QOTD: It was a banquet at a Thai-style restaurant in Jakarta, Indonesia. It featured a big crispy-fried carp, all kinds of great noodle dishes, sides of durian (only for the brave!)… everything was just about perfect.

QOTD: This nice steak i had at one of our local restaurant it was so tender it was like it melted as you started chewing it oh man im picturing it now oh man now im hungry and drooling.

QOTD: The best meal I’ve ever had is a toss up. Cebollin in San Salvador, El Salvador with my parents and some other family. Or Thanksgiving s few years ago when me and my Fiance made our first holiday dinner together.

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Still waiting for that show on romanian wines, heheee.
QOTD: My best meal ever was in high-school, i was living in a campus with friends, we previously spent all our money and was starving when one guy arrived from home with a whole grilled rabbit.
It was goood:)

It was a steak and a bottle of ’84 Heitz Martha’s. Got me into wine. Not sure if there is a better meal. Sure add some salad, a baked potato, but it is all about the steak and the wine that brings the thunder.

Great Grandmothers cooking, anytime between 76-88. Bomb!

QOTD: The best meal I ever had…well…uhm…probably Filet Carbonara from Carbonara’s in San Clemente. A filet mignon wrapped in italian bacon, covered in a cheesey sauce with mashed potatoes and green beans on the side. Soooo good. Also had a bottle of Villa Antinori Toscana ’03 with the meal, which was a beautiful compliment even though I’m not a big Old World wine guy.

QOTD: Probably a dinner I had at Roy’s in La Jolla, California. I don’t even remember what I had but I don’t think I have ever had a better meal.

This is a mean question. About five meals are coming to mind so I’ll have to narrow it down. I think it’d have to be the magret de canard I had in Rocamadour, France, with a hand-crafted pate as the entree and locally-made Rocamadour cheese after the meal. I had Cahors with it as well, which was super. Plus, Rocamadour is a freaking gorgeous little village so maybe I was inspired by the scenery as well.

QOTD: I’ve worked at MANY a restaurant, the most recent of which has an amazing menu with constantly changing specials, nearly all of which I have LOVED. However, the best meal isn’t always about the specific foods and flavor combinations, and my favorite meal is my mom’s (Joan’s) famous homemade lasagna. Period. It is famous to anyone who has ever been privileged enough to experience it, and since it has become our traditional Christmas meal, I also associate it in my memory with the holidays and FAMILY, which is what it’s all about. Thanks again for the weekend festivities in San Fran, and best to you and YOUR fam.

What is the greatest meal I ever had? One I cooked for myself after surgery for an unsual type cancer that happened to reside in my left lung. My daugther presented me with a cookbook called
“One Bite at a Time” for cancer survivors and their friends. It was her lemony chicken with capers and kalamata olives, and it was perfect. Now, I just need some Saint Jean Du Barroux L’oligcene (if I have that name right), but need to drink very sparingly. I am very content with every moment, now, as realization of our own mortality sends a quick message. I am a newcomer to your show and enjoyed it very much. Sincerely, Linda

Broccoli Rabe pie

Great show, as always… . Did I miss the price on the St. Jean du Barroux, or was it not given? QoD..So many great meals under the bridge over the years, one that immediately comes to mind involved the humble pizza: a rosemary, roast potato, and Italian sausage pizza in a small place in Verona. I also remember a great osso bucco at “le continental” bistro in Montreal.

QOTD:
My favorite meal was with my boyfriend when we went out for Valentines Day to a restaurant called Melting Pot (im sure you have heard of it). We ordered the Meal for Two and proceeded to stuff ourselves with course upon course of delicious fondue from a bread and cheese appetizer to a lobster dinner to the most amazing chocolate fondue I have ever had.
We were so full by the time we were done with the meal and a bottle of wine that it was three hours later and we could barely walk to the car. 🙂

QOTD: My best meal was 14 years ago–newly married and had my family in for Thanksgiving. Went to a local wine store on Halsted in Chicago for wine. Met a wonderful lady who owned the store who sold us four bottles of wine based upon what we were eating. She was perfect with her selections and my wife was perfect in the preparation of the dinner. My family still talks about that Thanksgiving and it was the start of my interest in wine.

Gary – thanks for speaking truth about the excellent Israeli kosher and non-kosher wines. I’m a huge fan of Yarden and the Golan Heights Winery – the old boy of quality Israeli wine. With GHW, there’s always a good wine and winner. Reliable.

If anyone is interested in Israeli wine or to contribute (and Gary, look forward to a guest contribution and write up when you visit) check out my Israeli wine blog HaKerem: The Israeli Wine Blog – http://israelwine.wordpress.com.

QOTD: Many fine meals (sadly without wine – maybe next time) at top Jerusalem restaurants. But, who needs a fine meal when one can drink fine wine? Especially Israeli!

Best mail 4 the wine- last weeks barbequed vegetable stack with tomato salsa

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The best meal I’ve ever had was at Tomasso, Southboro MA. They make a polpette to die for!

Gary,

Funny that you mention Beaucastel in connection with Saint Jean du Barroux l’Oligocène since Philippe Gimel, the owner, has been winemaker at….Château Beaucastel!

BTW: My family and I stay each summer since 2002 in a cottage just behind the mountain ridge on the label of Jean du Barroux l’Oligocène – only five minutes driving from the estate.

OFTD: Many years ago on the first time I went to Paris alone as a student, 20 years old, and had a marvellous lunch one sunny winter day close to l’Eglise Saint Sulpice including a perfectly roasted guinea fowl with ½ a bottle of some Beaujolais Cru, Morgon, Juliénas, Brouilly or something like that and a large glass of eau de vie de Poire Williams along with the strong coffee.

Jens
from
Copenhagen

The best meal..? Like you often say, the people, the place and the occasion plays such a big part in this. I could say Sunday lunch with my family, a cheese sandwich in a cheap Paris hotel room, street food in Saigon… I’m going to say a meal that I had with my friends Andy and Rick at Little Italy in Soho (London). I can’t remember what I ate but the look on the waiters face when Andy (my old boss) ordered a glass of every desert wine on the list to be lined up in a row for for us to sample. Friends and family.

Mom’s chicken and dumplings!!!!!!

Wohoo show Gary!
QOTD: I think it was the 10 courses menue at the Maintower restaurant September this year!

Best meal. Me, my Dad and brother. Hot dogs and coke at Candlestick, watching Koufax do a number on the Giants.

QOTD: My wife and I went to Prague last fall. We didn’t see anything spectacular on the trip until we ate at a place called Peklo. We had a Chateaubriand meal for 2 and FANTASTIC Moravian wine. Finished it off with a Cream Brullée and a glass of port. A quiet dinner in a 12th century wine cellar with my wife, how can it get any better.

QOTD: chicken fricassee in Avignon, France paired with a nice Rhone