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Coquilles St Jacques in a restaurant in Montreal. I called the chef out and told him that in his honor I would never eat that meal again.
Aged steak, wet or dry, or Japanese, at Halls Chophouse in Charleston, SC That I would eat every time I felt like I wanted a steak. And twice on Sunday.
Third, since you asked, would be many a meal made by my wife.
Fried shrimp brought up to Dallas from the Gulf of Mexico served with their amazing seafood gumbo. I plan on going there this coming week. You pay on the "honor system." As you leave, you tell the person what you ordered and he tells you what you owe. I love Texas.
I am untraveled; I haven't had exotic dishes from other countries like people on here so try not to laugh. I have simple tastes.
Lobster tail dipped in hot butter. This is about the best I can come up with for listing sensational food. Maybe someday...
SusanG, please share with us the name of this restaurant in Dallas! Thank you!
Hard to narrow it down, but here are a few that come to mind!
- Fresh shish-kebab from a street cart at the Grand Bazaar in Istanbul; we picked our meats and veggies, and they fired it up right there! Also made the pitas fresh, and I swear they were the size of my arm.
- Another street food item, falafel in Jerusalem. It was cooked to perfection, with homemade hummus and potatoes/fries, just as it should have. Only local (Bay Area) place I've found that comes close is Falafel Stop in Sunnyvale, which happens to be Israeli-owned.
- My mother's matzoball soup, with these bread "dumpling" things that don't have a name (great-grandma's recipe); she also makes amazing Swedish meatballs, lol.
1. Shrimp Francais at a little Italian place near me
2. Filet mignon topped with escargot at a different Italian place near me
3. Chilean Sea Bass topped with a lot of things I don't remember at a restaurant near me
Carbonara from a restaurant in Rome right next to the Tiber river. I've had Carbonara before, but this one blew my mind. I think the place was called Da Enzo.
Fried pig ears from this place in Durham, NC. Forgot the name, but it still lingers in my memory.
Dad's beef noodle soup
Mom's meat and potato casserole and her fish, ginger, and chicken gizzard soup.
Homemade aioli (garlic mayonnaise with lemon juice and virgin olive oil).
Pizza (in Italy) with capers and anchovies. (I know - anchovies are major tun off for some). First tasted this when I was 9 and the anchovies may have been fresher/different from the canned kind we get here in the U.S. I still ove the though!
Mussels in creme fraiche (similar to sour cream but a little sweeter) /thyme/wine sauce.
Recipes on request, except for the pizza which I kind of have to improvise with American ingredients.
Nice. I'll go "best by meal," or genre perhaps.
Formal: Lobster and Filet Mignon, several places in Seattle are out of this world: Flavorful lobster with a bit of butter, and a good vegetable side. Filet mignon, medium if you please. Less is more, just a few bites of each. Once per year at-most.
Pizza (frozen and otherwise): less is more; either a frozen Amy's wheat crust cheese and spinach (to die for), or a restaurant thin crust pungent cheese, pepperoni, and mushrooms. Some better than others, I'm a thin crust guy these days.
Breakfast, my favorite meal (and social club for single guys): chicken fried steak, hash browns, scrambled eggs. Again, less is more; gluttony does not win the day here. Very few get this 'staple' perfectly right. I hunt it out, one end of the country to the other. There are slight regional differences. I usually end up taking a second breakfast home from the plate, they serve so much.
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