Time for a little audience participation...
Below is a list of food I have either enjoyed or want to try at some time in my life, and I think you ought to try them too. It's pretty much from a list in a small notebook I keep to jot down recipes and descriptions of foods that I encounter in my travels.
As I was writing this up, I kept coming up with items I've heard about but haven't tried yet; and there are many, many things that just had escaped my eye, so far...
Your task, dear Readers...
Augment the list.
Give me 5 items YOU think I need to try. 5 of your favorites.
Help me out here.
And Luc... No Poutine. Ain't gonna happen.
So, I give you, in no particular order... The List:
- A Louisiana crawfish boil
- Arancini di Riso in Venice, Italy
- A cup of gelato from a little shop on Via Silvio Pellico, near the Duomo in Milan
- A Krispy Kreme donut, hot off the presses
- Texas Barbeque, see my girl at Homesick Texan for specifics
- Chicken Fried Steak
- Brie de Meaux, enjoyed in a small town near Chatel France.
- Baklava in any little taverna in Greece or Crete
- Hunan-style spareribs
- Feijoada - Rice, Black Beans, Pork, Dried Meat, Collard Greens, Orange, Farinha and Cachaca.
- Nutella crepe from a street stand in damn near any French town or city.
- A real Philadelphia cheesesteak. Jim's on South Street is my favorite.
- Deep-fried alligator
- Gyros from one of those ubiquitous street stands in Greece
- Real jerk barbecue, preferably from a roadside jerk hut in Jamaica
- Blueberries picked and eaten directly from the bush
- First quality Jambon Ibérico de bellota
- Angulas (baby eels)... Some good tapas places have them. Try Dali in Boston.
- Dim-sum, from one of the restaurants on Catherine St. In New York
- Hand-caught Lobsters from off Big Pine Key, grilled over a camp fire with drawn butter.
- Dim Sum in Hong Kong
- North Carolina Barbeque (Eastern style)
- Cincinnati Chili (Skyline is a good representative...)
- Praline Pecans
- Muffaletta from Central Grocery in New Orleans
- Cuban Sandwich from Ybor City in Tampa.
- Venison
- Spanish tapas
- Wild salmon
- Really good lox and Temptee whipped cream cheese on a Brooklyn bagel
- Peas in their pods right off the vine
- Wild Strawberries in North Carolina that grow along the Appalachian Trail
- Caramel fleur de sel macaron from Pierre Herme
- Fish that you have caught and prepared all on your own
- Sun-warmed Tomatoes, Sliced, Sprinkled with Flaky Salt and Drizzled with Olive Oil
- 5 for $1 Pork-and-Chive Dumplings at Dumpling House on Eldridge Street, NYC
- Beignets and chicory coffee from Cafe Du Monde, New Orleans
- Tamales purchased from a street vendor at 2:00 AM in Mexico City
- A bowl of noodles eaten whilst standing at a Tokyo railway station
- Grilled Sardines served on toasted bread with a mustard spread
- Steamed blue crabs
- Traditional bulgogi from a good Korean restaurant with a side of kimchi
- Fresh squeezed orange juice from a grove near Lake Placid Florida
- 'Squeaky' Wisconsin Cheese Curds from a little rural cheese shop outside Kenosha
- A cheeseburger from Otto's BBQ on Memorial Dr in Houston, Texas
- Parmigiano Reggiano
- Tim Tams
- Kangaroo Meat
- Chili dogs and a frozen orange from The Varsity
- Pizza Margherita in downtown Torino Italy
- Marides from Greece
- Sushi and sashimi at Daiwa sushi (Tsukiji fishmarket)
- Fresh (and I do mean fresh) oysters on the half-shell from a reputable source of your choice, served in generous quantities
- A runny, perfectly ripe raw milk cheese (like a St. Marcellin or a St. Felicien) with some good apples, some good pears, some nice grapes, and a crisp white wine of your choice
- A hotdog on any corner of NYC
- A crusty baguette straight from the oven smeared with chunks of butter
- Freshly baked chocolate cake with a thick layer of chocolate icing downed with a glass of cold milk
- Coca-Cola in Mexico City, from a 10 oz. green glass bottle poured over crushed ice
- Prosciutto de Parma with sweet cantaloupe
- Lobster Roll from the N.E. Atlantic coast
- Crabcakes from the Carolinas
- A plate of pork and green onion stuffed Beijing dumplings, eaten in a tiny hole in the wall Beijing restaurant
- Funnel Cake
- In-N-Out Burger
- Butter you have made yourself
- Deep-fried soft-shell crab with beer batter
- Italian Ice from the King of Corona
- Hawaii Pineapple
- Belgian Frites from the streets
- Any good open air aged cheese, somewhere relatively close to where it was aged
- Some kind of meat roasted over an open flame
- Lindt dark chocolate
- Impromptu picnic in France after exploring the local market
- Mystery meat street dumplings in Shanghai for breakfast
- Beef Carpaccio or Steak Tartar
- Steamer clams
- Eat a fish you caught yourself
- An authentic salt bagel with a thin layer of cream cheese, thin slices of perfectly ripe tomato and fresh basil leaves
- Very fresh buffalo mozzarella
- Chicken Wings from Sticky Fingers BBQ
- Rodizio Dinner at a good Churrascaria
- Tuna or mackeral Sashimi - straight off of the fish while you are still on the boat
- Barbecued octopus whilst sitting out on a patio in Neo Makri, Greece
- Fresh teriyaki salmon in Vancouver
- Crab cakes from Leone's Crabcakes & Seafood on 13th St. in Philadelphia
- A Reuben from a Jewish deli (Carnegie Deli or Roosevelt Deli will do)
- Fresh bread that you have baked yourself, warm, with lots of butter
- Real fried green tomato with shrimp and remolaude
- Cassoulet, preferably in Toulouse in southwest France
- Jiaozi - Pork and mushroom is a fav of mine
- Wild duck in any and all its forms
- Grouper, cooked in olive oil and lemon juice within a few hours of catching it
- Heaps of pancakes flooded in maple syrup
- Char Siu Roast Pork
- Fresh ceviche overlooking a secluded bay, preferrably Cruz Verde, outside Campeche Mexico
- The shrimp and crab dumplings or korean spare ribs at Roppongi in La Jolla
- Stuffed grape leaves (Dolmas)
- Homemade Pierogies
- Fried Shrimp in Calabash, NC
- Lobster bisque
- Xiao Long Bao at New Green Bo in NYC or Joe's Shanghai in Flushing
- Malpeque Oysters with just a little squeeze of lemon
- Irish champ with pools of butter
- Bacon from a free-range pig
- Boardwalk french fries with vinegar
- Good Belgian beer... Chimay is my favorite
- Chocolate with cacao content of 85% or higher
- Homemade feta with olives
- Scrambled eggs made the proper French way
- Hot chocolate made with Cayenne pepper powder
- Lumpia
- New England Clam Chowder in a sourdough bread bowl
- Chinese New Year moon-cakes
- A really good fish taco
- Real wasabi
- Mole Poblano- a blend of chocolate, chiles, garlic, onions and so much more
- Hairy (mitten) Crabs in Shanghai
- Peking Duck (at the Spring Deer Restaurant in Hong Kong)
- BBQ Baby Pork Ribs
- Some quickly chargrilled fresh-caught squid
- Naked Cajun wings from Hooters
- Yeast bread
- Southern chicken and dumplings
- Sardeles pastes, in a coastal town in Crete
- Cheesecake in New York
- Fresh Hogfish Snapper, dusted with flour and pan-fried in butter
- Raw Vidalia Onions
- Oysters in Vancouver
- Homemade apple pie, with or without ice cream
- A great Italian and/or Greek olive oil right out of the press
- Ice Wine
- Montréal smoked meats
- Street Meat in Shanghai
- Roasted Marshmallows from a Campfire
- Country Ham & Biscuits
- Omakase ("putting your trust in the chef")
- Latkes
- Southern Greens (mustards and collards)
- Fresh Sweet Corn right out of the field
- Quinoa
- Cioppino
- Beer in Germany. Lots of beer in Germany.
- Panettone
- Fresh cheese curd from Eastern Canada.
- Gorgonzola Cheese
- Cheese Fondue in France or Switzerland
- Stone claw crabs that you caught yourself
- Boiled peanuts
- Blue Mountain coffee
- A perfect slice of key lime pie
- Jambalaya
- A shrimp and oyster po-boy with a side of red beans and rice, with a cold Louisiana beer
- White Castle or Krystal Sliders at 2 am after a night of drinking tequila
- Spiny Lobster Eggs Benedict at Louies Backyard in Key West
- A blood orange sliced, drizzled with olive oil, and sprinkled with sea salt (Really!)
- A good Monte Cristo sandwich (Bennigan's is a good source)
- Vegemite or Marmite LIGHTLY spread on hot toast which is dripping with butter
- Fresh sugar cane
- Peking duck from Quanjude, Beijing, China
- Fried Turkey
11 comments:
Okay, you didn't leave much for us add. You already have most of my favorites but I think I can add a few. 1) My husband's shrimp & grits -- the old-fashioned, traditional kind with gravy; 2) macaroni pie -- another old Southern dish -- comfort food at its finest; 3) fresh-brewed, homemade sweet tea; 4) Palmetto Amber beer -- from a local microbrewery in Charleston; and 5) Tres Leches at the Cuban restaurant next to the German restaurant across the street from the beach near Satellite Beach, Florida.
Oh, Oh, Oh!!! One more! I forgot! FRESH conch served any way you want it at Flo's Conch Shack on Little Harbor Island in the Bahamas. Also, you need to amend (or add) to #139 -- fresh sweet SILVER QUEEN corn right out of the field. Cooking silver queen is a travesty. And don't forget one of the best sipping rums available -- Ron Zacapa Centennario (sp?).
Oh crap. Now I thought of another. A true lowcountry shrimp boil called Frogmore Stew. Heaven on earth! Okay, I'll stop now. I'm getting hungry.
Some items from L3, our Denver Connection-
Real Veal sausages in any pub in Germany
Gyros in Melbourne Oz ( but you don't get to do tennis there)
Jelly Fish at the Shark Fin on Little Bourke St in Melbourne
Rocky Mountain Oysters any bar in Denver ;- )
Buttered toast dipped in hot chocolate (preferably Ovaltine)
Another Constant Reader, AG, emailed me with the following:
Carrot cake from the little pie company on 43rd between 9th and 10th, sold by the slice
A fresh baked bialy from Manhattan's lower east side near Delancy & Bowery...
Any smoked fish from a Jewish deli on Manhattan's lower east side
Yellowtail sashimi in citrus sauce from Nobu
Andrea's buffalo wings.
Beaver tails sold from street stands next to Rideau Canal in Ottawa during Winterlude.
French fries with vinegar sold from old converted school bus by the side of any rural road in Québec
Lobster "guedilles" in Caraquet New Brunswick
Fried clams from any street stand in Shediack New Brunswick and yes ...
Poutine from any restaurant in Drummondville, Qc
OK, Luc...
Next time I'm in Montreal we're going to go have some poutine.
TBG
YES!!!!
You pretty much had it covered but here's my list:
1. Cuban oxtail (rabo encendido) from mine or my momma's kitchen! If you never make it, then I suppose Versailles in Miami will do.
2. A real Mojito!
3. Fish sope in Mexico
4. Lombardi's pizza in the Village, NYC
5. super tender rabbit cooked by an old french couple, Paris or beyond.
oh wait!!!
churros with chocolate sauce in any Churroceria in Spain!! at 2 am!!! :)
I've had #4, 12, 16, 29, 34, 49, 55, 63, 65, 71, 77, 87, 93, 119, 123, 125, 127, 134, 148, 158, and 160.
try a pear half, from the can, with mayonnaise, and shredded cheddar cheese.
It sounds gross, I know, but its good.
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