What is the most memorable thing you ate in Europe?

[Anonymous]

We are headed to Europe soon, so I thought it would be fun to get a little bit of food inspiration ahead of our trip. What is the most memorable meal you ate in Europe, and where did you eat it? (which city or country? Or even restaurant, if you remember.)

For me, it would be a meal we had at a little restaurant right off a fishing port in Santorini. The fried tomato slices that we ate there still haunt me - they were unlike anything I'd ever had before. The red tomatoes were coated in herbs and onions and then battered and fried. We ate them with grilled calamari that was pulled out of the ocean right before our eyes, and greek salad. It was such an incredible meal, and one I can't wait to have again.

Here's a photo of the tomatoes (assuming these links aren't too long):

https://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g482941-d1754508-Reviews-Taverna_Katina-Oia_Santorini_Cyclades_South_Aegean.html#photos;geo=189433&detail=1754508&ff=149007385&albumViewMode=hero&aggregationId=101&albumid=101&baseMediaId=149007385&thumbnailMinWidth=50&cnt=30&offset=-1&filter=7&autoplay=

And here's the squid:
https://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g482941-d1754508-Reviews-Taverna_Katina-Oia_Santorini_Cyclades_South_Aegean.html#photos;aggregationId=101&albumid=101&filter=7&ff=315868286

Even the greek salad was dreamy:
https://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g482941-d1754508-Reviews-Taverna_Katina-Oia_Santorini_Cyclades_South_Aegean.html#photos;aggregationId=101&albumid=101&filter=7&ff=320288790

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Little fresh fish (sardines?) in Portugal that were fried in olive oil and then showered with chopped parsley. So crispy. We ate them whole. Eyes, heads, and tails.

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Steak frites from everywhere in Paris. Everything from Laduree!

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Fresh, housemade pasta and pesto in Corniglia (Cinque Terre). So simple, so good.

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Memorable doesn’t equate with best, you know. On that note, probably a dry graham cake topped with raspberry jello from a bakery in Germany. Definitely not what I was expecting when I ordered. Terrible.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Little fresh fish (sardines?) in Portugal that were fried in olive oil and then showered with chopped parsley. So crispy. We ate them whole. Eyes, heads, and tails.

+ 1, loved sardines in Portugal.

Also fresh figs in south of France, so sweet

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Salzburger Nockerl in, yes, Salzburg.

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Fried zucchini blossoms in rural Italy.

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A seafood salad with plenty of octopus+Cold local beer (Liguria, Italy)+zabaglione gelato

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McDonalds in Red Square. Because I just had to.

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Paella in Barcelona

Pastries all over Paris

Fried chicken in Wales (but mostly because we were starving and very drunk)

Ice cream in Budapest-such different flavors than in the US and they shape it into flowers in the cone

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Kidneys in Arles, France (by mistake).

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Anonymous wrote:Memorable doesn’t equate with best, you know. On that note, probably a dry graham cake topped with raspberry jello from a bakery in Germany. Definitely not what I was expecting when I ordered. Terrible.

+1
I tried frog legs in Paris. It was not for me.

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Anonymous wrote:McDonalds in Red Square. Because I just had to.

I did the same! Maidanglao!

Haloumi in Cyprus.

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Gnocchi in Assisi and pizza in Florence. Both with fabulous wine of course.