# The best meal you've ever had **URL:** \ **Category:** Off-topic\ **Created:** [May 24, 2018, 7:15pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-best-meal-youve-ever-had/2734 "2018-05-24T19:15:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Guga](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/guga/32/14476_2.png) [@Guga](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Guga)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2018, 7:15pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-best-meal-youve-ever-had/2734/1 "2018-05-24T19:15:09Z")
Yes, another food topic. Yesterday my wife asked me what is the best food I’ve ever had. The meal I liked the most. Not my favorite dish, but an actual meal I had that I still remember as the best of my life. It’s a pretty difficult question, because even if my favorite food is pizza, and I ate very good pizzas, I don’t think I’ve ever had a pizza that made me forget everything after the first bite. I think it depends on how hungry you were, what were your body’s needs, if the mood was right. That’s why I’m curious about you. For me, I think it was a hamburger with bacon I ate at a restaurant in Roma Termini station in 2002. I remember a friend of mine told me “if you’re ever looking for lunch in Rome near Termini, go there and order a bacon burger”, and so one time I did. After the first bite, all senses were blank, everything was flavor. That burger stuck so strong in my mind that I hoped to eat there again for years and years. I never could. ---
**Author:** ![kaiman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a698b9/32.png) [@kaiman](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/kaiman)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2018, 7:39pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-best-meal-youve-ever-had/2734/2 "2018-05-24T19:39:01Z")
> [@Guga](#): > > Yes, another food topic. I love food :-). And yes, it is a difficult question indeed. I had a few meals that stick out, because of the circumstances surrounding them (like in the Restaurant on top of the Space Needle, Seattle; or on my wedding day), though if this is all about the food itself, one of the very best meals I remember were Spaghetti in white wine with sun-dried tomatoes, shrimp and rucola. It’s from a recipe found in [Everyday Pasta](http://www.giadadelaurentiis.com/books/8/everyday-pasta) (p. 200), and it was the first time I made that (plenty of other good recipes in there, btw!). To this day, I made the same dish about a dozen times at least, but never did I manage to recreate the taste it had that very first time. I suspect it greatly depends on the wine, and unfortunately I don’t have the slightest clue which one I had around that very first time. ---
**Author:** ![seguso](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/seguso/32/1232_2.png) [@seguso](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/seguso)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2018, 7:41pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-best-meal-youve-ever-had/2734/3 "2018-05-24T19:41:24Z")
I think with the Big King XXL of Burger King, food has reached its maximum level and can’t be improved in any way. ---
**Author:** ![TaarakVakil](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/taarakvakil/32/13203_2.png) [@TaarakVakil](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/TaarakVakil)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2018, 2:45am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-best-meal-youve-ever-had/2734/4 "2018-05-25T02:45:43Z")
My mom always makes the best meal for me!😀 ---
**Author:** ![Mario](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/mario/32/102_2.png) [@Mario](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Mario)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2018, 2:09pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-best-meal-youve-ever-had/2734/5 "2018-05-25T14:09:35Z")
That is very difficult to answer. ---
**Author:** ![Someone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b77776/32.png) [@Someone](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Someone)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2018, 2:17pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-best-meal-youve-ever-had/2734/6 "2018-05-25T14:17:52Z")
> [@TaarakVakil](#): > > My mom always makes the best meal for me!😀 Or the grandparents. 🙂 We had an older relative that was able to bake the best cookies in the world. (Fortunately we have preserved the recipes. 😉 ) @Guga: Allowed are only meals, not desserts? ---
**Author:** ![Nor\_Treblig](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/nor_treblig/32/216_2.png) [@Nor\_Treblig](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Nor_Treblig)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2018, 2:44pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-best-meal-youve-ever-had/2734/7 "2018-05-25T14:44:52Z")
Most of the time the **next** meal is the best meal… > [@Someone](#): > > @Guga: Allowed are only meals, not desserts? THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE!!!11 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![kaiman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a698b9/32.png) [@kaiman](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/kaiman)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2018, 7:21pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-best-meal-youve-ever-had/2734/8 "2018-05-25T19:21:15Z")
> [@Someone](#): > > Or the grandparents. The problem is, everything they cooked was delicious (save the spinach), so it would be impossible to answer @Guga’s actual question. I’d commit major crimes to get my hand on my granny’s Savoy cabbage recipe. ---
**Author:** ![PiecesOfKate](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/piecesofkate/32/93_2.png) [@PiecesOfKate](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/PiecesOfKate)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2018, 7:48pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-best-meal-youve-ever-had/2734/9 "2018-05-25T19:48:29Z")
This is such a difficult question that I’ve not been able to answer it yet… Just thought I’d come on here to pointlessly say that. ---
**Author:** ![ZakPhoenixMcKracken](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/zakphoenixmckracken/32/41_2.png) [@ZakPhoenixMcKracken](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/ZakPhoenixMcKracken)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2018, 9:53pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-best-meal-youve-ever-had/2734/10 "2018-05-25T21:53:24Z")
> [@TaarakVakil](#): > > My mom always makes the best meal for me! can you describe your meal? It would be interesting for us to know about what is a good meal in India. ---
**Author:** ![TaarakVakil](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/taarakvakil/32/13203_2.png) [@TaarakVakil](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/TaarakVakil)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2018, 5:57am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-best-meal-youve-ever-had/2734/11 "2018-05-26T05:57:59Z")
Hyderabadi Biriyani, Bisibele bath with Chips and Pav Bhaji. Well I am a vegetarian so I don’t eat chicken… Etc… ---
**Author:** ![ZakPhoenixMcKracken](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/zakphoenixmckracken/32/41_2.png) [@ZakPhoenixMcKracken](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/ZakPhoenixMcKracken)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2018, 6:14am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-best-meal-youve-ever-had/2734/12 "2018-05-26T06:14:21Z")
Do you have some pictures to show us? ---
**Author:** ![TaarakVakil](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/taarakvakil/32/13203_2.png) [@TaarakVakil](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/TaarakVakil)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2018, 8:04am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-best-meal-youve-ever-had/2734/14 "2018-05-26T08:04:28Z")
Hyderabadi Biriyani ![hyderabadi-veg-biryani-2](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/thimbleweedpark/original/2X/7/7f16b9c330b327c8322b79ecf99770530fe8e267.jpg) Bisi bele bath ![bisi%20bele%20bhaat](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/thimbleweedpark/original/2X/5/5bb8d9fd1600771d44d27eb3446a16fc7baf2955.jpg) Pav Bhaji ![pav%20bhaji](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/thimbleweedpark/original/2X/9/976645db1c86e735b0df7955ec9a42e343c01e2c.png) ---
**Author:** ![Guga](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/guga/32/14476_2.png) [@Guga](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Guga)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2018, 8:13am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-best-meal-youve-ever-had/2734/15 "2018-05-26T08:13:19Z")
Everything is allowed, but again, I’m not asking for a dish, I’m asking for an event 😃 the one time you ate something that was the best meal you’ve ever had. ---
**Author:** ![PiecesOfKate](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/piecesofkate/32/93_2.png) [@PiecesOfKate](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/PiecesOfKate)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2018, 11:17am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-best-meal-youve-ever-had/2734/16 "2018-05-26T11:17:33Z")
God I love Indian food 🤤 I can’t go a week without some. I’ve had Hyderabadi chicken but not a Hyderabadi biryani. What’s in a pav bhaji? ---
**Author:** ![milanfahrnholz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@milanfahrnholz](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/milanfahrnholz)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2018, 11:22am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-best-meal-youve-ever-had/2734/17 "2018-05-26T11:22:04Z")
I can imagine you have an abundance of indian restaurants in england. We only got more of those in recent years. I only remember existing one near us in my childhood. And it´s still there. ---
**Author:** ![TaarakVakil](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/taarakvakil/32/13203_2.png) [@TaarakVakil](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/TaarakVakil)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2018, 1:07pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-best-meal-youve-ever-had/2734/18 "2018-05-26T13:07:06Z")
A pav Bhaji is a chat… Famous in Mahrashtra… it’s very tasty. ---
**Author:** ![PiecesOfKate](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/piecesofkate/32/93_2.png) [@PiecesOfKate](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/PiecesOfKate)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2018, 5:30pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-best-meal-youve-ever-had/2734/19 "2018-05-26T17:30:39Z")
> [@milanfahrnholz](#): > > I can imagine you have an abundance of indian restaurants in england. We only got more of those in recent years. I only remember existing one near us in my childhood. And it´s still there. Yeah, there are loads here. There never used to be though - according to my mum, Indian and Chinese restaurants and takeaways only became a common thing in about in the early 90s or so. > [@TaarakVakil](#): > > A pav Bhaji is a chat… Famous in Mahrashtra… it’s very tasty. Yum, it looks delicious. ---
**Author:** ![milanfahrnholz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@milanfahrnholz](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/milanfahrnholz)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2018, 7:04pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-best-meal-youve-ever-had/2734/20 "2018-05-26T19:04:23Z")
> [@PiecesOfKate](#): > > Yeah, there are loads here. There never used to be though - according to my mum, Indian and Chinese restaurants and takeaways only became a common thing in about in the early 90s or so. One would think they´d be colonial remnants. But maybe they were opened by green card students in need to support themselves. ---
**Author:** ![Sushi](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/sushi/32/163_2.png) [@Sushi](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Sushi)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2018, 9:27pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-best-meal-youve-ever-had/2734/21 "2018-05-26T21:27:59Z")
> [@Guga](#): > > I’m not asking for a dish, I’m asking for an event 😃 the one time you ate something that was the best meal you’ve ever had. A mushroom pasta served in Mesa Verde National Park on our honeymoon. Best pasta _meal_ I ever had. Luckily, I’ve had lots of great meals before and after too (including pasta meals in actual Italy). But that one stuck out as both company and dish were top-notch. Oh, and since you’re going to DLP: I have had wonderful Caesar Salad followed by Walt’s Burger with chili beans there at Walt’s with the entire family. [Next page](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-best-meal-youve-ever-had/2734.md?page=2)