What is your favourite restaurant dish. I like a nice steak & fries.

[applegrove]

Tibetan momos. Stir fried noodles.

[Paulie]

1. Beef Bourguignon

Best I ever had was at a little French place on a main road in Kingston, outside London. Like a decade go.

[Denninmi]

2. Seafood in red curry sauce from my favorite Thai place.

That or a nice sushi/sashimi platter.

[applegrove]

3. The sushi place near me has just doubled in size. I've never had real suchi.

What is sashimi? I should go.

[AsahinaKimi]

15. Sashimi is raw fish..

well there are exceptions... shirmp is cooked and so is the eel. Its
Sushi without the rice.

[cliffordu]

27. Yummy!

[AsahinaKimi]

36. hai!!!

Oishiii ne! (tastes good!)

[Denninmi]

39. One place near me has a sign in the window -- Uni (Sea Urchin)

I've never tried it, but really want to -- I have been fascinated with uni since I saw an episode of Martha Stewart's show where she went diving for them off the coast of Maine, and sampled them fresh from the water.

The only sushi I ever tried that was nasty was a smoked salmon roll -sounded good on paper, but I found the combinations of flavors awful.

Love eel, it's my favorite.

We have great sushi and Japanese food here in Detroit in abundance, because we have many Japanese auto industry folks. Also, being the center of Arab-American life in the US, we have great Middle Eastern restaurants too.

[AsahinaKimi]

40. Will warn you that Uni is very STRONG tasting

Its not spicy, but has a very strong flavor. I have had it a few times but its not my favorite. My favorite is
ikura.

[OriginalGeek]

4. The Coq au vin at Le Coq Au Vin

in Orlando is divine. Filet at Del Frisco's is pretty close to heaven too.


And it's no longer there but the Fettuccine Bruzzi at Roma Ristorante was something I drove out of my way for on a regular basis.

[pinboy3niner]

5. The best ever...

...was chateaubriand for two at L'Auberge Chez Francois in Geat Falls, VA.

Second best may be Maryland Blue Crabs at Captain Pell's in Virginia.

[HERVEPA]

6. patatas bravas

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patatas_bravas

[BainsBane]

9. I had something with tomato at a tapas place

It was like bread or toast with tomato and I don't know what else. It was so good. Do you know what that is?

[HERVEPA]

18. No, sorry I don't

Spanish Tapas is my favorite these days. Plenty there for a vegetarian like me.

[marzipanni]

47. google 'spanish tapas bread with tomato'

and you'll find recipes. Sounds good, especially with garlic rubbed on it first!

[Chan790]

7. Vegetable lasagna.

With red gravy, none of that shitty copy of the alfredo-sauce-based Stouffer's vegetable lasagna.

[BainsBane]

8. I love the Thai soup with chicken and coconut milk

I'm constantly searching for the best one.

It's hard to say which restaurant dish I like best, but I'll try that one at any Thai restaurant I go to.

[csziggy]

10. Grilled catch of the day with hush puppies and a salad

Whatever fish is fresh off the boat - and best at one of the restaurants on the coast. Grilled with only a little paprika or Old Bay seasoning. Lemon wedges to squeeze over it with a little salt.

None of this fancy stuff for me!

[OriginalGeek]

19. It drives me crazy that Red Lobster is my wife's favorite seafood place

She and my daughter love that place. I ask her "How can you possibly like RED LOBSTER the BEST when we live within an hour of hundreds of places that went out and caught fish this morning?!?!"

Her answer: "Well, I don't really like seafood."


Oh, well then you're at the right place.

[csziggy]

23. I remember when Red Lobster was good

But that was at the original Lakeland, Florida location where they could get fresh seafood from both Atlantic and Gulf coasts and decades before they became a chain. Their preparation was simple and the fish was great. That was where grandmother would take us out for really special occasions (her other choices were McDonalds and Morrison's) - that was in the 1960s. She knew the original owners - Lawton Chiles was one and she'd taught him Sunday school.

Red Lobster stopped being good by the time I tried out the one here in Tallahassee in the late 1970s.

Some of the best seafood I've had were from little hole in the wall dumps with no ambiance, but great fish. Last time we drove down to the coast was right after the BP disaster and there wasn't much fresh fish. But the little place we stopped at had some wonderful smoked mullet. No A/C but great mullet.

[OriginalGeek]

25. Walkin' Lawton was before my time here

well, before my time of understanding anything political...but I think I miss him.

My mom was born and raised on the gulf coast near Sarasota so I think she should have known better but she liked Red Lobster too. She was excited to find out when I married my wife that we lived about 5 minutes from a Red Lobster. We lived in Dallas when she started going to RL so maybe being further away from the ocean had a bad effect on her but when she came to visit us RL was always the first or second place she wanted to go.

I will give them that cheddar bay biscuits are pretty good but my wife found the recipe online and makes them better than they do so I really can't see any reason to ever go to RL again but somehow I still get stuck going there.

Hole in the wall dumps are great for Tex-Mex food too. I'll take them for seafood and Tex-Mex over a chain any day.

[csziggy]

29. Lawton Chiles was the real deal - and a nice guy

I guess grandmother taught him well.

My husband took me out to RL last year. The one here wasn't too bad, but it wasn't as good as the little place on the coast with the smoked mullet! The major advantage to RL was that it was close to the theater we were at before dinner.

Tex-Mex is not something I'll ever eat - I don't get along with anything listed on the Scoville Heat Index, so no hot peppers for me. I pushed my luck Saturday going to a Cajun place - asked for no Cajun seasoning and got completely unseasoned food. I won't bother going back.

[OriginalGeek]

30. lol, yep, tex mex is not for you then

and I don't blame ya for not wanting un-cajun-seasoned cajun food. I'm crazy with the ghost peppers or anything but I like a good kick when I can get it. Jalapeños are fine with me.

Huh, isn't that odd? My browser put that squiggly line on the n in jalapeño for me! Never noticed that before!

[csziggy]

31. No kidding! It's too bad - I do like the taste of spicy food

But hot peppers give me blisters if I just touch them. What happens internally is not pleasant and leaves me uncomfortable for a week or more.

I've found that many cooks that are used to preparing Southwestern, Tex-Mex, and Cajun foods have no concept of how to use other herbs and spices to flavor food if their hot peppers and other hot seasonings are taken away from them. For them it's either searing hot or no seasonings at all.

I have a drawer full of herbs and spices and can make flavorful - and even spicy - food without using any hot pepper seasoning at all. Ginger gives quite a bite, for instance. Too bad the cooks above have no proper training in how to cook with alternatives - maybe they've fried their taste buds with all those peppers!

[Lil Missy]

11. Bang bang shrimp at Bonefish Grill

[Rowdyboy]

45. I really like Bang bang shrimp-but next time I want the sauce on the side.....

My first experience was a bit too soaked in sauce. The shrimp, however, were really good.

[Tom Kitten]

12. my version of a classic American breakfast

Especially good if you have work to do!

2 eggs, scrambled, 2 slices bacon, hash browns, sourdough toast, and coffee. You'd be surprised how many places don't do this or if they do, get it wrong.

[BainsBane]

13. Lobster bisque from Legal Seafood

is to die for.

[AsahinaKimi]

14. I guess it would have to be...

San Francisco Dungeness Crab with Butter.


Its only because its rare I get to have it.. I did have one delivered to my house once.. It was really too messy to eat on my desk.. stuff flys everywhere when you try to crack it open. There is as reason they give you a bib at the restaurants.. but, omg..is it yummy.


Steamed Clams too

[MiddleFingerMom]

21. Remind me to post the story how I and 6 other friends started an annual tradition -- The Clam Orgy..

.
.
.
... with 500 steamers that were almost completely forgotten about
when the outdoor company picnic got rained out.
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.
.

[AsahinaKimi]

22. As a Kid ...

I was dragged to a upstate NY clam bake... I don't think I have ever eat as well as that.. Tons of steam clams.. with a ton of people you don't even know. It was a day dedicated to eating.. omg! Steamed Corn on the cob.. and baked potatoes.. and of course..


Clams!

[opiate69]

44. If you ever find yourself up in the Puget Sound area, let me know..

My boys and I catch dungys and do lots of clam digging. I'll throw down a feast in your honor if you made it up this way.

[olddots]

16. Barone's plain pizza

I'm a cheap date .

[Beearewhyain]

17. Anything that I have never tried before

that makes me want more.

[Flashmann]

20. favourite restaurant dish

Veal or Chicken Parmigian...In a genuine,preferably small family owned,Italian Ristorante,not any Olive Garden type CRAP...

[MiddleFingerMom]

24. I had always thought veal shank was something akin to pig's foot and never tried it...

.
.
.
... until I took a date to a really fine Italian restaurant and saw it and heard
nearby diners raving about it.
.
I took the plunge and ordered it. Amazing tenderness, texture and flavor
with a beef-wine reduction sauce that was more of a thick syrup. It came
with a mountain of some of the best garlic mashed potatoes that I've ever
had in my life (with even more of that wonderful sauce).
.
I haven't been in a fine Italian restaurant since, but if and when I get to
one, that's the first thing I'll look for.
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.
.

[SteveG]

26. Heart attack on a plate

Also known as Fettucine Alfredo. If an Italian restaurant can get this right, it's not likely to mess anything else up. I am also very fond of just about any pasta with Bolognese sauce.

[femmocrat]

28. Seafood.

I can't make good seafood at home, so that is what I always order. I also like most Chinese food.

[pink-o]

32. Anything Indian

The first-go to food for a vegetarian, I learned to love it while living in London--otherwise wudda starved to death! But now they're finding those sublime spices have great healing powers, and turmeric might even stave off Altzheimers.

So delicious and pretty healthy too!

[Shrek]

33. Rack of lamb, garlic new potatoes, steamed broccoli

Preceded by french onion soup and and a salad, and for dessert any kind of cake or pie served with ice cream.

[applegrove]

35. We can get a wonderful garlic/rosemary rack of lamb frozen at the grocery

store across the street. Just thaw and cook for 45 minutes. Serve it with beans and garlic mashed potatoes. Yummy.

[Wait Wut]

34. Cheeseburger.

Big, fat, juicy, extra cheese, toasted (unobtrusive) bun and I want it PINK!!! Yes, I know I could die from some incurable foodborne disease, but I'll die friggin' HAPPY because my last bite will have been a bite of heaven!

And...fries. I'm pretty easy to please with fries. Like 'em salty, though, so no sharing. Except the pointy ends. You can have those.

[tavernier]

37. veal marsala

But the veal has to be coated and fried CRISPY before the marsala wine and the pasta is added.

[Rowdyboy]

38. Deep fried soft-shell crab from Irene's in New Orleans' French Quarter

[Raffi Ella]

41. Steak and fries are good or a mushroom and swiss burger with fries.

Mongolian Beef with hot and sour soup and an egg roll. Or just a plateful of fried pot stickers.

[madrchsod]

42. chicken!

i eats more chicken than any man ever seen...

[kwassa]

43. Vegetarian Thali from Hot Breads

A feast for $6.50.

looks like this:

[opiate69]

46. Eggs Benedict. I can make 'em myself, but I hate messing with hollandaise.