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Recommend the best and/or most expensive meal you have ever had.

I just ate the best fucking sandwich in the entire galaxy of the universe in existence.

toasted oven baked home made bread with miniature oat flakes//miracle whip with mixed in jalapenos and tapatio hot sauce//iceberg lettuce cooled to 70 degree room temp with sun tried roma tomatoes and parmesean cheese//the contents were also sun tried tomato fire roasted turket with pepper jack cheese melted over caramalized onions//as well as fire roasted honey ham between it cut with an olive stick in the middle.//

It was like rolling mdma for the first time.

Truthfully, it made my mouth explode to where I couldn't fucking talk

It's like a god came down from wherever and slapped me in the face and said "where in the hell have you been in your life you dumbass".


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Is all I have to say =D
 
my favourite/most memorable night out to dine was a family dinner (all 12 of us) at the flower drum restaurant in melbourne. its a six course all night affair with the nicest ambience and atmosphere that you dont want to leave; and the food; like no other. theres a three month waiting list to get a reservation; although with the company i was in we breezed through the door and ate with all of the families celebrating the formula one; sharing a table with the schumacher clan. best. night. evah. too much shuchu (yes, i know its japanese but these guys cater for everything!) and japanese slippers. ;) id highly recommend it for a special occassion.

Chef’s 6 Course Dinner of the Day
$158 per person
Entrée
Baked Crab Shell
Fresh King Island crab meat cooked in turmeric sauce together w/ a hint of onion & garlic then baked in the shell of a blue swimmer crab

Quail Sang Choi Bao
Minced quail meat cooked together w/ Chinese sausage, shiitake mushrooms, bamboo shoots & spring onion, served in a lettuce leaf

S.A. King George whiting
King George whiting fried in a crispy batter & served w/ fresh lemon juice & five spices salt

Mains
Peking Duck
Tender pieces of roast duck wrapped within a pancake accompanied by spring onion, cucumber and a touch of plum sauce

Saute Seafood w/ XO sauce
Live South Australian crayfish coupled w/ King prawns & sea scallops and wok tossed w/ our own chilli XO sauce

Grain-fed eye fillet w/ Black Pepper sauce
Eye fillet beef cooked medium rare or to your liking & dressed in a black pepper sauce. Served w/ seasonal vegetables

Special Fried Rice

Dessert
Fresh Fruit Platter
Fresh hand-made almond cookies
Chinese Tea or Coffee​
 
Best? In Manhattan's Little Ukraine, a neighbourhood that is almost extinct today, on 1st Avenue and E.3rd St. Is a no name store front, staffed by a late middle aged portly Ukranian lady whose makes delicious East European food.

What Americans, and most American-Jews consider to be "Jewish Food" is actually, to be exact, "Ashkenazi Food." Ashkenazi Food is merely a Kosher taken on Polish, Ukranian and Russian foods.

The lady is no Jewish, and maybe that is why I am so enamored with her food. I have eaten the type of food all my life, but never with pork, never mixing dairy and meat.

I actually go to the Ukraine most years, but have never eaten non-kosher food there because when I go, it is on a Jewish pilgramage.

Then, on E. 27th St and 2nd Avenue in Manhattan there is a nice Hunan (Chinese) place called "Hunan K." I love "Venison Hunan Style." Or I did until a mate of mine, while dining with me said, "Where in NY are these motherfuc*ers going to find deer meat?"

Manhattan is probablly the place with the most diverse cuisine on the planet. Where else, outside of Nepal can you find not only Nepalese places, but REGIONAL Nepalese!?

I travel more than a bit, and love eating, but I think NY offers the best variety.

Price wise, the most expensive is perhaps 400 and change, US, that I pay every now and then when taking someone out to 21 Club in Manhattan. I should say that they can easily give a run to "Best Meal" as well but having to wear a tie and jacket always pisses me off (Israelis hate both).
 
I just ate the best fucking sandwich in the entire galaxy of the universe in existence.

toasted oven baked home made bread with miniature oat flakes//miracle whip with mixed in jalapenos and tapatio hot sauce//iceberg lettuce cooled to 70 degree room temp with sun tried roma tomatoes and parmesean cheese//the contents were also sun tried tomato fire roasted turket with pepper jack cheese melted over caramalized onions//as well as fire roasted honey ham between it cut with an olive stick in the middle.//

It was like rolling mdma for the first time.

Truthfully, it made my mouth explode to where I couldn't fucking talk

It's like a god came down from wherever and slapped me in the face and said "where in the hell have you been in your life you dumbass".

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omg.......that sounds fuckin fantastic. 8o
 
Redleader, that seafood dish looks AMAZING.

Best != most expensive for me. Probably the best food I have ever had was in a small fondue restaurant off the beaten path in Amsterdam. I have a card with the name and address somewhere. The fondue was the traditional, oil style to cook the meats (chicken, steak, and fish) and traditional Swiss cheese for the cheese course.

Highly Americanized, overpriced chain fondue (but really fun still, with great drinks, and awesome for a date) can be found at the Melting Pot in most major cities of the US.

Fondue is great fun to do at home as well, though you need a fondue pot (look at thrift shops) or two to do it effectively.

Most expensive meals I've had were at steakhouses. We generally do special occasions/dinners ourselves to accommodate dietary restrictions.
 
Best - A meal I had at a very small, local restaurant. I've been there twice and it's AMAZING. There are only 35 seats in the entire restaurant so you absolutely have to make reservations. There is a mixologist, Sous Chef and one head Chef and the wait staff. That's it. I don't know HOW my area drew this guy to it but it's seriously our best kept secret. ;) Unbelievably good. I don't remember entirely what was on the menu that night but I know I'll be back. :)
 
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best steak ever. from a steakhouse in bellevue, wa on the 25th floor overlooking lake washington.

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Barton G in Miami. Holy shit that place is fucking amazing. I get hungry just thinking about it.

However, you can expect the bill to be about $250 dollars for two people. I've only eaten there twice in my life, and may never get the opportunity again.

But I love all of the little rat hole Cuban restaurants you find in Miami hoods. If you ever come to Miami, it is worth going into the hood just to get a good Churrasco with chimi. Just don't go at night. Do it at lunch time.
 
if you want an orgasmmmmm in your mouth you must make this !!!!!
im sharing a secret weapon recipe !!!

NSFW:


Spinach Artichoke Dip <3

1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese(philly cream cheese) , softened
1/4 cup sour cream(i add a bit more then 1/4 cup)
1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
1/2 cup grated Romano cheese
1/2 teaspoon garlic salt
pepper to taste
1 (14 ounce) can artichoke hearts, drained and chopped
10 ounce creamed chopped spinach,(frozen section green giant) microwave as directed in box
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1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese(add more for extra cheesiness)
1/2 teaspoon or lemon juice

preheat oven 350
soften cream cheese, mix cream cheese w sour cream well, add garlic salt , pepper, lemon juice mix well, add Parmesan, Romano , mozzarella mix well , add artichokes mix well add creamed spinach and mix that shit upppp!!

put in the oven wait till it bubbles and turns a very light brown on top ...

best chips
restaurant style tostitos




this recipe will blow your minddddddddddd
 
Barton G in Miami. Holy shit that place is fucking amazing. I get hungry just thinking about it.

However, you can expect the bill to be about $250 dollars for two people. I've only eaten there twice in my life, and may never get the opportunity again.

But I love all of the little rat hole Cuban restaurants you find in Miami hoods. If you ever come to Miami, it is worth going into the hood just to get a good Churrasco with chimi. Just don't go at night. Do it at lunch time.

best fucking steak is at Houstons on Biscayne awww mmy lauuuddd.

but hidden spot ...mmmmmm... flanigans ribs in hialeah !!!! yes the hood but its always JAM packed and the ribs are always fresh and there potato skins are the BOMBB potato sliced in half loaded with cheese and bacon ! their rib special is full rack w drink curly fries and garlic bread for 25 buck good enough for 2 ... fukinnn yuummmmmmm
 
best meal ever was in NYC at Picholine. had the most amazing risotto with wild mushrooms and black truffle. tuna carpaccio with olive oil ice cream too for an ap, incredible place. very nice but very expensive, well worth the price for a special occasion.
 
I'm a stay at home person and my SO recently mumbled something about wanting to eat some really good, expensive food. I'm great at cooking. People love my food and tell me it looks and tastes just as good as at a fine restaurant. So, I would like to start preparing something special for dinner, nationality not important. Since I don't work we don't have enough money to spend $50 per plate everynight, but we do have enough to cover good ingredients.

I'm looking for soups, breakfast items, meat, dinner items, appetizers, fruit plates, desserts...anything. I want to start doing this on a regular basis for dinner during the week and breakfast, dinner, supper on the weekends.

I'm also very, very interested in good pie recipes, especially berry pies.

French, Spanish, Brazilian,Middle eastern, Indian....anything welcome as long as its top notch food that would often cost an arm and a leg if done at a good restaurant. He's open to any national food, no restrictions.

(Does anyone have a good kebab recipe? , he loves it and hasn't had any since our last trip to Europe two years ago)

Or anything really good you make at home that tastes great.

Please help. Any advice will be highly appreciated.

go to a market and get fresh food. buy whats in season and good. do go looking for the best of what you need to make a certain dish, go find the best ingredients and create from there. find a good butcher in town, a good baker, and whoever slings fruits and veg in your area. find a good cheese shop.

buy buying the best ingredients and stuff on sale, take it home and hopefully you can whip something up with a few extras/staples.

if you network with the people who make the food, you get the best shit. and that tastes the best.
 
I don't know if this was the best, but it is one of my most memorable because I rarely get a chance to do it. Raw oysters that I dove and harvested myself. Also, shrimp that I went on a shrimp trawler and caught (been a while, but I think they were grilled). And stone crab that I caught later that night.

Another good one was bbq ribs from some obscure rib shack that nobody has probably ever heard of outside of Birmingham, Alabama. I rarely eat red meat, so this was really a treat.
 
The best meal in my entire life was undoubtedly the most expensive, too! I happen to be fortune enough to have an uncle who works for FOX who was able to seriously hook up my family with a (very large) gift certificate for Charlie Palmer's Steak at The Four Seasons Hotel in Las Vegas. I have been to some extremely nice restaurants—they all pale in comparison! Due to the fact that they knew my uncle from business lunches and whatnot, they also gave us a complimentary dessert platter. Also, I am a huge fan of creamy soups, and their mushroom soup was too delicious to even attempt to explain! They did things with that soup that I never dreamed possible—simply decadent in all they offer.
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I ordered the filet mignon for the main course (this was a three course meal, and then some, haha). I am an avid carnivore by nature, and this was hands down the best filet mignon I have ever encountered. Probably because the beef was aged 28 days, and the fucking filet mignon alone (for one person) was $42. They also brought out several different sauces for the filet that were so delicious I cannot even begin to describe them either. My favourite was the peppercorn sauce; the blue cheese fondue sauce was a runner up!

The filet mignon! (not mine, but the same deal)
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The restaurant! (again, not my photo, but same restaurant)
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Oh wow........I wouldn't know where to begin! :)

Some of the best meals I've had that I can think of right this moment:
-Seafood table dump (The Westport) at The Crab Pot in Seattle
-Buffalo Burger at the Stanley in Estes Park Colorado
-Jager Schnitzel at Rolf's in NYC
-BBQ Pulled Elk Sandwich in some small Gold Mining town in the Rockies
-Sesame Chicken at Bo Lings in Kansas City
-Clams and Chips at Ivar's Fish Bar in Mukilteo Washington
-BBQ Brisket with fresh onions and pickles in Texas
-Shrimp Etoufee at a place I can't remember the name of
-My grandma's ziti
-Clam Chowder in Monterey and Clam Chowder at a Brewery in LaConner Washington
-Fondue dinners at my Swiss neighbors house when I was younger
-Crawfish Jambalaya by Panic in Paradise

Most expensive?? God knows.
Um.......Maybe a brunch somewhere?
 
It's hard to say what is the best thing I've ever eaten. But one that comes to mind is a crepe made with cheese, spinach, mushroom and sun dried tomatoes in SF off of folsom. I remember it was across from the DNA lounge. I'm not sure if that place is still open though. It has been a while.
 
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