The Best Thing I Ever Ate - moved from Boston board

[hiddenboston]

I've eaten a lot of different foods over the past several years, but I really don't know if I've had anything as good as the sweet and spicy bacon at Scup's in East Boston. We headed back there last night for the second time in a week and ordered a few items, among them the grilled cheese with hot mustard and the sweet and spicy bacon. I was completely bowled over by the bacon, and I wasn't the only one.

I was talking with a couple of the people there as they were closing up, but one question I forgot to ask was where they get their bacon from. Once I find out, I'll do my best to buy some for myself, if possible (though I doubt I could replicate the sweet and spicy sauce/marinade).

[ljt064]

In Vegas, at the Caeser's Forums, Il Mulino everything is out of this world, but the Rack of Lamb is to die for.

[phatchris]

Best Carbonara for sure.

[cgandolfo]

Honestly? The best thing I've ever eaten had to be the boeuf bourguignon my aunt and I sweated over for hours in the kitchen, prepared meticulously, word for word, by Julia Child's cookbook. The memories of cooking it together and then enjoying it with family are just about as unforgettable as the amazing taste of the most delicious dish I've ever had the pleasure of enjoying.

[Cheffrank]

Jasper White's Pan Roasted Lobster

[hyde]

while hitchhiking, after spending a week in Kisatchie national forest in Louisiana, i came upon a shack at the side of the road where they took a hand full of chicken skin and threw it in the fryer and then made a po' boy sandwich from it, fully dressed, that and a couple of cold dixies. i still think about this more than thirty years later.

[aadesmd]

The buttermilk pancakes dipped in melted butter at Dupars in Los Angeles.

[Boston_Otter]

The foie gras "sushi" with chocolate-balsamic vinaigrette at O Ya. The best thing I've put in my mouth to date.

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O Ya
9 East Street, Boston, MA 02111

[phatchris]

A Katz pastrami sandwich.

[rlh]

The "whale" fresh soft shell crabs at Mamma Zu's in Richmond, VA with loads of garlic and fresh basil - no other soft shell has ever come close (and I have tried many, many times!)

[steinpilz]

rlh reminded me of Faidley's lump crabcakes in Baltimore, delicious and probably my strongest specific food memory.

http://www.faidleyscrabcakes.com/

[hckybg]

Mamma Zu is an excellent restaurant. I had a great conch dish there with lots of garlic and oil, something that I still think of frequently!

[scratchie]

Filet au poivre at Arnaud's in New Orleans.

[CreativeFoodie42]

If we are keeping it just to Boston, I'd have to say it was the fried Kumamato oyster topped with a yuzu kosho aioli and squid ink bubbles at O Ya. AMAZING for such a small bite!

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O Ya
9 East Street, Boston, MA 02111

[Parsnipity]

Okay, that's right up there but I give the slight edge to their scallop with fried sage leaf and olive oil foam. Best single bite I've ever had.

[justbeingpolite]

I was gonna say their hamachi with spicy bannana pepper mousse, or the foie gras sushi, but I recently had their wagyu beef with potato confit, wow!! Your teeth just slide through the beef, with no resistance, and what flavor!!

[massgirl]

It's a three-way tie:

soy-ginger halibut with baby bok choy, from a now defunct restaurant called AZ in NYC

bacon swiss cheeseburger from Bar 89 in NYC--hands down, without a doubt the best cheeseburgers I've ever had, and I've tried them in many places across the country--had them from Bar 89 about 4 times now and it's still the best

the 3 styles of fish from Roy's in Waikiki Beach--AMAZING

[massgirl]

I have to add, though, that the Sally Burger from Sally O'Brien's in Somerville is a close second for the best burger ever.

[hiddenboston]

Sally O'Brien's? You mean the place with Irish, Mexican, Italian, and American foods? :-b I have yet to go there!

[rknrll]

Sally O's is really just bar food.

[hiddenboston]

Their website makes it sound so much more eclectic! :-D

[jody]

Patricia Yeo used to be the chef at AZ and is now the chef at Ginger Park. Maybe you can get them to add it to the menu!

[massgirl]

That would be the best thing ever, I lust over that dish. It was so delicious. About $50 but worth every single penny.

[StriperGuy]

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[ipsofatso]

Bacon. of course.