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Best Meal You Have Ever Had??
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What made the meal so special?
Was it quality of the food?
The setting/location?
The occassion that made it special?
Value for money?
an unexpected delight?
or was it at somebodies home or even your own cooking?
(or several of the above?)
Was it quality of the food?
The setting/location?
The occassion that made it special?
Value for money?
an unexpected delight?
or was it at somebodies home or even your own cooking?
(or several of the above?)
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I've got two favourites, is that allowed
Last saturday in a modern Greek restaurant with my husband and kids, it was a treat for them as their end of year reports were so fantastic, the restaurant is great, the food was unbelievably good and it was a moment in time when you realise your kids are not kids any more, they held themselves up like adults, for three and a half hours it was non stop conversation. A to value for money, it was an expensive meal but the memory is priceless.
Three years ago we went to Boston for my husbands 40th, after a bit of research I found a middle eastern cuisine restaurant in Cambridge, the food was probably the best I've ever tasted (except my cottage pie lol), as was the wine, again it was quite expensive but it was value for money because we thoroughly enjoyed it.
Last saturday in a modern Greek restaurant with my husband and kids, it was a treat for them as their end of year reports were so fantastic, the restaurant is great, the food was unbelievably good and it was a moment in time when you realise your kids are not kids any more, they held themselves up like adults, for three and a half hours it was non stop conversation. A to value for money, it was an expensive meal but the memory is priceless.
Three years ago we went to Boston for my husbands 40th, after a bit of research I found a middle eastern cuisine restaurant in Cambridge, the food was probably the best I've ever tasted (except my cottage pie lol), as was the wine, again it was quite expensive but it was value for money because we thoroughly enjoyed it.
In a village in Crete up in the mountains at night .It was a hairy journey to get there but the food was wonderful .It was very simple but oh sooo tasty .They brought round huge platters of lamb steaks ,the most wonderful yellow buttery potatoes,fried aubergine and greek salad .Honey cake,nuts and fresh fruit platters for dessert and lots of lovely sweet wine .
Oh God impossible to answer as I have eaten in some of the countries and indeed the worlds best restaurants and for professional reasons I've eaten food actually cooked by top chefs as opposed to them just check it it on the pass.
For quality (and consistency) Then it has to be Le Manoir aux Quat'Saison
For setting and occasion a picnic on top of a waterfall
VFM a kebab from a hole in the wall in Berlin
Unexpected delight a surprise discovery at a local pub, amazing food and hospitality.
I sometimes cook a meal and think to myself, 'You've nailed that!' It's so good I want to keep on eating and eating it.....can't replicate that Je ne sais quoi for next time though!
Some friends cooked the most amazing ragu years ago and as good as mine is I still aspire to reach the level of theirs.
For quality (and consistency) Then it has to be Le Manoir aux Quat'Saison
For setting and occasion a picnic on top of a waterfall
VFM a kebab from a hole in the wall in Berlin
Unexpected delight a surprise discovery at a local pub, amazing food and hospitality.
I sometimes cook a meal and think to myself, 'You've nailed that!' It's so good I want to keep on eating and eating it.....can't replicate that Je ne sais quoi for next time though!
Some friends cooked the most amazing ragu years ago and as good as mine is I still aspire to reach the level of theirs.
Just after I got married (1954) meal cooked by my mother-in-law at her home in La Spezia.The dish was polenta which was spread out on a marble topped table in the kitchen and was then smothered with a delicious meat sauce.What made it so memorable was that all the family were sat round and given a fork to make inroads into ones section of the polenta. What joy.
Agree with eccles on Le Manoir for consistency. On high end food, Alain Chapel in Lyon, The Troisgros Brothers in Roanne and Roger Vergé at the Moulin de Mouggins were up there.
The there is Restopecheria in Cecina, Italy, an unbelievable meal of seafood risotto, langoustine, salad and pecorino, followed by gelatos, local Tuscan wines and grappa, all for 70 Euros for three of us.
And a little beach caff near Larnaca, Cyprus, wonderful feta salad, wood-grilled fish (out of the Coke coffer fridge where they were swimming around) dessert and wine, all for a C£10 note in 1987 - heavenly food but very different to Monsieur Blanc and his mates.....
The there is Restopecheria in Cecina, Italy, an unbelievable meal of seafood risotto, langoustine, salad and pecorino, followed by gelatos, local Tuscan wines and grappa, all for 70 Euros for three of us.
And a little beach caff near Larnaca, Cyprus, wonderful feta salad, wood-grilled fish (out of the Coke coffer fridge where they were swimming around) dessert and wine, all for a C£10 note in 1987 - heavenly food but very different to Monsieur Blanc and his mates.....
Thought it rang a bell. They only had the highest of prasie for the place.
UK wise my favourite is a small family run french bistro in my local village. The chef has worked his way up in fine dining restaurants but his dream was to open his own small place to showcase his food. It has about 14 tables, and is always busy, we usually book 3 weeks to a month in advance to be sure of a table. Its is rustuc french cuisine executed with real finesse, in fact now that I am talking about it I think I will get a table for next month booked!
UK wise my favourite is a small family run french bistro in my local village. The chef has worked his way up in fine dining restaurants but his dream was to open his own small place to showcase his food. It has about 14 tables, and is always busy, we usually book 3 weeks to a month in advance to be sure of a table. Its is rustuc french cuisine executed with real finesse, in fact now that I am talking about it I think I will get a table for next month booked!
