I love creme brulee, but I'm also a huge fan of panna cotta. Great, now I'm craving creamy desserts at 8:30 in the morning.

a) a chocolate cake like no other made by the fancy restaurant next to my workplace - as in you're not quite sure if it's cake or mousse or soufflé but it tastes divine

b) artichoke dip made by a specific friend of mine who won't give me the full recipe (there's a special ingredient!)

c) the first time i ate carpaccio in a good restaurant

in 1987, while on business in new york, i did hit the original Il Fornaio, they had a paella that was decadent to say the least...

mcann's in manhattan, around the corner from the south gate hotel, prolly the bestest burger i ever ate...

and in 1993 the four seasons in mid-town, the chateaubriand bearnaise was melt in your mouth...

GAWD i miss those per diem checks :sad:

Loco mayo. Typical dish of Chile, consisting of Chilean Abalone cooked until soft with home made mayo and a little lemon. buenisimo.

Which restaurant? I had the biggest disappointment at a French restaurant in Toronto, Caffe La Gaffe, on Baldwin. Great meal. Suck ass Creme Brulee. More like scrambled eggs in a microwave. Never been back.

My little slice of heaven was at a restaurant called La Cave in Cannes... Perfect Pesto Ravioli, Magret Duck and then the best Creme brulee I've ever had...

I've been back for it a few times.

It was at La Bodega, a couple of doors down from La Gaffe, I believe. I doubt it's the best French place in town, but I was impressed. It is a bit of a challenge for me to find a good French place because my wife isn't into that cuisine at all, really. Pity. Maybe I can convince aberkok to come out with me sometime. The only duck I've had besides a leg of it with my quail at Bodega was homemade BBQ, Malaysian style. I should try more recipes.

there's no single best food. there's a variety of different delicious things out there and it's my goal to try them all

i hear barbeque orangatan is to die for

Best cuisine: Chinese, Thai, Persian, Indian, Korean, Ethiopian, Italian, and American bbq.

Worst: French, British, Mexican (Latin American)

man, you don't like tacos?

Nah, not really. I will eat it if I have to but I just fine that cuisine bland and flavorless and extremely overrated. Especially if you compare it with my top choices.

Garlic mashed potatoes with cream and butter at Ruths Chris Steakhouse.

Blueberry waffles with chunky peanut butter.

Good source of carbs and fat for breakfast.

Especially for the orangutan...




...I'll be here all week! Try the ape, it's fresh.

Baraka_Guru's power breakfast:

Homemade French toast w/ whole grain bread, topped with poached eggs and served with veggie sausage and a glass of juice

i'm a big fan of steamers too.
best meal i've had was a Cod that i caught, took home and broiled.
freshly caught fish is the best.

My tastes don't run the truffles route, but I tend to look for delicious food at hole-in-the-wall kinds of places...

In Japan, I found some GREAT cuisine that I just wouldn't have tried at home - usually by asking for the sushi chef's omikase offerings. Expensive sometimes, but just awesome.

I think some of the absolutely most delicious Chinese food I had was at a little hole in the wall place - Xepherys will know it! - in the back of a Chinese grocery in MI. The little gramma that worked back there made the BEST garlic chicken I've ever had.

I've had a wonderful paella down in the bowels of Detroit, at a little Spanish restaurant.... YUM.

This past year, my brother made chicken with champagne sauce (he never found a recipe, just looked at a white wine sauce and improvised from there) because she said it was the best meal she ever had, and hadn't had it since her sister's wedding rehearsal dinner. I see why she liked it so much, and she said that my brother made it even better than the restaurant did.

My second favorite is peach Jelly Belly jelly beans. They remind me of something from my childhood; I have no idea what it was, but every time I eat them it brings me back to ... whenever it was that I ate what they remind me of.

Boy, that's a tough one. I don't know if there can be any one answer to this question.

Off the top of my head, though, the empanadas at Carnivale in Chicago were so good as to defy description. Also, sometimes you just NEED a good deep dish pizza, and getting a nice big slice from Art of Pizza perfectly hits the spot.

Also, the first egg nog of the season ain't bad, and its always been a while!

Spaghettios straight out of the can. Mmm.

The can says that they're now a good source of calcium, too.

I had a craving and went out and bought some. Thanks, TFP.

mmm Spagettios....

I once had a pumpkin custard praline pie... holy good. Never found another again.

I'd have to say Spam Musubi....http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spam_musubi

spam musubi sounds interesting

There's a restaurant near my house that serves Chicken Chesapeake in a lemon-butter sauce. It's the food they serve in the nice restaurant in Heaven (as opposed to Heaven's dive bar, which serves nothing but mozzarella sticks and beer).

Cafe la Gaffe on Baldwin, yikes, that brings back memories. I used to go there in 1989 (seriously)

The beef carpaccio at Globe Bistro on the Danforth (formerly Cafe Brussel) is absolutely amazing by the way. I highly recommend it.

That's the second good review I've heard for Globe Bistro. I can't wait to visit Toronto to try it... I miss my old neighbourhood.

Spam Mitsubishi?

I very much like the Globe. It's all round great food and the prices, though not cheap (2 people = 120/140 depending), are not over the top. I was introduced to it by a friend who lives down at Pape and Gerrard (I live at Bloor and Jane) and I've been there several times and have never been disappointed. Without a doubt, the best restaurant on the Danforth. But the Beef Carpaccio (appetizer) is not to be missed...

Are you planning to move home someday? The place isn't the same without you.

I gotta admit, I love me some california rolls with ample amounts of wasabi

I love that sinus clearing Wasabi. Last time I had sushi I requested more be brought to the table they looked at me as though I were nuts.

My favorite breakfast is leftover mashed potatoes pressed into a sort of pancake and fried to a light golden brown(think hashbrowns) one egg, generally either poached or over-hard and a slice of cheese on top, all stacked like a breakfast sandwich. Sometimes I will use a havarti, other times even a farmers cheese. It is delicious and more filling than you would think. With a busy schedule like mine I often don't make it to lunch and it holds me well.

I am quite challenged though in naming a favorite food. It depends upon the mood I am in at the time and the availability of fresh ingredients. I can remember a time that I had the most amazing crab bisque I have ever tasted, it was in some out of the way hole-in-the-wall restaurant that I could never remember the name to save my life. It is a shame as it was wonderful and they served it with fresh homemade bread that was to die for.

We are in Savannah atm...and we just had lunch and I just had the BEST shrimp salad I ever ate...I have no idea what the "creamy" part of it was...Im going to have to do some research on it....but omg was it fantastic

No plans to move back, but I am definitely due for a visit.

and a good beef carpaccio is hard to find in Toronto.

I love spam musubi! I like to make it myself at home. An empty Spam can with both the top and bottom gone works for a mold, or else they are easily ordered off of the Internet. I fry the Spam a little, then cook it with a bit of Yoshida sauce, then roll it up into the musubi.

Mmmm. I think I'm going to have to make a batch soon.

Soft shell crab. If you haven't tried it, you haven't lived.

Also, any sushi with salmon skin in it. Also, unagi. Ok, I feel hungry now!

Oh, man, I just had that last night! (Except for the salmon skin.) All you can eat! :thumbsup:

Had my first salmon sashimi, and my first snapper sushi. Oh so fishy deliciousness. Japanese food is weird. Realize that I grew up on Froot Loops, Kraft Dinner, and bologna sandwiches.

If you like Sushi, you need to try Blowfish at King and Bathurst. Kind of snooty, but the food is great.

Best sushi in T.O. is Kaji on the Queensway just east of Islington. Not where'd you expect to find the best Sushi restaurant, but there it is.

Interesting. The place we went to was in Markham; we met friends who live up there. Our regular place has become Sushi on Bloor, as we've been pretty impressed with them. How does that place compare to these others?

Never been to Bloor Sushi.

For neighbourhood Sushi, I go to Yumi at Bloor and Jane.

Blowfish is very good sushi, try the "Ebi Shooter" if you should happen to give it a shot. Amazing stuff - You won't be disappointed. 2 people will run about 100 to 120. Lots of pretty people there. Go early because after 9, they suddenly crank the music and turn it into a bar and you can't hear yourself think. That part really sux.

Kaji is for the serious sushi lover. He picks for you. You don't pick anything, just how much you want to spend. (80/100/120 per person). Truly the art of Sushi. I've heard it called the best sushi in Canada. I've not had better, however, who knows.

Some raw oysters and king crab legs..

or some rare ahi tuna served cajun style

hmmmmmm

For me, it'd have to be a toss-up between sushi or a steak. Both are excellent in their own right.