Dinner at the Hotel DeParis in Monte Carlo...my first taste of foie gras.
Everything was done so beautifully, tasted equisite.

This is a tough one to answer. Food just isn't that important to me. I'm the guy that has packed the exact asame thing in his lunch for the last 20 years. It doesn't matter what it is as long as it fills the void.
When DW and I were dating we met at her place for lunch. She made avocado sandwiches. I hate avocados. But, I pasted a smile on my face and choked it down, and told her it was wonderful. As I was driving away I thought "Man, you got it bad for this lady if you're willing to eat avocados for her."

Ron

Well...I've had more indigestion that lasted longer than the memory of some foods.

I don't have romantic memories of food. When I was "in Love" I was to nauseaus to be hungry (love sick). I dreaded Dinner Dates.

But, there was the time that I went out on a date in a "lime green" dress. (OK it was the 70's) The cloth napkins were also "lime green". After I ate, I actually picked up my dress and blotted my lips on it by mistake.

Gayle

Don't remember what I ate, but I had lunch and dinner on 2 separate occasions on the 106th Floor of the World Trade Center (Windows on the World). Will never forget it; I could see my neighborhood 12 miles away from there.

So Ron....tell us what you pack for lunch every day?

nauseas

Weekend fly-in to Toronto with the flying club many years ago. We went to an Indian Restaurant that first night. I was all excited to be trying Indian food for the first time, but it was just too hot to be able to taste it after the first bite. They couldn't bring water to our table fast enough, and I drank more in that one meal than in my whole life. LOL

I went to DH's senior prom with him, I was 15 and he was 17. We went to dinner before the dance with another couple. I wasn't sure what to order, etiquette and stuff like that. So I thought I'd order whatever the other girl ordered, but she ordered just a salad. I was all of 90 lbs, but had an appetite and a salad just wouldn't do it for me. So I ordered what the guys ordered, the salad, and the steak and the baked potato and the bread... Then I felt like I ordered it, I had to eat it, couldn't let someone take me to dinner then not eat it. So I ate it, every bite.

It was years before DH told me that he and his friend were both shocked and made themselves eat everything so as not to be out-eaten by a tiny girl.

It was years later before I told DH that eating that meal made me bust the hook on the crenoline under my dress. LOL! The other girl and I had an emergency trip to the restroom, luckily she had a safety pin. LOL.

That was almost 23 years ago, and when I eat a big meal DH will still ask me if I need a safety pin!

Has to be Patrick O'Connell's 7 course dinner the night we stayed at his "Inn at Little Washington". Every bite was heavenly. And we got to hang out in the kitchen for appetizers before we sat down. At one point, I was taking a picture of the gorgeous copper and blue kitchen, and one of the chefs came over and pulled me right into the middle of everything, so I could get a better shot. The last course was called, "the Seven Deadly Sins"--a huge plate of 7 different desserts. Not only was the food out of this world, but so was the company. Sarah Moulton was one of the guests, and was so friendly and down to earth. That meal was an experience I'll never forget.

And I'm so glad Patrick gave me an autographed copy of his cookbook--most of the food he served is in it, and everything I've made at home turned out just as his did--wonderful.

Yes, Ron, I would like to know too. LOL

I don't get out much, but once when we were in Florida, we ate at a place called Breakers. It was dinner and a show. The tables were set with linens and wine and water glasses. They even brought us a wine list. I hadn't drunk wine since I was a teenager and we use to drink that cheap $1 a bottle wine. I had never been to a place fancy enough to even have a wine list. I told the waiter straight up to pick one for me. He was just wonderful. I told him we were from Podunk, and that we didn't have a clue about anything. He made us feel very comfortable.He helped us with our wine selection and our food. I had Oysters Rockefellar-I think the spelling is off on that, but you know what I mean. We had She-crab soup. The food was to die for. As far as I know the food could have been terrible, but it tasted great to me. During the show afterwards, the singer sat next to my daughter and sang to her. It was a good time.

What interesting and fun answers! I'm still chuckling at Gayle's. And I agree--food and new love (or is it lust?) didn't mix for me.

Memorable in uncomfortable way was the dinner at which I met my future in-laws for the first time. I was 20. I ordered a Cornish hen (don't ask me why) and then told the waiter I would cut it up myself (don't ask me why). I managed to drop the knife on my plate (to my mind it produced the decibels of a crash of multiple cymbals) and received what would be the first of many glares of disapproval from Joe's father.

For sheer dining ecstasy, I could pick any of the meals I had at Yale when I attended the reunion last June. The lobster . . . the wine . . . all the fresh raspberries I could eat . . . and the absolutely stellar company.

Susan

Our 7th wedding anniversary. we were in Paris, found a place to eat. They escorted us upstairs. We ate all alone in the dining room,amid candlelight and wine. I don't remember the main course, just the desssert, Floating Island, a fluffy egg meringue floating in a bowl of sweetened cream. Heaven!

OK, until Ron shows up again, let's guess what he packs.

Turkey on whole wheat bread with mayo and lettuce.
Apple
Chips

Next guess?

some friends took us to a fancy restaurant in the Bahamas. They said they wanted to pay for our meal before we made the plans . I told my husband I thought we should pay for at least our share of the tab. It was the first time we had been to that restaurant, and I was floored to see that a salad was over $25 and the total for our dinner was over $200 each person ! The food was good, but I mostly remember the prices, lol. Montana_Jan

Deemarie, I would eat your guess, but I'm thinking Ron's going for something less healthy. Let's say bologna on white with extra mayo. And a Twinkie.

When my (now) wife and I were in the early stages of dating I took her to the wedding of a friend of mine who married a girl who's father was loaded. The reception was at the Hotel Dupont in Wimington Delaware. The hotel didn't have a parking lot of it's own so the FOB even picked up the tab at a garage a block away. That alone had to set him back hundreds!

The dining room was so swanky I felt like I should have been waiting on the tables, not eating from them. There was so much silverware that in addition to left & right of the plate there were extra forks & knives across the top. What were they, 'spare tires'? Maybe in case you dropped one on the floor?

There were huge chandeliers haning from the ceiling. The room looked like the ship on 'The Posideon Adventure' before it turned upside down.

The food was good too. Afterward I told my girlfriend not to get used to it, none of my other friends or I had any money. We still don't.

Deemarie...im guessing Ham and Velveeta on white bread with miracle whip......a baggie full of doritos....and a banana.

RON??????

Mine would have to be the first New Years Eve, 1981, DH & I were together...4 months before we married. We decided to stay in and we had rib-eye steaks, snowcrab legs and sparkling wine. We ate, and ate!! It was so good....I don't think I had had crab legs before that!

We repeat this every year since then! =)

One I'll never forget was in Salt Lake City. I was there on business and my work travel buddy and I went to a restaurant someplace downtown. It was a few blocks from the arena, the beautiful courthouse and we also saw the Morman Tabernacle. It wasn't a big place, but the food was soooooo good. I had salmon and it was fresh. It was huge and I ate every bite. We saw people ordering this great big terrarium bowl full of strawberries with whipped cream between the layers, so we split one. It was absolute heaven. We fought each other over "bowl rights", sliding it from one side of the table to the other. I swear I could've eaten a whole one by myself. The whipped cream was sort of a sauce that clung to the berries--and if you haven't had berries from Wyoming (they told us that's where they got them), you haven't lived. That was in the early 80's and I'd love to go back, but don't remember the name of the restaurant--even if it would still be there.

Also, any meal I had at the Balsams in Dixville Notch, NH.

I think Ron has a peanut butter sandwich with butter on the bread and thinly sliced sweet pickles. Well, maybe not Ron, but my dad had that and a twinkie every day of his working life when I was a kid. Yummy!

Ham and Velveeta on white????????? I'm insulted.

2 slices of salami on wheat with mustard, a banana, and a diet pepsi to wash it down. As I said; food isn't that important to me, just something to fill the void. And on a good day a couple of homemade chocalate chip cookies for dessert.
Ron

I'll never forget my first date with DH. It was Memorial Day. He asked me what I'd like to have and I chose seafood. We drove to historic Essex MA to Woodman's (they claim to have invented fried clams) it's an eat in the rough place with oil cloth and salt boxes on the tables. We had fried clams and scallops with hand cut FF. I knew that night I would marry him. For years after every Memorial Day we went to Woodman's for clams and scallops. I'd take that place over any 5star restaurant any day.

Ewwwwwwwww.... Salami.....

LOL Ron...I never would insult you on purpose. My favorite sandwich is Bologna and Velveeta on white bread with miracle whip and purple onion and fresh tomato. I dont get to have it very often...but it IS my favorite!!

Thanks for the update, Ron! Because we care, I would advise you not to skip those annual blood tests to check on your cholesterol. LOL!

Thanks for the concern deemarie. I had my appendix out when I was 20. Then didn't see a Dr. again until I was 47, and then just to appease DW. Doc reemed me a new one for going so long between visits then did a bunch of tests and told me I was in excellent health. I knew that already. If it ain't broke don't fix it.

Another thought on a memorable meal. One of the first times I went backpacking the organization that outfitted us forgot to give us part of our food allotment. There were 13 of us out in the wilderness for 9 days. Ever been hungry for a week straight? We got into Buffalo, Wyoming and spotted a MacDonalds. A big Mac never tasted so good.
Ron

When DD and I were in Sydney the first place we stayed at was full of bush beetles. Think giant mud colored roaches with wings.

On one of our last nights we decided to take the ferry across to Manley Beach and treat ourselves to a pricey seafood dinner. The restaurant was closed that evening so we decided we'd grab something else later.We each got an ice cream cone and wandered around sightseeing and talking to people. Time flew and we realized that the last ferry would be departing in 20 minutes and we hadn't had dinner yet. There was a pizza parlor near the ferry and we ran in and ordered a pepperoni pizza to go. At the last minute we said to add olives.

We got back to the dock and sat down at an outdoor table to enjoy our pizza. Opened the box, took one look and started to laugh. I gamely took a bite but couldn't go any further. DD couldn't even touch it. The whole pizza was studded with whole, unpitted brownish tan olives that looked JUST like baby bush beetles.

I've had some really nice meals, but I think I'm going to say it was our steak dinner at the Three Forks in Dallas, TX. Oh my, was that ever good. Melt in your mouth steaks. The atmosphere and wait staff were exceptional too.

WHAT? Food not important? That's not American Ron. 'Splain yourself! :) I wish food wasn't as important to me as it is. The older I get, the more I want it and the better it tastes. I'm in BIG trouble here folks! LOL

Mine was in Al. At the time I had only eaten deep-fried-shrimp...We go to this business dinner, real fancy and all (not me at all!) anyway, before we go in DH tells me to order real food, not just a salad. I'm not a steak person, so the only thing other than steak that I understood was shrimp. I ordered the shrimp, my plate came and I couldn't believe my eyes! There on my plate was 3 of the largest shrimp I had ever seen in my life, heads...eyes...everything! They were steamed shrimp!
DH quickly grabbed my plate, and like a pro tore the heads off, dug out the meat and disposed of the remains. I was so shocked and couldn't get the vision of them whole shrimp out of my head, barely touched my food. It was the worst meal of my life.

We laugh about it to this day...but was not funny then. We paid the tab, were broke for the entire month, and didn't get the business either. Oh...and I DON'T order steamed shrimp!

Carnivore Grill, Nairobi

{{gwi:1570132}} Waiter comes to you table with huge skewers, and carves the meat right onto your plate: Ostrich, giraffe, zebra, crocodile, with a lazy susan filled with different dipping sauces.

That was out last nite, before heading back to the states. One meal I will never forget!

My most memorable meal was not a good one. Christmas dinner, the year FIL was diagnosed the first time with pancreatic cancer. MIL and FIL had sheltered DH and told him that FIL was getting his gallbladder out. Talk about a shock when the surgeon smiled and said cancer, nothing they could do (as expected), and to get the affairs in order.

It was a four hour drive each way to visit him in that hospital, and we did it daily for something like two weeks. That night on the way home we realized none of us had eaten all day and we still had at least 3 hours of drive left so stopped at the only thing that was open - McDonalds. Think their food is bad? Try eating it when you feel like you have been kicked in the stomach first.

Live sushi eaten at a restaurant in Japan.....

had alot of memorable meals in chicago restaurants but probably my fav was a birthday celebration during my early 20's at charlie trotter's w/ a kitchen table, it had only been open a couple yrs. my best GF was a wine sales rep and he was one of her many clients and she got us a special sitting. food was incredible, she picked great wines and we didn't have to wait months and months to get in lol. his restaurant is still making the top ten list for the most expensive and exclusive restaurants in this country.

2nd fav would be our wedding reception. we got married at Leu Gardens here in orlando and i orchestrated everything perfectly and it all worked out as planned LOL! we had beautiful gardens around us w/ roses and camellias in bloom, warm but breezy weather, great wines, very good food, beautiful floral arrangements in antique sterling vases, live big band, swing and jazz music all going on to a coral/orange FL sunset. just as planned lol ~ liz

I have a few that come to mind. One, in Tucson AZ at the Solarium. I'd heard how great it was from everyone but I was a poor airman and my boyfriend was a poor college student but we went anyway and he paid over $20 (this was in the early 80s) for a tiny circle of abalonie, a couple spears of aperagus and maybe a peice of bread, can't really remember anything other than the abalonie and asperagus. I felt really bad that he paid that much for it.

Another time on a TDY in Spain, we went to "the beach" in Barcalona, but it was early Spring, rainy, cold, everything closed. A bunch of us finally found an open restaurant and I was the only one with a sense of adventure. All five other people I was with ordered spaghetti, me, I ordered seafood paella. And it was a huge portion. They made fun of me all through the meal too but it was so good.

Another time we were TDY in Turkey and it was my first time out at a local restaurant. The food was really good especially the huge, flat bread they brought out for us all. I had to use the restroom and there was an "American" toilet in their's, only it had piles (no exageration!) of toilet paper and poop all over the seat and floor around it. I walked back out and held it for about five hours. I'm still amazed I held it that long, through the rest of the meal, carpet and brass shopping, and sipping tea with a local merchant, until we finally got back to the base.

Another time, a friend and I went white water rafting. I had always wanted to go. It wasn't quite what I had imagined, it was in Austria, in the early Spring, water was ice cold and we got on the "crazy" raft with a Caption who had a terminal brain tumor. (Never go on a raft with someone who knows they have a limited number of years to live.) I was so miserable that I almost didn't go back the next day. But, after all those hours, freezing and falling on my knee cap over and over, we had a wonderful, but very simple lunch: goulosh soup and bread. I'd never tasted something so good in my life.

we'd gone to branson to meet some cyber pals for the first time. it was a red lobster for me, too! it was dh, dd1, sil, and dgd...it was packed (as you can imagine) but we were never rushed, and the server was so nice with dgd (think she was about 2 at the time) everything was fantastic.

it's been many years but 3 of la's best(at the time), scandia's, on sunset strip, lawrys prime rib,a wonderful place called robaires, you could always count on great food...can you tell i've been gone for 30 years?

I love food, so there are a LOT of meals I remember well, LOL! My favorite though was when DH and I were in Acapulco 7 or so years ago for a business trip. Acapulco itself is not that great, but the hotel we stayed at served the most WONDERFUL Mexican food I've ever eaten!! I couldn't wait for DH to finish his meetings every day- I was ecstatic to be going to dinner at the hotel. I ate soooo much food, I'd make myself sick!

Well I came to realize why that food tasted so good! I was freshly pregnant and man did DD love Mexican food! So much, she was nicknamed "Burrito" during the pregnancy. :) I still salivate when I think about that trip. LOL!

What a cute thread!

Blessings,
Haley

I was a juror on a murder case in our county in 1980 in the Texas Panhandle. It lasted for a week and I was absolutely a nervous wreck by the time it was over. We had planned a trip to Dallas to see son & his wife for my birthday. They kept calling to see if we were coming for sure and we kept telling them if the trial was over we would be there. It was an eight hour drive with me talking my head off. Hadn't been able to do that for a week and was letting it all out. Drove my DH NUTS!

They told us to bring dressy clothes as they had a surprise. They had made reservations at the top of the Reunion Tower that revolved around the gorgeous skyline of Dallas. It was breathtaking. The food was delicious, too. Made me feel very special.....they even had a birthday cake for me. Good memories.

DL

It was in 1974 in a little popular restaurant near Akron Ohio. DH and I had consumed wonderful lunches there
on several ocassions. We decided to do dinner there for our 15th anniversary which we confided to our waitress as we perused the menu. The specials of the day included "Seafood Surprise" which the waitress recited to us in vivid detail along with several other specials of the day. As is usual, the "specials of the day" prices are absent form the descriptions. That didn't stop either of us from ordering that mouth watering "Seafood Surprise". We salivated over every mouthful, and then we ordered dessert, something we never did because money was sometimes a little tight back then. It was our anniversary and we felt rich that night with a whole 50 bucks in our pockets. The surprise came in our check at the end of this to die for meal. Our 50 bucks fell $10.27 short. We were positivly mortified! We told our waitress of our shortcomings and that Dh was going to leave me there while he went home (a 30 mile round trip) to get more money. But that waitress, God bless her, told us that it was ok...just consider it an anniversary gift from me. As we greatfully, and red faced, got up from our table, she whispered in my ear, "that Saefood surprise is way over priced in my book". So the Seafood Surprise was our most memorable meal, not because of taste, but because of a very kind waitress who I am sure reserved her place in heaven that night.

Embarrassing first "big date with Mr. Wonderful" seems the most memorable.
Remember, I was really shy and sheltered with little life experiences. Mom was just a simple cook, so I didn't know a lot about food.
When asked if I would like a nice filet mignon, I replied " no thank you, I really don't care for fish."
The laughter still rings in my ears........
Mr. Wonderful ended up being Mr. Awful, but it sticks in my mind as a memorable dinner LOL! Kathy

We've eaten at many really good restuarants, but one meal stands out because to me, there's nothing like a good plate of Osso Bucco, whether it be veal or lamb. We spent a long weekend at Old Sturbridge Village in Massachusetts. One evening we dined at the Oliver Wight Tavern and I ordered Lamb Shank Osso Bucco with parmesan risotto on a bed of sauteed spinach. TDF! I had a hunch that the chef graduated from Johnson & Wales, and I was right. Perfect, right dowm to the last, itty-bitty morsel.

LOL at Ron-I was going to guess turkey and swiss on wheat with mustard, cheetos, and a regular pepsi.

It was 42 years ago in May. My husband and I were newly married. He is a commercial shrimper, and we had so much rain, shrimping was awful, so he decided to go to Louisiana to shrimp. I couldn't stand the thought of staying home alone, so went with him to be the deckhand.

To get there, we traveled via the intercoastal canal. We didn't have much to eat on the boat...I remember trying to make jello in an igloo cooler.

We got to Port Arthur, Texas and docked at the city docks.
One of the guys on the other boats traveling with us, knew a place to eat. We walked about a mile to a little cafe that looked just like a little house. We had half a fried chicken, and it cost $1.25. It came with fries and salad and iced tea. It was sooo good. I remember it today!

We often plan entire vacations around food, so you know I love a good meal. My favorite, so far, was at Muriels in New Orleans' Jackson Square. We have dined at most of the fancy restaurants in that town, but the food doesn't compare to plain old Muriels. Best gumbo I've ever tasted... and the pork chop... yumm.

I like these kinds of answers! It lets you peek into the persons life a bit...and get to know everyone a little better.

On a Mother's Day, my 7 year old DD made me breakfast to bring to me in bed.
She thought salt pork was bacon.
She fried the salt pork and the eggs, burned the toast and I could hardly eat it.
I choked it down and told her it was the
best breakfast I had ever eaten.
She was so proud of her accomplishment.
That is my most memorable meal.
My DD is now 53 years old.
Dolly

Mine was Dec. 24, 1971. My soon-to-be fiance had made reservations at a famous restaurant in Pittsburgh to celebrate Christmas. The LeMont is situated on a bluff overlooking Pittsburgh's Golden Triangle and reservations by the window are hard to obtain. He had planned on surprising me with my engagement ring that evening but was so excited that he couldn't wait until we arrived at the restaurant.

While in the car he gave me a present to open. Inside was an old German Christmas ornament that had been in his family. It consisted of three balls that nestled inside each other. When I opened the smallest ball I discovered my ring. He really did surprise me, the first of many. I was so excited that I barely recall the actual meal. But it truly was my most memorable.

Here's a link to the view -

http://www.lemontpittsburgh.com/LeMont/images_04/images_04/homepage_r5_c1.jpg

We used to go to the "Inn at Little Washington" in Virginia on occasion. Everything I ever ate there was absolutely delightful. Can't remember each item, as it has been probably 20 years ago... but the surroundings were beautiful, the staff attentive, and every bite worth the long trip over there! And worth the price.

Those people knew how to cook and how to present food!

I still have the phone number. Wonder if it still works?

Baked beans with crumbled up potato chips on top, beef ribs, and cole slaw.