poll: the best thing i ever ate...

[silverwhisper]

i'm a foodie and have been really enjoying the new food network show the best thing i ever ate. each episode, various food network personalities dish on...the best thing they ever ate (duh), in keeping with that show's theme. and the lovely thing is that this isn't an exercise in food snobbery (usually): a previous episode focused on barbecue, which i thought was pretty darned cool.

so for you: what was the best thing you ever ate?

ed

p.s.: my answers later, as always, yadda yadda yadda...

 

[bitchee62]

Currently it would be wild salmon marinated for 24 hours in a Jim Beam, olive oil, lime juice and brown sugar base, seasoned with smoked salt, fresh pepper, garlic, onion and a pinch of chili powder. Then grill over a wood fire. If its done just right there is a slight caramelized crunch on the edge, somewhat sweet with a smoky/salty undertone. Serve it with fresh steamed veggies, a baked sweet potato and fresh bread (with real butter).
I tend to have no permanent best thing, as there are too many yummy foods to pick just one.
Then there is the chocolate or desert best ever. I could never narrow that down to one. I love food far too much for someone who no longer has the metabolism to burn it off.

 

[Cattypuss]

A 30-dish Indonesian rijsttafel in a restaurant whose name escapes me (but I could find it again) in Amsterdam.

I bet it would still have been my best-ever meal, even if I hadn't been stoned.

 

[naughtyboy5150]

Kampai!

A Philli Roll: it's an American-style sushi roll with cream cheese filling. It's taste great at first, then about the 3rd or 4th bite, the cream cheese starts to mix with everything else, and the taste goes from great to AWESOME!

 

[NippleMuncher]

Do nipples count?

 

[silverwhisper]

NM: seriously? nipples? rather than something a bit further south?!

[checks NM's forehead to see if he's feverish]

:>

 

[midwestyankee]

SW, I haven't caught this show yet but I wonder if it's the one that my oldest was telling me about. In the episode he described, various FN stars told about the best fried food they'd ever had in a restaurant. Bobby Flay, for example, told of the french fries at a particular place in New York.

Maybe a similar approach would help the discussion in this thread by keeping it focused until a particular type of food has been exhausted by the participants.

In other words, there's no freaking way that I could ever limit myself to a single food as "the best ever" and I sincerely doubt that you could either.

 

[NippleMuncher]

NM: seriously? nipples? rather than something a bit further south?!

[checks NM's forehead to see if he's feverish]

:>

Well, I have to get my names sake in there first, then I'm always up for a good taco.

 

[silverwhisper]

NM: that's fair. :>

yank, that sounds like precisely the same show, and the theme concept makes sense. :>

all right: best fried food, since that's the topic yank threw out.

ed

 

[satindesire]

It's a toss up between funnel cake, and the Parmesan Pepper fries that I make myself.

I love fair food, and funnel cake is the King Bitch Daddy of all fair foodz. It's fried swirls of pancake-like batter with sugar on it! How the hell can you go wrong with that?! Eh!?

The parm fries are simple as breathing. Get seasoned curly fries, fry the crap out of them til they're crispy and golden. While still rocket-hot, sprinkle loads and loads of good Parmesan on top, then cracked black pepper.

Yum.

 

[Cattypuss]

all right: best fried food, since that's the topic yank threw out.

ed

The jalebis from the Indian sweet shop just opposite Tooting Bec tube station in South London.

http://festivals.iloveindia.com/diwali/jalebi.html

 

[silverwhisper]

satindesire: so true re: funnel cakes--they're teh shiz, yo. :>



for me personally, i think i'm gonna have to go with fried chicken at a place within walking distance of my home. up until 3 years ago, it was hands down the best fried chicken i've ever had. i'm pretty sure it was always marinated in buttermilk. sadly, they changed the way they make chicken there, and i've avoided 'em ever since.

 

[seamus2]

Food is great, just made a pork forlquarter chop in chillie and garlic oil with fried (virgin olive oil) and a few spanish baby olives

 

[glynndah]

French fries at a little gasthaus in Liechtenstein.

 

[midwestyankee]

I'm holding off on posting until the weekend, as I plan to sample the duck fat fries at Hot Doug's on Saturday.

 

[Eilan]

I don't think I can name just one food, but if I have to. . .

I had some green tea ice cream at a Thai restaurant in Frederick, MD that was pretty damn good.

 

[Firebrain]

I don't think I can name just one either. A few, maybe...

Smoked mackerel and egg linguini (not really kissing food!)
Soft, chewy oatmeal and raising cookies that I make myself.
Really good fajitas, preferably with king prawns.

 

[PeterHenson]

Not the best but believe it or not horse meat is excellent.

 

[brummiesteve]

Lobster Curry
Eaten at the Royal Mirage, One & Only, Dubai.
Worth every penny.

 

[irishwoody]

... ...

 

[kimbernee]

Outback's cheese fries.

 

[Earl]

Not just one

I don't have just one but a prime rib at a place in Baltimore called "The Prime Rib" is wonderful. Being I'm from Baltimore a good crab cake or fried soft crab would have to be on my list.

 

[imtallashell]

best ever

I had a veal parm at a place in Atlantic city called Faranucci's(i probably spelled that wrong) which, unfortunately, is no longer open. The cheese on top was melted just to the point of turning brown and the meat itself was tender enough that i could have cut it with my finger. It was so good that we went back later in the week, but the second time was no where near as good.

 

[Luna_Bella]

I could never choose ....Although freshly smoked salmon with a capers/dill cream cheese is pretty awesome.. I am also a foodie and I really enjoy cooking so I try to cook something new at least once a week.

but honestly I can say that anything fresh and uncomplicated is always a hit with me. who can beat fresh berries and cream or fresh grilled veggies...

Satindesire: yum funnel cake!(in canada they're called beaver tails but still delicious) and double yum for the parm/pepper fries!

 

[sunandshadow]

Chocolate Lovin' Spooncake, served chilled. This is a layered chocolate cake where the filling between the layers is chocolate cream cheese; the icing is either milk chocolate or chocolate fudge, with shavings of bittersweet chocolate.

Eclairs from The Diner in State College, PA, served chilled. Instead of the vanilla pudding or custard you usually find as a pastry filling, these have a stiff shortening-based vanilla pastry cream, to go with a sweet airy pastry and classic chocolate icing.

Carne Asada - this is a lime flavored steak, particularly good in tacos or burritos with cream cheese, lettuce, and tomato.

Salsa Bourracha(sp?) - this is a sweet red Mexican sauce made with tequila. (bourracha means drunken) Somewhat similar to vodka sauce for pasta.

Enchiladas Verde at El Campesino - I have tried various verde sauces from the grocery store and they are terrible, but this particular one is excellent, sweet and spicy but not too spicy, the flavor is jalapeno, possibly also lime juice.

I'm a big fan of fresh boiled snow crab legs and sauteed sea scallops (the big suckers, taste much better than the cheaper little ones). Just don't put any of that gross bay seasoning on them.