February 17, 2009
1) Think about the best meal you ever ate in a restaurant. What was the restaurant?
2) What is your favorite kind of cheese?
3) What is your favorite varietal of wine?
4) Have you ever eaten foie gras? If so, did you like it?
5) What is your favorite flavor of potato chip?
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February 17th, 2009 at 7:01 pm, Gunfighter Says:
1) Think about the best meal you ever ate in a restaurant. What was the restaurant?
The restaurant, if you can call it that, was in Montego Bay, Jamaica… it was called the Pork Pit, and you could get the most perfect Jerk Chicken or Pork that you have ever had… and Red Stripe beer in a paper cup. All on a balmy April night, with warm sea breezes blowing, with Bob Marley music in the background. All of this, and the company of my best girl, too.
2) What is your favorite kind of cheese?
Double Gloucester with Chives
3) What is your favorite varietal of wine?
I’m a total Philistine when it comes to wine. The good stuff is totally wasted on me. If we ever go somewhere to eat, Sarah, I’ll let you pick… just don’t give me any of that Chardonnay stuff.
4) Have you ever eaten foie gras? If so, did you like it?
No, but I have eaten snakes and bunny rabbits that I trapped, cleaned, skinned and cooked myself.
5) What is your favorite flavor of potato chip?
Salty, crunchy
February 17th, 2009 at 7:08 pm, Adrienne Says:
1. My favorite eat out meal is Alice Springs Chicken at Outback
2. My favorite Cheese is Muenster
3. I don’t drink wine, I drink Milk or Diet Coke.
4. Nope no fois gras, no thank you.
5. Better Made potatoe chips! Preferably bbq or salt and vinegar.
February 17th, 2009 at 7:11 pm, Peggy Says:
1) Think about the best meal you ever ate in a restaurant. What was the restaurant?
Lobster stuffed grouper…Barnacle Bills, Sarasota FL
2) What is your favorite kind of cheese?
Goat Cheese
3) What is your favorite varietal of wine?
Loves me my KJ Chardonnay (on ice!…yeah I rock)
4) Have you ever eaten foie gras? If so, did you like it?
Is that dirty? I kid. Never had it…I drink $10 bottles of wine remember? Where the hell am I gonna be exposed to Foie Gras?
5) What is your favorite flavor of potato chip?
Jays Hot Stuff
February 17th, 2009 at 7:23 pm, Kait Says:
1. Chloe’s on the Beach in Fort Myers, Florida. The meal was fantastic, but the fact that we were on vacation after one hell of a year and we were staring at the ocean, watching dolphins play, made it the best meal ever.
2. A soft smeary goat cheese with honey in it.
3. Who drinks wine when beer is tastier?
4. The whole concept creeps me out. But hey, Anthony Bourdain says it’s damn tasty so, you know. I’ll take him at his word.
5. Sunchips – the cheesy kind. Who am I kidding? Any chips I don’t have to share with my kids win my vote!
February 17th, 2009 at 7:30 pm, heyjoe Says:
1) Once when the wife and I were on this shitty diet, we took a “break” and ate at one of those Romano’s Macaroni Grills. I have no idea if they have good food or not as it’s the only time I’ve ever been there, but that particular meal was one of the best of my life; garlic bread sticks, fried zucchini, pasta. Ooooo yessss.
2) Pepper jack or Brie or a nice cheddar. Or baked Gouda. I love cheese.
3) cab or merlot
4) Not that I know of.
5) BBQ
February 17th, 2009 at 7:44 pm, clumberkim Says:
1) Think about the best meal you ever ate in a restaurant. What was the restaurant?
It’s a tie: Union Square Cafe in NY, and Kilt & Clover in Port Dahlousie, Ontario
2) What is your favorite kind of cheese?
Stilton.
3) What is your favorite varietal of wine?
No beer? Harumph. Pinot Noir
4) Have you ever eaten foie gras? If so, did you like it?
Yes, and yes. Didn’t need more than a very small taste though.
5) What is your favorite flavor of potato chip
Salt & vinegar, or the Zapps that fry yer mouth.
February 17th, 2009 at 7:53 pm, harmzie Says:
1)Think about the best meal you ever ate in a restaurant. What was the restaurant?
Wasabi Sushi restaraunt (Winnipeg)
2)What is your favorite kind of cheese?
A sharp white cheddar that goes *dreamy* with red wine
3)What is your favorite varietal of wine?
Most Australian reds. Di Bertoli & Banrock Station both come in a box for best efficiency (ahem). I used to like white wine, but even then I was with gunfighter – Chardonnay = rotting flavour.
4)Have you ever eaten foie gras? If so, did you like it?
Yes, and yes, and I’ve made it too (although chicken livers, not goose). The only problem is that you end up making so much that it seems a waste. But it’s so cheap to make that you can toss most of it and still end up ahead!
5)What is your favorite flavor of potato chip?
Doritos. Cool Ranch. Or Miss Vicky’s Kettle Cooked. Plain salted is awesome. I’m getting thirsty just thinking about them.
Thanks! This was fun! Um, why do you want to know?
February 17th, 2009 at 8:17 pm, Nenette Says:
1) Think about the best meal you ever ate in a restaurant. What was the restaurant?
Wasabi Sushi Restaurant (yeah, I live in the same city as harmzie)
2) What is your favorite kind of cheese?
bocconcini – smooth and tasty alone and in a salad
3) What is your favorite varietal of wine?
plum wine — the best thing with sushi
4) Have you ever eaten foie gras? If so, did you like it?
Yes, and yes.
5) What is your favorite flavor of potato chip?
Bold BBQ
Great, now I want sushi, plum wine, and bold bbq chips with bocconcini cheese crumbled over them…
February 17th, 2009 at 8:20 pm, Kristin Says:
1) Best meal ever was at French Laundry. Great friends, amazing wine and food that was beyond description.
2) Favorite cheese is a toss-up between Italian Robiolo and Wensleydale with cranberry — two very different cheese, both equally delish.
3) Probably pinot, but I also love a good Rose in the summer
4) YES and if it is prepared correctly it is one of my favorite fancy restaurant foods.
5) Salt & Vinegar, but only the kettle cooked ones.
Fun questions!
February 17th, 2009 at 8:23 pm, TwoBusy Says:
1. Over the past 5 years, it’s gotta be Sorellina in Boston. Unbelievable modern Italian cuisine.
2. Cotswald. With good Italian fontina a close second.
3. If I’ve gotta pick one, I’ll go Pinot — Oregon Pinot, to be specific. They’re tough to beat.
4. Yes and no. I prefer to pretend it happened to someone else.
5. Kettle Chips has a “Tuscan Three-Cheese” that’s pretty damned good.
Aaaaand now I’m drooling all over myself.
February 17th, 2009 at 8:27 pm, Pam Says:
Best meal — L’Auberge Chez Francois, Great Falls, VA. From the champagne aperitif to the lemon souffle…its a wonderful dining experience!
Favorite cheese — hmmm, that’s tough. Meunster or bleu or brie or … pretty much any cheese can be my favorite.
Favorite wine – shiraz from Australia, esp. Penfolds. Not the stuff they sell in the States, but the stuff they only sell there — so much better.
Foie gras? Yes, I’ve had it — was made for me at a dinner party. I am not usually a fan of anything organ meat-y, but this was quite tasty. I don’t think I’d ever order it in a restaurant, though, or make it myself.
Chips – Wise potato chips, original flavor. Only available, I think, in the NJ-NY area. I ask for them for my birthday, they are that good. Nothing in the DC area has yet to compare, but Utz is trying.
February 17th, 2009 at 8:31 pm, Kate Says:
Best meal I’ve ever had… chicken and linguine at some little Italian bistro in downtown Baltimore. I can’t remember the name of the place, it was about 10 years ago.
Cheese: Monteray Jack. I love the classics. Or Provolone. mmmmmm cheeeeese.
Wine: I like red wines, not really a connoisseur of wines. Right now I have a very yummy Malbec in the fridge that’s waiting for my husband to be home.
Fois gras: No, and I would never eat it if offered.
Chips: I like ‘em plain.
February 17th, 2009 at 8:36 pm, Habbala Says:
1. In Ireland, we stayed in a castle called Dromoland. And we had a insanely good 5 course meal– where each person has their own server and each dish comes at the same time and they lift the domes at the same time with flourish. The food was insane.
2. Funny, thing. My name is Bri, and I don’t eat cheese. It’s gross. So my favorite kind is the kind that people eat really far away from me.
3. Lambrusco!
4) Nope, no foie gras .
5) Doritos Salsa Verde!
February 17th, 2009 at 8:45 pm, Molly Says:
Let me just say that I love this and I may have to steal it.
1. Favorite meal: Su Casa, in Fennville, Michigan. It used to be a tiny little six-table restaurant at the back of a Mexican grocery store (the kind that sells those wrestling masks) in a small town with a lot of migrant workers. They simply cannot make a taco that I wouldn’t cheat on my husband with. My favorite is their chile relleno taco, which is a roasted poblano pepper, stuffed with cheese and onions, battered, and fried, and then wrapped in a hand-made tortilla and served with fresh pico de gallo salsa. It is absolutely perfect. They’ve since bought the lot next door and put in a “real” restaurant, which is still as good but lacks the authenticity of the original.
2. Cheese: I am a big fan of local artisan cheeses. I had a goat cheese made on a West Virginia farm that was life-changing. I’ve also had a fresh applewood-smoked mozzerella that was incredible. My absolute favorite cheese, though, comes from the cheese merchant at Eastern Market–it’s this thing that’s five English cheddars layered with four Dutch bleus. Amazing.
3. Wine: Well, before I went and got myself knocked up, I was liking a California Sauvignon Blanc a lot, but I can’t remember what kind it was. I can tell you where it was in the liquor store, though.
4. Fois: Yes. I had a hard time getting past what it was. It was sort of hard to be in the moment. So, no, not really.
5. Potato chips: Yes please. There’s a restaurant in College Park about three blocks from my office that makes their own, fresh, when you order them, seasoned to order. I am liking those a lot right now.
February 17th, 2009 at 8:51 pm, kdiddy Says:
1) Think about the best meal you ever ate in a restaurant. What was the restaurant?
I always think of this simple steak and potatoes meal that I had as a kid at the Oakmont Country Club. What’s weird is that their food isn’t very good, but that one time they knocked it out of the park.
2) What is your favorite kind of cheese?
I like fancy cheeses, but couldn’t name any of them. I really like provolone. and swiss. and mozzarella.
3) What is your favorite varietal of wine?
any that isn’t that crap we drank at the Bellagio.
4) Have you ever eaten foie gras? If so, did you like it?
Nope. sounds kind of gross, honestly, but I might be persuaded to try it.
5) What is your favorite flavor of potato chip?
salt and vinegar.
February 17th, 2009 at 9:25 pm, cartoongoddess Says:
1) Best meal. Restaurant? Al Dente (Piscataway, NJ). Not a fancy place, but I had angel hair pasta with shitake/maitake mushrooms in some kind of heavenly, broth-based sauce. It was ecstasy. Have it with a green salad to start and tiramisu for dessert.
2) Cheese? CHEDDAR!!!!!!! Dill Havarti would work too.
3) Wine? California Chardonnay.
4) Foie gras? Had it and thought, “Hmm, extra smooth chopped liver.”
5) Wise. Original. Regional, can only get them in NJ, NY. Recommend. Very good for PMS.
February 17th, 2009 at 9:27 pm, 12ontheinside Says:
1. Peronis in Harris Park, in the west of Sydney. It was the first restaurant my other half took me to. The food is fantastic – we go there often as ‘our place’ – but I couldn’t tell you what I actually ate that particular night!
2. Triple cream brie. Yum.
3. Depends on the food! I like a nice semillion sauvignon blanc, but then I also love a nice shiraz – oh who’s kidding anyone, I love all booze.
4. No but I reckon I’d like it even knowing what it is. I love pate and that’s only because I tasted it before finding out what it was.
5. Sour cream and chives. Although Salt & Vinegar is nice when feeling queasy, it cures what ails ya.
February 17th, 2009 at 9:46 pm, jens Says:
1) Think about the best meal you ever ate in a restaurant. What was the restaurant?
Well, the meal was crawfish etoufee (sp?) we had on New Orleans on our honeymoon. I don’t remember where we got it, tho.
2) What is your favorite kind of cheese?
Ooh, I like me a salty feta. But a good cheddar is always in the fridge.
3) What is your favorite varietal of wine? I am hardly a wine connisseur, but I like me a nice sauv blanc. Whatever you’re having is fine.
4) Have you ever eaten foie gras? If so, did you like it?
Never have.
5) What is your favorite flavor of potato chip? Well, yer basic cheddar-sour cream combo is yummy. But sometimes I gotta have salt and vinegar.
February 17th, 2009 at 9:50 pm, Kristi Says:
1) Think about the best meal you ever ate in a restaurant. What was the restaurant?
Somewhere in Old Town Puerto Rico. We smelled this wonderful smell as we were walking around and literally followed our noses there. It was a tiny outdoor restaurant, maybe 10 tables, and they cooked on two regular gas 4-burner stove. We ate outside under the vines and trees listening to the tree frogs chirp. I had salmon and “smashed” potatoes. I had some sort of dessert but the meal was so good I don’t even remember the dessert.
2) What is your favorite kind of cheese?
No specific kind but he stinkier, the better!
3) What is your favorite varietal of wine?
Definitely Cabernet Sauvignon
4) Have you ever eaten foie gras? If so, did you like it?
Huh? No way!
5) What is your favorite flavor of potato chip?
Depends on the brand
February 17th, 2009 at 10:33 pm, Snarky Amber Says:
1) Think about the best meal you ever ate in a restaurant. What was the restaurant?
My best meal is a toss-up between what I ate off other people’s plates at Bouchon (and my escargot and creme brulee were pretty choice as well), and a tasting menu/wine pairing thing I did at a local restaurant called Du Jour.
2) What is your favorite kind of cheese?
This is seriously like asking a mother to choose her favorite child. If I had to choose, I would say roquefort or taleggio. Or Fromager d’Affinois.
3) What is your favorite varietal of wine?
Pinot Noir
4) Have you ever eaten foie gras? If so, did you like it?
Yes. And *gag* However, after Miss Banshee blew my mind with her paté, I am willing to give it another try.
5) What is your favorite flavor of potato chip?
sour cream and onion.
February 17th, 2009 at 10:57 pm, Goddess in Progress Says:
1) Portobello Yacht Club at Walt Disney World, or Morimoto’s in Philadelphia
2) I’m not a huge cheese person. But there’s a great local goat cheese at the farmer’s market in Boston in the summer. They sell a paper bag lunch with a scoop of cheese, some baguette, and a small box of raisins. Delightful.
3) Pinot Grigio
4) Not a fan.
5) salt and vinegar, preferrably the Cape Cod chips.
February 17th, 2009 at 11:26 pm, Anissa@hope4peyton Says:
1. A steak I had at Bern’s in Tampa..never tasted the like since.
2. Gouda!
3. Not a big wine drinker
4. HATED the foie gras…tasted like ground up spam to me
5. sour cream and onion….mmmm….nom nom nom
Thanks, now i’m hungry.
February 18th, 2009 at 12:23 am, emmaelizabeth Says:
1. Pasta Alfredo- entirely made from scratch at a hometown (expensive!) restaurant.
2. I like mozerella (spell?)
3. I like church wine lol
4. What is that?
5. I love Doritos! Nacho Cheese
February 18th, 2009 at 12:25 am, De in D.C. Says:
1. Not the whole meal, but I had the most amazing sweet potato soup as an appetizer once (have been trying to duplicate it for years; I’ve gotten close but not quite there). It was at the Caucus Room over on 9th St. downtown.
2. Oh, so many… Double creme Brie, Buffalo mozzarella, or this Trappist Monk cheese my parents used to get at Christmas (mom gave me some as a gift last year and it was a flashback to 9yrs old) http://www.gethsemanifarms.org/cheese.asp
3. Probably cab or syrah
4. Yes, and yes, but I don’t go out of my way to get it.
5. I try not to eat chips, but sour cream & onion if it’s crinkle-cut UTZ.
February 18th, 2009 at 12:35 am, Grace Says:
1. i can’t even remember the name, but it was a restaurant in Santorini, Greece. I was there for my best friend’s wedding over the summer.
2. Brie…Mmmm.
3. Pinotage
4. Eww, no!
5. salt and vinegar
February 18th, 2009 at 6:35 am, Floreksa Says:
1) Best meal ever was a new york strip steak perfectly aged on my Honeymoon Cruise. We were in the Bay of Alaska on the Carnival Princess eating in their “pay” restaurant.
2) VT sharp cheddar or pepper jack.
3)Not a wine drinker
4) nope!
5) Utz Salt and Vinegar
February 18th, 2009 at 6:37 am, Angela Says:
1. The Six House in Boston, the bar I used to work at, had food that was so good I would go to work merely to eat lunch.
2. Cheddar
3. Pinot Noir
4. ??????
5. Potato
February 18th, 2009 at 8:47 am, Hilary Says:
1. Locally, I love, love Ray’s the Steaks. I have to say L’Hibiscus in St. Martin is the best meal of my life.
2. I love Gouda. Also Manchega.Cheese rocks.
3. Lately, Merlot.
4. Not yet.
5. BBQ or Pringle’s Sour Cream and Onion. Mmmmmm.
February 18th, 2009 at 9:02 am, Tito Says:
1)My grandmother took me to The Rusty Pelican on the causeway, I had salmon (surprise) I then knew that every other piece of fish I ever ate was over cooked, dried out and poor quality. I haven’t been back since. Cevice is the place i go to be decadent normally.
2)Trying to decide which one feels like Sophie’s choice a bit. How could I betray fresh buffalo mozz to pick brie or goat cheese, I just don’t think it’s a fair question. Manchego, Feta, Provolove and Parmesean I think would take offense to this line of questioning.
3)Zin
4)Nope
5)Do cheetos count? the crunhcy kind if so. If not I suppose plain and ruffled with Sour cream and onion dip.
February 18th, 2009 at 9:25 am, js Says:
1) Lame, but it was Ruby Tuesdays. The best meal is the meal I had right before I went in to labor. I was being induced, so I knew I had to eat then or not for a long ass time. My whole family was with me and I ate EVERYTHING.
2) Colby jack. Boring.
3) I can’t seem to develop a taste for wine. Give me a bottle of vodka, and I’m a happy girl. (Unless I have too much, then I have a panic attack. Nice).
4) I don’t even think I know what that is. But it A) sounds fancy and B) sounds like something I will never eat. I’m terribly picky.
5) Ruffles sour cream and cheddar. So addicting! Also gives you some kickass breath!
February 18th, 2009 at 10:07 am, Lori Says:
1) Think about the best meal you ever ate in a restaurant. What was the restaurant? I think it is going to be a steak place in Lima, our last night in Peru. We had spent two weeks hiking through Peru.. to Manchu Picchu, the Culca Canyon…. lots of sleeping in tents. We had a long enough layover in Lima to search out this restaurant. The street was dark and deserted. The taxi driver dropped us off at the only door with the lights on. As he pulled away we realised it wasn’t the place we were looking for but… we walked into a place that could have been a movie set for the quintessential Argentinian steak house. Where rich people drink scotch and smoke cigars. Lots of plush leather chairs. There we were dirty with our backpacks. But… we had greenbacks. The steak, wine, bread, cheese, dessert.. the waiter just kept bringing out stuff for us to try. Cost about $80 for the two of us.
2) What is your favorite kind of cheese? Don’t eat it much anymore.
3) What is your favorite varietal of wine? Shiraz
4) Have you ever eaten foie gras? If so, did you like it? No
5) What is your favorite flavor of potato chip? I never met a chip I didn’t like.
February 18th, 2009 at 10:16 am, Tracey Says:
1)Best Meal – Narcoossee’s at the Grand Floridian in WDW. Seafood Bisque, Surf and Turf and Key Lime Crème Brule. OMG I’d pay for the whole vacation agin just to eat there. FYI that trip was 6 years ago and my mouth still waters thinking about that meal!
2)Cheese – Trader Joe’s Stilton Cheese with Apricots.
3)Wine – No thank you, but I love a Filthy Martini ( a Dirty Martini with about twice as much olive juice in it)
4)Foie gras – Nope, I not real interested to either.
5)Potato chip – Utz BBQ chips.
That was fun…how about your answers?
February 18th, 2009 at 10:43 am, lumpyheadsmom Says:
1. CityZen just edges out the Inn at Little Washington. 2941 would be in the running if not for that whole “got puke-drunk” thing.
2. Bleu. With a nice tawny port. Or camembert with a big red wine. Or sharp cheddar with hard apple cider.
3. Depends on what I’m eating, but champagne is always good.
4. Yep. HELL yes.
5. Tater Skins. No, I’m not kidding, but I can’t get them everywhere. Also Old Dutch brand dill pickle chips, ditto on the availability thing. Maybe it’s the limited supply that makes them so good. Recently lightly salted kettle chips are really floating my boat, though.
What are your answers?
February 18th, 2009 at 11:16 am, Suzanne Says:
1. Best Meal is a tie… to corporate dinner at 71 in Portsmouth NH… Steak Dijonaisse and steamed shrimp from the compnay owners own fishing fleet… and the Melting Pot… fondue!
2. I love emmenthaler swiss… yummm!
3. Can’t drink anymore… but I love a good champagne cocktail.
4. Yes.. and yes… it was at the same corporate dinner. The Chef really knew what he was doing!
5. For a Potato Chip… It’s Utz Honey BBQ for me and their crab chips for Hubs.
This was fun… and I am honestly going to steal this!
February 18th, 2009 at 11:25 am, merseydotes Says:
1) Think about the best meal you ever ate in a restaurant. What was the restaurant?
Cityzen
2) What is your favorite kind of cheese?
Parrano
3) What is your favorite varietal of wine?
Zinfandel
4) Have you ever eaten foie gras? If so, did you like it?
Yes. Yes.
5) What is your favorite flavor of potato chip?
Kettle chips.
February 18th, 2009 at 11:35 am, Barbara Says:
1) Think about the best meal you ever ate in a restaurant. What was the restaurant?
It was a lamb chop at Sander’s downtown Grand Forks…
2) What is your favorite kind of cheese?
Brie
3) What is your favorite varietal of wine?
Evolution by Blosser-Sokol is quite good… it’s a blend so not a varietal… but it goes down easy
4) Have you ever eaten foie gras? If so, did you like it?
No.
5) What is your favorite flavor of potato chip?
Salt & Vinegar Kettle Chips
February 18th, 2009 at 11:44 am, Aunt Bob Says:
1) Think about the best meal you ever ate in a restaurant. What was the restaurant?
Restaurant Eve Tasting Room, hands down
2) What is your favorite kind of cheese?
I really like the VA Bouche de Noir, a nice mango/ginger (or even apricot or cranberry) stilton, and a super creamy brie (think st andre or a daphenois).
3) What is your favorite varietal of wine?
Changes, but I’m enjoying Chilean Malbec and California Zins right now.
4) Have you ever eaten foie gras? If so, did you like it?
Yes and almost always no.
5) What is your favorite flavor of potato chip?
Kettle Salt and Pepper (the pepper is yum and surprisingly spicy).
February 18th, 2009 at 12:17 pm, joanne Says:
1) Think about the best meal you ever ate in a restaurant. What was the restaurant?
Sayville Inn, Sayville NY
2) What is your favorite kind of cheese?
Goats milk brie from trader joes
3) What is your favorite varietal of wine?
Red
4) Have you ever eaten foie gras? If so, did you like it?
Yes and i looooovvvveee it
5) What is your favorite flavor of potato chip?
Plain old salt
February 18th, 2009 at 12:25 pm, Headless Mom Says:
1. The Hobbit in Orange, CA. An “experience” restaurant-4 courses all in different rooms, limited menu. Fab.
2. ? I like all different kinds.
3.Right now it’s Cab.
4.No.
5.Sour cream and onion.
Good questions today!
February 18th, 2009 at 12:34 pm, Trenches of Mommyhood Says:
1) Think about the best meal you ever ate in a restaurant. What was the restaurant?
RUTH’S CHRIS STEAKHOUSE…MMMMMM
2) What is your favorite kind of cheese?
FRESH MOZZARELLA
3) What is your favorite varietal of wine?
RED – CABERNET – SPANISH QUARTER
4) Have you ever eaten foie gras? If so, did you like it?
NOPE
5) What is your favorite flavor of potato chip?
DORITOS!
February 18th, 2009 at 12:44 pm, Sarah Says:
1. El Cafe Cholo. Oh. My. God. The enchilada suiza is to die for.
2. You know, until I lived in France, I hated cheese. Now I love soft cheeses, especially brie. And I also LOVE goat cheese. Mmm.
3. I have Crohn’s disease and alcohol is one of my major irritants. That, plus I’m knocked up. So I can’t drink wine.
4. Yes, and love!
5. I’m not very discriminatory lol.
What about you?
February 18th, 2009 at 1:24 pm, Rattling the Kettle Says:
1) Bistro Jeanty in Yountville. The specials that night included an in-season heirloom tomato “salad” with aged balsmaic “dressing” and a braised lamb cheeks entree. I swear to you, the food made me cry.
2) I like a nice runny cheese served at room temperature (after a day or two on the counter).
3) Zin. Either the “old” style (softer, rounder) or the “new” style (punch-you-in-the-face boldness, high heat). High on the jammy notes, maybe a wisp of apricot.
4) Yes. And all other manner of liver. I love internal organs. Ever had chicken hearts? Yum!
5) Is “Doritos” a flavor?
February 18th, 2009 at 1:28 pm, Susan Says:
1. Cafe Campagne, in Seattle. Lamb chops and garlic mashed potatoes and geranium scented creme brulee.
2. Irish Cheddar.
3. Pinot gris (I am boooooring).
4. I love fois gras.
5. Salt and vinegar, preferably Tim’s Cascade brand, which you can’t get in Oklahoma. Unfortunately.
February 18th, 2009 at 1:52 pm, the kaiser Says:
1 – French Laundry yeeeeeeaaaaah!
2 – Fromunda cheese
3 – Pinot Grigio in the summer time
4 – Um…didn’t we have it at the French Laundry?
5 – Just the classic Lays chip
February 18th, 2009 at 1:58 pm, Bozoette Mary Says:
1. The Old Angler’s Inn, years ago.
2. St. Andre
3. The Cherry wine from Simon Creek Winery in Door County WI.
4. Yes, but no.
5. Salt and vinegar.
February 18th, 2009 at 2:27 pm, Mac and Cheese Says:
The only one I care about is #5. Ketchup chips!
February 18th, 2009 at 3:36 pm, wyliekat Says:
1) Think about the best meal you ever ate in a restaurant. What was the restaurant?
3 Petite Bouchons in Montreal. Seriously – best meal ever.
2) What is your favorite kind of cheese?
What isn’t my favorite kind of cheese? Cheese is life. If I HAD to pick one, it’d probably be old cheddar. Or havarti with dill. Or a nice, soft Brie.
See? I can’t pick one.
3) What is your favorite varietal of wine?
Any good cabernet sauvignon, but I do love the South African and Australian ones best. Wolf Blass yellow label is *the* classic red, as far as I’m concerned.
4) Have you ever eaten foie gras? If so, did you like it?
I have, and I did. It was paired with barbequed eel. Oddly spectacular.
5) What is your favorite flavor of potato chip?
Plain. Isn’t that awful? Old Dutch plain potato chips. Sometimes with a smidge of dill pickle dip.
February 18th, 2009 at 4:04 pm, Kristabella Says:
1. Good question. I’m going to go with Gibson’s in Chicago.
2. A tie between Dill Havarti and Brie
3. Zinfandel. Which is NOT WHITE ZINFANDEL, people. The Zinfandel grape is RED. White Zinfandel is NOT WINE.
4. No. The thought of it grosses me out. Also, it was banned in Chicago up until recently.
5. Do Cheetos count? If not, Fritos.
February 18th, 2009 at 4:06 pm, tiffany Says:
hmmm.
1) probably texas de brazil in fort worth. i should probably say the fleur de lys in vegas–that was certainly the most expensive meal i’ve ever had–but most of the stuff they served i ended up feeding to my boyfriend.
i love to watch top chef, but tiny geometric food served on huge white plates is scary to me.
2) i love havarti. and mushroom brie. and velveeta. anything that even pretends to be cheese is usually pretty delicious.
oh, except swiss.
hate!
3) vodka.
4) no, but i sneaked some off my plate at the fleur de lys.
5) i have a very good relationship with munchos.
February 18th, 2009 at 4:44 pm, ashley Says:
Meal: In Aruba on my honeymoon at a Meat restaurant downtown, the meal was just all kinds of meat.
Cheese: Brie, And any other cheese for that matter.
Foie Gras: Not that I remember but aiming for a meal of that caliber soon.
Wine: Beer (I need to grow up)
Chips: Kettle cooked
February 18th, 2009 at 6:25 pm, Melissa Says:
1. I can’t narrow it down to one – so I’ll give you my top 5: Zola’s (Washington DC), Trinity (Keyport NJ), High Finance (Alburquerque NM), Simon Pearce (Windsor VT), and Tavern on the Green (NYC)
2. Goat Cheese
3. Australian Shiraz (the spicier the better)
4. Yes – on a kobe burger with truffle butter at Trinity (see #1)
5. Sea Salt & Black Pepper
February 19th, 2009 at 10:05 am, Lisse Says:
1. Sadly, I believe my truly fine dining days are behind me. And it was so long ago, that I can’t remember my favorite. Two things stand out for me though, the time I first had escargot in Ft. Lauderdale, and this place http://lerelaisrestaurant.com/ in Louisville, KY. I don’t remember what I ordered, but I remember that I loved it, and the place was really interesting. That’s in this country. There was also Italy – where I never had a bad meal.
2.Derby Sage
3. Sangiovese
4. Yes, but I was not old enough to appreciate it. I may still not be.
5. Rosemary and Olive Oil.
February 19th, 2009 at 1:12 pm, Nicole Says:
1) Think about the best meal you ever ate in a restaurant. What was the restaurant? Gasthof Albblick in Beinberg, Germany
2) What is your favorite kind of cheese? Pepper Jack
3) What is your favorite varietal of wine? I don’t drink wine
4) Have you ever eaten foie gras? If so, did you like it? Yes and it tasted like ass.
5) What is your favorite flavor of potato chip? Sour Cream and Onion
February 19th, 2009 at 6:40 pm, Carmen Says:
1) A ribs place called Bones in Odense, Denmark. Best ribs, best salad bar ever. Second best: Smugglers Inn, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada
2) Spiced Gouda, straight from The Netherlands (it has cumin seeds in it)
3) I prefer Diet Coke, but if pressed I’d say gewurztraminer.
4) I have. I did not. Oooh blechy. Ick. Must go eat something now to get the remembered taste out of my mouth.
5) Hmmm. Hard one. Lime & black pepper. (Salt n’ vinegar, if you want a more mainstream flavour choice.
February 20th, 2009 at 2:29 pm, Matt L Says:
1. Port of Call in New Orleans. You’ll laugh, but it was the best burger I’ve ever had in my life. I know, burgers in the heart of Creole, but we went back 3 times in a week. Ask Lori. LOL
2. Can’t go wrong with aged cheddar (unless you spot mold, then it’s aged too long)
3. Homemade wine we had on our honeymoon in Italy. OMG It’s what started me drinking wine.
4. Frog grass? No I’ve never had fois gras. Did you like it?
5. Oregano flavored (unfortunately they only sell it in Europe. But in the states, I’d say Salt & Vinagar.
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February 20th, 2009 at 11:03 pm, nonlineargirl Says:
1. Best meal ever? That is too hard, I have had a lot of good food. Most recently it was a 6 course meal at Beast in Portland (motto: praise the lard)
2. Soft and a bit stinky. One of my favorites is Red Hawk from Cowgirl Creamery in California. It is a triple-cream cow cheese. Yum.
3) As an Oregonian I have to say Pinot Noir (we can get good local ones).
4) I have and I used to not like it at all – so greasy. (I do like pate generally, so that is not the problem). Then I had a foie gras “bon bon” at Beast (see Q1) that whipped the fg into a mousse-y consistency and topped it with a little sea salt. Wow. Last week I had a “french kiss” (brandy soaked prune stuffed with foie gras) that was amazing. I am still not crazy about slabs of foie gras.
5) Wasabi but I will eat most kinds.