What is the most amazing meal you've ever had?

Sparkle · 04-19-2011, 11:26 AM

taking off from the ickiest food thread...

What is the most amazing meal/food you've ever had?

I grew up a very "picky eater" due in no small part to having a "dining table dictator" for a father, it was only as an adult (and through my travels) that I expanded my palate.

I've been blessed to have had many incredible fine dining experiences but...

My most amazing meal was at a tiny tucked away restaurant in Venice, Italy - Osteria Vivaldi in 2003. My friend, a native Venetian, was a friend of the chef. The chef insisted we not order off the menu but sent course after course of his freshest dishes to our table.

Carpaccio - several types of the freshest fish caught a few hours before, sliced paper thin, accompanied by a complimentary herb or fruit with a squeeze of lemon and local olive oil...sea bass and peaches, tuna and capers etc...

Baby Venetian Shrimp over fresh polenta

Fresh pasta, with black (cuttlefish) ink, tomatoes and parsley

The most decadent and perfect tiramisu I've ever had...

With copious Italian wine pairings & aperitifs along the way.

Everything was incredibly fresh, caught/grown and made right there.
I feel spoiled, for life, for having had this meal!

04-19-2011, 11:26 AM	#1
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