# The best food in the world ever ever ever? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 23, 2009, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-food-in-the-world-ever-ever-ever/487090 "2009-02-23T19:31:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-food-in-the-world-ever-ever-ever/487090/1 "2009-02-23T19:31:09Z")
I have it narrowed down to five: [ul] [li]Bacon[/li][li]Otoro[/li][li]Haagen Dazs Vanilla[/li][li]McDonald’s french fries[/li][li]Flan[/li][/ul] ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-food-in-the-world-ever-ever-ever/487090/2 "2009-02-23T19:33:08Z")
> [@lissener](#): > > I have it narrowed down to five: > > [ul] > [li]Bacon[/li][li]Otoro[/li][li]Haagen Dazs Vanilla[/li][li]McDonald’s french fries[/li][li]Flan[/li][/ul] None of the above. It’s home made bread, warm out of the oven, with real butter on it. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-food-in-the-world-ever-ever-ever/487090/3 "2009-02-23T19:36:56Z")
Blue Cheese. English Cheddar Cheese. Aged Parmesan Cheese. ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-food-in-the-world-ever-ever-ever/487090/4 "2009-02-23T19:40:29Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > None of the above. It’s home made bread, warm out of the oven, with real butter on it. That was actually on an earlier iteration of this list; it just got bumped down a notch when I had otoro the other night and dee eye ee died. ---
**Author:** ![Nom\_de\_Plume](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/85f322/32.png) [@Nom\_de\_Plume](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nom_de_Plume)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-food-in-the-world-ever-ever-ever/487090/5 "2009-02-23T19:43:36Z")
Sorry, you missed it. Spaghetti is nature’s perfect food. There’s enough sauces and variations for preparation to have it every night. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-food-in-the-world-ever-ever-ever/487090/6 "2009-02-23T19:47:11Z")
One word: OREOS. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-food-in-the-world-ever-ever-ever/487090/7 "2009-02-23T19:48:42Z")
The little brown cookies with chocolate on top that come in our holiday basket every year. Fresh they taste like Crisco on chalk. Let them get stale for six weeks, then dip them in coffee and you have the food of the gods. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-food-in-the-world-ever-ever-ever/487090/8 "2009-02-23T19:52:59Z")
A big, ripe, juicy mango is hard to beat. Fresh-squeezed (as in straight from the fruit, not the bottle) orange juice. A good tiramisu. A proper New York pizza, with just marinara sauce and fresh mozzarella (fuck that greasy, deep-dish Chicago crap) Oh, and [Candy Letters](http://www.sugarboy.co.uk/acatalog/Candy_Letters.html). Sweet, sugary deliciousness. I just wish i could find them in the US. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-food-in-the-world-ever-ever-ever/487090/9 "2009-02-23T19:54:43Z")
If I could have a 3 egg omelet made with Swiss Cheese, side order of toasted English Muffins with butter, every day for the rest of my life, I could die happy. Wait, I WOULD die happy! I’ll vote for pasta, too. There are enough sauces and preparations for every night of the year. Plus dessert! (orzo fruit salad - whipped cream, pineapple, maraschino cherries, etc.) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-food-in-the-world-ever-ever-ever/487090/10 "2009-02-23T20:03:10Z")
Chocolate ---
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-food-in-the-world-ever-ever-ever/487090/11 "2009-02-23T20:07:55Z")
If someone made a bacon-flavored Cadbury’s cream egg with thai curry sauce, pressed on a panini grill, and dipped in tomato soup, I’d be all over that. ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-food-in-the-world-ever-ever-ever/487090/12 "2009-02-23T20:08:47Z")
> [@GargoyleWB](#): > > If someone made a bacon-flavored Cadbury’s cream egg with thai curry sauce, pressed on a panini grill, and dipped in tomato soup, I’d be all over that. I just threw up in my mouth a little. No, wait, I just threw up on my keyboard a _lot_. ---
**Author:** ![Jettboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/85e7bf/32.png) [@Jettboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jettboy)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-food-in-the-world-ever-ever-ever/487090/13 "2009-02-23T20:10:47Z")
When I’m homesick for Texas; chicken-fried steak (real steak, not hamburger). It’s not ‘right’ without cream gravy, and mashed potatoes with the skins on. ---
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-food-in-the-world-ever-ever-ever/487090/14 "2009-02-23T20:15:29Z")
A nice big chunk of raw Bluefin Tuna. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-food-in-the-world-ever-ever-ever/487090/15 "2009-02-23T20:25:04Z")
Uni Fresh ripe pineapple Ripe cherries from our local orchards in early June Small fresh-shucked oysters Stinky ripe camembert Foie gras Artichokes from Castroville Perfectly smoked Kansas City-style dry-rub pork ribs ---
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-food-in-the-world-ever-ever-ever/487090/16 "2009-02-23T20:26:14Z")
Oh I forgot about Ankimo. Which is Monkfish liver. ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-food-in-the-world-ever-ever-ever/487090/17 "2009-02-23T20:32:00Z")
Steak. A big, honkin’ ribeye, grilled outdoors, seasoned with salt, pepper, Worcestershire sauce and garlic. Medium-rare (more toward the rare side) but nicely charred on the outside. And preferably bone-in–the gnawing of the last bits of meat off the bone is an essential part of the steak experience. And no baked potato on the side. Instead, a nice pile of linguine with garlic and oil. Green beans, sauteed with garlic and butter. I may die before my time, but I’m sure as shit gonna enjoy myself while I’m here! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-food-in-the-world-ever-ever-ever/487090/18 "2009-02-23T20:32:32Z")
I don’t think there’s any single best food. As far as favorites: Cheesecake _[Pocket coffe](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pocket_Coffee)e_ Lamb chops Rumaki Shrimp Scampi A really good steak Anything Ethiopian Also, I never met a chocolate I didn’t like… ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-food-in-the-world-ever-ever-ever/487090/19 "2009-02-23T20:44:45Z")
> [@Jettboy](#): > > When I’m homesick for Texas; chicken-fried steak (real steak, not hamburger). It’s not ‘right’ without cream gravy, and mashed potatoes with the skins on. What, you mean like a sirloin? Dredged in flour and then pan fried? That just seems wrong somehow. ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-food-in-the-world-ever-ever-ever/487090/20 "2009-02-23T20:45:14Z")
You bunch of sillies!! Bacon (DUH - Bacon makes everything - well - baconier.) Well cooked rare porterhouse steak Biscuits and Gravy Twice Baked Potato Kraft Deluxe Macaroni and Cheese Almost forgot - Real Good Sweet Corn on the cob slathered in butter [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-food-in-the-world-ever-ever-ever/487090.md?page=2)