Your finest food experience

Il San Pietro. Positano. Stunning.

 

Just made me laugh out loud in the pub. Got some funny looks.

I went to El Gaucho a couple of times when I lived in York and remember it being excellent- good to know it's still going.

 

Rick Stein's Seafood Restaurant at Padstow was fantastic and pricey. There's also a surprisingly good Nepalese restaurant near Euston station (Eversholt Street). Looks nothing from outside but food is fantastic. Might be called The Great Nepalese or something like that.

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Volt in Fredrick MD, It was an 8 course tasting menu with wine and cocktails, Made sure i got my $250 worth on alcohol.

RuthsChris steak house in Bethesda has the best steaks ever and there crab stuffed mushrooms are to die for.

 

There is a little Italian in Blackpool tiny place called ambrosinis. This is stunning. Lovely little place. Also two more notable mentions, hotel nazo in Rio Turbio Argentina (where I am currently sat) and a restaurant in ramagundam, India called the hai king. Both amazing genuine local food!

 

Suprised nobody's mentioned Percy Turners yet

Paella in a Tapas bar in Berlin (Los olas ?) Christmas eve first time we went. Didn't think owt would be open , couldn't afford a meal in the hotel so thought it would be snacks for the night and noticed this place that was dark but looked open. It was brill....came on what can only be described as a dustbin lid and didn't cost the earth either. Been back a couple of times and still as good.

 

Nah, the pub under the bridge is now called the Country Park Inn - don't know what it was called before but, apart from the view, it's very average.

The best food nearby is at the Pipe and Glass at South Dalton. Now that is special

 

The Square in Mayfair London tremendous cooking , the Star at Harome North Yorks very good and abroad Andre's Bouchée Bistro in Carmel California

 

Le Manoir aux Quat Saisons - Raymond Blanc's place near Oxford.

Amazing.

 

Sid Little's place in the Strawberry Fields pub in Fleetwood does a nice gammon steak and chips

 

Such a cultured lot.

 

Its 100 and those times are over but I'd mire thank achievable

 

when are you taking me out for dinner?

 

blimey... thats a question!

Not sure the single best place (theres so much food to be had!) but consistently, the best country for quality food is Italy. Spent a week in Bologna, Modena and Parma last summer and crikey, the cheese and ham they send to the uk is nothing like in comparison. Eaten at some amazing little places in Verona, Florence and Rome. Rome stands out in particular.

A place in Krakow that did a stewed wild boar that was delicious.

The best beef i've eaten was in Hanoi last Feb. They dont age it at all. Its killed, butchered and is on a plate the same day. The freshness and flavour is incredible.

One of my favourite UK restaurants was the Cherry Duck in Bristol which is now sadly no longer there. Myristica in bristol is an incredible modern indian. Liver, rabbit, game... well worth a try.

Service wise, Aquashard in London is incredible. Took my mum for afternoon tea there and went with the other half for sunday brunch/lunch before christmas and watching the sun go down and night time arrive in London while eating superb quality food with amazing service was a pretty good way to spend a sunday.

Though the best 2 sunday lunches were Troff in manchester and and Smokehouse in London.

Off to Alta in the arctic next week and one of the hotels (sorrisniva, an igloo hotel made of ice) is supposed to have a pretty amazing dining experience, so maybe that will be added.

 

Not the best food BUT the best experience was eating cookies in the kitchen of the White House, not the old pub at Barugh Green!

 

For the service, probably Le Gavroche, Michel Roux's place in Mayfair, absolutely amazing, and actually not ridiculously expensive to say it was two star Michelin because we went for the set lunch on a weekday.

For the food - tasting menu at Restaurant Sat Bains in Nottingham.

Dishonourable mention to Tom Kerridge's Michelin star place in Marlow, the Hand and Flowers - absolutely cack.

 

Living in Le Marche British Lamb runs rings around the lamb here. basically they raise sheep for the milk as 90% of cheese is pecorino in various forms made from sheeps milk. The lamb is basically the very young males killed as they are no use. They are small and immature so the flavour isn't there. You have to work hard to make it tasty with garlic rosemary etc. That said, there is so much other good stuff hams, salamis, mortadella, pork, quail, rabbit, fruit and vegetables that eating out, as you say, is always a pleasure especially as away from the touristy hotspots it is cheap if a bit unsophisticated.

Its about the quality of the ingredients here....even in supermarkets the veg is local -potatoes come covered in soil as they should and no problem with mis-shapen, irregular sized stuff. People here buy for flavour and freshness not appearance.

As someone once said - The French put their trust in the chef -Italians put their trust in God!!

 

What a great thread.

I think there cant simply be one, depends on the occasion.

Had some nice meals in Quagulino's in London, last night had a nice Steak in the Carrington Arms near Milton Keynes where they specialize in grill (pick your own meat, cut, combo etc.). I have had some great meals at La Boehme in Lymm. I love the Exeter Arms in Derby. English Tapas and Dancing Duck Ale perfect for lunch and a few beers.

Some of the best abroad have been The Keg in Toronto. Great Scallops and Steak. A fantastic 8+ courses at Seafood Republic in Singapore where the Chili Crab was out of this world. Wasn't too impressed by the food in Russia but the Vodka helped the cabbage and pig fat go down. Recently went to XO Street in Barcelona where that was also really good, as it says different street foods served at a counter. This was opened by a well known Spanish chef so a bit more fine dining skills put to a street food concept. Once had a massive seafood pasta in Nice, im sure I ordered a 'for 2' portion/ Even the waiter looked at me puzzled and it looked untouched when I had finished.

Finally one of my favorites is the Clams in a restaurant in the old town of Albufeura in Portugal, the Beach Basket.

I could go on.....

 

Bibis ( Leeds)

 

Surprised you got much to eat in that place in Marlow. There can't be much that the fat **** doesn't scoff himself