What is the single greatest meal of your life?

That's.................................................. interesting............................................

 

cool. let's break this down now into greatest single dishes...like best Hamburger, Steak, Taco, or whatever you want.....always good to et some inspiration.

 

Burger: This local place called Flanny's has a breakfast burger that is a 1/2 pound of ground beef, topped with hashbrowns, a fried egg, and four slices of thick bacon a kaiser roll.

Steak: Switch at the Encore in Vegas, I think it's called SW Steakhouse now.

Taco: HCP's wife.

 

As many burgers as I eat, its really hard to choose one that absolutely blew my mind. One of the best ones was at Jackie Chan's restaurant (now closed) at the Ala Moana Mall in Honolulu.. I love teriyaki burgers, don't know, just love the mix of various stuff like teriyaki and pineapple....actually found a pic on my flickr archives.

 

biscuits and gravy is easy: Pine State. Holy fucking shit that place rocks.

 

Burger: The original Pilot Butte Drive-in in Bend. It was the best burger I could find. But the ownership has changed over the years and the quality has gone down a bit.

Pizza: For deep dish, Chicago-style, the best I've had is Paxti's in Palo Alto.

Eggs Benedict: I'm still searching for that truly amazing one. Give me some suggestions.

 

I believe the best eggs benedict I've ever had was at a St. Regis hotel (Mexico City). the key is really how well they poach the eggs, which they did a great job...really creamy. I just looked, there's one in SF..different restaurant..might want to check that out.

Manhattan Beach Post in Manhattan Beach makes a dope one. http://eatmbpost.com/

Also, when I was in Hawaii last month for a wedding I went to Alan Wong's Pineapple Room and had a great "hawaiian style" eggs benedict.

Hawaiian Style “Eggs Benedict”
Poached Eggs on Kalua Pig Taro Hash Cake with Spicy Ketchup, Lomi Tomatoes and Luau Leaf Hollandaise

 

The best fried chicken I've had was at the Wayfare Tavern in SF. Unbelievably moist fried chicken...just an awesome dish.

Also had my best seafood there at the Swan Oyster Depot...had an insane crudo plate with various raw fishes with capers and olive oil. Raw scallops were bomb as fuck.

 

That is one of the most moronic takes I have ever read on this board.

 

Did you type that from your iphone while wearing your ironically thick-rimmed glasses?

:MARIS61:

 

I couldn't agree more, but he has plenty of other moronic posts that would be competing for the top spot.

 

This is so serious! Don't bash on a love for Europe. It's so romantic.

Did you think Europe was cool before it was cool?

 

france, spain, and italy are pretty famous for their food, so im not sure what is getting your goat here bb

 

"Spices" include a lot of things.

 

You haven't noticed the theme with that guy yet?

Insufferable.

 

I had a variation of eggs benedict when I stayed in Santa Barbara at a vegetarian b & b. They called it California eggs benedict, croissant topped with avocado, egg, and hollandaise. Very yummy, if not exactly classic.

 

Almost everywhere is famous for their food.

I've been to France, Greece, Italy, etc, and the quality of food is similar to what you can find in the U.S.

Nothing "has my goat", I just think it's comical when the wannabe hipsters are so romantic about Europe. It's funny.

:MARIS61:

 

Europe is hardly romantic ("Welcome to Paris! The city of love! Watch where you step."), but I have to say in my experience, the food is WAY better than the States.

 

yeah, what a bunch of queers with their manpurses and capris!

'murrica!

 

They take it VERY seriously, not just upscale folks. A friend of mine, a reporter, was in Paris covering a strike (forget which union). A union kitchen during a big strike is not unusual. In the U.S. that could mean, depending on ethnicity, stew, mac & cheese, chili. In France, the strikers cooked up a gourmet meal out of practically nothing.