruise's love interest in Top Gun.

Kelly McGillis?

edit: found the info..

McGillis had once owned Kelly's, a restaurant in Key West, Florida, that she and her ex-husband founded. Although the restaurant is still open, she says she is "no longer a part of that restaurant at all," since her second divorce, according to a 2006 TV interview on "Good Day Sacramento".

 

[shocksyde]

That El Bulli place looks crazy!

 

[Siddhartha]

There is or was a restaurant somewhere near Fairfax Va that served the most flavorful steak I have ever had. This was a long time ago and unfortunately I have forgotten the name of the restaurant.

Fuscos, maybe Fustcos, an Italian restaurant in Endicott, NY. We had just moved from Indiana and never really had Italian food made by Italians before.

Had Chinese food in a restaurant in San Francisco's Chinatown. The food was so good I eat myself into a coma.

Crayfish and Shirmp Etouffee from Papadeaux's in Houston TX.

 

[guyver01]

Some place in San Fran. ... forgot the name, but best Clam Chowder in a bread bowl ever!

 

[EMPshockwave82]

Patti's 1880s Settlement Restaurant, Grand Rivers KY

Patti's 1880s Settlement

2 inch thick pork chop that pulls off like pot roast.

 

[JJChicken]

Twister with regular sauce, large chips and an OJ @ KFC

 

[IronWing]

Originally posted by: EMPshockwave82
Patti's 1880s Settlement Restaurant, Grand Rivers KY

Patti's 1880s Settlement

2 inch thick pork chop that pulls off like pot roast.

Good porkchops, really good porkchops.

Mr Bill's Bone Barn was also pretty good.