# When WHERE you're eating something makes it taste great! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 27, 2019, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-where-youre-eating-something-makes-it-taste-great/845449 "2019-12-27T13:26:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2019, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-where-youre-eating-something-makes-it-taste-great/845449/41 "2019-12-28T23:32:32Z")
A bratwurst from a food stand in Salzburg, just as the cathedral bells started ringing. It was just magical. ---
**Author:** ![jerez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c68b51/32.png) [@jerez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jerez)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2019, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-where-youre-eating-something-makes-it-taste-great/845449/42 "2019-12-29T09:47:19Z")
I still remember cooking two meals that came out great on my first attempt. One was fish rolled in cracker crumbs and pan-fried in butter and the other was pasta with broccoli, almond slivers, oregano and butter. Since then, I haven’t managed to get those same excellent results, and I’m sure half the reason I remember them so fondly is because it was my first apartment. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2019, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-where-youre-eating-something-makes-it-taste-great/845449/43 "2019-12-29T13:48:05Z")
I’ve enjoyed Iquana Fricassee on a Caribean beach on several occasions, but I cannot imagine ordering it in a US restaurant. I drink Carib and Presidenté beers on Caribean beaches. We go through about a case a day. The one time I managed to get a case of Carib in the US I could barely finish it. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2019, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-where-youre-eating-something-makes-it-taste-great/845449/44 "2019-12-30T13:18:01Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Thirded. Farmer John sells Dodger Dogs retail, but they never taste as good as the ones grilled under the center field bleachers at Chavez Ravine. Dodger Dogs at Chavez Ravine are exactly what I was thinking of when I posted that 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2019, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-where-youre-eating-something-makes-it-taste-great/845449/45 "2019-12-30T14:44:35Z")
Subs taste better in a shop where you can smell the combination of oil, spices, and tomato, even if they are not on your particular sandwich. ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2019, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-where-youre-eating-something-makes-it-taste-great/845449/46 "2019-12-30T22:18:12Z")
Touristy as Hell but chicory coffee and a fresh batch of beignets in a paper bag early Saturday morning just before the French Quarter market opens. Never had better anywhere else. Sunday morning coffee at the Cafe Central Flensburg across from the Marienkirche. Just so good at that moment. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2019, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-where-youre-eating-something-makes-it-taste-great/845449/47 "2019-12-30T22:31:03Z")
Stadium food. I got to sit in the Verizon box at a Pats game a couple of years back and they were serving beef tenderloin and sushi there but I had to go down a couple of levels and get a sausage sandwich. ---
**Author:** ![actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e79b87/32.png) [@actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/actualliberalnotoneofthose)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2019, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-where-youre-eating-something-makes-it-taste-great/845449/48 "2019-12-31T12:22:28Z")
> [@P-man](#): > > We had the former just yesterday. It’s been a few months for me. I grew up on 2nd st in OCMD. Have only been back 3 times in the past decade. ---
**Author:** ![Indyellen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/indyellen/32/4176_2.png) [@Indyellen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indyellen)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2019, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-where-youre-eating-something-makes-it-taste-great/845449/49 "2019-12-31T16:43:03Z")
Freshly picked raspberries in a bowl with milk and sugar at my Grandma’s kitchen table. Never the same anywhere else. ---
**Author:** ![Die\_Capacitrix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/die_capacitrix/32/9_2.png) [@Die\_Capacitrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Die_Capacitrix)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2019, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-where-youre-eating-something-makes-it-taste-great/845449/50 "2019-12-31T17:29:53Z")
At the beach, fresh-picked blackberries off the vine. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-where-youre-eating-something-makes-it-taste-great/845449.md?page=2)