Extra large Macaron in Paris from Pâtisserie Désiré http://patisserie-desire.fr/

Anonymous wrote:White asparagus (Spargel) in season (June) in Germany.
Dessert: ice cream with hot raspberry sauce

Oh.. this! I don’t undestand how it’s not a “thing” anywhere else! I feel like I was ruined for “real” asparagus, after the first time I had it!

Anonymous wrote:A salad with tuna potato and olive oil in the northern coast of Spain. Not sure what it was called but I never had anything like it since...

That might be a salad Nicoise.

A madeleine dipped in tea in France. No sooner had the warm liquid mixed with the crumbs touched my palate than a shudder ran through me and I stopped, intent upon the extraordinary thing that was happening to me.

doner kebab in istanbul

Interesting thread...make me think about it for several hours. Really enjoyed thinking back to great experiences - I'm a blessed person.

Amazing steak frites in Brussels with warm crusty bread that restaurant owner had waiter go and get from bakery down the street - my first night ever in Europe

Great chocolate in Brussels

Full English breakfast with grilled tomato and baked beans in Oxford college dining room

Scones and clotted cream

Elegant steak dinner while eating outside in views of pyramids at Giza and served by tuxedoed waiters

Pork with mustard sauce and broiled avocado and cheese appetizer in hotel in Lake District of England where customers could have stepped out of Agatha Christie novel

Many open faced beautifully arranged sandwiches in Copenhagen (so beautiful you phased before eating them)

Noodles in China that I saw pulled by hand before they were cooked

Tortillas in Barcelona - made choice to order this dish on multiple days in multiple restaurants -- all a little different but all good

McDonalds in many countries -- touristy I know but amazing to see how menus are different and cold drink with ice is amazing when walking as tourist

Sweet flavored Vodka in Russia at intermission of ballet in Moscow with blinis (sp?)

Thanks for letting me share memories - no European trips in cards for a while but I enjoyed thinking back.

An Apfelstrudel in the city of Innsbruck.

risotto with strawberries and Proseco in Italy.

White asparagus (Spargel) in season (June) in Germany.
Dessert: ice cream with hot raspberry sauce

I ate a twelve course, no menu meal in a tiny fishing village in Sicily. Accompanied by crisp white wine. It was the best meal of my life- tiny raw squid, amazing grilled octopus, some kind of Sicilian lobster, etc. Each dish just kept coming.

Anonymous wrote:An ice cream cone, wandering the streets of Strasbourg

A simple pretzel, on a mountain in Austria

A salad full of flowers, in the alms near a mountain in Bavaria

A totally basic schnitzel, in the middle of small town Germany, while the owners of the resataunt apologized profusely for not having any beef on the menu that night, but promised for the next night, as the cow overlooking the patio was due to go to complete his life of service the following morning. Then, eating that cow the following night (very strange words coming from a former vegetarian, but The results were amazing)

And, eating hundreds of others on communal tables in a forest at a place where the women serve you food and the men serve you booze. We were outside, but inside, they were playing live music and everyone was singing. Several people had ridden their horses to get there, and they were hitched up nearby. Many people had hiked in from the nearby villages. Only open two days a week, and we had driven 6 hours to get there. It was a simple meal, but it made me realize there was a whole different way of life available.

This all sounds so dreamy.

Federweissen and Flammkuchen on the banks of the Rhine

A delicious Sunday roast with all the accompaniments in Stratford upon Avon

A hot dog from a cart in Denmark

Crepes from a street vendor in Paris.

Getting ice cream at Dairy Queen in Reykjavik because we were idiots in HS.

The best falafel sandwich I've ever had at L'as du falafel in the Marais in Paris

Followed by the most delicious ice cream from Berthillon in Paris

Fresh goat cheese made from milk from goats steps away from us in the mountains of Switzerland

An ice cream cone, wandering the streets of Strasbourg

A simple pretzel, on a mountain in Austria

A salad full of flowers, in the alms near a mountain in Bavaria

A totally basic schnitzel, in the middle of small town Germany, while the owners of the resataunt apologized profusely for not having any beef on the menu that night, but promised for the next night, as the cow overlooking the patio was due to go to complete his life of service the following morning. Then, eating that cow the following night (very strange words coming from a former vegetarian, but The results were amazing)

And, eating hundreds of others on communal tables in a forest at a place where the women serve you food and the men serve you booze. We were outside, but inside, they were playing live music and everyone was singing. Several people had ridden their horses to get there, and they were hitched up nearby. Many people had hiked in from the nearby villages. Only open two days a week, and we had driven 6 hours to get there. It was a simple meal, but it made me realize there was a whole different way of life available.