The GF Recipe Thread

[Lurtz]

Sounds fucking good does that, Remmie. Repped for being gastronomically inspirational.

[briefs]

Just produced a stunning (even if I do say so myself - even Redder approves) Thai Red Curry and I thought I would share.

 

Gather together these ingredients to bung in a blender:

 

3 shallots - chopped

1-3 red chillies

3 cloves of garlic

Thumb size bit of ginger - sliced

1/4 tsp white pepper

1 tsp. ground cumin

2 tbsp. coriander seeds - ground up with pestle and mortar

3 tbsp. fish sauce

1 kaffir lime leaf

1 tsp. sugar

1 1/2 tbsp. chilli powder (hot)

A bit of coconut milk - enough to make a paste

 

Then give it a blitz until it's all combined.

 

Stick it in a pan with some oil and allow it to simmer a bit.

Add in the chicken or whatever meat/fish you want to use.

Add a bit more coconut milk to make a nice sauce (I added a bit much and then used some cornflour to thicken).

 

When it comes to serving just chop up some fresh coriander to sprinkle on and mix in a few pine nuts.

Serve with plain Thai rice, spiced Thai crackers and some fresh lime slices.

 

Tasty stuff.

[Lurtz]

Try that ^^^ you nerds. It's awesomeness on a plate.

[Paulie Dangerously]

Went to Worcester on the weekend and among other things I got from Farm shops i obtained a Round Courgette:

 

 

And gave it to my Ma and she's into organic foods and that. Went round for Tuesday night tea and she'd made this little wonder:

 

 

She'd boiled it for 20 minutes, took some of the innards out and make a little curried mince including the pulpy bit, put it back inside and roasted the beast for an hour. Top notch. Thanks mum

[hamstrung]

Chicken Soup Recipe | Food | Channel4.com

 

Made this yesterday. Outstanding. Did a few things differently though

 

1) I put all the herbs (unchopped) in with the chicken pieces and didn't add chopped herbs to the finished dish. No need - plenty of flavour by that stage.

 

2) I cooked it for an hour with the bones back in

 

3) It doesn't mention draining out all the celery and herbage, but after the cooking time that is what I did - you are then left with just a clearish chicken broth. I didn't bother putting it in the fridge etc - just skimmed the fat off the top once it had cooled

 

4) To prepare for serving I boiled some potatoes separately and added them to the hot broth. I also put in some vermicelli.

 

Ace

 

[hamstrung]

Chicken Soup Recipe | Food | Channel4.com

 

Made this yesterday. Outstanding.

 

 

I also added some vermicelli and boiled a potato separately and put that in

[Paulie Dangerously]

I'm gonna give this a go later;Chicken jalfrezi saw it on Something for the Weekend this morning and it looked ace. Defrosting my chicken as we speak, it'll be a post-pub feast I'm reckonin

[Paulie Dangerously]

I'm gonna give this a go later;Chicken jalfrezi saw it on Something for the Weekend this morning and it looked ace. Defrosting my chicken as we speak, it'll be a post-pub feast I'm reckonin

 

Well that was a disaster.

 

Moving on. Tonights effort:

 

Just fried off some onion, chopped chilli and some smoked garlic with some lime juice then poured over 2 salmon fillets, wrapped in tinfoil n put in the oven. Having Couscous and a bean salad with it.

[Stouffer]

Kedgeree still kicks arse.

 

Ingredients

 

300g basmati rice

100g unsalted butter

2 tbsp olive oil

1 tbsp hot curry paste (Madras)

1 small red onion , finely chopped

225g hot smoked salmon , cut into chunks or flaked

4 hard-boiled eggs , shelled then roughly chopped

4 spring onions , cut into 3cm lengths and finely shredded

juice of 1 lime

2 tbsp each chopped fresh coriander and flatleaf parsley

 

 

1.Throw the rice into a large heavy-based saucepan, pour over 700ml/11⁄4 pints water and sprinkle in a good shake of salt. Cover and bring to the boil, then remove the lid and allow all the water to be absorbed - this should take about 15 minutes. Turn off the heat, cover again and allow to steam dry.

2.Melt half the butter with the oil in a large frying pan. Stir in the curry paste and cook until you start to smell the wonderful aromas.Now add the onion and cook until softened and beginning to brown.

3.Next throw in your rice and quickly stir to make sure all the buttery juices are absorbed and the rice is heated through. Now mix in the salmon, eggs, spring onions and lime juice. Stir gently, chuck in the herbs along with cubes of the remaining butter and serve in warm bowls.

 

Getting ahead

Prepare up to a day ahead, keep back the herbs. Tip mixture into an ovenproof dish, dot with knobs of butter. Cool, then cover with foil and keep in the fridge until needed. Half an hour before serving, heat through in the oven, stir in the herbs.

[Torvald Utne]

ok, used the pizza stone for the first time tonight and it's blooming marvellous...huge improvement over previous efforts.

[hamstrung]

foodgawker | feast your eyes

 

Its very American but some of the pictures of food are awesome.

[Paulie Dangerously]

For tea tonight:

 

Put a chicken breast in between 2 pieces of cling film and pound with a jar to make it wide and flat

Smear with garlic purée (I know purée is lazy but i can't be fucked with the garlic press) then put thin slices of brie cheese (mine is Somerset Brie from Tesco) on top of the garlic.

Roll the flattened breast keeping the garlic & cheese inside, obviously, until you have a nice roll.

Cut the fat off 2 pieces of back bacon (mine is unsmoked) and wrap them around the chicken as well. As i didn't have any cocktail sticks I made sure That the seam of the chicken roll and the bacon roll were on opposite sides, hopefully to stop is splitting.

On oven tray for 40 minutes

 

To accompany I've thrown some small potatos in the oven as well, after coating them in a little oil, salt n pepper hopefully to create mini baked potatos and I'll have some boiled runner beans and a roasted onion to boot.

 

Will report back with a tastiness rating

 

*edit* just checked on it and it's looking good though I probably should've wrapped the chicken in foil as the cheese is seeping out, hopefully there'll be enough left inside though

[neko]

foodgawker | feast your eyes

 

Its very American but some of the pictures of food are awesome.

 

food porn - i like it.

[Paulie Dangerously]

For tea tonight:

 

Put a chicken breast in between 2 pieces of cling film and pound with a jar to make it wide and flat

Smear with garlic purée (I know purée is lazy but i can't be fucked with the garlic press) then put thin slices of brie cheese (mine is Somerset Brie from Tesco) on top of the garlic.

Roll the flattened breast keeping the garlic & cheese inside, obviously, until you have a nice roll.

Cut the fat off 2 pieces of back bacon (mine is unsmoked) and wrap them around the chicken as well. As i didn't have any cocktail sticks I made sure That the seam of the chicken roll and the bacon roll were on opposite sides, hopefully to stop is splitting.

On oven tray for 40 minutes

 

To accompany I've thrown some small potatos in the oven as well, after coating them in a little oil, salt n pepper hopefully to create mini baked potatos and I'll have some boiled runner beans and a roasted onion to boot.

 

Will report back with a tastiness rating

 

*edit* just checked on it and it's looking good though I probably should've wrapped the chicken in foil as the cheese is seeping out, hopefully there'll be enough left inside though

 

Post eating, was very nice indeed, left chicken in a bit too long though, would cut that down to 30 mins if I did it again

[neko]

[neko]

[Melchett]

Everyone seems to hate Jamie Oliver but, let's be honest, he's done well in life for someone with mild Down Syndrome. The secret ingredient in alot of those Recipe's is saliva.

[Paul]

I did the weekly food shop yesterday and saw some lamb kidneys on the meat counter for 25p each, so I bought three (I'm the only one who'll eat them). I was going to do devilled kidneys, but we didn't have any mustard powder and so I decided to do my own variation on a theme:

 

I flashed the chopped kidneys in butter on a high heat to brown them, then threw in a good glug of Marsala, a liberal splash of Worcestershire sauce, some chicken stock, salt and pepper and reduced it for about a minute. I then served those bad boys on toast and finished eating them about 90 seconds ago. They were fucking great.

[L19red]

I'd advise anyone that loves pies to get on this rasper of a recipe

 

Peppered Mushroom and Stilton Pie (or a vegetarian blue cheese)

For the shortcrust pastry

225g/8oz plain flour

100g/3½oz unsalted butter

1 free-range egg, plus extra, beaten, for egg wash

1 tbsp milk, to bind

For the pie filling

2 tsp vegetable oil

1 onion, sliced

2 carrots, finely chopped

500g/1lb 2oz chestnut and button mushrooms, trimmed, cleaned and cut in half

salt and freshly ground black pepper

1 tbsp tomato purée

1 tbsp soy sauce

1 tbsp green peppercorns (from a jar), rinsed and drained

250ml/9fl oz vegetable stock

200g/7oz Stilton, crumbled

 

For the shortcrust pastry, tip all the ingredients in a bowl and mash them together to make a dough. If necessary, gradually add a few drops of milk to bind the mixture.Chill in the fridge for at least 30 minutes.

For the pie filling, heat the oil in a frying pan over a medium heat, add the onion, carrot and mushrooms and fry for 3-4 minutes, or until softened then add the tomato purée, stir well to combine, then continue to cook for 4-5 minutes.

Add the soy sauce, green peppercorns and stock and bring the mixture to the boil. Reduce the heat and simmer the mixture for 6-8 minutes, or until the volume of liquid has reduced by half.

put the mushrooms into a pie dish and sprinkle the stilton over the top. I like a lot of stilton but use less if you are not so keen

On a floured work surface, roll the dough into a circle large enough to cover the pie dishes.

Brush the edge of the pie dish with a little egg wash, then place press down to secure. Trim any overhanging edges and brush the pastry all over with the remaining egg wash. Make a couple of small holes in the top of the pie with the tip of a knife.

Bake the pie in the oven for 18-20 at gas mark 6 minutes, or until the pastry is crisp and golden-brown.

[stringvest]

Any good recipes out there involving raspberries? My mum has got loads of them growing in her allotment.

 

This is a good one.

 

vodka

chambord

sugar syrup

approx 30 raspberries, to garnish

 

Method

 

1. Muddle ten fresh raspberries in a glass. Add half a measure of the sugar syrup.

2. Pour this mixture into the cocktail shaker and then add to it a double measure of vodka and a half measure of chambord.

3. Shake this mixture together in the shaker over crushed ice, then pour into a glass rimmed (ooer) with sugar

4. If you're feeling adventurous, top up with good quality champagne.

[stringvest]

I did the weekly food shop yesterday and saw some lamb kidneys on the meat counter for 25p each, so I bought three (I'm the only one who'll eat them). I was going to do devilled kidneys, but we didn't have any mustard powder and so I decided to do my own variation on a theme:

 

I flashed the chopped kidneys in butter on a high heat to brown them, then threw in a good glug of Marsala, a liberal splash of Worcestershire sauce, some chicken stock, salt and pepper and reduced it for about a minute. I then served those bad boys on toast and finished eating them about 90 seconds ago. They were fucking great.

 

inspired stuff. I'm off shopping later. I'll be back with some of those mofos.

[Soleilrouge]

chopped spicey chorizo

olive oil

garlic

onion

red wine

canned tomatoes

fresh basil

basil pesto

cheddar cheese

[L19red]

chopped spicey chorizo

olive oil

garlic

onion

red wine

canned tomatoes

fresh basil

basil pesto

cheddar cheese

 

thats a lovely list of ingredients perhaps you could start a GF ingredients thread. A few quantities would help.

Also why do you need pesto when you are using basil, garlic and cheese as well?

[neko]

The 50 best foods to eat in the world, and where to eat them

 

The 50 best foods in the world and where to eat them | Life and style | The Observer

 

1. Best place to eat: Oysters.

Strangfor Lough, Northern Ireland

Oysters over ice Richard Corrigan reckons Strangford Lough oysters are the world’s best. Photograph: John Smith/Corbis

 

"If I were to die tomorrow, I'd walk to Strangford, get a couple of bottles of really cold Chablis, and eat as many Strangford Lough oysters as I could. Then I'd die very happily indeed. There are very few places you can get Strangford Lough oysters now. Last time, we bought some from a company called Cuan and went to a beautiful local pub and opened them ourselves. The speed of the tidal movement, and the huge nutrient richness of the water, is what makes them so good. The only accompaniment you need is lemon juice and black pepper: you'd never ever use vinegar and shallots or Tabasco."

 

Cuan Oysters, Sketrick Island, Killinchy, Newtownards, County Down, Northern Ireland, 02897 541461, Cuan Oysters

2. Best place to eat: Aubergines

Ta Kioupa, Athens

 

"The aubergines were slow- baked for six hours, brought to the table whole, and skinned in front of us. They took out the flesh, crisscrossed the aubergines with two knives, and then added whipped cream with hazelnuts, lemon, sweet pepper, oil, feta cheese, salt and pepper. Incredible."

 

Dinokratous & An, Polemou 22, Kolonaki, 11521 Athens, 0030 210 7400150, ΕστιατόÏιο, ΤΑ ΚΙΟΥΠΙΑ

3. Best place to eat: Hamburgers

Little Owl, New York

 

There are many fine hamburgers in New York, even the most mediocre of which would put its British counterparts to shame. But the best is the bacon cheeseburger at a small Greenwich Village bistro called Little Owl. "This sandwich is so copiously juicy, so rich with precious bodily fluids," says Josh Ozersky, author of The Hamburger: A History, "that it practically haemorrhages onto the plate. But the meat, which is a signature blend from New York's virtuoso hamburger maker Pat La Frieda, is perfectly paired with a bun of uniquely moist and yielding character. It's by far the best cheeseburger in this or any other city."

 

90 Bedford St, New York, 001 212 741 4695, the little owl | 90 Bedford Street, NYC

4. Best place to eat: Zabaglione

La Cinzianelle

 

The best place in the world to eat zabaglione, according to Giorgio Locatelli, is at his uncle's restaurant, La Cinzianell, in Corgeno, northern Italy. "As the sun goes down behind Monte Rosa and it starts getting a bit chilly, the thing I enjoy most is the zabaglione prepared by my cousin Maurizio…"

 

Via Lago, 26 Corgeno, 0039 0 331 946 337

5. Best place to eat: Pho

Pho 24, Vietnam

Pho 24 Vietnam’s signature dish Pho at 'Pho 24' in Hanoi, Vietnam. Photograph: Krista Kennell/Corbis

 

Pho, a noodle soup with thin slices of meat (usually beef but sometimes chicken), is Vietnam's signature dish, and the issue of who makes it best is as tangled as white rice noodles in tasty broth. The Hanoi streets throw up a lot of persuasive contenders, such as the shack at 172 Ton Duc Thang Street. However, the sleek chain restaurant Pho 24, with branches around the country and across Asia, produces Vietnam's most reliably good pho. The meat is of a consistently high quality – a rarity in Vietnam – and the stock impresses even the hardest-to-please critics.

 

5 Nguyen Thiep Street, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (and other locations). 0084 88226278, Pho24.com.vn

7. Best place to eat: Macaroons

Laduree, Paris

 

The original M Ladurée opened his bakery on the rue Royale in 1862. In 1930 his grandson invented the double-decker macaroon – two shells of the meringue-like pastry held together by creamy ganache filling. Ladurée has produced the definitive macaroons ever since. In recent years the company has opened shops around the world, but the original is by far the best.

 

16 rue Royale, 75008 Paris, 0033 01 42 60 21 79, Bienvenue sur le site de LADURÉE

8. Best place to eat: Roast Chicken

L'Ami Louis, Paris

 

This Paris fixture, open since 1924, is the ultimate French bistro. Heads of state (Clinton, Gorbachev) and cultural giants (Welles, Hemingway) have come here to feast on sumptuous roast chicken, served whole with matchstick pommes frites and a simple green salad. It's touristy and expensive and the decor is a bit clichéd, but such details become trivial once the chicken (which inspired Simon Hopkinson to write his much-loved Roast Chicken and Other Stories) turns up at the table.

 

32 rue du Vertbois, 3e, 3rd arrondissement, Paris, 0033 1 48 87 77 48

9. Best place to drink: Milkshakes

Fosselman's, Los Angeles

 

The ingredients for the perfect milkshake are extremely good ice cream mixed with just the right amount of milk, and a classic American setting. The award-laden Fosselman's, in the LA suburb of Alhambra, has been offering both since 1924. The milkshakes, made with home-made ice cream, taste like you'd expect milkshakes to taste in the movies. Make a beeline for the double-chocolate malt.

 

1824 W Main Street, Alhambra, Los Angeles, 001 626 282 6533, Welcome to Fosselman's Ice Cream Company

10. Best place to eat: Texas barbecue

Snow's, Texas

 

The title of best BBQ joint in Texas is hotly contested in a state where the consumption of charred meats is as serious as religion. Texas Monthly magazine does the definitive annual poll. Most recently, the magazine awarded the title to Snow's, a rank outsider that has been trading a mere five years. Run by a former rodeo clown and an elderly lady named Tootsie, the restaurant only opens on Saturday mornings and consists of a small number of tables around a smoking pit.

 

516 Main Street, Lexington, Texas, 001 979 773 4640 (Saturday only), Snow's BBQ - Best BBQ in Texas - Lexington, Texas

11. Best place to eat: Steak

El Carpicho, Jimenez de Jamuz, Spain

 

Time magazine called it "the perfect steak". American Vogue's exacting food writer Jeffrey Steingarten said it was "probably the greatest steak I've ever eaten". They were referring to an enormous chuletón taken from the central rib section of a 16-year-old Rubia Gallega ox, dry-aged for 90 days, and served in the cellar dining room of a rural bodega named El Capricho, near León in north-west Spain.

 

Paraje de las Bodegas, s/n, Jimenez de Jamuz, near León, Spain, 0034 987 664224

12. Best place to eat: Fish and chips

The Wee Chippy, Fife, Scotland

 

The nearby Anstruther Fish Bar wins all the plaudits – it was named Fish and Chip Shop of the Year by the National Federation of Fish Friers last January – but locals swear by its rival, The Wee Chippy, which serves sublime fish and chips on the same street and without the endless queues.

 

4 Shore Street, Anstruther, Fife, 01333 310106

13. Best place to eat: Strawberry tart

Restaurant de Bacon, Antibes, France

 

"When I go to the south of France in the summer, I always visit the Restaurant de Bacon in the Cap d'Antibes and I wait eagerly, in front of the sea and the old town, for the most amazing wild strawberry tart. The crust melts in the mouth, it is deliciously flavoured with butter, and once you have finished it you feel delightfully naughty."

 

688 Boulevard de Bacon, 06160 Cap D'Antibes, France, 0033 4 93 61 50 02, Restaurant gastronomique à Antibes, Côte d'Azur. Spécialités de Poisson. Etoilé au Michelin. Restaurant De Bacon.

14. Best place to eat: Pastrami on rye

Katz's Deli, New York

Katz's Delicatessen on the Lower East Side The mail order department of Katz's Delicatessen on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, New York. Photograph: Stan Honda/AFP/Getty Images

 

The legendary pastrami on rye from Katz's, New York's oldest (and possibly shabbiest) deli, could qualify as king of all sandwiches by virtue of size alone: a whole pound of brined beef, pre-trimming, is used in each serving. The sandwich – stacks of juicy meat with mustard and pickles between slices of rye bread – is as jaw-dropping, taste-wise, as it is gobstopping. (Recall Meg Ryan's unfaked endorsement of it in When Harry Met Sally.)

 

205 E Houston Street at Ludlow Street, New York, 001 212 254 2246, Katz's Delicatessen New York

15. Best place to eat: Custard tart

Antiga Confeitaria de Belem, Lisbon

 

Creamy, flaky custard tarts – served warm with cinnamon – are one of Portugal's great culinary gifts to the world. The original pasteis café in the Belém district of Lisbon, next to the monastery where the dessert was invented, is still the best: their secret recipe has been guarded since 1837. Sit down with a plateful, and a strong coffee, and you'll understand why more than 10,000 tarts are baked here every day.

 

Rua de Belém, 84-92, Belém, Lisbon, 00351 21 363 7423, Pasteis de Belém.................................................................................................

16. Best place to eat: Leg of beef

Le Louchebem, Paris

 

"For the most wonderful leg of beef I can't go past Le Louchebem in Paris, a simple, plain café with a very, very good rotisserie, located in the old meat district of Les Halles. The beef comes with mashed potato and three different sauces."

 

31 rue Berger, Angle 10, rue des Prouvaires, Paris, 0033 1 42 33 12 99, LE LOUCHEBEM Le meilleur restaurant de viandes de Paris !

17. Best place to drink: Tomato juice

Happy Girl Kitchen, California

 

"If you find yourself in Marin County, California, it's well worth the time to drive down the beautiful shoreline road to San Francisco and visit the Ferry Building for the heirloom organic tomato juice from Happy Girl Kitchen, which has a stall there on Saturdays. They blend it with coriander and chilli and it's quite literally the best tomato juice you'll ever taste."

 

Ferry Plaza Farmer's Market, One Ferry Building, San Francisco, 001 831 750 9579, — happy girl kitchen co.

18. Best place to eat: Italian slow food

Coco Lezzone, Florence

 

"You can get the most amazing 'slow food' in this tiny family- run restaurant which has been around for about 30 years. It is famous for its pappa pomodoro and ribollita – the two most traditional Tuscan bread soups. And they do the most delicious arista: pork loin cooked on the bone, stuffed with fennel seeds, garlic and rosemary, and served at room temperature."

 

Via del Parioncino 26, Florence, Italy, 0039 05 52 87 17 8

19. Best place to eat: Nordic food

Olo, Helsinki

 

"When I'm back home in Finland, I always visit Olo in Helsinki. The chef, Pekka Terävä, has created a brand in its own right, cooking modern Nordic cuisine with the best seasonal ingredients."

 

Kasarmikatu 44, 00130 Helsinki, Finland. 00358 9 665 565, ::::::::::::: Restaurant olo ::::::::::::::

20. Best place to buy: Olive oil

Turkish embassy electrical supplies, London

Mehmet Murat in his electrical shop Mehmet Murat in his electrical shop. Photograph: Andy Hall

 

The most unlikely olive oil vendor in the world? At his electrical supply shop in London's Clerkenwell, Mehmet Murat sells wonderful, intensely fruity oil from his family's olive groves in Cyprus and south-west Turkey. Now he imports more than a 1,000 litres per year. His lemon-flavoured oil is good enough to drink on its own.

 

76 Compton Street, London EC1, 020 7251 4721, http://www.planet mem.com

And Manni

 

One of the priciest olive oils in the world, the minimum order of a litre of Manni costs £190. Film director Armando Manni harvests olives from seven plantations at different altitudes on a Tuscan mountain and speed-couriers the oil in small, UV-resistant bottles. The flavours are extraordinary. Chef Thomas Keller, of The French Laundry and Per Se, has called it "the best olive oil in the market".

 

Monte Amiata, Seggiano, Italy, 0039 069 7274787, M a n n i . L'olio vivo.

21. Best place to eat: Tacos

El Pastorcito, Mexico City

 

People drive the length and breadth of Mexico City, causing traffic jams, to get to this neighbourhood taqueria, which spills out onto the street from dusk till dawn. The main draw is their superlative tacos al pastor – a speciality of the capital – made with pork carved from a shawarma-style spit and ultra-fresh salsa served in dramatically massive stone bowls.

 

4503 Lorenzo Boturini Street, 24 de Abril, Mexico City, Mexico, 0051 55 5764 1185, El pastorcito de boturini

22. Best place to eat: Peking Duck

Quanjude, Beijing

 

Beijing's most famous purveyor of Peking duck is nothing if not well-endorsed: more than 115 million ducks have been dished up in the restaurant's 145-year history, and China's first Premier, Zhou Enlai, personally chose the location for the seven-storey Hepingmen branch. Quantity hasn't affected quality: the duck, with its crispy red skin and melt-in-the-mouth flesh, is sublime – 400 versions of the classic dish are available: opt for the classic kaoya.

 

Hepingmen Dajie, Xuanwu District, Beijing, China, 0086 10 6552 3745, http://www.quanjude.com.cn

23. Best place to eat: Pork belly

Gramercy Tavern, New York

Gramercy Tavern in New York City The dining room at Gramercy Tavern in New York. Photograph: Neville Elder/Corbis

 

"As far as I'm concerned, the Gramercy Tavern is one of the best places to eat in New York, and the best place to eat pig. It is very relaxed but serves spectacular food. I always have the rack of pork and braised belly and it always tastes perfect."

 

42 East 20th Street, New York, New York, 001 212 477 0777, Gramercy Tavern

24. Best place to eat: Vegetarian Indian

Sagar Ratna, Delhi

 

"Sagar Ratna, in Delhi, serves South Indian vegetarian food – pukka food that nourishes the body and soul and is always in harmony with the seasons. My favourite dish there has always been idli sambhar: steamed rice cakes with coconut chutney and sambhar lentils."

 

18 Defence Colony Market, New Delhi, 110024, Delhi, India, 0091 11 24 33 36 58

25. Best place to eat: Sushi

Daiwa sushi, Tokyo

 

If you want the world's best sushi, don't even think of looking anywhere but Japan. Empty your bank account and eat at one of Tokyo's swankiest sushi temples, such as the three-Michelin-star Jiro in Ginza. Alternatively, go right to the heart of the action, to the city's overwhelming Tsukiji fish market (the largest on the planet), and eat unsurpassable sushi for a fraction of the price at Daiwa Sushi. It's a fast-moving hole-in-the-wall establishment without tables and it's only open for breakfast, but none of this matters once the expertly prepared rolls come your way. Try the melt-in-the-mouth tai, a type of sea bream that is impossible to get outside Japan.

 

Building 6, Chuo-ichiba, 5-2-1 Tsukiji, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan, 0081 3 3547 6807

26. Best place to eat: Filipino cuisine

Lighthouse Restaurant, Cebu, Philippines

 

"The Lighthouse in Cebu in the Philippines is my favourite restaurant. We always eat bulalo (beef stew), banana heart salad, adobo (marinaded meat), baked oysters, pancit noodles, lechon de leche (suckling pig) and, to drink, green mango juice – my daughter is addicted to it! The staff are so friendly and welcoming. The chef has been there for more than 20 years, so the food is very consistent."

 

Gaisano Country Mall, Banilad, Cebu city, Philippines, 0063 32 231 2478

27. Best place to eat: California cuisine

Chez Panisse, Berkeley, California

 

"Chez Panisse doesn't just do the world's best Californian food: it is quite simply the best restaurant in the world. Superb."

 

1517 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, California, 001 510 548 5525, Chez Panisse Restaurant

28. Best place to eat: Algerian food

Restaurant Gnaoua, Algiers

 

"To get a really good North African meal in Algeria you have to get yourself invited to someone's house, and as there are so few tourists, people would love to have you to their home for a meal. The few restaurants around tend to serve bad French food. That said, there is a handful of really good grilled-fish restaurants down in the port in Algiers. My favourite is a small, traditional place called Restaurant Gnaoua. The owner, Hamidou, understands Algerian cuisine. It's not an easy cuisine to get, but he just does."

 

Cite Sahraoui, les Deux Bassins, Ben Aknoun, Algiers, Algeria

29. Best place to eat: Classic French cuisine,

Close des Gourmets, Paris

 

"I eat at Clos Des Gourmets two or three times a week when I'm in Paris. They only use seasonal ingredients and always add a touch of wackiness to very classic dishes. They love creating new things. I suppose it's new classic French cuisine. I'll have roast kidneys or grilled rabbit with fresh herbs in a white wine sauce, asparagus with truffle in early summer, and a lavender crème brûlée to finish. It's always madly busy but the dishes are always perfectly cooked. And it's amazingly cheap: ¤80 for three courses with wine. Unbelievable."

 

16 Avenue Rapp, Paris, 0033 1 45 51 75 61, Le Clos des Gourmets - Restaurant

30. Best place to eat: Tapas

Cal Pep, Barcelona

 

"Cal Pep does completely amazing tapas. It has a brilliant atmosphere, and the bar is presided over by the owner, Pep, himself. Order the langoustines with onions, chickpeas, spinach and bacon, and fried seafood."

 

Plaça de les Olles 8, Barcelona, 0034 93 31 07 961, Cal Pep

31. Best place to eat: Pizza

Frank Pepe Pizzeria, New Haven, Conneticut

 

You could generate enough heat to fuel a brick oven with the argument over which country bakes the world's best pizza: Italy, where the concept originated, or America, where it was globalised. Neapolitan purists will make pilgrimages to hotspots such as La Sorrentina, outside Naples, whose chef has won the prestigious Naples Pizza Championship, but we contend that the upstart Yanks do it better. The best American pizza can be found, not in New York as is commonly assumed, but in New Haven, Connecticut, where the Pepe family has been spinning dough since 1925. Their white clam pie has no equals.

 

157 Wooster Street, New Haven, Connecticut, 001 203 865 5762, Welcome to The Original Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napolitana - Home

 

Pizzeria La Sorrentina, Via Domenico Pirozzi 37, Fratta Maggiore, Italy, 0039 338 3248615

32. Best place to eat: Thai curry

Krua Apsorn, Bangkok

 

"When I'm in Bangkok, I go to Apsorn's Kitchen, also known as Krua Apsorn, a small restaurant just up from the National Library. It is a great place to go for incredibly traditional Thai food. I have the crab in curry powder, followed by the deep-fried kingfish with green mango and the yellow curry with prawns and lotus shoots."

 

503-505 Sam San Road, Dusit, Bangkok, Thailand 0066 2 24 18 52 8

33. Best place to eat: Simple French food

Le Vin et L'Assiette, Besancon, France

 

"When I go home, I go to Le Vin et L'Assiette in Besançon and order pâté de campagne, a big chunk of crusty bread and a glass of wine. The restaurant is honest, simple, and a wonderful place. It has fantastic wine cellars with local wines that people would never have heard of."

 

97 rue Battant, Besançon, France, 0033 3 81 81 48 18

34. Best place to eat: Ice cream

Corrado Costanzo, Noto, Sicily

 

The legend about Romans making the earliest ice creams from the snows of Mount Etna may be apocryphal, but Sicily is still the best place for frozen treats in gelato-crazed Italy, and Italian ice cream, as everybody knows, is the finest in the world. (Gelato is made with considerably less butterfat than the heavier American variants, for starters.) Corrado Costanzo's pastry shop can be found in the crumbling baroque town of Noto, in the south-eastern corner of the island. We defy you to find an ice better than his transcendent mandarin-orange granita.

 

Via Silvio Spaventa 7, Noto, Sicily, 0039 931 835 243

35. Best place to eat: Kebabs

Bade Miya, Mumbai

 

An entire Mumbai street gets overrun, nightly, by pilgrims to an unassuming grilled-food vendor on a pavement behind the Taj Hotel. People hunch over rickety outdoor tables, or the hoods of their cars, to gorge on cheap, basic but spectacular kebabs, roti rolls and drumsticks hot from the grill. The chicken tangdi kebab is especially delicious.

 

Tulloch Road, Apollo Bunder, Mumbai, India

36. Best place to eat: Ravioli

Babbo, New York

 

"I love the oxtail ravioli with black truffles and pigeon liver sauce at Babbo in New York, my favourite restaurant. It is a simple neighbourhood Italian, but it has a wonderful atmosphere . The only problem is that the restaurant is so busy you have to book a month in advance."

 

110 Waverly Place, New York, 001 212 777 0303, Babbo Restaurant

37. Best place to eat: Prawns

Casa Bigote, Sanlucar de Barrameda, Spain

 

"The logo of this restaurant is actually a prawn, and they get their seafood from little dayboats. They serve the local Sanlucar prawn, which is mild and sweet, a bit like a tiger prawn but pinker. They do mantis shrimps too – prehistoric-looking things which taste like white crab meat. They steam them, and really needn't do anything else."

 

Restaurante Casa Bigote, Bajo de Guia, 10, Sanlúcar de Barrameda, Cádiz, Andalucía, 0034 956 36 26 96/956 36 32 42

38. Best place to eat: Currywurst

Konnopke's Imbiss, Berlin

 

The German obsession with currywurst – 800m portions of chopped sausage with sweet curry sauce are consumed each year – reaches its zenith in Berlin, where countless diners and roadside stalls vie for the currywurst crown. It's hard to improve on Konnopke's, which has been serving superlative sausage since 1930 under raised train tracks in Prenzlauerberg. Consume with fries and a cold bottle of Berliner Pilsner for maximum impact.

 

Schönhauser Allee 44a, Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin, 0049 30 442 7765, Konnopke's Imbiß

39. Best place to eat: Ham

Casas, Aracena, Spain

 

"Aracena, 40 minutes north of Seville, feels like a frontier town, because north of it is an area the size of Wales of nonstop forest. Here groups of men disappear for months at a time harvesting the cork bark and tending the oak so the iberico pig may gorge on acorns. Black foot ham from nearby Jabugo is some of the finest in the country, and there is nothing better than sitting down in any of the bars and restaurants in Aracena to a plate of this rich delicacy, sliced and served with unpretentious understanding. Last time we were there we had a memorable revueltos (scrambled eggs) with setas (local wild mushrooms) and jamón at Casas."

 

Calle Colmenetas 41, Aracena, Huelva, Spain, 0034 959/128044

40. Best place to eat: Chocolate cake

Pierre Herme, Paris

 

"When Pierre Hermé first let me try his heart-shaped Chuao cake, made with blackcurrants and a chuao couverture from Pralus, I totally forgot where I was. It was a firework of aromas, temperatures and textures. The freshness of the fruit flirted with the roundness of the chocolate. Hermé is a genius – one of my chocolate gods. The cake is seasonal and available on demand, and now made with Valrhona, but it is still my favourite in the world."

 

72, rue Bonaparte, Paris, 0033 01 43 54 47 77, Livraison de macarons, livraison de chocolats Pierre Hermé Paris

41. Best place to eat: Fried potatoes

Bomba Bar Cova Fumada, Barcelona

 

"It's an ancient place, with a marble bar on which they note down what you've had with chalk. Father and son run the bar, while the grandmother and mother look after the stove. Go for the bomba, crushed potato balls with minced meat, bread-crumbed and deep-fried with a spicy sauce."

 

No 56 Carrer del Baluard, Barceloneta, Barcelona, Spain, 0034 93 221 4061

42. Best place to eat: Octopus

Tholos, Symi, Greece

 

"On my most recent trip to the Dodecanese islands, outside a tiny taverna in Symi port that overlooked the beautiful bay, we ate monster 4kg octopus cooked in its own water then barbecued and brushed with the juice from the cooking. It was super-tender and crunchy on the outside. The flavours were incredibly intense – the juice had been flavoured with rosemary, garlic and olive oil. The best time to eat octopus here is May or late September."

 

Gialos, Symi 85600, Islands, Greece, 0030 22460 72033

43. Best place to eat: Bouillabaisse

Restaurant de Bacon, Antibes, France

 

"The most powerful experience I ever had with a bouillabaisse (Provençal fish stew) was at this restaurant by the sea in Antibes. The place itself is nothing fancy but it's very famous for this dish, and people travel a long way for it. They kill you with the price – it costs an arm and a leg – but it's worth it. They use fish from the region that's been caught that same morning, and bouillabaisse is their speciality: they do it better than anyone else on this planet. It's really an experience."

 

688 Boulevard de Bacon, 06160 Cap D'Antibes, France, 0033 4 93 61 50 02, Restaurant gastronomique à Antibes, Côte d'Azur. Spécialités de Poisson. Etoilé au Michelin. Restaurant De Bacon.

44. Best place to eat: Steak and kidney pie

The Hinds Head, Bray

Heston Blumenthal in The Hinds Head Heston Blumenthal in his pub, The Hinds Head. Photograph: Karen Robinson

 

Heston Blumenthal made hundreds of different versions of steak and kidney pie before deciding that oxtail gave the preferred meaty kick. The result is on the menu at his pub, just down the road from The Fat Duck in Bray, and it is beyond spectacular.

 

High Street, Bray, Berkshire, 01628 626151, The Hinds Head, Bray - Heston Blumenthal

45. Best place to eat: Pasta

Trattoria Caprini, Verona, Italy

 

"This little restaurant in Verona makes the most beautiful pasta in the traditional way, rolling it into wafer thin sheets before cutting it into the various shapes. The pasta is rich and eggy with a slightly tough texture that ensures that it doesn't turn sloppy when cooked. We went recently and loved the pasta so much we bought some back for the chefs at the restaurant. It was so delicious that they ate it with just some olive oil – the pasta spoke for itself."

 

9 Via Paolo Zanotti, Torbe di Negrar di Volpolicella, Verona, Italy, 0039 0457500511, trattoria Caprini

46. Best place to eat: Ceviche

Sankuay, Lima, Peru

 

The ceviche craze has gone global in recent years (it now graces the menu at London's Nobu), but to really experience Peru's national dish of raw fish cured in lime juice and hot pepper, you have to venture into the backstreets of Lima. The title of best cebecheria is hotly contested in the Peruvian capital. Javier Wong's Sankuay undoubtedly has the greatest sense of theatre. There's no sign outside, and the building in the anonymous Balconcillo district turns out to be the chef's own home. There are only 10 tables, and no menu. Wong's cebiche, made with lenguado (a type of sole) and accompanied by octopus discs rather than the usual choclo (white maize) and camote (sweet potato), is out of this world.

 

Garcia Leon 114 (between block 3 and 4 of Av Canada), Santa Catalina, La Victoria, Lima, Peru, 0011 51 1 470 6217

47. Best place to eat: Suckling pig

Montimar, Estellencs, Mallorca

 

"This restaurant is in the tiny village of Estellencs in Mallorca, where our mother grew up. Every time we come to visit we eat here – you actually have to walk through the terrace of the restaurant to get to our house. The suckling pig is delicious."

 

Plaça Constitució 7, 07192 Estellencs, Mallorca, 0034 971 618 576

48. Best place to eat: Curry

Karim's, Delhi

 

In a beehive of rooms off a hectic Old Delhi bazaar, the Zahiruddin family, which once cooked for Mughal emperors, has been serving sumptuous curries and grilled meats since 1913. The butter chicken curry, served in a rich tomato sauce, is as much a landmark as the colossal Jama Masjid at the end of the street. Devotees swear it's the best curry in India and therefore, naturally, the world.

 

Jama Masjid, Gala Kababian, Old Delhi, India, 0091 11 2326 9880, Enjoy The Royal Taste Of Mughlai Food With Karim'S Food From India

49. Best place to eat: Dim sum

Luk Yu Tea House, Hong Kong

 

"Hong Kong is the best place for dim sum, and Luk Yu Tea House is a Hong Kong institution. It feels very authentic, and the dim sum they do is of an extremely high quality (it's incredible how they've managed to keep both the quality and the authenticity). The menu hasn't really changed since it opened in 1933. You get things here you won't get anywhere else. They buy the best Chinese ham and grill it in small slices as an appetiser – amazing with a glass of red wine. And they still do incredible egg tarts."

 

24-26 Stanley Street, Central, Hong Kong, 00852 2523 5464

50. Best place to eat: Ramen

Ramen Jiro, Tokyo

 

"People in Japan always say ramen (Japanese noodle soup) can't be this and can't be that. Ramen Jiro is very non-traditional, in your face, take it or leave it. You either love it or hate it, but people who like it are good people. It's got pork, it's got cabbage, it's got garlic, and the sauce is sweet. It's gnarly. There are several branches; my favourite is the one near Keio University."

 

2-14-11 Mita, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan

[neko]

that was a bit of a sloppy post, sorry - tried to edit it all, but time had expired.

 

i've actually eaten at #27 chez panisse. it was really close to where i lived in berkeley.

 

i remember liking it a lot, but i don't know if it was the best meal/restaurant ever (i didn't have to pay though, so that is always good).

 

love to go to the fat duck some day.

 

 

27. Best place to eat: California cuisine

Chez Panisse, Berkeley, California

 

"Chez Panisse doesn't just do the world's best Californian food: it is quite simply the best restaurant in the world. Superb."

 

1517 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, California, 001 510 548 5525, Chez Panisse Restaurant