islandgun Posted April 22, 2015 Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 (edited) We had the weird food topic and most of which i found hard to stomach ! How about the best food you have had, it could be a luxury 5 course meal in a top restaurant in Paris or a much needed snack that filled a gap, or anything in between I have a few examples in no order After an all night Bass fishing session near Criccieth N Wales I remember waiting for the chippy to open and getting a chicken portion which added to the warm bread and butter from the local baker made an unforgettable feast Smoking Mackerel minutes after catching them and washing them down with some nice Chardonnay An early morning Pizza covered in Anchovies from a mobile van in S France it is actually a very long list anyone else ? Edited April 22, 2015 by islandgun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyska Posted April 22, 2015 Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 The one I do remember years back, sat on the veranda of a very nice taverna in kefalonia, with my wife to be, eating the best calamari I can remember, looking over the harbour, breezy, boats coming in. Hot, crispy squid, with lemons and olives, g and t. Now married, too many children and a manic life! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loriusgarrulus Posted April 22, 2015 Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 Went to Southport flower show. Got there an hour before it opened and was ravenous. We went to the nearby Morrisons and bought some cooked bacon ribs, a cheese topped baguette and 2 small containers of milk. We had a feast sitting on a park bench. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kdubya Posted April 22, 2015 Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 I have actually been in one of those TV chef jobs on the BBC (wild harvest, Islay edidtion if you can catch a re run) food served there was as expected sea food lobby cray etc, not that clever really, but for shear taste and freshness washed down with a few bottles, you cant beat this all sorted and eaten within 30 mins of striking the surface.(pics are off skye) KW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norfolk dumpling Posted April 22, 2015 Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 Seafood tapas Barcelona - we were on a Med cruise and had a day in port. Had a half hour to kill, spotted bar near sea and ordered a quite expensive set menu which was the most memorable meal we have ever enjoyed. On our bucket list to revisit - just hoping bar still there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruno22rf Posted April 22, 2015 Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 (edited) Today I mainly be salivating over the new Aldi Caramelised onion and mature chedder flat bread-snice. Edited April 22, 2015 by bruno22rf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welsh1 Posted April 22, 2015 Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 (edited) Sitting on the veranda of a little French restaurant in Bordeaux with my wife and two young sons,the pate was sublime as was the duck with plum sauce,there was lots of rose and red wine consumed recommended by the waitress, and the French family on the table opposite were so friendly, we ended up trying each others food and sharing some wine,a great afternoon eating good food in the sun with good company. Edited April 22, 2015 by welsh1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islandgun Posted April 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 getting hungry here ! little French restaurants do it for me I remember an omelete in a bar in St Valerie very thick and very light what flavour , KW I was the boatman for a local Scallop diver and scallops are one of the best things. I used to have for breakfast, Scallop wrapped in smoked bacon served with one of our duck eggs, incidently he (the diver) always used to break open spiney sea urchin on the gunwale and drink/eat the contents, have you tried it ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amateur Posted April 22, 2015 Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 Roast suckling pig with crispy crackling washed down with Brouilly, last year in Lyon Preceded by snails, followed by local cheese Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panoma1 Posted April 22, 2015 Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 A steak from a spring run Atlantic Salmon fresh off the tide, caught a couple of hours previously cooked in in the microwave in milk with a knob of butter, Jersey Royals and fresh steamed asparagus......food for the gods! The Salmon just melted in the mouth! Since the introduction of a ban on the taking of Spring Salmon, unfortunately this is a thing off the past! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timclarke Posted April 22, 2015 Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 Home made bread done by my wife with some unpasteurised Epoisses cheese Mmmmmmmm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BaconBoy Posted April 22, 2015 Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 Stew! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisherman Mike Posted April 22, 2015 Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 Steak and Kidney Pudding followed by Jam Roly Poly....Proper English Food Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatcatsplat Posted April 22, 2015 Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 Suckling pig from Pizarro in Bermondsey last month was a real memorable one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pothunter Posted April 22, 2015 Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 We had the weird food topic and most of which i found hard to stomach ! How about the best food you have had, it could be a luxury 5 course meal in a top restaurant in Paris or a much needed snack that filled a gap, or anything in between I have a few examples in no order After an all night Bass fishing session near Criccieth N Wales I remember waiting for the chippy to open and getting a chicken portion which added to the warm bread and butter from the local baker made an unforgettable feast Smoking Mackerel minutes after catching them and washing them down with some nice Chardonnay An early morning Pizza covered in Anchovies from a mobile van in S France it is actually a very long list anyone else ? Spooky. Two of my best ever meals would be mackerel caught on the beach in Criccieth in the rain at night, taken straight home, fileted and flash fried within the hour; and pizza "moitié-moitié" - with anchovy, black olives and no cheese on one half, just cheese and tomato sauce on the other - in marseille. Others would be a that-day fresh mozzarella in Naples, no 1 native oysters at Wiltons, steak at Peter Luger in Brooklyn, huge swordfish steaks for lunch landed that morning at the harbour in Marseille. I think I could go on forever. So I'll stop except for, in my long past drinking days, Yquem 88, Palmer 70 and Batham's bitter circa 1986. And fresh cockles from the Gower with salt and malt vinegar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big bad lindz Posted April 22, 2015 Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 Pan fried Scallops in a garlic butter served with a warm croissent. This was in the Kishorn Fish Bar, supprisingly in Kishorn. It is not a chippie but a very nice seafood restaurant, the squat lobster is also very good Well worth a visit if you are ever up to the far north west coast of Scotland. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clakk Posted April 22, 2015 Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 veal escolopes with dauphinoise potatoes,curry pasta and seasonal veg washed down with a nice white wine from alsace after prawn n salmon starters in our favourite restaurant in calais mmm.also the full rack of ribs in Tony Romas fake italien restaurant in Orlando meal fit for a fat pig Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisherman Mike Posted April 22, 2015 Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 Mackerel sushi straight from sea to gob in under a minute is very nice ...squeeze of lime juice and splash of soy... very nice. Used to always sushi the first catch of the day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grrclark Posted April 22, 2015 Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 Simple unfussy produce that is cooked very well always works for me. Even better if cooked and consumed outside. I am one of those terrible people who just doesn't like seafood and it is a source of massive frustration, so in reading some of the comments above of fresh caught fish and cooked almost immediately I am very envious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
955i Posted April 22, 2015 Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 Fresh pigeon and wild mushrooms fried in a little garlic in a pitta bread with salad Simple but effective! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flynny Posted April 22, 2015 Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 (edited) These 2 critters caught of Anglesey a couple of weeks ago, in my belly within 2 hrs of being caughthttps://www.dropbox.com/sh/336zntwwvp1bj0n/AAA1ByVM5ttLz5BL-kWuwYRZa/2015-04-05%2016.28.59.jpg?dl=0 The eggs are gineau fowl eggs, fresh out of em that morning, Eaten the morning after Atb Flynny Edited April 22, 2015 by flynny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny thomas Posted April 22, 2015 Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 (edited) Portuguese steak in a little restaurant in alvor portugal Some sausages cooked on a fire on a beach in w wales with nothing but some sticks and my old pen knife Edited April 22, 2015 by jonny thomas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddy Galore! Posted April 22, 2015 Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 cheesy beans on toast, followed by hagen das salted caramel icecream for pud. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allthegearandnoidea Posted April 22, 2015 Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 (edited) The most memorable dish I've had was rabbit and tarragon pudding that I had at my wedding. I'd shot the rabbits and dropped them off to the chef the day before. I didn't know what he was going to do with them but it was really good. My wife won't eat rabbit so she had something different, that obviously wasn't memorable as I've no recollection of what it was. Also, the same chef did rabbit kebabs which were excellent and I have done at home loads of times. Cubes of rabbit marinated in a thick, sweet soy sauce (can't remember what it's called, I think it's Malaysian as he is), garlic and lime juice then barbecued. Edited April 22, 2015 by allthegearandnoidea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisherman Mike Posted April 22, 2015 Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 cheesy beans on toast, followed by hagen das salted caramel icecream for pud. Now your talking ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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