Showing posts with label best restaurants. Show all posts
Showing posts with label best restaurants. Show all posts

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

The five best restaurant meals I've ever had.....

This is hard, I've been fortunate to have had the opportunity to eat at a lot of great places over the years. Sometimes, a great meal is all about the food, sometimes it is enhanced by the atmosphere, the service, the company or the occasion. These choices have probably been influenced by some combination of all of them. In no particular order....

The Water Lot Inn at the Fairmont Southhampton Hotel in Nassau Bermuda

Il Mulino in New York City (interestingly enough the second time was just OK) 

Felidia in New York City

Topolobampo in Chicago (happily, the second time was equally as good)

Le Florimond in Paris

I've had lots of other really amazing meals at places like The Inn at Little Washington (Little Washington, VA) , Le Bec Fin (Philadelphia), Po (NYC), Boulevard (San Francisco), Nola (New Orleans), Le Coq au Vin (Orlando) and many more. Somehow the  particular meals I had at the five I listed rise to the top. How about you?

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