Not quite another NOLA fine dining thread: Best meals of your life...

So what did you get?

You know, its not just what I got. It's the ambiance, the perfect service, and all the details being taken care of.... I literally did not have a single complaint (I worked in various restaurants and can be quite critical at moments). I was also in excellent company, which helps too.

We started off with the seared scallops, which were perfectly cooked. They had balsamic soaked grapes and golden raisins and crushed almonds adding acidity, sweetness, and texture for a perfect balance.

Also had a poached shrimp with avocado and some sort of yogurt sauce which was nice.

we all had a roasted butternut squash soup with crab and caviar.

I didnt taste anyone else's dish, but I had grouper over stewed eggplant and habeneros with a harissa sauce garnished with fried chick peas.

and a blackberry shortcake with a meyere lemon cream and toasteed hazelnut brittle for dessert.

had a moscow mule with first course. mara 2011 pinot noir for main course and an ice wine with dessert.

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Fresh caught river cat. Fried in a cast iron skillet on a sand bar.

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Im sure there are lots of stories like these as well, but i was hoping to get some that I could recreate.

If you ever find yourself in NYC, have lunch at Le Bernardin. Expensive, but phenomenal.

That's hard but I'm hoping to have one for my birthday in a couple months.

There have been a few, but not sure anything will ever top Carme Ruscalleda's Restaurant Sant Pau LINK

My ex wife and I had dinner at Lafitte's Landing at a Bittersweet Plantation. For an anniversary. We pulled up and the Vallet asks for my name. It tell him and he says "happy anniversary". Same at reception. Same for the person who brought us water and bread, the waiter, etc... We get our menus and open them and it's a custom printed menu that say sLafitte's ... Would like to wish Mr. And Mrs... A happy anniversary

On to the meal... This was over 10 years ago, but still remember it. Had an amuse of a toast point with quail egg and caviar. Salad was a grilled Caesar, soup was something seafood, and my entree was a smoked pesto stuffed rack of lamb, that is to this day, one of the best prices of meat I've ever eaten.

If the dish was a cold one, the fork was chilled. If it was a warm one, the fork was warmed.

We had a soufflé for desert and the chef had written "happy anniversary" on the underplate in chocolate sauce.

John Folse's accent makes me want to shoot myself in the head, but he knows how to do fine dining for sure.

Smothered Pork chops in brown gravy over rice with cornbread at the Hop-in gas station on Highland Rd.

I like going to nice restaurants but so far have not been blown away by anything as best meal I have ever had. I am putting my faith in August whenever I get around to trying it.

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Best meals of your life...

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My 30th birthday party when I had Clancy's reserved for the entire night is number one. That AMEX bill was a doozy.

Best actual meal was at Nobu in Manhattan. Was at the 2001 US Open. My ex had a broken foot and was too tired to go. We had reservations for 8:00 and I called to say I would be dining solo.

Holy shite, I just asked them to bring me stuff. It was unreal.

Yeah, 60 people and a broken window.