best meal ever at Richmond Hill Inn (Asheville NC) last fall at their 100 pt. wine dinner. Five one hundred pt wines and a course to go with each. When you walked in the door you were handed Veuve Cliquot 96 (only 99 pts) with orderves. The wines were Chave (what year?) white from Mt. hermitage, that goose liver stuff with 2000 D”yquem,the red chave hermitage with some mushroom action, some huge bordeux that i have forgotten with rack of lamb, and an austrailian desert wine with desert. talk about ausome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Arkansas barbecue from the side of the road…..just cant beat it!!!

Arkansas barbecue from the side of the road…..just cant beat it!!!

the bordeaux was 95 margaux and i think the d”yquem was 01

The best meal I ever had was made by my dad. Grilled filet mignon on top of a thick-cut slice of sourdough bread, topped with asparagus, goat cheese and hollandaise sauce. The steak was tender and juicy and perfectly medium-rare. And we paired it with the most expensive bottle of wine we’ve ever opened: a bottle of 1999 Penfold’s Bin 707 cabernet sauvignon.

Best Meal: first date with my wife at Ruth’s Chris – Rack of Lamb, great wine, great company and the beginning of an everlasting relationship.

To Candace — The Yarden Mount Hermon Red (a decent entry-level wine, I like it, but it’s a mass-market wine for profit) is not mevushal as NONE, NONE of the GHW wines are mevushal.

QOTD: Cafe Bouchard in Newport RI. EVERYTHING from appetizer to entree to dessert, including wine was fabulous. Oh, and the filet mignon melted in your mouth!

Congrats on yer Jets victory, Wine Guy!

QOTD: Has to do with a combo of Family and Food. Christmas Eve prime rib dinners with Lars’ family can’t be beat. Family is first. Mom’s excellent cooking is just a bonus.

Lars

QotD: Oh man, but then there was that other time in Morocco a couple years ago. Some friends invited us over for the softest cous-cous ever, underneath fresh cooked veggies, underneath a whole chicken. A sweet raisin sauce was poured over all that. Chase it down with either leben or mint tea. I chose the mint tea. Delicious.

Cheers,
Daniel

First,
Gary, great great show, thanks.
We are waiting for you here in Israel, trust me – you are going to have the time of your life!!!

QOTD,
Tough one… I would say, and it’s going to sound silly,
Friday’s night dinner, Kabalat Shabbat (welcoming the Sabbath), with my family.
A few salads, chicken with potetoes or stakes on the grill with a great Flam Classico/ Barkan Merlo Reserve/ Dalton Reserve/ Ella Valley Cabernet Reserve.

look how lucky I am, every week I have the greatest dinner in the world all over again and again.

Tzahi

Beautiful, successful episode. QOTD: Dinner at the Kansas City Steak House in Quincy Market, in Boston

Because its the holidays I can only think of good holiday type meals. But I suppose the best dinner was the first Thanksgiving that I hosted. It was only my in-laws and our family but I made a Maple turkey and it was awesome. Even though my in-laws didnt like it I did. And it was the best Thanksgiving ever.

QOTD – rib eye at the outback

Another great show Gary. I’m not sure I’ve ever seen you enjoy a wine as much as that 2003 Saint Jean Du Barroux Lâ??oligocene.

QOTD: 1996. My 28th birthday at Opus One in Detroit Michigan. Family, lamb chops with whipped garlic potatoes, and great wine. I still remember the bottle of Docle with the creme brule followed by cigars in the lounge to end the evening. Sure sugar fools us, but I was a happy fool.

I would have to say a dinner I had several years ago in San Francisco at Jeanty at Jacks. I remember starting with Martinis and escargot then moving onto osso buco with a cote de Rhône. My friend had the steak tartar that was so large the ladies from the next table kept starring at us if we were crazy; Ended with a cheese plate and sauterne. It wasn’t that the food was so wonderful (which it was) but being with a good friend in a city that you love. My friend by the way is part owner of 900 Grayson in Berkley, a great breakfast and lunch spot. Also, I have tried the Masseto; don’t know if it was a 1990 but my brother-in-law had several bottles and I can say it was probably the best red wine I have ever had. If I am correct, I believe it is 100% merlot (take that Sideways).

QOTD: Dinner at a farmhouse/vineyard in Tuscany last September. They kept serving unnamed dishes that were some of the best food I’ve ever tasted. Fresh, simple fare. And the wine (from the property) kept coming out in carafes. It probably wouldn’t be the most critically acclaimed wine ever, but it was the romance of tasting the wine made from the grapes outside our bedroom window. I brought home several bottles of that table wine, and every time I taste it, it takes me back. Everything served family style, seated next to several other couples staying at the farmhouse. No one spoke the same language. It was a memorable experience that captures for me why I love food and wine (and Italy!).

QOTD: Off the top of my mind i would have to say i cannot stop thinking about my visit to “The Mesa Grill” in NYC.

QOTD: On a trip from Montreal to Athens, Greece I was served beef stroganoff and warm fresh bread. Who would ever expect airline food to be one of the best meals you’ve ever eaten?

Greatest meal ever:
Chicken wings from Earl’s in Chaffee NY
Corn on the cob
Pasta Salad

I make a mean PB&J

Best meal was a chef’s dinner at Arie’s in Houston. The restaurant is no longer there….but the food which was chosen by the chef and wine which was chosen by the sommelier for each course was fantastic. We had taken my son there to celebrate his graduation from college I believe. The food, wine and service were all fantastic. However, I think that enjoying the dinner with my son (who is a real vinophile) is the only thing that might have edged out my second favorite meal: sitting outside our vacation apartment in Tuscany looking out over the vineyards of Collo Lungo winery while feasting on the bread, cheese, salami, olives, and tomatoes. We had just bought all of the food at a street market and enjoyed it with a bottle of Brunello we had picked up at a winery visit on our way up from Montalcino. …..aahhh, that’s a meal!

QOTD: when you are hungry enough, when you are REALLY REALLY hungry, there is no better meal than a massive Cheesesteak sub from South Philly (with fried onions of course)! After the indulgence is complete, you WILL sit back, tap on your stomach a few times, and swear you are in heaven!

Alright here it is… It’s called Vicki’s favorite chicken from Food Network. http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,,FOOD_9936_30472,00.html

It’s served with roasted asparagus, couscous, and for dessert a caramel covered apple.

The white wine I use is a Vintners Select Riesling from Sandhill Crane Winery in MI.

The one that comes to mind is Chilean Sea Bass at a small Restaurante in San Juan Puerto Rico called CHAYOTE.