We are feeling a bit nostalgic.  One of our recent conversations included naming the best meals we have ever had.   So, I posed the question to Gabe….if you had superpower and could have a ‘progressive dinner’ around the world (travel to different places for different courses), where would you go?

His answer:

Apertif:  Champagne from Champagne Nicolas Maillart  in Reims, France

5 rue de Villers aux Noeuds
51500 Ecueil, France

First course :  Pasta course trio at Mario Batali’s restaurant, Del Posto, in NYC with Ferdinand & Isabella

85 Tenth Avenue
New York, NY 10011
Phone: 212-497-8090

Fish main course:  Grouper at Ostria

Ostria
Plaka-Elounda, Crete Greece

Meat main course:  Veal (Vitello), a fried veal cutlet which came doused in fresh tomato and basil at Al Mercante in Milan

Piazza Mercanti, 17
20123 Milan, Italy

Dessert: Nutella pizza at Luigia in Geneva, Switzerland

Rue Adrien Lachenal 24A
Genève Suisse

And my response?

 

Drink:  Bordeaux from Château Pontet Canet

33250 Pauillac, France
05 56 59 04 04

Appetizer:  Eggplant dip from Ta Koupia in Kolonaki neighborhood of Athens, Greece

Αναπήρων Πολέμου 22
Αθήνα 11521, Ελλάδα
+30 210-7400150

First course: Truffle Pasta from Restaurant Maurizio, off the square in Orvieto, Italy

Via del Duomo,
78  05018 Orvieto Province of Terni, Italy

Fish main course:  Grouper at Ostria

Ostria
Plaka-Elounda, Crete Greece

Meat main course:  Veal chop at Trattoria 4 Leoni, Florence, Italy

Trattoria 4 Leoni
Via dè Vellutini, 1-red  50125 Florence, Italy
055 218562

Dessert:  Tres leche cake at Sole in Charlotte, NC
-no longer in business, formerly of East Blvd Charlotte NC-

Where would you go on a progressive dinner around the world?  Please share your favorites!!!