What is the most magical food you've ever eaten?

[Anonymous]

Oooooh, yes! Creme Brulee was magical the first time I had the pleasure of eating a good one.

I would also add that roasting a marshmallow over an open fire, watching it swell and brown on the outside while turning to liquid sweetness on the inside, was a magical thing when I first did it as a kid. In fact, it's just about as magical now. Especially when chocolate and graham crackers are at hand.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The first time I had sushi was pretty amazing.

I find this hard to believe. I don't think most people like sushi if they never heard of it. Perhaps they have been primed for it, with all the hype... it is still trendy.

This is not the reaction that my aunt saw when she served large platter of sushi at a wedding in the 70's. People were grossed out by eating raw fish wrapped over vinegar rice. I think this reaction would be the norm, like eating raw beef tartar.

Poster you're responding to here. It doesn't really matter if you find it hard to believe, and have a little anecdote about your aunt at a wedding in the 70's. But thanks for trying to tell me what my own experience of something was.

[Anonymous]

Sushi in Japan at a small whole in the wall place. The master played with us with every dish...from the first bit to the swallow the experience would change. Everything was a little work of art, beautiful to see, amazing to eat, and all the courses complementing each other subtle ways. With little jokes being played a long the way. If you get a chance to go to a great sushi place, go omakase(and skip the soy sauce!).

[Anonymous]

I was on the Isle of Skye having dinner at a pub. I had a bowl of seafood pulled out of the North Sea that morning, cooked very simply, that absolutely blew my mind. It was like eating the sea.

[Anonymous]

Crab legs dipped in butter at restaurant in South Carolina

[Anonymous]

Oh my gosh. I'll never forget. Passover at my Aunt's house in the 1970's. My super cool big cousin brought a box of a candy that had just come out...Pop Rocks! I will never forget it. Now that blew my mind. I still think of him ( he passed away in 1983) whenever I see them.

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Anonymous wrote:A ripe persimmon when I was in Jordan. I am afraid to try one here because I'm guessing it will never compare.

This reminds me, when I was a teenager, I visited China and one morning we had a few hours free and went walking to the local open air market. One of the vendors had fresh lychees. I had only had the ones that come in canned syrup and so didn't know what to expect. Bought them, and peeled the skin and there was the lychee fruit inside the shell. It was so juicy, it was almost floating inside the shell in its own juice. I expect something like the canned syrup, but it was nothing like that, and it was amazingly heavenly. It was like the difference between a fresh good farmer's market peach at the peak of ripeness vs Dole canned peaches.

Amazing...and it's virtually impossible to get fresh lychees here in the US. The peak season is something like 3 weeks.

I was just thinking fresh lychees, but picked right off the tree! I've since moved out of china and lychees will never taste that sweet ever again.

I'm the PP you're responding to. According to the guy who was selling, he got up that morning, picked them and walked them to the market. My guess is that they were only 2-3 hours from when they were picked, so pretty close.

[Anonymous]

Rava Dosa at a hotel/restaurant in Coimbatore, India.

To die for ........ have had it in many, many places since both in India and the US and no where does it even come close.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Oh my gosh. I'll never forget. Passover at my Aunt's house in the 1970's. My super cool big cousin brought a box of a candy that had just come out...Pop Rocks! I will never forget it. Now that blew my mind. I still think of him ( he passed away in 1983) whenever I see them.

what a sweet story made me tear up

[Anonymous]

a PP mentioned Mintwood Palace,i was pretty blown away by their spaghetti bolognese...was not expecting anything particularly special, but that sauce is AMAZING. so yummy. i've tried to recreate it at home with tarragon but i can't seem to get it just right. what a great thread, btw!

[Anonymous]

A slice of just-caught raw fish, still slightly warm, on a fishing boat in japan at 6 am as we returned from bringing in the nets. With a swig of beer of course.

Love this thread. Thank you OP!

[Anonymous]

The grilled chicken sandwich at Nando's peri-peri. I swear it was the best sandwich I'd ever had. With crisp cole slaw.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A ripe persimmon when I was in Jordan. I am afraid to try one here because I'm guessing it will never compare.

This reminds me, when I was a teenager, I visited China and one morning we had a few hours free and went walking to the local open air market. One of the vendors had fresh lychees. I had only had the ones that come in canned syrup and so didn't know what to expect. Bought them, and peeled the skin and there was the lychee fruit inside the shell. It was so juicy, it was almost floating inside the shell in its own juice. I expect something like the canned syrup, but it was nothing like that, and it was amazingly heavenly. It was like the difference between a fresh good farmer's market peach at the peak of ripeness vs Dole canned peaches.

Amazing...and it's virtually impossible to get fresh lychees here in the US. The peak season is something like 3 weeks.

I was just thinking fresh lychees, but picked right off the tree! I've since moved out of china and lychees will never taste that sweet ever again.

I'm the PP you're responding to. According to the guy who was selling, he got up that morning, picked them and walked them to the market. My guess is that they were only 2-3 hours from when they were picked, so pretty close.

PP again. Just reading about this makes me almost taste them in my mouth again. YUMS!

[Anonymous]

That first cup of hot chocolate after a long day playing in the snow on a school day. Heck, anything eaten on a snow day was magical!

[Anonymous]

Foie gras appetizer at Joel Robuchon in London. Blew my mid. I forget exactly how it was prepared.