For fun: The best things you've ever eaten.

[kalanamak]

I know I lead a very boring life now, but my folks dragged us everywhere. Here is my list of the things I've ever tasted. Notice it stops right as kiddo is born (and the big gap when I was in school and training) :):

 

A peach in Spain. I was 6 years old. Best peach imaginable

 

A cream of some greenery (?escarole) soup on the SS France. Age 6

 

A kirsch cake in Canberra. My folks got it several times. Age 9

 

Fillet of sole, very fresh and pan fried, on the Scottish coast. Age 10

 

Bread, tomatoes, olive oil in Thessaloniki. Age 13

 

Apricot brandy in Yugoslavia. Age 13

 

Wild, Kansan, fried mushrooms (hen-in-the-woods). Age 19

 

Any good tabouli, first tasted Seattle, Wa. Age 22

 

Ginger-carrot Japanese salad dressing, NYC. Age 28

 

Pani poori (golgapah) in Artesia, CA. Age 36

 

Polenta at Il Piatta, Portland OR. Age 39

 

Poujauran's baguette, Paris. Age 40

 

Cerignola olives dusted with smoked Spanish paprika, Seattle. Age 43

[jld]

Today I had some cinnamon honey butter on freshly baked wholegrain bread. That has to be one of the best things I've ever eaten. :)

[Joker]

Mine isn't nearly as worldly as yours but it is peaches. My gma's sister (my great aunt) made quite a garden in her backyard. She had a few peach trees and knew they were my favorite. I only saw her a few times a year but when I did she always had several frozen bags of sliced peaches for me that would last till I saw her again. They were THE best thing I've ever eaten to this day. I can't replicate whatever she did. I miss her!

[Mom-ninja.]

Nutella pizza in Italy

 

Spaghetti ice cream in Germany

 

Bananas, oranges, apples, and other fruit in Brazil

 

Amazing but can't remember name of fish in Brazil

 

My dh's pumpkin cheesecake in my house

[Alenee]

I went to CA a few weeks ago and was taken out to a little hole-in-the-wall Italian restaurant. I think it was about as authentic as you're gonna get here in the states. I ate Tiramisu for the very first time and thought I was in heaven!

 

I plan to buy the ingredients and make it for myself to celebrate my birthday/running my first marathon in a few weeks!:D

[Nakia]

Nutella, of course. :D

[i.love.lucy]

Seems cliche, but pineapple in Hawaii.

 

Tamarindo margarita on the beach in Mexico.:tongue_smilie:

 

My grandma's icebox cookies. My grandpa's omelettes. He did something very, very special with them to make them light as air and I have never been able to replicate it. Wish I could ask him now.

[annlaura]

freshly caught mussels in Finisterre, Spain

pa amb tomaquet in Barcelona

freshly caught fish after a mid-winter canoe trip in northern Michigan

cider we pressed ourselves with doughnuts made by our prof's wife on their farm

szechuan string beans at a resaturant in Toronto owned by friends of my friend - it wasn't on the menu and I've never been able to duplicate it anywhere

a mango shared on a bench with a pocket knife

some cheddar cheese my sister brought me from Seattle

my mom's pound cake and pork chops after a long absence from home

[SonshineLearner]

My mom's fresh whole wheat bread with honey. (my whole growing up life)

Nectarines or peaches cut in half and filled with orange blossom honey... (mostly at age 12)

(real) Mozzarella and fresh tomatoes on fresh deli bread... with olive oil (age 20, NJ)

Lots of them at Zingerman's in Michigan. (as well as lots of other treats)

Oceana?? in NY

Great Seafood spot in Seattle... can't remember what it was called. It was right after I was married... with a friend... pan fried halibut cheek (not the name the menu said :) and then for dessert a set of 3 creme brulees.

Orange, Chocolate(wow, incredible!) and also green tea, I think (not my favorite..)

And... for my 39th BD this month... The Melting Pot! WOWOWOWOW! Incredible!

First, spinach artichoke cheese fondue, salad course, then a really awesome platter of all kinds of meats... and tuna... salmon...etc... (my husband added lobster tail to his) and it was incredible! Then.... chocolate fondue. Original with chocolate and peanut butter... and the other one was "The Turtle" or something.. pecans and caramel (basically like the Turtle candy)

Well... that's it so far...

[kalanamak]

szechuan string beans at a resaturant in Toronto owned by friends of my

 

??Minimally steamed long green beans seared in a lot of oil so that parts are nearly black, and sprinkled with Szechuan salt (you can get this at Penzey's)?? Is that it?

[kalanamak]

 

Ginger-carrot Japanese salad dressing, NYC. Age 28

 

Recipe:

From Moosewood cooks at home. Less ginger is preferred by some.

1/2 shredded carrot

2 Table. mirin

2 Table. rice vinegar

1 Table. soy sauce (I use 'usukuchi' made by

Kikoman, a very very pale

soy that is favoured in some parts of

Japan...it makes the lightest and

prettiest result)

1 Table fresh grated gingerroot (more or

less. I use more...but thats

strong)(for the tender, this can be left

out)

[AngieW in Texas]

grape ice ice cream from Polar Bear Ice Cream Shop - discontinued

roast duck at a restaurant in the Bellagio in Las Vegas

fabulous steak in the Eifel Tower casino restaurant in Las Vegas

rainbow trout in a restaurant for my dh's aunt's wedding rehearsal dinner

sushi from Sushiya bar at HEB (one particular HEB has the best-ever sushi, the other HEB's are just okay)

[StaceyinLA]

Louisiana, and we have some GOOD food!!

 

The best sweet thing I have ever eaten is my dd's whiskey bread pudding. It's a copycat from Commander's Palace in NO, and it is DIVINE!!

 

The best steak I have ever eaten was a tournedo of beef filet at a private dining club in BR. It was perfectly rare and had crawfish tails in an andouille cream sauce on top. You could cut it with a fork.

 

Maine lobster, shipped live to my neighbor's house for his dd's college graduation, boiled, served with ghee. Just perfect!

 

There is also an AMAZING sushi roll at one of our local restaurants. It has fried shrimp, cream cheese, kiwi fruit, wrapped in rice and soy paper, topped with a heart-shaped strawberry, and drizzled with pineapple condensed milk. OMG!!!

 

Of course, my weakness is Mexican food though, and my favorite thing is fajitas. There is just NO match for the Tijuana plate at Pappasito's in Houston, with their perfectly cooked beef, and perfectly grilled shrimp. Add the guacamole cart and I just don't think I've ever sunk my teeth into anything better.

 

I am a veg/vegan almost all the time, except when I'm in Houston!

Edited September 21, 2010 by StaceyinLA
ETA that I rarely eat meat now, though I'm readily admitting hat some of the best things I have ever eaten were meat.

[Granny_Weatherwax]

Colorado Elk steak. Nothing quite compares.

[OrganicAnn]

My two most memorable were:

 

A Lobster pasta dish in a local restaurant.

 

When I was 12 I had my first filet mignon in Belgium.

 

but also just plain cooking. My mom's potato salad, a little diner's coconut cream pie, a charcoal grilled hamburger with a homegrown tomato slice, etc.

[annlaura]

??Minimally steamed long green beans seared in a lot of oil so that parts are nearly black, and sprinkled with Szechuan salt (you can get this at Penzey's)?? Is that it?

 

Maybe? Yes to the description of the beans, but I think they added garlic and don't remember the peppercorns, but maybe that's my problem - maybe I've been misremembering and if I tried this it would be right. Guess I should plan a field trip to Chinatown soon to buy some salt and give it a go. :)

[2cents]

Haas Avocados from our own tree. They were big and beautiful. Made fantastic guacamole and avocado sandwiches.

 

Tangelos from our own tree. Made a great juice.

 

My mom's Peach pie made with our own peaches.

 

Mom's spaghetti sauce made with our own grown and canned tomatoes.

 

My mom's Charlotte Russe. I make it now and it is just as devine!

 

My own Pumpkin Roll. It is heavenly!

[MelanieM]

my husband's chicken lasagna, which he makes me every year for my birthday

shrimp that my uncle brought in from the boat in Newfoundland

a banana picked fresh in St. Lucia

grilled shrimp on the beach in Belize

my homemade tomato meat sauce over spaghettini noodles

the chocolate cake my friend made for my last birthday -- best thing I EVER ate

the amazing beef stew that same friend made for my birthday the year before

that sandwich I made last week with bacon, jalapeno havarti, vidalia onions, cucumber, red pepper and mayo on a squishy soft bun

nectarines from my friend's mother's tree a few years back

clementines when I was pregnant with my last son

thick chicken curry from Green Mango

 

Dude, I am so hungry right now!!

[MelanieM]

Oh, how could I forget Nan's baked beans, or her turkey soup? Wow, I would give almost anything to have some of her cooking again.

[TCB]

Chicken Tikka Masala in a restaurant in Richmond, London

Bananas in Brazil

Pesto foccachia (?sp) in Italy nr Genoa

[kalanamak]

Maybe? Yes to the description of the beans, but I think they added garlic and don't remember the peppercorns, but maybe that's my problem - maybe I've been misremembering and if I tried this it would be right. Guess I should plan a field trip to Chinatown soon to buy some salt and give it a go. :)

 

It isn't peppercorn, it is a roasted husk of some kind of evergreen tree.

http://www.penzeys.com/cgi-bin/penzeys/p-penzeysszechuansalt.html

[Sugarfoot]

I love crab cakes, and this will sound ridiculous, but there's a restaurant here in my town, in the middle of Kansas!:001_huh:, that makes the BEST crab cakes ever. They serve them with a spicy sauce that is just incredible. I've eaten crab cakes in sooo many places, and I'm always amazed that the best are found right here in our (not so) little college town.

[Spy Car]

Best meat? Musk-ox tenderloin in Vancouver BC.

 

Best ravioli, Castelfranco Emilia, Emilia Romagna, Italy.

 

Best salmon roe in Tokyo, Japan.

 

Best kim chi tacos, Los Angeles, California.

 

Bill

[TrixieB]

Alder-smoked Copper River King salmon at Hiram's at the Locks, Seattle. I never knew salmon could taste like that!

 

My mom's peach crisp. And her mud pie. And her red velvet cake.

 

My aunt's cabbage rolls.

 

A mango, bought off the back of a fruit truck, eaten in the pouring rain in a bus shelter while on a bike ride with a friend.

 

Artichokes with mayo.

 

Sunwarmed blackberries, so ripe that they nearly fall off the vine into my hand. The kids and I found and ate a lot of those this summer.

 

My homemade cinnamon rolls, hot out of the oven, with cream cheese and butter frosting.

 

Haagen Dazs coffee ice cream cone from the Haagen Dazs shop.

[Imprimis]

I love this thread! So many exotic, wonderful, and just plain scrumptious sounding foods!

 

I love good food, and have many, many memories of favorite food experiences...here are some I can think of:

 

My dh's blackened yellowtail that we caught ourselves, his Alaskan King crab legs that he prepares on the grill, and his smoked turkey

 

Oak-grilled filet mignon over mac and cheese (really) with red wine sauce from Jiko at The Animal Kingdom Lodge.

 

Strawberry soup in Eureka Springs, Arkansas

 

Conch fritters and key-lime pie in the Florida Keys

 

My mom's Sunday roast beef dinner, her lasagna, and her roasted potatoes (that I have NEVER been able to recreate)

 

Finnish Pulla ( a delightful sweet bread that's not too sweet)

 

Fresh tomatoes from my mil's garden

 

My grandmother's gnocchi that she always made Thanksgiving night with the leftover mashed potatoes

 

The flakiest, buttery-est :), cinnamon rugelach from a local restaurant/bakery

 

And, too many other things I can't remember right now....

Edited September 21, 2010 by Imprimis

[Ali in OR]

A strawberry tart in Paris when I was 11.

[Rosie_0801]

My best dessert experience was at a very posh pub an hour and a half from home. When the chap came to ask how we were enjoying it, I told him it was one of my top two food experiences and he asked what the other one was, and where I had had it, as though he was going to run right out to his car and go get some right away! Unfortunately for him, it was lamb cooked in pomegranate molasses, which I'd made in my own kitchen :)

 

Rosie

[Jean in Newcastle]

Blue Bell vanilla ice cream eaten after being dairy free for 3 years.

[LaissezFaire]

It's so funny to think about this because I eat a very broad range of things and I am adventurous in the area of food. But the best thing I have EVER eaten is so simple.

 

It was a simple salad of of baby lettuce with the most fantastic tangy (not sweet) dijon dressing. I ate it at the Musee d'Orsay in Paris and my mouth is watering seriously right now. I actually once had a dream that I flew to Paris just for the salad and flew home.

 

Second would be a delicious Potato Leek soup I had at a pub in Braemar, Scotland. It was perfection.

Edited September 21, 2010 by LaissezFaire

[kalanamak]

I

 

It was a simple salad of of baby lettuce with the most fantastic tangy (not sweet) dijon dressing.

 

 

Was the dressing 1 part good EVOO, 1 part good balsamic dressing, 1 part ice water, and big blob of Dijon mustard mixed in, all shaken?

 

I had a really terrific salad in Hilo once, and I considered the dressing "sublime". I have no idea what was in it, other than oil and a juice of some kind.

[helena]

Pani poori (golgapah) in Artesia, CA. Age 36

 

 

This cracked me up!! You have such a wonderful list, so international... it was funny to read Artesia!

 

I get the best saag there. Did you get to do a little shopping?

 

My list would be

 

Shrimp curry that made everyone laugh, then cry. It was a beautiful meal my dad cooked over at my grandmas. I remember when Like Water for Chocolate came out, and thinking "this emotional eating must be a Mexican thing". :)

 

A watermelon in El Salvador. I don't think I'd ever been so hungry or thirsty in my life. I ate the whole thing by myself on the side of the street.

 

This one may seem silly, but vegan soft serve at Lula's in NY. The soft serve is divine, but the girl who owns the shop, makes it magic. Being there with my family and friends, is what life is all about.

 

My moms tamales.

[LaissezFaire]

Was the dressing 1 part good EVOO, 1 part good balsamic dressing, 1 part ice water, and big blob of Dijon mustard mixed in, all shaken?

 

I had a really terrific salad in Hilo once, and I considered the dressing "sublime". I have no idea what was in it, other than oil and a juice of some kind.

 

That sounds just like it. *swoon*

 

I also recently had the most amazing fish that my dad caught in Mexico. I cannot for the life of me remember the name but it was Fantastic. (Capital F).

Edited September 21, 2010 by LaissezFaire

[Audrey]

Avocados from the tree in our backyard when I was growing up. They were so perfect, so silky that they have ruined all other avocados for me forever. I will always compare every avocado I eat to those avocados.

 

My brother's red beans and rice. I have his recipe, but prefer the extremely rare occasions when he makes them. There is something extra-special about the ones he makes. Maybe it's simply because HE made them.

 

My grandmother's Blue Moon chocolate cheesecake. I also have her recipe. It is a very dark chocolate cheesecake, a rich, dense, silken cake, one sliver of which could send any chocolate lover to their knees. This is another rare treat. As grandma said, such power can only be unleashed once every blue moon.

 

Lastly, the memory of my mom's spaghetti and meatballs. Alas, she is long gone and with her went the spaghetti and meatballs. I don't know if it was that they were so good or if the memories of her making it (which she enjoyed) and all of us eating it together makes it seems like it was the best meal I ever ate.

[Sebastian (a lady)]

A freshpicked grapefruit, sour & sweet & warm from the sun. Picked in a cemetery in Orlando.

 

My father's smoked salmon, brined with brown sugar and smoked for a day on the front porch. Much more jerkyish than commercial salmon.

 

French mussels steamed in Norman cidre and cream. The bag of mussels was outside the hotel kitchen door as we headed out for a day touring battle sites on the Normandy beaches and there they were on my dinner plate that night.

 

Persian Chicken made as a farewell dinner by our neighbor. He is the cook in his family (his flatbread is incredible too). Whenever one of their friends were moving, he'd cook this incredible dinner for them, using a stash of special berries that his mom brought over by the bag everytime she visited. I think they were a type of current or maybe a juniper berry. Very spicy and yummy.

 

Cheese fondue served at The Rhinelander in Portland when I was a kid. This was the most grown up meal that I was usually allowed to go to as a child. The whole thing was yummy but the fondue appetizer was such a ritual.

 

At a dinner in Naples celebrating the birthday of a dear friend (and fellow boardie), what the waiter dismissively called "ham and cheese" which ended up being proscuitto and buffalo cheese. This was followed by gnocchi, which were so good that I've been afraid to ever order them again, because it could never live up to the memory.

 

A piece of baklava in Athens, as big as my fist, that dripped honey down the arm as you tried to eat it. Yes, I licked my fingers.

 

Fresh steamed shrimp served to the crew of my ship at a visit to Brownsville, Texas, by the local Navy League. Picture large coolers full of fresh shrimp.

 

Fresh caught and steamed crab, particularly when dumped on newspaper covered tables at Cantler's in Annapolis.

 

The French onion soup that dh makes for me on special occasions.

 

I'm sure I could come up with several more, but I'll end with the hospital lunch of turkey and mashed sweet potatoes that a nurse scrounged up for me after I delivered my oldest. It was one of the most appreciated and tasty meals I've ever eaten.

[Alyce]

Yum, Yum

[Corraleno]

Best ice cream: 27 different flavors of gelato from Vivoli in Florence. I went there twice a day for the four days I was in Florence, and I tried almost every flavor they had, including cantaloupe and honeydew!

 

Best pasta: A toss up between the pumpkin & sage cappelletti and the gorgonzola gnocchi with fried prosciutto at the Hotel Duchessa Isabella in Ferarra. Not to mention the raspberry Malvasia desert wine and homemade honey amaretti (soft and chewy instead of brittle) they served for dessert. Sigh.

 

Best veg: Homegrown corn on the cob, dropped into boiling water seconds after being picked, and smothered in organic butter, Maldon sea salt, & pepper.

 

Best pastry: A chocolate & walnut tart at a little bakery DH and I stumbled on down a back alley in Bergerac (SW France). We tried to find it again for 3 years and never did! That tart has assumed mythical proportions for DH, and I've never been able to replicate it. :sad:

 

Best breakfast ever: A huge glass of freshly squeezed blood orange juice and a hot, flaky croissant, from a little street-side stand in Venice. Even better, I grabbed it on my way to the Marcel Duchamp: Life and Work exhibition at the Palazzo Grassi, followed by wandering all over Venice on a beautiful sunny day in May. Bliss!

 

Best fish: Freshly caught trout steamed in foil with butter and lemon in the coals of a campfire. It weighed 5.5 lbs and I caught it myself on a fly rod, and it was so sweet and delicious I ate at least 2 lbs of it for dinner.

 

Best overall meal: A six-course dinner at an Indian restaurant in Singapore. I can't remember the name of the restaurant or one single dish, but as a complete meal it was probably the best I've ever eaten. By the time I was finished, I was in a food-induced stupor and just wanted someone to roll me back to the hotel.

 

Jackie

Edited September 21, 2010 by Corraleno

[DaffodilDreams]

My grandmother's pancakes, rolls, and roast

 

My grandfather's chicken and dumplings and homemade choc/p.b. candy (I'd give anything to taste these again!)

 

Authentic dumplings and noodles in China

 

Nai huang bao (steamed, custard filled bun) in China

 

Curry from the Cow and Bridge in China

 

My friend's mom's egg rolls and tom yom gai (the mom is from Thailand and cooks amazing Thai food!)

 

My dh's grandmother's czech dumplings and fruit fritters

 

My aunt's pecan tassies

 

Dh's bananas foster french toast

 

My friend's scones

 

My uncle's steak and potatoes (again, I'd give anything to taste this meal again, too)

 

A particular pizza from Tomato Head in Knoxville

 

Anything - and I mean anything - made by another friend of mine who should just go ahead and open a restaurant

 

I see a trend. I associate good food with people or places I love. I'm also drawn to the carbs and sweets.

[Tap]

A

Cheese fondue served at The Rhinelander in Portland when I was a kid. This was the most grown up meal that I was usually allowed to go to as a child. The whole thing was yummy but the fondue appetizer was such a ritual.

.

 

LOL That is my kid's Favorite restaurant! I laugh because not many kids would pick German restaurant as a favorite. LOL We love their fondue and sometimes get it and bring it home, just for a treat.

 

We don't get to eat there very often anymore as prices have gone up and we usually drop a $100 bill every time we eat there.

[Sebastian (a lady)]

LOL That is my kid's Favorite restaurant! I laugh because not many kids would pick German restaurant as a favorite. LOL We love their fondue and sometimes get it and bring it home, just for a treat.

 

We don't get to eat there very often anymore as prices have gone up and we usually drop a $100 bill every time we eat there.

 

I don't know if the grown up reality would match up to my childhood restaurants. But that was such a special place to go with my family. It was about the only fancy restaurant that we went to (1970s-1980s).

 

I remember thinking I was such big stuff drinking sparkling apple cider.

 

And of course the roaming accordian player.:svengo:

 

Have you lived in Portland long enough to remember the Organ Grinder Pizza or The Pop Shoppe. Dh and I were remembering recently how many flavors pop used to come in. Me remembering Pop Shoppe (proud sponsors of Ramblin' Rod) and Shasta. Him remembering Dr. Browne's. I think my kids live deprived lives.

[cjbeach]

*Steak at Peter Luger's, Brooklyn.

As a carboholic I'm all about the breads, top of the list would be the bialys from Flatbush Ave,Brooklyn (Bells I think?)

Breads are not the same here in FL :(

I'm homesick today so my thoughts are home, and so is my stomach: Philly foods

*Sarconne's seeded bread alone or dipped in homemade gravy from the old Palumbo's in South Philly.

*Roast pork w/broccoli rabe sandwich from Tony Luke's.

*Regular pie from Taconellis, but everytime we go home I forget to call and reserve my dough so haven't had it years (pizza so good you have to call ahead to reserve your dough).

*My all-time favorite dessert anywhere is Termini's ricotta cannolis. I bliss out on these cannolis.

Edited September 21, 2010 by cjbeach

[cjbeach]

Best ice cream: 27 different flavors of gelato from Vivoli in Florence. I went there twice a day for the four days I was in Florence, and I tried almost every flavor they had, including cantaloupe and honeydew!

 

Best pasta: A toss up between the pumpkin & sage cappelletti and the gorgonzola gnocchi with fried prosciutto at the Hotel Duchessa Isabella in Ferarra. Not to mention the raspberry Malvasia desert wine and homemade honey amaretti (soft and chewy instead of brittle) they served for dessert. Sigh.

 

Jackie

You had me at the honeydew gelato and pumpkin pasta. :tongue_smilie:Off to google a recipe for the pasta.

Edited September 21, 2010 by cjbeach

[Closeacademy]

Ox tail soup in Miami

Chilean Sea Bass in Miami

Tamales in Arizona

Maple butter in Quebec

white pineapples in Hawai'i

bagels and crusty bread from Panera

 

:001_smile:

[Ferdie]

Blackberries picked fresh in my childhood neighborhood in WA

Blackberry pie that my mom made from the blackberries that we picked

Baguettes delivered fresh each morning to our B&B door in France

My mom's chocolate chip cookies - warm from the oven with milk

Macademia nut, coconut pancakes with fresh pineapple side in HI

Hershey's chocolate cake made by my son

Lobster in ME

Strawberries from the Farmer's Market in CA

Kimchi in Korea

Sushi that my kids make

[lisamarie]

Barraccos pizza in Chicago. I still dream about their pizza.

 

the enchiladas at a mom and pop mexican restaurant in northern Michigan. Yum.

 

My grandma's cinnamon and sugar toast. I don't know why hers was always so much better, but I loved it.

 

Champagne in Italy. My first experience with champagne (I was only 18) but I was hooked.

 

Mahi Mahi in Hawaii

 

Alaskan salmon that my DH caught while on a fishing trip when we were there.

 

Fish and chips in Ireland.

 

Fresh steaks that my grandpa brought home from his grocery store and grilled to perfection--nothing like BEING the butcher to get the best meat.:D

[BikeBookBread]

A pizza from the Pizza Bank in Kirkland, WA that I ate 20 years ago.

 

Fresh blackberries picked off of the bush, still warm from the sun in my backyard when I was a little girl in Western Washington.

 

Fish and chips from Spud at Alki, sitting at a picnic table on the beach overlooking Puget Sound when I was a little girl.

 

My focaccia :) (I'm not bragging, but the Peter Reinhart Artisan Breads Everyday recipe ROCKS!)

 

My grandma's fresh raspberry pie on the 4th of July.

 

A pretzel roll with a thin spread of soft creamy butter on morning at a B&B in West Germany (when it was "West"!!)

 

Chocolate cake with creamy, dark chocolate frosting from the Rocket Bakery in Spokane, WA

 

My Mom's Rouladen with "Russian" noodles and gravy

 

ETA: Ooooh, I "cut" and forgot to "paste": Lemon-herb grilled fresh Alaskan halibut, and a hearts of romaine salad with hazelnuts and blue cheese dressing and cannery bread at "Chinook's" in Seattle at Fisherman's Terminal. I crave this from 3000+ miles away.

Edited September 21, 2010 by BikeBookBread

[BeckyFL]

Ahhhh.... Salmon at the Taku Lodge at the foot of Taku Glacier. You can only get there by boat or float plane. We took a float plane there as an optional excursion through a Holland American Cruise. They had no electricity (their kids went to school by boat) and they cooked everything on an open grill or in wood burning ovens. THE most incredible salmon (sour dough bread and lemonade with a piece of glacier in it were pretty amazing too) we've ever had! My husband stopped and starred for a second. His eyes were glassy. I asked him what was wrong and all he could say was .... "This is the best salmon I've ever had".

[Perry]

Halibut cheeks at L'Etoile in Madison, WI.

[HeathenMom]

Buffalo ribs! :drool:

[elegantlion]

Scallops and pesto pasta in a little restaurant in Waikiki. Pesto pasta always reminds me of Hawaii.

 

Fresh pineapple after snorkeling in Costa Rica.

 

My dad used to grill the best burgers. We had a little coleman grill and I don't know what he did, but they were good.

 

I'm not a real fan of special foods, I like the experience I have with people, that's what makes the memories.

[C_l_e_0..Q_c]

A salsa and chips in Arizona.. Nothing compared to what we have at home.

 

and my aunt's "German Supreme Cake". A relatively small cake, but it contains a whole pound of butter...