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Where? When? Who made them? Brown or white bread?
Auntie M, I was about 10, white of course!
I did like the pigeon @ Roast above Borough Market too
What's the best meal you've ever had?
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Auntie M, I was about 10, white of course!
I did like the pigeon @ Roast above Borough Market too
Gromit
International Man of Misery
The livers melted in the mouth and were orgasmic.
Biddlybee
making knots with sticks
Thank youAuntie M, I was about 10, white of course!
I did like the pigeon @ Roast above Borough Market too
Ooh, I've had pigeon before and was lush, got served with panhaggerty, which was delicious.
feyr
evil evil monkey!
saganaki with a salad , followed by a bowl of homemade greek yogurt. was at a friends gran's house in Kefalonia, when i was 14 or so. was still battling my anorexia but had made a big effort to put on a bit of weight to be allowed to go on holiday with my friend. was the only meal i ate the whole 2 weeks, on our last night, because her gran had hidden my passport and said she wouldnt let me leave without having at least one meal of her cooking
was followed by a rather large amount of alcohol and a snog with one of the local boys
was followed by a rather large amount of alcohol and a snog with one of the local boys
tom_craggs
Well-Known Member
Mum's bubble and squeek on Boxing day with some cold turkey and pickles followed by some of my Grandad's (now passed away) amazing fruit cake.
Eggs Benedict at the Wolesley followed by french pastries.
Eggs Benedict at the Wolesley followed by french pastries.
No idea, it might be bullshit
maybe they get it from a farm or something. I just nommed it all 
Structaural
in Chatsubo
2 for me,
First one was on holiday in Zakinthos, Greece.
We used to go to this little cafe at the top of a cliff near our hotel most of the time, just really simple fresh food.
This time, we'd just arrived and the Grandad of the cafe came up from his boat with a freshly caught swordfish. They asked if we wanted some, they gutted it, cut and grilled it in butter and garlic and served it with fried potatoes and a tomato, mozerella and basil salad. We took an hour to eat it, it was so tasty and had some more. I always remember that from about 15 years ago. I think it was a combination of sea breeze, exhausting day walking and good fresh food (I don't think I've ever eaten a fish that fresh, he'd caught it about 15 mins before hand)
The other was last year for Valentine's. Took my girlfriend to a reasonably nice restaurant in town. Had the chef's special. Some of the nicest, cleverest food I've eaten, all quite small portions, but 7 courses and a different glass of wine with each course. We were quite stunned and it came to around 110 euros for the two of us which weren't that bad for posh grub.
First one was on holiday in Zakinthos, Greece.
We used to go to this little cafe at the top of a cliff near our hotel most of the time, just really simple fresh food.
This time, we'd just arrived and the Grandad of the cafe came up from his boat with a freshly caught swordfish. They asked if we wanted some, they gutted it, cut and grilled it in butter and garlic and served it with fried potatoes and a tomato, mozerella and basil salad. We took an hour to eat it, it was so tasty and had some more. I always remember that from about 15 years ago. I think it was a combination of sea breeze, exhausting day walking and good fresh food (I don't think I've ever eaten a fish that fresh, he'd caught it about 15 mins before hand)
The other was last year for Valentine's. Took my girlfriend to a reasonably nice restaurant in town. Had the chef's special. Some of the nicest, cleverest food I've eaten, all quite small portions, but 7 courses and a different glass of wine with each course. We were quite stunned and it came to around 110 euros for the two of us which weren't that bad for posh grub.
AnnO'Neemus
Is so vanilla
Ooh, there's a few:
* In Madrid, we went to look at this little chapel somewhere that has frescos, I think there might have been some connection with Michelangelo I'm not sure. But we were hungry and we found this place nearby, can't remember the name, but it was near a statue thing, just a bust of someone's head across the road, and we could see a cable car in the distance, anyway, it had a whole row of rotisserie ovens, like you'd maybe have one in a supermarket doing the freshly roasted chickens, but this had loads of them on the go. And they had racks and racks of cider with champagne-type corks, sweet or dry or whatever. Basically, the menu was simple: rotisserie roasted chicken, freshly baked bread, salad and fries and cider. That seemed to be it. But it was the best roast chicken and bread and cider I've ever tasted. So simple. So delicious.
* Also in Madrid, one night we went to Possada de la Villa and had the most amazing melt in the mouth lamb dish, washed down with some lovely rioja.
http://www.posadadelavilla.es/
* I went to The Courtyard in Beijing, which was one of the Conde Nast Traveller magazine's top 50 restaurants in the world. It was very expensive, by Beijing standards, I think we paid about 500RMB, which was probably about 50 quid a head or something at the time, which when you think that you could go to a bog standard Chinese restaurant and get a meal (main dish, rice, bottle of Tsingtao beer) for a quid, that gives an idea as to how upscale it was. It was a long time ago, so I forget exactly what we had, but the food was lovely, went down really well, but the desserts, wow, it was almost like that scene from When Harry Met Sally, all the oohs, ahs, mmms, around the table!
http://www.courtyardbeijing.com/menus.html
* I've also eaten at some other great places for foodies: Mirabelle and St John in London, Queen's Head in Troutbeck near Windermere, Simply Heathcotes in Manchester, was lovely but now closed I think. Those are the main ones I can think of, off the top of my head, but there's probably more.
* In Madrid, we went to look at this little chapel somewhere that has frescos, I think there might have been some connection with Michelangelo I'm not sure. But we were hungry and we found this place nearby, can't remember the name, but it was near a statue thing, just a bust of someone's head across the road, and we could see a cable car in the distance, anyway, it had a whole row of rotisserie ovens, like you'd maybe have one in a supermarket doing the freshly roasted chickens, but this had loads of them on the go. And they had racks and racks of cider with champagne-type corks, sweet or dry or whatever. Basically, the menu was simple: rotisserie roasted chicken, freshly baked bread, salad and fries and cider. That seemed to be it. But it was the best roast chicken and bread and cider I've ever tasted. So simple. So delicious.
* Also in Madrid, one night we went to Possada de la Villa and had the most amazing melt in the mouth lamb dish, washed down with some lovely rioja.
http://www.posadadelavilla.es/
* I went to The Courtyard in Beijing, which was one of the Conde Nast Traveller magazine's top 50 restaurants in the world. It was very expensive, by Beijing standards, I think we paid about 500RMB, which was probably about 50 quid a head or something at the time, which when you think that you could go to a bog standard Chinese restaurant and get a meal (main dish, rice, bottle of Tsingtao beer) for a quid, that gives an idea as to how upscale it was. It was a long time ago, so I forget exactly what we had, but the food was lovely, went down really well, but the desserts, wow, it was almost like that scene from When Harry Met Sally, all the oohs, ahs, mmms, around the table!
http://www.courtyardbeijing.com/menus.html
* I've also eaten at some other great places for foodies: Mirabelle and St John in London, Queen's Head in Troutbeck near Windermere, Simply Heathcotes in Manchester, was lovely but now closed I think. Those are the main ones I can think of, off the top of my head, but there's probably more.
Not a world reknowned restaurant or anything, but The French Cafe in Auckland, New Zealand. My husband and I had the tasting menu and it was the first time we had experienced something like that, with plate after plate coming out (each accompanied by wine), with the waiter explaining each dish, etc etc. Expensive but fun and boy, were we pissed by the end of it!
Maurice Picarda
Actually, might as well flounce.
El Bulli. Posted this before, I think, but:
1) Mango slice infused with huge amounts of booze
2) Olives, eviscerated and filled with rosemary and garlic-infused olive oil
3) Caramelised “guanabana” slices, like crackers – guava and banana? Guano and banana?
4) Nori “snakes” in powdered wasabi
5) Peanuts in exploded peanut
6) Grated parmesan in baskets made of caramelised passionfruit
7) Oreos made of black olives
8) Galietas heladas. A frozen thing, I cannot recall what.
9) Distilled essence of mandarin flowers on a teaspoon. Quite wonderful.
10) Frozen strawberry and parmesan biscuit.
11) Avocado tempura. Somehow like a chip shop chip in texture.
12) Brioche filled with mozzarella and topped with rose foam
13) “Deshielo” - defrosting, according to the menu. I think that this was the dish made out of pine nuts in multiple formats, including a pretend pine nut made of pine nut butter.
14) Extraordinary tomatoes. Like tomatoes but much more so. Some cheating must have occurred. With elderflowers, white sherbety almond powder and a green substance.
15) Five asparagus tips ranging from cooked to pickled, with varying toppings: asian fish flakes, peanut butter
16) Peas in ham fat with translucent mint-filled ravioli
17) Mussels in a hard jelly of mussel liquor, with potato and bacon soup
18) Salmon sashimi with a selection of pickles. One pickle turned out to be a square of jellied fish stock.
19) Oysters wrapped in ham fat, in a vegetabley reduction of some kind
20) Perrechico mushrooms with mini egg yolks
21) Morels with foam
22) Cooked ham wrapped round potato foam/mash
23) Crispy chicken feet
24) Canarejal cheese with honey meringues – like the inside of a crunchy bar.
25) Frozen white sweet thing with a teaspoon of concentrated peach
26) Coconut and carrot ice cream
27) Tree with white, green and brown chocolate leaves in a bed of dark, bitter chocolate (with coffee)
1) Mango slice infused with huge amounts of booze
2) Olives, eviscerated and filled with rosemary and garlic-infused olive oil
3) Caramelised “guanabana” slices, like crackers – guava and banana? Guano and banana?
4) Nori “snakes” in powdered wasabi
5) Peanuts in exploded peanut
6) Grated parmesan in baskets made of caramelised passionfruit
7) Oreos made of black olives
8) Galietas heladas. A frozen thing, I cannot recall what.
9) Distilled essence of mandarin flowers on a teaspoon. Quite wonderful.
10) Frozen strawberry and parmesan biscuit.
11) Avocado tempura. Somehow like a chip shop chip in texture.
12) Brioche filled with mozzarella and topped with rose foam
13) “Deshielo” - defrosting, according to the menu. I think that this was the dish made out of pine nuts in multiple formats, including a pretend pine nut made of pine nut butter.
14) Extraordinary tomatoes. Like tomatoes but much more so. Some cheating must have occurred. With elderflowers, white sherbety almond powder and a green substance.
15) Five asparagus tips ranging from cooked to pickled, with varying toppings: asian fish flakes, peanut butter
16) Peas in ham fat with translucent mint-filled ravioli
17) Mussels in a hard jelly of mussel liquor, with potato and bacon soup
18) Salmon sashimi with a selection of pickles. One pickle turned out to be a square of jellied fish stock.
19) Oysters wrapped in ham fat, in a vegetabley reduction of some kind
20) Perrechico mushrooms with mini egg yolks
21) Morels with foam
22) Cooked ham wrapped round potato foam/mash
23) Crispy chicken feet
24) Canarejal cheese with honey meringues – like the inside of a crunchy bar.
25) Frozen white sweet thing with a teaspoon of concentrated peach
26) Coconut and carrot ice cream
27) Tree with white, green and brown chocolate leaves in a bed of dark, bitter chocolate (with coffee)
I had a snack the other day made up from food I happened to have at hand. It consisted of 3 small unpeeled Cypres potatoes steamed and sliced in half. Two leaves of Cos lettuce, a clove of raw garlic sliced, and thinly sliced pieces of French Farmhouse Brie draped over the hot potatoes. The whole was sprinkled with Virgin Olive oil and ground black pepper.
It doesn't sound much but there was a wonderful dark earthy taste to the whole thing and I was delighted with it. I call it 'Potatoes Hocus Eye'. Next time I might add a couple of black olives as they would probably tune in with it.
It doesn't sound much but there was a wonderful dark earthy taste to the whole thing and I was delighted with it. I call it 'Potatoes Hocus Eye'. Next time I might add a couple of black olives as they would probably tune in with it.
Based on the description, for me that crosses the line between 'meal' and 'baffling and harrowing ordeal'.
Lea
Well-Known Member
What sort of cuisine is crispy chicken feet? I've only ever had the Chinese style steamed in black bean sauce or the Thai style also steamed chicken feet.
a really nice meal on saturday.
veggie burger, potato wedges, pumpkin and sage pie, mash, green beans (shared between two)
and a chocolate brownie with a poached pear and vanilla cream...
didn't get any wine, but we had tea so it was fine
got taken out for dinner by my friend to me favourite eaterie , and it was a) nomtastic, b) perfect company and c) really nice of her.
i got the brownie recipe yesterday and all...
(this meal was closely seconded by m's vegan fabulations in leeds - curry and things and fruit salad with chocolate and ice cream. with home made wine and whisky for dessert, a few years ago. and a duvet..)
veggie burger, potato wedges, pumpkin and sage pie, mash, green beans (shared between two)
and a chocolate brownie with a poached pear and vanilla cream...
didn't get any wine, but we had tea so it was fine
got taken out for dinner by my friend to me favourite eaterie , and it was a) nomtastic, b) perfect company and c) really nice of her.
i got the brownie recipe yesterday and all...
(this meal was closely seconded by m's vegan fabulations in leeds - curry and things and fruit salad with chocolate and ice cream. with home made wine and whisky for dessert, a few years ago. and a duvet..)
Cloo
Banana for scale
I think it was when I was about 9. My family had missed a flight to Majorca for our summer holiday (didn't check the time on the ticket!), but miraculously there were five places available the next day from Birmingham to Majorca.
My mum knew a chef who'd recently opened a country house hotel not far from Brum, and he had some rooms, so we stopped over there.
Now, I was the world's fussiest eater at this point, so blithely said I didn't eat anything on the menu. The chef patiently asked what my favourite things were to eat - I said I like chicken breast, and I liked tagiatelle. So he made me 'Chicken a la Cloo', which was basically some perfectly-cooked chicken breast, with a side of perfectly-cooked tagiatelle. It was fab.
My mum knew a chef who'd recently opened a country house hotel not far from Brum, and he had some rooms, so we stopped over there.
Now, I was the world's fussiest eater at this point, so blithely said I didn't eat anything on the menu. The chef patiently asked what my favourite things were to eat - I said I like chicken breast, and I liked tagiatelle. So he made me 'Chicken a la Cloo', which was basically some perfectly-cooked chicken breast, with a side of perfectly-cooked tagiatelle. It was fab.
'Fraid I can't pick between 3:
1. Paella at a place on the harbour road in Mahon, Menorca. Paper tablecloths, homemade wine, bread fresh from the oven, two fishermen bringing swordfish through the front door straight from the boat....
2. Garthmyll Hall, near Newport. The highlight was a pea & mint risotto, but the whole meal was outstanding.
3. Metrogusto, just off Islington Road. Again, just awesome, but the cheese, honey and masala wine was heavenly.
Both Garthmyll and Metrogusto, I opted for the "I'm celebrating. Bring me what you think I'll enjoy" line rather than choosing from a menu. A risky strategy, but in both cases it worked very well.
The tastiest thing I ever ate, however, was a scallop on the deck of a dive boat off the Moray coast.
1. Paella at a place on the harbour road in Mahon, Menorca. Paper tablecloths, homemade wine, bread fresh from the oven, two fishermen bringing swordfish through the front door straight from the boat....
2. Garthmyll Hall, near Newport. The highlight was a pea & mint risotto, but the whole meal was outstanding.
3. Metrogusto, just off Islington Road. Again, just awesome, but the cheese, honey and masala wine was heavenly.
Both Garthmyll and Metrogusto, I opted for the "I'm celebrating. Bring me what you think I'll enjoy" line rather than choosing from a menu. A risky strategy, but in both cases it worked very well.
The tastiest thing I ever ate, however, was a scallop on the deck of a dive boat off the Moray coast.
Geri
wasn't born to follow
Never heard of it.
mrsfran
Well-Known Member
It's Michel Roux's restaurant. Been going since the 60s. Two Michelin stars. It's VERY good.
Geri
wasn't born to follow
baldrick
hmmmmm
on holiday in spain with my then bf, had travelled overnight to get to seville, then trekked a really long fucking way down the hard shoulder of a motorway (?!) to get to a campsite. we'd not eaten since the night before, were starving and seriously pissed off and went foraging for food. ended up in a small restaurant off said motorway and had the most gorgeous tapas ever. juicy olives the size of eggs, fresh bread and the sweetest olive oil and vinegar to dip in, and the highlight was loads of fantastic calamari and prawns, whitebait and sardines which they cooked on the spot for us. cost us a fucking fortune considering we were supposed to be on a budget, but it was amazingly good.
mrsfran
Well-Known Member
Is now the time to admit I don't know who that is, either?
Did he invent a sauce?
He's the son of Michel Roux senior and nephew to Albert Roux, who are also famous chefs. They did not, however, invent the roux. They're just good chefs.
moose
like some cat from Japan
Depends how you define 'best'. I've been to some of the most highly rated restaurants in the world and not really enjoyed the food that much (or even been able to eat it at all, as I'm a veggie and therefore know nothing about food 
)
I'd say my 'best' were my 'most memorable', which would include a pizza topped with white asparagus that we shared perched on a wall in Beziers on our way to the European Cup Final; a warm, flat loaf my dad bought from a bakery in Anglesey in 1970 that sat tantalisingly on the parcel shelf of the Beetle till we got to the beach, by which point the smell had driven us wild and we tore it apart with our hands and scoffed it; the flask of tomato and ginger soup we had in the monkey house at Chester Zoo on a very wet day. Food always tastes better outside.
)I'd say my 'best' were my 'most memorable', which would include a pizza topped with white asparagus that we shared perched on a wall in Beziers on our way to the European Cup Final; a warm, flat loaf my dad bought from a bakery in Anglesey in 1970 that sat tantalisingly on the parcel shelf of the Beetle till we got to the beach, by which point the smell had driven us wild and we tore it apart with our hands and scoffed it; the flask of tomato and ginger soup we had in the monkey house at Chester Zoo on a very wet day. Food always tastes better outside.
Maurice Picarda
Actually, might as well flounce.
It depends whether you count the flight and a night in Roses as being part of the cost or not.
The tasting menu was about £100, and there wasn't a wine flight option so, without any idea what food we were going to get, we stuck to cava as a safe option. Meant the final bill wasn't huge at all.
Maurice Picarda
Actually, might as well flounce.
That's probably why Adria hasn't lured me away from my current gig with an unrefusable offer to write copy for his menus.
Maurice Picarda
Actually, might as well flounce.
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