What is the most amazing meal you've ever had?
 

taking off from the ickiest food thread...


What is the most amazing meal/food you've ever had?


I grew up a very "picky eater" due in no small part to having a "dining table dictator" for a father, it was only as an adult (and through my travels) that I expanded my palate.

I've been blessed to have had many incredible fine dining experiences but...

My most amazing meal was at a tiny tucked away restaurant in Venice, Italy - Osteria Vivaldi in 2003. My friend, a native Venetian, was a friend of the chef. The chef insisted we not order off the menu but sent course after course of his freshest dishes to our table.

Carpaccio - several types of the freshest fish caught a few hours before, sliced paper thin, accompanied by a complimentary herb or fruit with a squeeze of lemon and local olive oil...sea bass and peaches, tuna and capers etc...

Baby Venetian Shrimp over fresh polenta

Fresh pasta, with black (cuttlefish) ink, tomatoes and parsley

The most decadent and perfect tiramisu I've ever had...

With copious Italian wine pairings & aperitifs along the way.

Everything was incredibly fresh, caught/grown and made right there.
I feel spoiled, for life, for having had this meal!

The most amazing meal I ever had was just last night. I attended a Seder dinner with my girlfriend. I am not Jewish and I enjoyed the delicious home cooked kosher food and even more so, the diversity of people that shared the meal, their thoughts, the ritual, the community that I was a part of for that moment in time.

Casino ViÑa del Mar, Chile 2005

Dinner with Arturo Sandoval and his band and my buddy Danny, we had just produced their show for a corporate client.

Fresh salmon sushi and sashimi with fresh Hass avocados. BLISS.

An evening to remember!

Danny died in 2009, I am so blessed to have shared that trip and evening with him!

my most amazing meal...
 

tuna carpaccio
fresh black pepper fettucine with a black truffle and toasted shallot cream sauce
green peppercorn souffle crusted rack of lamb
grilled baby beets
arugula tossed with a simple white wine olive oil dressing and shaved parmesean cheese
tiramisu
expresso

it was at a now closed restaurant on the jersey shore a few years ago. the chef was a good friend and amazing in her craft...:wine:

hard one
 

Good question. It's hard to answer. I'm lucky to have had many many good meals in my life. Of course I am grateful for them all. I think I have to say my twin's wife's stepmom, is a gourmet cook, invited us over for dinner, and she made beef wellington with asparagus wrapped in bacan, and a bunch of fancy foods with sauces I can't pronounce, and some kind of dessert with strawberries and whipped creme. Had to be the best meal I ever ate.

I partied like it was...
 

Two candidates: 1) Whatever it was I ate my first meal after returning from China, and 2) A heavenly steak dinner at a little restaurant in New Orleans. All future steaks are measured by that one.

You are making me very nervous about my upcoming trip to China!!

A male friend of mine, who used to live in the Greensprings area - down near Ashland, Oregon - invited me out for supper one hot August night to star gaze and taste a decadent meal he was making for us. His private property was gorgeous (gazebo, springs nearby, tons of pine trees, deer, owls, cicadas), but he lives in France now.

Anyway, everything was natural (organic)- his food preference identification is Vegan...

We had a roasted vegetable medley, made and dressed in olive oil and sea salt and various herbs he grew in his gardens: beets, parsnips, carrots, baby red potatoes, kale, walnuts, and anise. When the vegetables were tender from roasting, he added crumbled feta and baby spinach leaves to the mixture and served it with freshly baked homemade bread. We had a special wine from France (where he is from) with the meal, too. Can't remember the vintner's name or anything, but the meal was out of this world. I had no idea what marvelous cooking skills he had, but I was aware of his expertise in herbs. He was a fabulous gardner, well versed in many subjects and conversation, excellent food and star gazing with wine made for a wonderful, relaxing evening.

Grotto's Pizza.

Nick and I recently went to a great restaurant where we had seafood quesadillas. OMG! They were wonderful. Cheese, scallops, crab, shrimp, lobster.......they were so good that I actually want to make some.

I also have a fondness for both breakfast & feta pizza.

One of my bosses kids brought me a plate of spaghetti with meatballs and salad. What made it so great is that even tho I don't want kids for myself I still think they are awesome and she is
8 LEARNING lol how to cook for her daddy.

Probably everything my maternal Grandfather cooked. All throughout my childhood, we had Sunday "supper" with him and my Grandmother. He was a fantastic cook and she grew evereything in the garden he used to prepare meals.

Frankly, I haven't had an "excellent" meal at a resturant, even well known ones in SF, for a good long time. The quality of resturant food has declined... a lot!! Yes, have had some that were "good."

Aw, don't be! I was teaching there for eight weeks, and all I ate was vegetables and rice. Healthy as anything but it got pretty old :)

Thanks Mom!!!
 

If I visited my Mom :), she would make me sauerbraten & spetzel with ginger gravy & red cabbage & apple fritters for my birthday had to let her know in advance so she had time to soak the meat.
cutting back on animal food stuff but enjoyed it everytime ..sorry Gerty the cow :(

Ramen is amazing....

i prefer the chicken flavor myself