Your dream gastronomic experience - now or whenever

[buttertart]

I was eating carnitas and guacamole last night and thinking about how the first place I ever saw them mentioned was in James Beard. That led me to think that something I would have loved to have done was to go to one of his cocktail parties in say 1965 (when I was decidedly under cocktail age). Just imagine the hors d'oeuvres! And the company. And the clothes.
What's your dream experience?

[small h]

El Bulli in, say, 1992. Before I would have known what to expect.

[buttertart]

Nice.

[Delucacheesemonger]

Actually had mine. Lunch with Craig Claiborne and Maida Haetter at Le Bec Fin in Philadelphia in the late 70's. l couldn't stop smiling for weeks and even now, still grinning while writing this.

[buttertart]

I feel faint even at the mention of this. Must have been really fantastic. You lucky thing!

[mariacarmen]

Luckeeeeeeee!

[mariacarmen]

An evening with Julia & Jacques - nothing fancy, just the two of them in the kitchen, cooking together, sipping wine, telling stories, laughing .....

[Tripeler]

Would this involve having any locally produced goat cheese?

[mariacarmen]

mais oui! ( :

[buttertart]

That would be perfectly fine by me too.

[Tommy D.]

Mine would be the Top Chef episode with Eric Ripert at Le Bernardin.

http://www.buddytv.com/articles/top-c...

[Ruth Lafler]

How to choose! Here's one specific one: the famous dinner at the French Laundry with Anthony Bourdain.

[buttertart]

That I know nothing about, actually. Details?

[Ruth Lafler]

Bourdain AND Eric Ripert for a dinner where Keller pulled out all the stops: 20 courses, each with different dishes -- some one of a kind -- for each of the four diners.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xB7V8...

[buttertart]

Holy cow. Heaven on earth.

[mariacarmen]

haven't watched the video link yet, but I remember reading, way back then, that Keller made a dessert called "coffee and cigarettes" for chain smoker Bourdain.

[Ruth Lafler]

Yes. On the video clip he's shown being served a coffee custard infused with tobacco from a Marlboro. Not only does he find it hilarious, apparently it tastes good.

[MandalayVA]

This, very much. I would sell body parts to be there.

[Delucacheesemonger]

Lucky for you your body parts are still wanted, l could not trade mine in for anything anymore

[MandalayVA]

LOL