Best or memorable travel meals

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Sorry if this has been a thread already, I search first.

Started taking my Field Books to a lady I hire sometimes to digitize things for me. And the books generally have 4-5 lines for each day and she said that every day mentioned food. So curious if folks remember certain meals.

Mine are mundane maybe because I'm a cheap eater for the most part.

Paris, Rue de Rivoli- little walk-up window dive served me basic Salisbury-like steak with pommes frites all covered by au jus. Eaten standing on street.

Bangkok, Yaowarat RD, Chinatown Big bowl of tom yum going ladled from a very aged/blackened giant pot over wood fire and sidewalk plastic tables. Had Thai chili sauce floating on surface, thick layer. One sip made my heart skip some beats but delicious way to expire.

Marrakesh, Amskal Riad in small alley. Best described by this picture 7 days same breakfast

Brisbane, deck of old boat Best described as eating a small sea monster and a near heavenly gourmand moment. Served

Please share yours so we can all chase these experinces down for ourselves.
 
New Orleans - Commander's Palace - well known already, but worth it sitting in the garden room upstairs. Excellent Cajun food. Additionally had the Bananas Foster in Brennan's, which was the origin of this dessert. We went there twice just for the dessert.
 
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New Orleans - Commander's Palace - well known already, but worth it sitting in the garden room upstairs. Excellent Cajun food. Additionally had the Bananas Foster in Brennan's, which was the origin of this dessert. We went there twice just for the dessert.
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Heck, I'd enjoy Commander's Palace just for the building, but the dish showing the lightly breaded fish looks awesome. If I go to New Orleans they will be on my list, along with Mothers for baked ham.
Oh, fun fact, Caesar's Salad was invented at Hotel Caesars in Tijuana Mexico
 
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1998 - lunch at Lettonie in Bath, England. Five hours at a Michelin 2 star restaurant. Absolutely perfect. $90 USD/person. Our 12-year-old daughter loved it. We made the trip to Bath just to eat in Martin Blunos' restaurant.

2018 - lunch at Alhambra in Irunea, España. €182 for 2 and worth it.https://www.yelp.com/biz/alhambra-pamplona
 
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Just a couple:

New Orleans: Court of Two Sisters. Went there for a some w@rk event. They had arranged a crawfish boil. It was amazing.

Arnaud's. Ate there also for a w@rk event. Also amazingly good food.

Golden, CO: Wish I could remember the name of this place. It was, hands down, the best travel meal I ever had. I had flown in to negotiate a deal for warehouse space to stage a cellular system. We had w@rked all day, skipping lunch, and so my colleague and I were famished. As soon as we left the warehouse we started looking for a restaurant and spotted a candidate up on the side of a hill.

It was still early for dinner and we were able to be seated immediately. We proceeded to have an incredible dinner. But, wow, did we get sticker shock when we got the bill.

I still remember the reaction when I submitted my expenses. Our Controller calls me up and tells me that the cost of the dinner far exceeded the per diem allowed by my megacorp for dinner. I quickly mentioned that we had skipped lunch and so that should be taken into account. She replied that the cost of the dinner exceeded the per diem for both lunch and dinner. :D
 
This may sound odd, but we went to an all inclusive in "Playa Del Carmen" last year, a Secrets Resort. 5 out of the 7 restaurants were excellent, as was the meal on the beach. The other 2 in fairness were more like fast food although not by pure definition, more like beach bar / Grill. We never had one meal that was not top notch, including the service. All the bars had top shelf drink options. The only complaint if any was that the provided wine in the restaurants, unless one paid for an upgrade was like Walmart wine. But as we were drinking GG Martinis and cosmos it did not matter.
 
I think ours was the Chef's table on a Princess cruise. This is a unique dining experience combining a visit to the galley with a private dinner for only 10 people.
We met the Maitre D’ outside the dining room, and were fitted with white coats to enter the galley. We were then escorted to the galley where we met one of the head chefs and were handed a glass of champagne. We were then served a series of hors d’oeuvres that were spectacular!


After that, we were taken to a special table in the dining room. The main course was spectacular! It was medallions of beef, veal, and venison skewered on hanging spiked clubs and flambéed.

 

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Back road, mom and pop restaurants in Italy. Homemade pasta, sauce and often times sausage. Agriturismo type places where vegetables, meat pasta made on site. Never have I had food that tasted this good. The high volume, large tourist cities do not compare. I am fortunate to have DSI, DBI and niece and nephew who live there. They know where to take us when we visit. And sorry, it's not Rome or Florence, it's the Tuscan countryside with wineries, castles and villages.

 
Not 5 star per any restaurant review, but when visiting family several years ago in the mid west, we went to an Amish meal, served in their house. You had to call ahead to reserve space. Best down home, farm cooking ever!
 
Spokane, WA: A NY cut steak at U R Cooks, the first real meal I had eaten after spending a week in survival school. It was so good I had another one for dessert. :)
 
A little Chinese place in Amsterdam. Crispy duck was so unreal, I don't know what was in the housin sauce or if it's legal but it was fantastic.

We went back the next night. Had crispy duck as an appetizer and entree.
 
A w*rk trip to New Orleans, a local took us to a real dive for lunch. We were early and the place was packed! The soft shell crabs were in season and although I almost couldn't bear the idea of eating the whole crab, I did. And it was fantastic :) Not expensive, but one of the most memorable meals ever. Haven't had one since... don't want to spoil the memory.
 
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Back road, mom and pop restaurants in Italy. Homemade pasta, sauce and often times sausage. Agriturismo type places where vegetables, meat pasta made on site. Never have I had food that tasted this good.
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Oh yeah. My son lived in Bracciano - a town in Tuscany - for a year. We visited him and the first day he brought us to this local family-run place for brunch: L'agriturismo Fosso della Mola.

It wasn't the food so much (although it was very good), as much as the experience. A very pleasant and relaxing afternoon. We met and chatted with the owner and his family. It was like spending the day with good friends.

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Another one was on a student bus trip through the Peloponnesus...goat cheese lasagna is what I called it, but I'm sure it was called something else. It was served in a house, so we we're spread out in multiple rooms with odd sized tables and chairs. We we're all really hungry and I remember thinking I've never tasted anything this good. And it was "family style" so seconds and thirds were available.

I could never find this place again, nor the crab place, nor would I want to. There's no way to better life than to treasure those memories.
 
The best travel eats so far have been in Nice, France although Spain certainly is exceptional. Numerous restaurants in Nice were outstanding.
 
Likely not the “best”, but I had a pizza, in a German restaurant, in Japan...
 
audreyh1 said:
The best travel eats so far have been in Nice, France although Spain certainly is exceptional. Numerous restaurants in Nice were outstanding.
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WOW, I'm happy to see the experiences, we all have to thank someone we got this opportunity, maybe mom and dad.

I'm keeping these posts so I can include in future trips.

I could just "go eating" in great places and be a happy traveler.
 
HFWR said:
Likely not the “best”, but I had a pizza, in a German restaurant, in Japan...
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Likewise the best Asian food I've ever had was at the edge of Champs de Mars at a Vietnamese takeout, packed with Parisians lusting after take-away. Who'ed have thunk?
 
Had an amazing meal at a place that translated to "The Tomato" in Saarbrucken, GErmany after a very long, VERY RAINY, many train changey kind of day. on foot. Did I mention the rain? best tomato soup of my life. Had a memorable breakfast in Copenhagen at a place that the name escapes me but the memory does not. Also had my first lieberkis (sp?) sandwich on a train platform at the main station in Hanover, Germany. VERY good esp considering it was a train platform.
 
Giro Giro, in Kyoto.

A tiny little place with an inexpensive, but inventive take on the Kaiseki dining style. Multiple small courses in a set, determined by the chef. Good ambiance too.
 
Off the top of my head I can think of two meals that impressed me deeply.

First was long ago on the other side of the world when I had a steak made from real Kobe beef. Utterly memorable.

Second was on one of my first visits to Germany when I had my first Schweinhaxe.
 
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It wasn't the food so much (although it was very good), as much as the experience...../QUOTE]

Agreed, over 20 yrs ago, a private house restaurant (black market?) in Santiago Cuba. In the backyard, a meal of Spiny Lobster , each person got their own HUGE lobster, along with various Cuban dishes. Wonderful.
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