Friday, August 28, 2009

Food, oh food!

I joined a blog roll (from now on, I am not going to tell you just how much I hate the word "blog" and how I cringe every time I type it, but please know that I HATE THAT WORD) a few months back and then completely forgot about it. I've skipped all the assignments. Until now! Even though my contribution to this one will be laaaaame, it's a start. Some of the past questions have been more suited to me, but I need to get my rear in gear with something, yes? So, without further ado:

What's the most expensive meal you've ever eaten, and what's the best meal you've ever had?


I do not know what the most expensive meal I have ever eaten was because my husband and I are just coming out of the Poor College Student years, and most expensive meals have been on someone else's dime. We are moochers! Just kidding. Well, mostly. We aren't technically moochers because we do like to treat other people when possible. It's just that we usually treat them to Subway or Denny's. If I had to guess what my most expensive meal ever was--excluding weddings, because I have had some pretty fancy wedding meals, and I can't possibly remember them all--, it would have to be at my husband's family reunion in Canada two summers ago.

There was a salad buffet, if I remember correctly, but then we all got our own entrees. I ordered a steak, medium rare. I do not know if this is a Canadian thing, but my "medium rare" steak came out of the kitchen still thrashing its hooves about. Also, it was huge. Like, the size of my torso huge. The rareness of the steak really put me off; I have a hard time eating meat that is undercooked (I know it's safe; it's entirely in my head), but it WAS delicious. Despite feeling a little green around the gills, I could but recognize that it was one of the best steaks I've ever had in my life. And I've had a lot of steaks.

The best meal I've ever had was at Bunky's restaurant in Madison, WI. I've eaten there twice, which is a shame because it is, as I said, the best food I've ever had in my life. It's Mediterranean food, from Italian to Moroccan, and it is fabulous. There's the hummus and pita, which makes all other hummuses (hummusim?) and pitas hang their heads in shame. There were some other appetizery things that I do not know the names of, and this makes me sad because I like to remember such fond memories using actual words. Such beautiful things should not be treated like a cheap date. There was the fettuccine carciofi, which was your basic fettuccine alfredo, except with artichoke hearts the size of my fist. They have a special place in my heart forever. And, finally, the tiramisù, the crown jewel of the entire dinner. I can't even describe it. I have never had anything like it, and probably never will again, since we've now moved and Bunky's is a bit pricey for us anyway. Perhaps it will still be there when we finally win the lottery.

2 comments:

  1. That's what I need... writing prompts. Then maybe I would actually, you know, WRITE things.

    So, question, should I be reading this here, or over at the opendiary site? and also zomg i saw over there that you like jennifer knapp, online friend finding WIN!

    I had a similar experience with the mooing medium rare, at a grungy little bar/steakhouse in Florida; boy oh boy once I just closed my eyes and started chewing it was divine. Ahhh.

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