Stogieninja Posted August 17, 2014 Posted August 17, 2014 There used to be this little restaurant in a house in Victoria, BC with an informally trained French chef that was like 22yrs old. He sourced all his ingredients from all over the island. Best meal I ever ate, even got the waitress to take me and my wife back to the kitchen so I could shake the guy's hand. Wish I could make it back to that place, hope it's still there!
cigarbreak Posted August 20, 2014 Posted August 20, 2014 starting to venture more around FOH topics and this is a really cool one...I peronally am a hole-in-the-wall restaurant type of person but I feel like the best meal(s) i have are at places I would go daily to if I had the time. so favourite hole in the walls in the Greater Toronto Area for me are Swatow (Chinatown) Eat a Pita (Yorkville) best falafels hands down as theyre made to order Via Panini (Vaughan) the riceballs the mom and grandma prepare there are out of of this world Messini's (Danforth Greektown) Best Gyros in the GTA, and the volume of people going in and out is madd Watan Kabob (Mississauga) Great Afghan food that is packed with locals everynight Jollytops (Bathurst & Wilson area) great Filipino food without the hipster frills. All of the above have zero hipster frills. Sukho Thai (Parliamment & Dundas Area) Best Thai in Toronto None of these places ever left me dissapointed...ever Best meal/restaurant other than hole in the walls was Pizzeria Libretto and their Nduja Sausage Pizza.
finecigar Posted August 20, 2014 Posted August 20, 2014 In the last 5 years... Best food at Al Hallab Restaurant, Dubai Best experience at Osteria de Meo Patacca, Rome
tagheuer Posted August 20, 2014 Posted August 20, 2014 Omakase at Shiro sushi in Seattle, USA. I would love to try Sukiyabashi Jiro in Tokyo Japan. It's one of my bucket list.
Tino Posted August 22, 2014 Posted August 22, 2014 I wouldn't go as far as best ever, but had a candidate for best meal of the year yesterday at Gymkhana in London. Five course game menu, Indian style.
Cisco Posted August 23, 2014 Posted August 23, 2014 The tasting menus at Le Bernadin and Blue in Cayman Islands were both excellent, but the most memorable was Jean Gorges NYC some 15 years ago. Had lunch there with some good friends with some amazing wines and excellent food.
amart Posted August 27, 2014 Posted August 27, 2014 I thikn the best meal I've ever had was at this Italian joint in New York City called Patsy's
Habsfan67 Posted September 19, 2014 Posted September 19, 2014 El Meze in Taos NM might be the best "overall experience" I've had.
DoubleDD Posted October 19, 2014 Posted October 19, 2014 This question can only be answered on my death bed. Until that time, I am still on the quest and loving it!
MWH Posted November 9, 2014 Posted November 9, 2014 The Blackhouse Grill In Chester UK is an awesome restaurant. There steaks were perfect, never had a bad experience there.
Fosgate Posted November 9, 2014 Posted November 9, 2014 Culinary competition with a friend who was judging it. Hosted by the pork producers. Sorry, cell phone camera just doesn't bring out the colors well. There were a total of 12 competing chefs and I either didn't take pictures of other dishes or they were badly out of focus. Everything had pork in it including a few deserts like bacon flakes on cookies or bacon brittle candy. If you left hungry you didn't eat or went to the bathroom and shoved your hand down your throat before leaving. Good time.
Hash Posted November 17, 2014 Posted November 17, 2014 In Geneva , Le Carnivore, in the Old Town. In London, Tamarind , in Mayfair. In Montreal, Ferriera cafe. In Los Angeles, the Westwood area there used to be an Italian restaurant called Mario's,they had the best Linguine Sorrento.
torsion Posted November 17, 2014 Posted November 17, 2014 As per Ken, Best (fine dining) restaurant - El Cella de can Roca I had the privilege of dining here after my foodie cousin told me about the place so we took a flight over to Barcelona (from London). Everything was outstanding in terms of food first and foremost and service was impeccable. I've been to a couple other 3 star Michelin rated restuarants which in no way compared. Best Steak (UK) - Goodman Restaurant in Mayfair, London. Outstanding cooking and quality of meat, my other British colleague regularly has debates with our US colleagues in terms of this one being better than most we have tried in NYC. Best Steak (NY) - This one seems to have changed several times for me, I'm fortunate to have been to many steak restaurants in NYC and I've had excellent steaks at Porterhouse, Wolfgang's, Peter Lugers but consistancy has been an issue for Porterhouse and Wolfies. Currently my #1 spot goes to Striphouse right now...but will probably change again! The above reflect some opinions of the higher end restaurants I've been to but I've also sampled street hawker food in Asia which I consider just as excellent in a different way. Cheers!
mk05 Posted January 5, 2015 Posted January 5, 2015 Was in NYC again this weekend. Club Macanudo has awesome food. Order a bottle of champagne, a couple sides of the lamb starters, a basket of CM's legendary fries, and the house steaks.
peterk814 Posted January 7, 2015 Posted January 7, 2015 best meal(s) I have ever had was at Sukiyabashi Jiro's in Roppongi and Ginza. The lengend is actually true and the michelin guide got something right. Mind blowing sushi experience. 1
dangolf18 Posted January 7, 2015 Author Posted January 7, 2015 best meal(s) I have ever had was at Sukiyabashi Jiro's in Roppongi and Ginza. The lengend is actually true and the michelin guide got something right. Mind blowing sushi experience. Those two are definitely on my bucket list. The documentary was truly inspiring. 1
earthson Posted January 12, 2015 Posted January 12, 2015 Big fan of the Sichuan dry pot at a local authentic Chinese joint. Also think that the Vietnamese curry dish at Kien Giang is my fave dish in town. Should I have been born Asian???
ThePhoenix Posted January 20, 2015 Posted January 20, 2015 Best meal was in southern France. My host booked the ENTIRE restaurant. We were the only guests, had a 6 course meal with a different wine with each course. It was incredible. Close second - a terrific place in Montreal. The chairman of our Board booked the restaurant for 6 of us. When the meal ended I jokiongly said the only thing that could make it better would be a Cuban cigar. He sent our server out for 6 Monticristo #4's. Best steak - no question, a 16 filet on the bone in chicago. Drawing a blank on the name. I have been fortunate to do a lot of business travel for 20+ years and have eaten at many hundreds of terrific restaurants 1
dememihel Posted January 20, 2015 Posted January 20, 2015 Park Hyatt Tokyo, New York Grill, had the Kobe beef, was by far the best meal I ever had
peterk814 Posted January 22, 2015 Posted January 22, 2015 Park Hyatt Tokyo, New York Grill, had the Kobe beef, was by far the best meal I ever had That is a good one. Love PHT. I stay there whenever I am in town.
Overproof Posted February 9, 2015 Posted February 9, 2015 David Chang's Momofuku Ko in NYC. 12 courses with paired wines. Was also the most expensive meal but well worth the experience.
mgravito Posted February 9, 2015 Posted February 9, 2015 The best meal I've ever had was my mother's Portuguese style roast chicken the day after my father and I installed the brick oven in their back yard. Call me corny but nothing beats home cooking. If I had to pick a specific dish at a restaurant it's the braised bone marrow or the sweetbreads at Toro in Boston. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
riazp Posted February 9, 2015 Posted February 9, 2015 Probably the best meal i've had was the Roast Pig we had when we went out to Pinar Del Rio at Hector Luis farm. Everything was just right, the pig was exellent, the atmostphere and the guys i travelled with were a good bunch of guys as well. Just the serinity of it all getting away from Havana for a day. 1
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