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Old 21-12-2007, 10:15
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Mine was a place in Barcelona called Little Italy, chose it because it looked nice and it was fantastic. Probably tasted even better because it was my 1st Wedding Anniversary and it was in Barcelona!
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Old 21-12-2007, 10:20
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I'd have to say I've had two.

One was the meal at my wedding reception. I chose it and it was truly lovely. Everyone who had the same as me agreed. Those who had something different have no idea what they missed out on.

The other would be in New York City in April while on Honeymoon, at an Irish Bar/Restaurant where I had the most amazing French Onion Soup with a wonderful cheese topping. I can still taste it!
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Old 21-12-2007, 10:27
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A fillet steak from a family run steakhouse in Paphos, Cyprus. It was simply stunning.
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Old 21-12-2007, 10:33
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A little restaurant near Dinan in Brittany. The seafood was wonderful, and I had a mushroom icecream for a starter that was so unusual but lovely.
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Old 21-12-2007, 11:59
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In this country, couple of years ago at the Tarr Steps Inn on Exmoor.
Abroad at El Bulli Rozes
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Old 21-12-2007, 12:39
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If you are in Barcelona there is a restaurant just off the Ramblas called Quo Vadis. It is excellent. A chap from Barcelona with the name of Jesus (really) recommended it to us. Well, if Jesus says it's good, then it must be!
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Old 21-12-2007, 13:03
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At a French restaurant in Noosa on the Sunshine Coast which unfortunately is not there anymore. We went when we were on holiday here fron the UK, before we emigrated. My sister-in-law looked after our daughter who was then a toddler and we went for broke!

We were there for hours, had an exquisite steak amongst other things, drank lots of very good wine, and ended up sharing a couple of bottles with the owners when everyine else had gone home!

A great experience.
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Old 21-12-2007, 13:33
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Terre a Terre. A vegetarian restaurant in Brighton! Yummmm!
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Old 21-12-2007, 14:26
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I had a Fillet Mignon at the Cheesecake Factory in Las Vegas and it was the best ever!
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Old 21-12-2007, 14:43
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Couscous Royale in some family run restaurant on the outskirts of Paris. I couldn't stop eating it. Very moreish.
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Old 21-12-2007, 14:57
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Mine was a place in Barcelona called Little Italy, chose it because it looked nice and it was fantastic. Probably tasted even better because it was my 1st Wedding Anniversary and it was in Barcelona!
What did you actually have?

Lasagne in Surfers Paradise, Gold Coast, Australia. Sounds simple but it was absoloute brilliant, and it only cost AU$15 (About £6) including roast potatoes and salad. The kind of thing that would cost £20 in the UK.

Notice everyone is going for somewhere abroad lol
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Old 21-12-2007, 15:07
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Mine was in a restaurant called Shanahans in Dublin. It was purely fantastic. It was expensive but worth every single cent. Would love to go again.

http://www.shanahans.ie/
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Old 21-12-2007, 15:51
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The Huntsman Carvery, the best roast dinner http://www.huntsmancarvery.com/pages/home.asp
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Old 21-12-2007, 15:52
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A fillet steak I had in a hotel in Switzerland when I was 8. I don't remember the hotel's name but it was in Martigny. My parents said it cost a bomb.

I had a great steak at my wedding reception too - a place in Oxford that has now changed it's name and it was nearly 26 years ago.

I had a lovely steak at the revolving restaurant on the Canadian side of Niagara Falls.

I had a lovely steak and Maine Lobster a couple of months ago in Maine
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Old 21-12-2007, 17:38
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Either a shellfish platter at Summerville's restaurant in Camp's Bay, Cape Town or a shellfish platter at a seafood restaurant (can't remember the name) in Port Douglas, Queensland, Australia.
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Old 21-12-2007, 17:57
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On the Maine theme. I had lobster thermidor at a place called Anthony's Pier 13 in Boston - was lush, so if you ever go to Boston, I highly recommend this it.

My best meal experience though was probably the veal I had at Gordon Ramsay Claridges - it melt in the mouth.
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Old 21-12-2007, 18:11
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I have somewhere a little more local.

An Indo-Pak cafe and take away place in Edinburgh does the BEST curry I have ever tasted (and with a OH who cant get enough curry, I have sampled a lot!)

It is the most authentic stuff you will find in Scotland (possibly UK) The prices are very reasonable too. We go so much the owner knows our names and all of my OH's family

It's called Kebab Mahal

here the basic info

If you are in Edinburgh it is a MUST. I dare someone to not like it.
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Old 21-12-2007, 21:26
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Speaking of Edinburgh - Papparazzi in Gilmore Place served me the best Italian meal I've ever had
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Old 22-12-2007, 09:52
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In this country, couple of years ago at the Tarr Steps Inn on Exmoor.
Abroad at El Bulli Rozes
You've been to El Bulli?
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Old 22-12-2007, 09:53
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What did you actually have?

Lasagne in Surfers Paradise, Gold Coast, Australia. Sounds simple but it was absoloute brilliant, and it only cost AU$15 (About £6) including roast potatoes and salad. The kind of thing that would cost £20 in the UK.

Notice everyone is going for somewhere abroad lol
I had Mussels to start and then a Fillet Of Beef Rossini and finally a sort of deconstructed cheesecake.
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Old 05-01-2008, 18:19
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I had the best meal ever at a tiny taverna in Pelion, Greece.

I shared a big selection with my girlfriend and another couple, and it was divine. We had a Greek Salad, baked feta cheese with peppers and tomato, aubergine saganaki, fried courgettes, deep fried courgette flower stuffed with feta cheese, goat in a tomato sauce, various other meats in various sauces, and an amazing fish (I have no idea what it was - neither the chef or the waiter knew its English name), followed by Baklava (honey, nuts and pastry).
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Old 05-01-2008, 19:49
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Can't think of one off the top of my head.....

Tapas in Barcelona was fantastic and Mussels in Brussels at Cafe Leon was great too.
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Old 05-01-2008, 20:38
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Mine was in this wonderful and very expensive restaurant in Amsterdam, de Silveren Spiegel. It was a tiny restaurant in a 17th century house, with amazing fresh local ingredients, and wonderful combinations of food that I'd never have thought of putting together. The wine was wonderful, the service was fabulous - it cost me an arm and a leg (I was treating my mother) but it was entirely worth it, and I'd happily go back there.

Just behind that comes meals I've had in a restaurant called Agacan on the Perth Road in Dundee. It's a teeny tiny Turkish restaurant, decorated all over with the owner's paintings (the tables and chairs are all painted too) and the garlic chicken pilic special is just the most beautiful dish on earth. It's yoghurty and garlicky and rich and yet light, and has the most amazing tastes. I wish it wasn't so far away from me.
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Old 05-01-2008, 21:05
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Have you noticed how nearly everyone had their best meal while on Holiday? Proves that the setting of a meal matters as well as the food.
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Old 05-01-2008, 21:07
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My Agacan meal wasn't on holiday - I used to live round the corner from them and ate there many times before I left Dundee.

Oh, my other favourite meal is my mother's Christmas dinner. In fact, many of my mother's dinners full stop. But especially her Christmas dinner.
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