Chef’s Kobe Steak Selection at Chef Tom Colicchio’s restaurant Craftsteak. Some of the best steak I have ever had, great mushroom risotto, mix veggies, and this is the only place that could make 6 different ice creams work as dessert (but they did it)! When you go to Vegas Crafsteak is located in the MGM Grand. Give it a shot, but make sure you bring your checkbook, we dropped $750 for 4!

Best meal I ever had was New Year’s Eve dinner in Stockholm 2004. Our friends gave us money and left the rest up to me. You can make a pretty good dinner at home for $600!

Love the ending! Really appreciate the review of the kosher wine; I live in S. Florida and that will make a great gift for some of my friends.
QOTD- Best meal I ever had…top of Stratosphere in Las Vegas (the fact that I asked my wife to marry me may bias the memory a little though). But still…the food was great, the service spectacular, and the view is fantastic.

my favorite meal is chicken parm

QOTD- 1 month ago in Tomales Bay California. 20 oysters, 2 shrimp tacos, fresh sourdough bread, chardonnay wine, most beautiful girl in the world. It was the first time Ive actually enjoyed white wine since I barely drink any.

great show gary… and a great offer to get the lurkers like myself to show themselves. best meal is a hard one… maybe that roast wild boar with the oh so incredibly flavorful yet mild habenero sauce at vincent’s on camelback while on that trip to phoenix… or maybe my risotto that i make at home (with shallots, various wild mushrooms, mint, and pecorino). yum!

QOTD:

29 day dry aged ribeye, grilled med rare, drizzled w/ truffle oil,, garlic/horseradish smashed potatoes, cremed spinach and a 2001 Ch. Pichon Lalande. 🙂 YUMMMMMMMMMMMM-EEEEEEEEE

QOTD:

29 day dry aged ribeye, grilled med rare, drizzled w/ truffle oil,, garlic/horseradish smashed potatoes, cremed spinach and a 2001 Ch. Pichon Lalande. 🙂 YUMMMMMMMMMMMM-EEEEEEEEE

Best meal hands down, Tempest in Wolfville Nova Scotia Canada. Chef Michael Howell rocks!

QOTD – Stone Road Grille in Niagara on the Lake here in Ontario, Canada (one of the best wine regions in the world, do a show!!). We had a great very casual meal Sunday night starting with oysters, and a Cave Springs cuvee. Next was a plate of house charcuterie with an awesome Stratus Wines 2005 White. We progressed to their chef’s version of poutine (fries, cheesy bechemel and fois gras) and then Lailey 2005 Impromptu PMS. We decided to end with a big chunk of Kobe beef and an 02 Nebbiolo from Ridgepoint. Unbelievable food, outstanding wine, amazing atmosphere, great service and beautiful conversation with a great friend of mine. Does life really get any better?

QOTD: About 5 years ago I organized a bachelor party in New Orleans for a friend of mine, and booked our group for dinner at K Paul’s Louisiana Kitchen. It was totally over the top, way too decadent and way too expensive, but we didn’t care. Was just a great group of people sharing really flavorful, fun food. We had so much fun and stayed out so late that I wound up going straight from the French Quarter to the airport to catch my flight home. Funny thing was, I wasn’t the only person on the flight who’d done exactly the same thing!

If you pull my name from the drawing, though, please pull another name and give the wine to that person! Super Tuscans are totally wasted on me.

The veal chop w/ mushrooms special at La Focaccia in Summit, NJ along w/ a bottle of 97 Gaja Costa Russi we brought was the best all around meal I have ever had. C’mon Masseto!

Yooooooo GeeVee !!
Faaantaaastic Episode!! You had more Energy
than da local Power Plant!!! 🙂

QOTD: Many Home-cooked Thanksgiving, Christmas
and Easter Dinners by Mom (RIP).

My favorite meal was the last meal my mother cooked two days before she passed away in 1996. As she said her food was delicious because she cooked with love.

Best meal I have ever had was at the Black Bear Restaurant in Green Mountain Falls, CO. Kobe beef, black and white truffles, foie gras, etc and some excellent Italian wines.

QOTD: My greatest meal in the recent past was when I was at the Rutherford Grill in Napa, CA. It was an ostrich fillet, soooo tasty, moist and meaty, like a good steak. Awesome brussel sprouts and mashed potatoes with horseradish and cabbage in it. I saved half for my next night’s meal since I was vacationing. YUM!

QOTD: My wife and I had an excellent dinner at Gary Danko in SF back in 2001. It was our introduction to Hudson Valley Fois Gras. Perfectly seared to that wonderful butter-like consistency, matched with poached pear, and paired with the most-excellent 1990 Chateau d’Yquem! It doesn’t get any better than that!

Hey, how many cases do you have left of the 2003 Saint Jean Du Barroux Lâ??oligocene?

QOTD: My favorite meal would have to be eating $150 worth of lobster with my wife on our honeymoon in Maine.

korean bulgogi with kimchi broiled soup when i went to korea last year!! with korean shoju of course.

QOTD: Aged Ribeye, grilled medium rare with asparagus, garlic mashed, and mushrooms!

A six course tasting dinner at davidburke and donetella. As an amateur chef I tried to mimic their recipes and came awfully close!

Gary, going off of your favorite region, what other regions are generally sure bets for a solid bottle between 10-15 bones?

Bambino’s Restaurant in Imperial, MO.
St. Louis Strip Steak w/ pasta and merlot, and I gaurantee you will get at least two meals out of what they serve you.

QOTD: Best meal I had was at Fleur de Sel. A great Austrian Riesling, artichoke and goat cheese ravioli for starters and venison with pureed potatoes. Though the best dessert I’ve ever tasted was a goat cheese and peach tart at Pacifico.

Gary: Check out Cru du Cadoulet

Chad: Read “To Cork or Not To Cork, Tradition, Romance, and the Battle for the Wine Bottle” by George M. Taber. Best book I’ve found regarding closures.

QOTD: Filet Mignon, potatoes, mixed greens, w/ a half bottle of brunello @ 14,000 feet, not the most elaborate, but with the best seats I’ve ever had! (Not to forget the effects of wine at high altitude)

Best Meal: You can’t beat a Chilean Sea Bass rapped in Prosciutto on the BBQ. Throw it back with a great pinot and you’re golden.