General Food/Eating Discussion

[Max Power]

The best thing I ever ate:

I was 17 and my class did a trip to france, it was Orange in the Provence. 5 of my best friends and me went to a small french restaurant (lokked like a living room) and ordered everything on the card, although we didn't know french very well. We had 4 rounds, each one better than the other. The best IMO was rabbit (?) in tomato sauce. I never ever ate this well again. oh well, culinaric highlight at the age of 17. Sad thing.

The best thing I drank so far: Midleton Very Rare in an old irish pub near the Cliffs of Moher. A small band played and I ate Fish & Chips after a stormy day at the cliffs in march.  One glass cost me 16 €. Meanwhile I prefer Lagavulin, Laphroaig, Claynelish and Highland Park, but it was unique then.

[jacoavlu]

@DougNg:

I've never had a decent slice anywhere outside of NYC, but you'll hear a lot of New Yorkers say that

Jody insists the place by the house has great pizza, but I'm convinced it tastes like Satan's anus

Not sure where you're at in MD. I spent a month in DC a few years ago and best pizza found was Mama Lucias in Silver Spring… NY style, but I've never been to NY so I won't claim whether that's truly the case or not.

[DougNg]

@jacoavlu:

@DougNg:

I've never had a decent slice anywhere outside of NYC, but you'll hear a lot of New Yorkers say that

Jody insists the place by the house has great pizza, but I'm convinced it tastes like Satan's anus

Not sure where you're at in MD. I spent a month in DC a few years ago and best pizza found was Mama Lucias in Silver Spring… NY style, but I've never been to NY so I won't claim whether that's truly the case or not.

I might check that out. My stepson goes to school in Silver Spring. I work in Rockville and I live in Bowie

[Geo]

the shin of beef course at Wisharts in Edinburgh is the best cow i have eaten bar none, but the Ritz in Paris is my favourite restaurant . . . it's totally over the top but the food is great and the service is tremendous

other than that, fish 'n chips in Cadiz

[Seul]

Me mums white beans in tomatosauce…

[HeavyGenes]

Top 3 food options So. Cal style.
1.California burrito (from Lolitas)
2.Phil's BBQ
3.Pho (from Saigon)

[Geo]

@Seul:

Me mums white beans in tomatosauce…

is that the BIG white beans . . . gigantes is what we call then in cyprus - lovely in tomato sauce

[DougNg]

Geo, you're from Cyprus?

I had a girlfriend from Nicosia

[Geo]

not per se - born in scotland, dad's family are welsh, mothers side are part cypriot. have a lot of friends and family from and around akrotiri

[Jpo1932]

This thread needs more photos…
Went to a Japanese restaurant that I really like

Also had steamed monkfish liver with ponzu sauce.. but ate it so fast I forgot to take a picture.

[Giles]

Don't see stuff like this in UK:

[nooblet333]

@HeavyGenes:

Top 3 food options So. Cal style.
1.California burrito (from Lolitas)
2.Phil's BBQ
3.Pho (from Saigon)

Ooh SD kid! California burrito el grande is where its at!
Also I reccommend pho at pho ca dao way better then saigon or try pho hoa, down at 52nd ST! (Live right there hah)

[Seul]

@Geo:

@Seul:

Me mums white beans in tomatosauce…

is that the BIG white beans . . . gigantes is what we call then in cyprus - lovely in tomato sauce

3-4 cms?.. Not the regular small ones… You gotta soak these for a night for starters...

[Geo]

yeah - big creamy white mofo's - in tomato and garlic

[Finn666]

This is the best pizza after a night of party and on all other days 

[gollotti]

^ That look simply scrumptious!!!

[Chris]

Wow, what's on that thing?

[Finn666]

@Chris:

Wow, what's on that thing?

do you guys know "doner kebab" in the US ?

well it's just everything with what a doner kebab is stuffed with (lamb, salat, coleslaw, onions and fries), on a pizza 

[HeavyGenes]

Never have come across that particular shop. But it sounds/looks delicious.

We do have a place called "kebab shop" which is great. But on a pizza is genius.  Needs to be imported.

[Finn666]

^well actually it isn't a shop. "doner kebab" is the actual the name of that "thing" here in germany (actually called "döner kebab") …

maybe you can ask the guys at "kebab shop" to put all of the stuff on a pizza+fries...believe me, i could have this everyday