The Best Meals I’ve Ever Eaten
Not counting the meals cooked by people I know (with the exception of the last entry) because that food is infused with love and has an unfair advantage:
- The grilled red pepper burrito at Bueno y Sano: It has since been removed from the menu, but I ate one every Thursday for four straight years. (Plus extra weekly burritos when I really really needed one.) I got it with rice and lettuce and mild sauce at first. I added sour cream once I started eating dairy later in grad school.
- Passion fruit vinaigrette salad: I ate it on my honeymoon. I begged the waitstaff for the recipe. They wrote it out without any amounts. I’ve never been able to recreate it. It was so salty and fresh and I still dream about this salad.
- The wonton soup at Apropos: You have to understand as a vegetarian, I saw a lot of foods that I couldn’t try in the US. But Israel has always been vegetarian-friendly with tons of vegan options. The soup consisted of one or two massive fried vegetarian wontons with tons of other veggies in the bowl. Amazing broth. I loved that restaurant so much.
- Vegetable egg rolls in Shepherdstown, WV. This is the only time I’ve ever seen a vegetarian egg roll that was truly an egg roll and not a fried spring roll. They were so good that I’ve dragged many people out there with me for egg rolls—as in, a whole meal of just egg rolls.
- Jo’s meal of Linda McCartney sausages: I got off the plane in Ireland, jet-lagged and hungry, and Jo made me a meal of Linda McCartney vegetarian sausages, toast, and tea. We can’t get Linda’s sausages in the US, and for years, I’ve tried to make something that tastes similar. There are plenty of vegetarian sausage options, but none are as good as Linda’s, which tasted amazing after a long flight while we picnicked on his apartment floor. The new Beyond Sausage breakfast links are a close re-creation, and we’ve been having Jo dinners: sausages, toast, and tea.
What are the best things you’ve ever eaten?
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Anything my friend Maria feeds me – whether she makes it or buys it, it’s always amazing. It’s probably the company.
Christmas dinner at my Aunt Ruth’s – a collection of my favorites…and more excellent company. Beef tenderloin, twice baked potatoes, vegetables only if I wanted to eat them (as opposed to the everyday requirement), and Fannie May candy with dessert.
My grandma’s chicken soup and homemade noodles – soup heated to nuclear, and then poured over noodles cold from the fridge for perfect temperature soup every time. I don’t really like soup otherwise, unless I need a large infusion of salt.
Palermo’s Pizza in Chicago. Their sauce is my favorite. Also, fast food from any indie hot dog/hamburger stand in Chicago – they’re all different, and yet all the same.
Finally, my RA in my first year of college was Greek, and her uncle had a burger place in Denver. I had the most awesome burger topped with gyros meat there. I don’t know if the place even exists any more, but it was SO GOOD.
Oh wow, I love this, and might steal it for my next Monday post. It’ll probably cover pretty much everything in Thailand!
Also, I remember well the vegetarian options in Israel. Delicious!
I love this!
1) My mom’s homemade chicken and mushroom crepes. She’d use leftover chicken (usually sweet and sour) and the crepes were amazing! I have the recipe, but not the ability to recreate.
2) Thanksgiving/Christmas dinner leftovers- Why are they always better leftover?
3) High Steaks Prime Rib It melts in your mouth.
4)The drunken chicken my BFF makes
5)Giordano’s Pizza- and I’ve only had it frozen!
A post on the subject will be forthcoming shortly…!
I was just reading Loribeth’s post and it occurred to me that the best Chinese food I’ve ever eaten was in Venice. It was incredibly weird to hear the proprietors speaking English with an Italian accent (instead of, you know, a Chinese one). But my food was delicious and I wish I could go back right now!