i stayed here once on a visit to the glentress the food was just awesome totally blown away by it.
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What's the best restaurant meal you've ever had?
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I've been to a few places and had some great food, but there's one place I've been to twice that, to me, cooks the best food I've ever tasted, my favourite.
It in a small village called Wansford just off the A1 a few miles north of Peterborough. It's called Fiddlesticks and they cook British food. Proper classic British food, simply served but done so, so well.
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I think Alain Ducasse at the Dorchester was probably the best
We used to do quite a few shows at the Dorchester and at lunchtime we'd still get the full silver service treatment at our crew table backset. The food was always good.
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Like alot of posters Ive found the smaller,local restaurants to be the best. I think this can be true anywhere in the world.
3 way tie for best ever food.
Portimao, Algarve. Walking along the seafront and came to a little harbour. There was a make-shift dining room and a bbq fired up. Little fishing boats were coming in and handing over their catch. Lots of sardines, king prawns and squid.
10 sardines or 10 huge prawns for a quid. Just bbq'd and drizzled with a bit lemon juice. The freshes seafood Ive ever eaten. I dont think it gets any better TBH.Pattaya, Thailand. Beachfront restaurant, Green Chicken curry and a bowl of sticky rice and a bottle of Singha. The best curry I've ever eaten. Fiery and zingy with lime.
Lagos, Algarve. Again in Portugal. Small restaurant just off one of the paths to the beach. A foot long lemon sole grilled with lemon butter and a side of baby potatoes drenched in parsley butter.
Its all about the freshness of the ingredients. Simple, honest and delicious.
Im starving now! Cheese on toast it is!
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I enjoyed every second at the Fat Duck, and felt it was worth every penny. A few close friends and I were all turning 30 so we splurged on lunch - probably the better time to go because it was a nice relaxed 5 hours or so. Food was wonderful, matching wines were great too, it may be pot luck which dishes you get on each day but I loved all of the ones we had. Service was the best I've had anywhere too.
Not cheap (especially with cheese, port, and coffees) but a better thing to spend money on than things like XTR bits, IMO.
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Another disappointed Fat Duck'er here (though bumped into Richard Corrigan as I was leaving), the Hardwick was much better than I thought, and the private treatment (ohh err) by Angela Hartnett before she left the Connaught was out of this world.
Probably the best 'experience' was Purnells for my birthday a few months ago, but the best food outright was the seafood in the Foveran on Orkney - or friday noodles in TryThai in wrexham
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I won a champagne dinner for two at the Dorchester in a raffle at the Big Bang Ball in the mid 80s. The bill, which I didn't pay,
was £175 and the food was sublime.Posted 5 months ago # -
I once had a very average meal at The Ivy in Santa Monica, Los Angeles. Didn't know we were in The Ivy until I got the bill with the Restaurant name on it. We'd just landed, was jet lagged and wandered into a Resturant nearest to the hotel.
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Maybe the Fat Duck is love/hate place then. I thought it was a level up from any another restaurant I've eaten in, the wine matching is brilliant as well.
You have to admire the skill though (spoiler to anyone who's going):
http://thepleasuremonger.wordpress.com/2011/06/26/the-fat-duck-get-a-table-or-die-trying/
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Sorry to bring the tone down but stoner's
I can still conjure up the sublime taste of his bath chaps
made me giggle
sounds like something from a Gay fetish Video .
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La Tupina in Bordeaux was probably the best. I love SW French food and this was peasant food done extremely well. Also managed to land massive portions compared to the nearby tables - I think think the waiter had got fed up with dealing with Americans speaking English
...Only disappointment was that they'd run out of sanguette... Must go back for that 
The Armagnac selection was quite something, too - a carte longer than most wine lists and dating back a century or so.Most impressive in terms of effort was Le Gambetta in Saumur, a French/Oriental fusion with an epic amount of work in each course.
Curiously, both of those are the only places where I've ever had "polluted" creme brulee (I'm a firm believer that creme brulee should just be custard and sugar) that has actually worked; the former with spiced bread and the latter with wasabi - I genuinely expected that to be a whole world of wrong, but it was a work of genius.
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La Tupina in Bordeaux was probably the best. I love SW French food and this was peasant food done extremely well. Also managed to land massive portions compared to the nearby tables - I think think the waiter had got fed up with dealing with Americans speaking English
...Only disappointment was that they'd run out of sanguette... Must go back for that The Armagnac selection was quite something, too - a carte longer than most wine lists and dating back a century or so.Most impressive in terms of effort was Le Gambetta in Saumur, a French/Oriental fusion with an epic amount of work in each course.
Curiously, both of those are the only places where I've ever had "polluted" creme brulee (I'm a firm believer that creme brulee should just be custard and sugar) that has actually worked; the former with spiced bread and the latter with wasabi - I genuinely expected that to be a whole world of wrong, but it was a work of genius.
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I hate fancy food but work takes me to these places often The Kitchin in Edinburgh was one of the nicer ones, a round of drinks came to £480 though... Which didn't make it through expenses unfortunately. Martin Wisharts (also in Edinburgh was ok too. I can't stand (work) paying £75 for a pigeon breast stuffed with truffles and drizzles in some exotic spice, I only ever need a kebab afterwards.
I much prefer quaint places, the red lion in birchover, Derbyshire is awesome.
Favourite place ever though is http://www.charolaiskroen.dk/ you'll pay £60 for a 400g tenderloin but it's honestly the nicest, best cooked steak you will ever have.
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Stoopid forum bork bork.
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catch your own scallops, open and cook them in a little bit of white wine and a small blob of cream - the best seafood bar none
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Never really done a Michelin starred diner, but two places I can recommend are,
The Plantation House in Cancún. (although on goggling it, it may well now be closed?)
The Jumble Room, Grasmere .L'Enclume is only down the road, but I find Rogan's is good enough for me.( and more suits my pocket)
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The Red Pump in Bashall Eaves near Clitheroe. Been there three times with different friends and each time all through the meal people kept saying "This is delicious!"
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"Seven course taster menu at The Three Chimneys on Skye. Closely followed by the breakfast they served the next morning. For a one-off bank-raping blow-out, I can't recommend a stay there highly enough."
Alot of folk warned us off going there (including locals) and recommended this place in stead http://www.oldschoolrestaurant.co.uk/ round the corner which was fantastic and a fraction of the price.
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Sometime, many moons ago BC (before children) I used to eat out a lot while working in London, highlights
Mirabelle in Curzon St, amazing, the soufflé was to die for
Had a fantastic duckling starter at Langan's Brasserie, and severel fantastic evenings there, one highlight being mistaken for a paparazzi by Daniella Westbrook and Barbra Windsor.
The Ivy was very good, and really reasonably priced.
Gordon Ramsey's at Claridges was very good, £75 a head 8 years ago. Two of my fellow diners decided to swap desserts, so they swapped their cutlery over. The maitre d' walked past and looked at the table (which he hadn't set) and before we could explain he apologised and moved the cutlery back. We did manage to explain so the waiter didn't get a bollocking.
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Two stand outs from this year where..
the old school restaurant in Skye..
http://www.oldschoolrestaurant.co.ukand La Paloma, which is in San Lorenzo on Ibiza..
amazing Homemade style Meditteranean food..
http://palomaibiza.com/Posted 5 months ago # -
A few years ago I was camping with friends near Florac, and we decided we were going to have a nice meal to finish the week.
We went went to this place La Source du Pecher and had an amazing meal. Nettle soup, trout from the river just outside, incredible desserts, superb cheeseboard, lovely wine, great service.
Which was nice.
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Mrsbond managed to get us a reservation at Mrs Paisley's Lashings a couple of years back which was great fun. It's basically an organic 'pop-up' restaurant which ran periodically for a week or so at Ronnie Wood's old house in Kingston hosted by his ex-wife Jo, who met you for drinks when you arrived.
The food was great, wine superb but it was the whole atmosphere which made it. Half the house was open to just wander round, play billiards, potter round the garden etc. Billie Piper was on the table behind us, some model and another actor I apparently should have recognised on the table in front. All quite bizarre.Posted 5 months ago # -
duntmatter - camping at Pont du Tarn by any chance? One of my favourite campsites.
Will check out La Source du Pecher next time we're staying there, havent been there yet.
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Stoner - no, it was a really small place I can't remember the name of, with a broken ping pong table and stale bread at the kiosk.
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then I recommend http://www.camping-florac.com/
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my other half has worked in a number of fine dining establishments as front of house staff..
xmas was ace a few years back when she used to bring me home a plate of food after work every evening..
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Probably the tasting menu at Nathan Outlaw in Rock...four courses of perfectly cooked and seasoned seafood, plus cheeses and puddings. Everything was delightful, which is unusual, even in starred establishments.
Also, over the estuary in Padstow, Paul Ainsworth at No.6 was superb...inventive fun cooking (I had fairground donuts for pudding), full of flavor and very reasonably priced.
L'enclume was also fabulous, but for different reasons. Great food for sure, but also an element of theater to the dishes. Probably the closest you can get to a Fat Duck 'molecular gastronomy' (sorry) experience without an impossible waiting list.
Had a great meal with 5 others at Le Gavroche this year, superb, though fairly pricy. Not so pricy that I wouldn't plan a return visit at some point tho'
However, one of the best meals that I've had and undoubtedly the best value by a country mile was at Chapters in Farnborough; £15 for a 3 course Sunday lunch in a Michelin starred restaurant...felt like we were robbing the place! This was a couple of years ago now...the Sunday lunch is now a whopping £20.50. I'd be there every Sunday if i didn't live 2 hours away.
Currently planning to visit The Ledbury with the same bunch that came to Le Gav...very much looking forward to it!
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Chapters is about a 10min walk from my house - not been yet though...
probably the best meal i've had on expenses was here - http://www.globen-flakket.dk In a basement in Arhus, Denmark - incredible food.
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Food thread or how much can i spend thread ....... sayers, bury town centre 89 p pasty lovely could of added more cheese, round of drinks £2.15 not the cheapest in the area but matches venice beach prices!
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Kobe beef in some small local place, in Kobe.
Cut and cooked on a hot plate in front of me (had it rare) and served with salt and a glass of wine, best steak ever.Posted 2 months ago # -
Mr + Mrs on The Bund in Shanghai.
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Gundel's in Budapest.
I was a bit sceptical as to whether it would live up to hype, or just be trading off it's past, but it really was good.
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After spending near on 20 years working in the M industry its nice to hear so many places are appreciated.
Rusty, you'll like The Ledbury.Someone mentioned Chez Nous, biggest waste of money I ever Spent.
Pied a terre, brilliant.
Best meal was the Ledbury followed by either Marcus when he was at Petrus or Hollihead which was 15 years ago.
Best experience was at the 3* Paul bocuse, l'Auberge du Pont de because I spent an hour with the old boy getting a tour of the kitchen from him and drinking Freanch tea ( Champagne).
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Seven course taster menu at The Three Chimneys on Skye
+1. I've been there twice now, and it was great both times. Eating a meal almost all farmed or caught locally, and then sipping a Talisker as I watched the seals basking in the bay is one of life's better experiences. Mercifully, I was staying in a cottage nearby, as the on-site accommodation is eye-wateringly expensive.
Other honourable UK mentions: Northcote Manor (wonderfully inventive use of Lancashire produce), Rick Stein's, Paul Ainswoth at No. 6 (both Padstow) and Casamia in Bristol.
As for abroad, Peter Doyle's at the quaye, Sydney. Order the hot seafood platter for 2 and enjoy, overlooking the Opera House and Bridge. Magic.
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Quay is a great place , not been but going by his book it looks something special.
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