What's your favorite restaurant and meal?

[Velobambina]

The Lebanese Taverna, Arlington, VA. I love the Fatteh Bel Djaje--it's also good w/lamb instead of chicken. The Lebanese Taverna Market--not a formal restaurant but you can get a lot of stuff from the menu there--is a couple blocks from my house.

Five Guys -- double cheeseburger or the Italian Store in Arlington for an authentic "hoagie." Smoked moz w/sweet peppers, lettuce, and tomato! (they call them subs but anyone who lived in Penna knows that they are hoagies)

Fast food favorite meal---Wendy's chili and a FROSTY.

[smilingcat]

hmm someone mention whole fried fish Cuban style??? That is gooodd... And fried plantain. I would like to have that again but its pretty pricey around here.

I don't know why it is, but non-chain restaurants around here have terrible service. Well most restaurants around here have horrible service.

We like a local chain called Wahoo's. A Baja styled fish taco. Grilled or blackened albacore taco with black beans and rice. Costs about $4.00 and with drinks, two of us can have a decent meal for about $12.00. pretty healthy eat too.

I love to cook and bake so its not that big of a deal to have a really nice meal at home. Oh I did stint as a cook in NYC. It helps. and it costs $ instead of $$$$

my favorite dish? well I'm a foodie so anything well executed yumm...
chinese: sizziling rice soup, birds nest soup, braised whole bass...
thai: Tom Ka kai (soup), clear noddle salad, ...
Mexican: Good tamales, occasional Albadingas (sp) (soup), lots of seafood.
Sorry but tacos, burritos, and like are not really quintisential mexican.

Spanish: tapas of all sort, Paella yummmm....
Morrocoan: Good couscous with real lamb Tajine. Bacclava...
Italian: what's not to like?
French: diddo.
German: Good honest Schnizzle with good Sourkraut any variety wold do.
simple but delish Sausage and cabbage with dry Riesling.
oh and all those wonderful pastries. Tis the season for Kugelhof(sp)
Sorry to the Finn's but I will pass on Aquavee and Ludafesk(sp) that gellied fish dish.

ooo and sorry to Brits for that eel in aspic.

Irish: ooo love the corned beef with cabbage... quitinsential Irish dish.

smilingcat

[Starfish]

Any excellent Italian meal with a great red wine is usually tops on my list.

But, every once in awhile, I get a craving for a great rare roast beef with home-style yorkshire pudding...the way my mom used to make it in the big pan. Then, lots of potatoes, with the blood from the roast spooned over the top. Mmmmmm......