for my birthday this year, we went to this vegan vietnamese place in san francisco, i had pho, it was so good!! i love pho!!

Empress said:

$200 must be the norm for dinner for two. The restaturant reviewer in town, also said he spent $200 for dinner for two.

baroque said:

I don't even know what pho is?

PaisleyPark5083 said:

That's about the going rate these days - I'm just glad I get paid to do it and get my meal paid for.

jami0mckay said:

Every Meal Mom Ever Made!!!

PaisleyPark5083 said:

baroque said:

I had this for the first time at Vi's in Oakland -->

Apart from that, an oyster banquet in Kuala Lumpur --> take me back there anytime

One4All4Ever said:

vietnamese food is the best.

shellyevon said:

LOL! The only problem is the price! But that Seafood on the roundtable is ridiculous!

I am a nut for Sylvias Soul Food in Harlem too. We have to go at least once a month!

Hey are there any Detroiters on here? I went to Fishbones Restaurant in Detroit and the Shrimp Creole floored me!

Also does anyone in Detroit remember Haas Roast Beef? God, I can still smell the gravy!!!


Man I am really hungry!

baroque said:

Thanks, baroque! I actually have had that, just could not picture what it was in my head.

i've been lucky to know some really good cooks and to have been able to set foot in some really amazing restaurants, so it's hard to narrow this answer down...

my mom made the best cakes ever. she made phenomenal german chocolate cakes (from my amish granny's recipe ) and she used to make the most ridiculously amazing molten chocolate pudding cakes, and she went through a phase of making shaped cakes - i got a big bunny head cake for easter one year, and an R2-D2 for my birthday one year. she even got me a prince glyph cake a couple of birthdays ago, but that one was store-bought...still, it was the thought that counts!

my best friend lila is a professional french chef, and even though most of what she cooks is too gamey (as in, meat/meat/more meat) for me to eat, when she rocks the veggie cooking, she comes up with some pretty fierce foods. my favorite is a moroccan stew she used to make when we both lived in NYC - we have a tradition where every year i want to make the stew for thanksgiving and realize i lost the recipe, so i call her at the last minute and she yells at me for losing the recipe AGAIN. this year, she got me the cookbook with the stew recipe for my christmas present.

as for restaurant food, the two places that stand out in my mind right now are

DIMA'S KITCHEN (chicago) - the freshest, tastiest, and overall BEST indian food in chicago. the food here has brought me close to tears, it's so good.

AVENUE (NYC) (or wait, was it called BURROUGH? i forget) - this is kind of a fancy loungey tapas-y place, and while i wasn't too overwhelmed by my experience there, i was downright floored by their macaroni & cheese pancakes with cayenne pepper syrup. it was goddamn perfect.
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The best meal I ever had was at a Mediterranean restaurant in Honolulu called Mirbella. I couldn't even tell you what it was, but I almost melted in my chair.


My favorite meal, though, is the fettucini alfredo that a friend of mine makes.

Anxiety said:

It's called Borough. I thought the mac and cheese pancake was going to be nasty - but it was surprisingly good. So was their fried pickle, lol

The best meal I ever had was the rijsttafel at Sama Sebo in Amsterdam.