Your ideal dinner (red wine, restaurant, mushrooms, coffee)

[Phxguy]

Whether it be at a resturant in bustling downtown or at a quiet night at home with your lover, describe what your perfect or dream dinner would be. Food, atmosphere, setting, etc.

[Mooseketeer]

For a very special meal I like small, dark and characterful restaurants with short and seasonal menus , quiet and romantic in atmosphere. I like my restaurants to serve fresh, locally sourced food whenever possible, humanely reared meats, sustainable sourced fish.

Anywhere half way decent with the person I love is always going to be great but "the" perfect setting would be something like this ( all the following are fairly expensive but perfect for special occasions ) :




http://www.edinburgharchitecture.co....restaurant.jpg

The Witchery Restaurant in Old Town, Edinburgh information, Contact, Photos, Book, Fluid Edinburgh & Customer Reviews

The Witchery by the Castle hotel. | Edinburgh Picture - Yahoo! Travel Guide UK

Above are photos from "The Witchery" a wonderful restaurant in Edinburgh (about the most romantic restaurant I have ever been to, no electric lighting, candlelit only , very gothic and bewitching atmphosphere, superb food too)


Or :

http://www.google.co.uk/images?um=1&...=&oq=&gs_rfai= ( Hubby proposed to me after dinner there so a very special place to me ! excellent, wonderful food, friendliest service and lovely atmosphere)

http://www.jardiniere.com/index.php


Or :

On The Marsh Restaurant

On The Marsh Restaurant

Lovely restaurant in Kennebunkport ME we had a wonderful meal at on our Honeymoon last year.

Or :

Gee's Restaurant & Bar : Gallery


Or another great favourite of ours :


http://www.lordsofthemanor.com/


Or :

http://www.saint-amour.com/signed-giovanni-maur,4 ( Food out of this worl, fantastic service, and beautiful atmosphere)


Or if you want to take a mortgage out for dinner of a lifetime ( incredibly expensive and yet their reputation is so, so deserved) :

http://www.google.co.uk/images?hl=en...w=1076&bih=459



Or :

http://www.lejulesverne-paris.com/ ( Fabulous food and amazing view and the only place in Paris you don't have to look at the Eiffel Tower a building I loathe)

Or :

http://www.tripadvisor.in/LocationPh...Aquitaine.html ( wonderful setting, great regional food, great service ,perfect place for dinner)

Or :

http://www.ila-chateau.com/caze/ ( Fairytale little castle in stunning setting with maginificent food)

Or :

http://www.wickinn.com/inn.html ( you just can't beat the setting )

http://www.wickinn.com/restaurant.html ( possibly the best steak I ever had ever with maybe the exception of Argentina- Mind you ALL the beef we had in Canada was absolutely superb).






All above have lovely, beautiful menus too.



My ideal menu would go something like this :




Amuse Bouche




King Scallops pan fried with crispy Pancetta, Cauliflower foam ( or puree) and Black Pudding /or served with a Lemon Beurre Blanc
Or
Simple Spider Crab white meat served very a litte lemon home made mayonnaise



Grapefruit or Champagne sorbet as a palate cleanser




Fillet Steak ( served very blue) served with poached spicy pear red wine sauce ( or Bearnaise) , with Wild Mushrooms ( Morels and Girolles would be nice) , vichy carrots and a potato rosti



or

Venison fillet served with winter root vegetables, and a rich wine and juniper sauce with pommes Dauphinoises





Platter of Artisan cheeses and breads



Grand Marnier Souffle

or

Lemon Syllabub


This would make a perfect last meal for me. I could then die quite happily !


For more casual occasions though I love places which serve simple but very fresh food, be it Sashimi or the best regional foods of whatever country I am in.

Sometimes there is nothing better than some good bread, good cheese and good butter or a hearty heart-warming Cassoulet or a great Panzanella Salad for example.


One of my most memorable "foodie" moments was on a deserted beach in the Highlands of Scotland eating Mussels we have gathered from the beach ( best I ever had, plum and juicy and so sweet I have never tasted better since) , sitting with the glorious backdrop of one of the world's most beautiful spot as a dining canvas.

[jtur88]

Beans and rice, thick and spicy. Black beans Brazilian style, or red Beans Louisiana style.

[the minx]

Cooked by someone else. (My SO cooks, or takeout.)
At home, sitting on the floor using the coffee table.
Watching a good movie or listening to music.