The Best Thing I Ever Ate
Sep. 6th, 2010 09:39 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
midnightsjaneI was just watching this on the Food Network, chefs talking about the best thing they've ever eaten, the food that fills them up and satisfies every little nook and cranny of their souls. It got me to thinking about the things I've eaten along the way, and wondering if there is something I would classify as The Best Thing Ever. Now, I love food, I love to eat good food, and I like to try new things, new tastes. One of the best things about travelling is the experience of finding new foods, new taste sensations; I've never understood people who go to a foreign country and refuse to eat anywhere but MacDonalds.
Memorable food experiences for me would include the first time I ever ate snails (or, more fancily, escargot). I was in a Greek taverna in Athens, with a friend of mine who was married to a Greek man; it was a taverna frequented by Greeks, not tourists. The snails came in a sauce of butter and garlic and were hot and tender and just so yummy it made me forget what I was actually eating! OMG. mmmm.
Something else that I will never forget, and frequently wish I could get more of; genuine Greek rizogalo (rice pudding) made by Yianni, the owner of the little coffee shop on a back street in the Plaka, near the Parthenon, in Athens. He made it in a giant pot every afternoon, a creamy, mouth pleasing blend of rice and cream and sugar and vanilla, so warm and lucious, I crave it now. I've never had a better rice pudding.
Oh, and the Greek yogurt, made with sheep's milk, with a thin skin on top that you had to break through to get to the creamy yogurt underneath, served with a thick drizzle of honey. I can taste it now.
Wow, this is making me nostalgic for my time in Greece. So much of that time is connected to food and eating, it seems. No wonder I gained 10 pounds when I was there. I'd probably be big as a house if I'd stayed longer. ;P
What's the best thing you ever ate?
Memorable food experiences for me would include the first time I ever ate snails (or, more fancily, escargot). I was in a Greek taverna in Athens, with a friend of mine who was married to a Greek man; it was a taverna frequented by Greeks, not tourists. The snails came in a sauce of butter and garlic and were hot and tender and just so yummy it made me forget what I was actually eating! OMG. mmmm.
Something else that I will never forget, and frequently wish I could get more of; genuine Greek rizogalo (rice pudding) made by Yianni, the owner of the little coffee shop on a back street in the Plaka, near the Parthenon, in Athens. He made it in a giant pot every afternoon, a creamy, mouth pleasing blend of rice and cream and sugar and vanilla, so warm and lucious, I crave it now. I've never had a better rice pudding.
Oh, and the Greek yogurt, made with sheep's milk, with a thin skin on top that you had to break through to get to the creamy yogurt underneath, served with a thick drizzle of honey. I can taste it now.
Wow, this is making me nostalgic for my time in Greece. So much of that time is connected to food and eating, it seems. No wonder I gained 10 pounds when I was there. I'd probably be big as a house if I'd stayed longer. ;P
What's the best thing you ever ate?
