The Best Thing I Ever Ate

There is this new(er) show on Food Network called The Best Thing I Ever Ate.  Have any of you ever caught this show?  It is such fun!  The whole premise of it is famous chefs, cooks, restauranteurs, and other famous foodies talk about what the best thing is they ever ate, and then they tell where it was at so then you get to go out and try it out yourself!  How fun!  Last night I watched the Guilty Pleasures episode and guess what- they featured Cleveland!  One of the chefs interviewed was Michael Symon, Food Network Iron Chef to most of the world, owner of local restaurants throughout Cleveland (Lola, Lolita, B Spot, Bar Symon) and native of North Olmsted to us locals.  His Guilty Pleasure are the Gavey Frites from Greenhouse Tavern, owned and operated by Jonathon Sawyer.

Oh goodness I need to have these.  Now.  My biggest guilty pleasure in life is hands down the french fry.  It is impossible for me to not eat them if they are sitting remotely close to me.  I just can't do it.  Thank goodness I am not pregnant otherwise I would have been one of those women waking Scott up at 10:00 PM to run out and get those  for me- they are still open you know- it's a Friday night!  While pregnant with Little Man, I craved two things: Meat and Potatoes.  Particularly Steak and French Fries.  I just knew I had to be having a boy with those sorts of cravings.  Guess what, I was right!  The best french fries I have ever had are also a Jonathon Sawyer creation, but from one of his other restaurants, Bar Cento in Ohio City.  They are his Pommes Frites and they are indeed Heaven on a plate.  I don't know how he could top those.  Oh except for the fact that the Gravy Frites are fried in duck fat.  Ok, well I'm sure that could do it!

So anyways, this show got me thinking.... what is the best thing I EVER ate?!  I could easily tell you the best Pad Thai, the best Indian Buffet, the Best Lobster Roll, the best salsa verde, best roasted chicken, best sandwich (the Parmageddon), best pierogi ... I could go on and on..... but the best thing EVER?  That is a tough one.  Wow.  How do you narrow that down?!  I need to think about that one a bit.  So I'm going to ask all of you..... what is the best thing you ever ate? Help a girl out.  Let's get a discussion going and send each other eating!  Leave me a comment of your Best Ever!  

*P.S  did you know that you could access all of my recipes on here in one simple place?  Yep, that's right!  I mean you could look to the left sidebar at the Links section and find what you are looking for one at a time OR you can look all the way up at the top (above the "My Retro Kitchen" header) where it says "Recipe Index".  I have all of my recipes located there arranged by type.  I will update it each time a new recipe is posted.