Food/Drink That Has Really … Really …. Impressed You

[naomi24]

Even though I’m not a foodie - I eat because I’d die if I didn’t - there are some things - simple things - that have impressed me enormously.

The tap water in Iceland….the wonderfully warmed brandy in Hungary … and the absolutely superb boiled new potatoes served on a boat turned restaurant moored on the River Orwell.

Just for fun in these dull days, what simple fare has impressed you?

[jakep]

Memory let’s me down on the location, it was many years ago.
A river where fresh trout were caught, gutted and bbq’d all within about ten feet. Simple and superb.

[woofgang]

I went to a restaurant in Victoria London called Mr Bumbles...around 35 years ago. Had a steak and chips with a Beaujolais then banoffee pie. Really excellent.

[theshedman]

Simple meals in the Bizzaro Italian resturant near Paddington station as a change from the hotel food I was getting. Also fish and chips at Murgatroyds in Yeadon near Leeds, lovely food and best fish and chips I have ever had.

[royfromaus]

Aldi brown sauce, just as good as the real thing only cheaper.

[mushroom25]

back in the seventies when trains had real buffet cars, brighton expresses used to serve cheese on toast. totally unauthorised and using their own ingredients, a nice addition to the journey...… until BR caught on that they weren't getting any benefit from it and it was stopped.

[Vagus]

A foot long ham baguette eaten outside in the sunshine at a very rural French motorway aire on our first trip to France...fresh bread, real butter, lots of ham.

[LadyCG]

The seafood in Boston and the Turks and Caicos, the tap water in Croatia and Poland, dulce de leche in Spain (such a simple thing), the beer in Munich (and I am NOT a beer drinker), simple barbequed fish and Mateus Rose in Portugal, jerk and rum punch in the Tobago Quays.

[bednobs]

in america you can get jambalaya/dirty rice packet mixes and i would spend a lot on delivery for them

[Prudie]

A banana fritter on a stick on a childhood holiday in Dawlish
Soft chocolate and vanilla ice-cream from a machine, also a childhood holiday in Gozo
Suckling pig in my favourite Menorcan restaurant
Tandoori beef chunks and freshly made naan in the Maldives (but I think that was the surroundings, anything would taste nice)
The warm tiger bread filled with jumbo prawns and chilli mayo my husband gives me for lunch on Saturdays ain't bad either.

[woofgang]

oh I forgot. Satay at The Satay Club in Singapore when it was over the road from the Cricket Club and near the Merlion. Early 70's

[iluvmargie]

The best cheeseburger EVER at a lovely little café on Anglesey, so good, I had another one!

[237SJ]

The salted prawns at Fatty's in Singapore.

[Atheist]

Black peas in a chipped cup with an aluminium spoon at the fair in Wigan in 1955.

[Atheist]

Oh, and raw seal fillets with penguin eyeballs in Antarctica in 1965 with Hendrix and dear David (before they were famous).

[woofgang]

bedknobs have you looked on Amazon?

[MartinMillar]

The lobster served on Islay, the prawns served in Vegas and the chateaubriand served at Rules in London

[MartinMillar]

Oh forgot the mussels in Brugge

[Bobbisox1]

Goulash in where else but , Budapest in November when it was icy cold outside

[woofgang]

oh moules and frites in Bruges.....

[rowanwitch]

A lamb and apricot pie in Aberaeron, heaven on a plate, with fresh local new potatoes and baby carrots.