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Re: 2020 Offseason Stream of Unconciousness
« Reply #3514 on: June 18, 2020, 02:55:47 PM »
Never been to Japan, but they are suppose to have the best beef in the world. I’d love to go one day just to try. I’m dying to go try it actually. 

Most of the Wagyu sold in the US - something like 90+% of it isn’t even real Wagyu. I know I had one at Capital Grille before that was like $100 and I’m 100% sure it was the fake stuff because there was nothing at all special about it. 

As for seafood, I’ll say the best I’ve ever had was in Sicily. The fish market in Syracuse is a sight to see. And a lot of the small restaurants there- the seafood they serve for dinner was caught that same morning by local fisherman. It was incredible just about everywhere I went in Sicily. 
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Re: 2020 Offseason Stream of Unconciousness
« Reply #3515 on: June 18, 2020, 03:01:56 PM »
Quote from: Cincydawg on June 18, 2020, 02:52:40 PM
Top end French cuisine is pricey.  But, you can get great Italian food for a song, in Italy.  It tends to be more "basic", in a good way.  French cuisine can take a lot of hours of preparation, multiple courses etc.

The best meal I ever had was lunch in some small town in Champagne, it was attached to a motel that didn't look like much.  The menus didn't have pricing except the one my friend got (we were four).  It probably took four hours.  After eating we moved to another room with plants all about for cheese, and then to another room for coffee etc.  I have no idea what the bill was.  Fortunately.

The second best was at a place near Beaune, Ermitage de Corton.

https://www.ermitagecorton.com/en/

 I do know how much that was.  I think the third best was in Chablis this February, it was Sunday and nothing was open, except this place again attached to a motel.  I ordered a Premier Grand Cru there for 74 euros.

https://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g1079400-d1220562-Reviews-Hostellerie_des_Clos-Chablis_Yonne_Bourgogne_Franche_Comte.html

The neat thing is that restaurants in hotels can be superb, and often are (outside Paris), not tres expensive.  Here in the US, dining in your motel or hotel is often not a good idea.  It's a different philosophy of course.

https://en.domaine-de-bayeux.com/

We stayed three nights at this place in Bayeux.  The first night we were tired after exploring Normandy, so I said we'd just eat there.  It was so good we dined there the next three nights.  That is a fantastic place to stay if you want to visit the Omaha beach area, about 100 euros a night. 

And there was a place near Bordeaux that was superb, and another place in Lourdes that we also dined three nights in a row, which we rarely do.

We somehow missed great good in Barcelona.
I’m saving this post for the next time I’m in France lol. I was suppose to go in April for 10 days but my trip got canceled thanks to stupid ass coronavirus.

France has more of the pricey Michelin starred fine dining restaurants than Italy. Northern Italy has some of those, but nowhere near as many as France- and the south of Italy and Sicily was and still is very poor.

Man I LOVED the food in Barcelona. The seafood especially was great. Barcelona might be my favorite place in the world. I could see myself living there lol.
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Re: 2020 Offseason Stream of Unconciousness
« Reply #3516 on: June 18, 2020, 03:06:53 PM »
I was not too impress with Capitol Grill, it's a chain of course.  Eddie Merlot's had Wagyu stuff one the menu that was superb (and pricey).  They are a small chain.  We went there a lot because I had a wine locker and could drink at retail pricing.

They even had Wagyu hot dogs once.  There are a couple places here we might try some time, STK up the street and Bones.  I can do a pretty good steak here though.  There is a place here called The Gunshow that is highly regarded by people who know, but they want a credit card to reserve the table and if you don't show there is a $75 charge.  Kinda turned me off a bit.

https://gunshowatl.com/

Chef Kevin Gillespie’s restaurant Gunshow offers a bold, interactive take on the traditional dining experience. Dishes are presented to guests tableside by the chefs and cooks that prepared them. Cocktails are prepared tableside on a rolling bar cart where diners can talk to the bartender about the cocktails being prepared for them. Gunshow is a dinner and a show all in one
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Re: 2020 Offseason Stream of Unconciousness
« Reply #3517 on: June 18, 2020, 03:09:24 PM »
Yeah, I loved the food in Barcelona. Awesome seafood and tapas. I could see myself living there, or in Florence, or Sicily. Not only is the seafood great in Sicily, but I would challenge anyone to find me a better cannoli. I'm not much for what they call pizza, however. Livorno is another seafood haven.
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Re: 2020 Offseason Stream of Unconciousness
« Reply #3518 on: June 18, 2020, 03:10:00 PM »
I don't know why we missed good food in Barcelona exactly, we were there four days and nights.  We only had lunch, which might be part of it.  One place was mediocre.  The others were fine but not memorable.  We liked the city a lot though.  We walked 13 miles one day.

One vacation I have planned for someday is to drive the Iberian Peninsula and stay near the coast each night.  I hear Lisbon is great.
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Re: 2020 Offseason Stream of Unconciousness
« Reply #3519 on: June 18, 2020, 03:11:46 PM »
I loved Sicily as well.  Sicilian white table wines are my favorite whites in the world.  So cheap, so good with the seafood.
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Re: 2020 Offseason Stream of Unconciousness
« Reply #3520 on: June 18, 2020, 03:15:18 PM »
Quote from: 847badgerfan on June 18, 2020, 03:09:24 PM
Yeah, I loved the food in Barcelona. Awesome seafood and tapas. I could see myself living there, or in Florence, or Sicily. Not only is the seafood great in Sicily, but I would challenge anyone to find me a better cannoli. I'm not much for what they call pizza, however. Livorno is another seafood haven.
They do some weird things to pizza in Europe.

In Nantes, France I got a pizza "avec oeuf" and I thought that the egg would be somehow cooked.  Nope.  They brought the hot pizza to my table, cracked the egg in front of me on top of my pizza, and went on their way.  The French locals there told me that the hot pizza "cooked" the egg.  It really didn't, not much anyway, but I actually found that I enjoyed it anyway.  Still weird though.
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Re: 2020 Offseason Stream of Unconciousness
« Reply #3521 on: June 18, 2020, 03:18:57 PM »
Quote from: 847badgerfan on June 18, 2020, 03:09:24 PM
Yeah, I loved the food in Barcelona. Awesome seafood and tapas. I could see myself living there, or in Florence, or Sicily. Not only is the seafood great in Sicily, but I would challenge anyone to find me a better cannoli. I'm not much for what they call pizza, however. Livorno is another seafood haven.
Sicily is where the cannoli was invented. Sicily has the best sweets and seafood in Italy imo. Maybe even the world. Both are just mind-blowingly good. When you’re eating that stuff over there it’s like- how does this taste so freaking good. 

I’m with you, the pizzas I had in Sicily were just OK. Nothing to write home about. Rome and Naples had the best pizzas I’ve ever had. There was this place in Rome that the name escapes me but the pizza had thinly sliced potato and ricotta cheese- it was insanely good. And Naples, well Naples is the birthplace of pizza. 

I really want to go to Sardinia next. It looks absolutely breathtaking. If I win the next powerball I might go off the grid and move there lol.
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Re: 2020 Offseason Stream of Unconciousness
« Reply #3522 on: June 18, 2020, 03:21:24 PM »
I visited Sardinia on a cruise. We did an overnight stay there, from 8AM the first day, until 6PM the second day. We got to see a lot. It's a wonderful place.
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Re: 2020 Offseason Stream of Unconciousness
« Reply #3523 on: June 18, 2020, 03:27:52 PM »
I'm getting hungry.  Options for dinner:

Fox Bros.
Sweetwater Brewery
Empire State South
Barcelona Wine Bar
Bulla Bulla
South City Kitchen
Lure
Some place in Ponce City Market
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Re: 2020 Offseason Stream of Unconciousness
« Reply #3524 on: June 18, 2020, 03:34:49 PM »
Quote from: 847badgerfan on June 18, 2020, 03:21:24 PM
I visited Sardinia on a cruise. We did an overnight stay there, from 8AM the first day, until 6PM the second day. We got to see a lot. It's a wonderful place.
It looks unreal. The beaches there look insane. I think it’s a lot less populated than Sicily though, and maybe it doesn’t have as many tourist attractions or cultural landmarks or is known for its cuisine in the same way as Sicily. Sicily seems to be a place that a lot more people visit and are aware of than Sardinia. 

I’m really dying to get to Corsica as well. And Greece as well. I’ve never been to Greece and I want to go so bad. That’s actually probably #1 on my next trip. 
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Re: 2020 Offseason Stream of Unconciousness
« Reply #3525 on: June 18, 2020, 03:35:37 PM »
Count me in for the Barcelona wine bar!
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Re: 2020 Offseason Stream of Unconciousness
« Reply #3526 on: June 18, 2020, 03:36:45 PM »
Quote from: Mdot21 on June 18, 2020, 03:34:49 PM
It looks unreal. The beaches there look insane. I think it’s a lot less populated than Sicily though, and maybe it doesn’t have as many tourist attractions or cultural landmarks or is known for its cuisine in the same way as Sicily. Sicily seems to be a place that a lot more people visit and are aware of than Sardinia.

I’m really dying to get to Corsica as well. And Greece as well. I’ve never been to Greece and I want to go so bad. That’s actually probably #1 on my next trip.

We were supposed to be in Budapest, Croatia, and Greece-- RIGHT.  NOW.

Thanks for nothing, Coronavirus.
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Re: 2020 Offseason Stream of Unconciousness
« Reply #3527 on: June 18, 2020, 03:38:38 PM »
Quote from: Mdot21 on June 18, 2020, 03:34:49 PM
It looks unreal. The beaches there look insane. I think it’s a lot less populated than Sicily though, and maybe it doesn’t have as many tourist attractions or cultural landmarks or is known for its cuisine in the same way as Sicily. Sicily seems to be a place that a lot more people visit and are aware of than Sardinia.

I’m really dying to get to Corsica as well. And Greece as well. I’ve never been to Greece and I want to go so bad. That’s actually probably #1 on my next trip.
The Greek Isles are cool.  Mainland?  Terrible.
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