Marker 32... this awesome little place down the street from us that has a seasonal menu and everything I've ever had there has been superb. We even went once and my SO really wanted lamb, but there was nothing on the menu so he asked the chef and the guy whipped out some amazing rosemary-mustard lamb shanks. I don't like lamb, but I think my SO may have had a little orgasm.
The meal takes around two hours because everything is perfectly timed to come out so you never end up feeling rushed, bored or too full. And their creme brulees are divine. They're right on the Intracoastal Waterway, but we have this little booth we always reserve when we go... about 6 or 8 times per year.
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Noodle Pudding in Brooklyn was really good, too. The proportions of fresh ingredients was perfect. Everything was really, really fresh. I'd go back in a heartbeat. the ambience was trippy, with the little tables right on top of each other and the bathroom floors were all tilted.
Best Thai I have ever had was in San Francisco and for the life of me, I can't remember where, some little Thai barbeque place... somewhere near Yerba Buena, but on the opposite side of the main road/BART station. I ate there every single day I was in the city and took it back to the hotel. People sniffed me on the train.
The restaurant itself was rather small and non-descript... there was a ton of construction out front when I was there but I WILL find it again some day.
My favorite steak place doesn't exist any more. They closed down about a year ago and we were devastated. Just a traditional white-tableclothed, wood paneled place with attentive servers and great (overpriced) wine like anywhere else. But the servers knew their shit, man. I'd grab an 8 oz pepper-pitt filet for $28 and it was always done perfectly. The Tree Steakhouse. I will always mourn its loss... the rent at the beaches in Jax is insane now. But those steaks were better than Ruth's Chris and comparable to Morton's. NO contest with Ruth's Chris.
And Angie's Subs in Jacksonville Beach. There is no place like it. I posted up my Sweet Teddy T sub in the favorite food photo thread. I've never had a sub so perfectly made before. And since I'm now extremely hungry, I think we're going to go try to find one. The atmosphere is wonderfully wacky inside, nothing matches, people's left-behind sock are haging from the ceiling and the staff is all teenagers and early 20s-ers, and they yell out your name when your sub is ready. Their sweet tea is to die for, too.