{"id":6128,"date":"2019-11-22T02:26:11","date_gmt":"2019-11-22T09:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inspiretraveleat.com\/?p=6128"},"modified":"2023-04-28T13:35:54","modified_gmt":"2023-04-28T20:35:54","slug":"my-17-favorite-meals-in-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inspiretraveleat.com\/my-17-favorite-meals-in-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"My 17 Favorite Meals In The World"},"content":{"rendered":"
I love food… always have… I’m sure most people do so I don’t know why I even wrote that… anyway… in my life and travels there have been some meals that have always stuck out in my mind as a food experience like I have never had before.<\/p>\n
The most important part of these meals wasn’t just the food but more the entire setting, environment and feel… sure you can have a great tasting steak at a fine dining restaurant but this article takes into account the atmosphere, ambiance and timing of the meal as what has set them apart from all others.<\/p>\n
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No this meal pictured above wasn’t a favorite but wanted to include it to let you know I will try anything once! Back to the meals, you will find meals below from Asia, Europe, South America, Central America, the USA and Canada!<\/p>\n
These meals stretch back to 2003 and all have stuck out in my mind as hands down above the rest. Some meals were amazing tasting, some were unmatched ambiance, some were better due to a series of events leading up to the meal and some were just a few of the coolest experiences I have ever had.<\/p>\n
Jungle starvation, cheap seafood feats, night markets and more as you will see! please also excuse some of the terrible old pictures as many of these pictures were taken well before I even thought of having a website.<\/p>\n
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It was 2010 and this meal is one of the first meals I can ever remember where I was like… wow, how am I here? We felt like we were at the king’s table as a huge plate covered in seafood was put in front of us like I had never seen before… and it was right on the beach!<\/p>\n
It was $10 per person, basically all you can eat, and we got a drink included. Legitimately this plate in the US or Canada would be $250+ and of course the seafood was so fresh being right on the ocean.<\/p>\n
Something else that made this meal memorable was it was the first time I had ever had grilled octopus. We didn’t even know what it was on the plate and it was one of the best things I had ever tasted.<\/p>\n
The way they grilled this meat I first thought it was some tender steak filet but with 2x the taste, it truly was incredible. The bad news is I forget what exact restaurant this was, the good news is that you’ll probably be in SJDS for longer than a couple days thus you can restaurant hop easily until you find it. There were a couple of places that offered this plate and only a handful of beach restaurants so surely you can narrow it down.<\/p>\n
This sounds ridiculous… unless you have had them. I actually just talked to a friend who is a server at Wet Republic that said they are still their best seller! I had these in 2012 and will never forget as they are the best, juiciest, most perfectly breaded and incredible chicken fingers on earth.<\/p>\n
I am not even a chicken finger lover or anything either, I probably have had them like once since 2012 but that is how good they are! It probably helps that if you are at Wet Republic you might be hammered drunk and anything tastes amazing but I guess that just leads to my point at the start of this article now doesn’t it.<\/p>\n
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There are tons of off the beaten track food stand areas in Mexico that I LOVE including Parquet De La Palapas in Cancun. What makes Parquet even better is that you normally will be the only English as a first language people there. If you have never been, go check it out, it is only 10 mins from the touristy area of Cancun. With that said, just check out my Best Day Trips In The Mayan Riviera and Cancun HERE.<\/a><\/p>\n Anyways, back to Puerto Penasco of which if you read any of my articles you know I love it due to the bang for buck and its proximity to Phoenix, AZ. I tell everyone in AZ to go there over San Diego and SD is one of my favorite cities in the US!<\/p>\n Furthermore, this street just made me love the place even more as you see since it made this list! It turns out most places at the downtown port in Rocky Point stop serving food at 10pm. We were struggling to find a place to eat until we came across this street meat utopia a block up from the main port road on street 1 De Junio.<\/p>\n The street opens up to 10+ pop-up street vendors with little plastic chairs and tables set-up on the street to give you one of the coolest most authentic dinner settings I’ve had in some time.<\/p>\n Everyone in our group LOVED the food and had so much fun just sitting down outside with basically an all-you-can-eat feast for about $40 total between the 6+ of us. It was such a great time and cool experience so you absolutely have to go. If you need the best 11 things to do in Rocky Point<\/a> \/ Puerto Penasco, check it out HERE<\/a>!<\/p>\n This sneaks in here as it was the most random amazing meal. A group of us were in SD for the football game and my brother\/uncle (different story don’t ask) is a Patriots fan who was befriended by these Patriot fans that had one of the most insane tailgates I have ever seen.<\/p>\n These guys flew into from Boston and brought seafood with them! Here they are cooking giant pots of lobster, crab and other shellfish, which was all covered in this incredible sauce.<\/p>\n Not only that, they were grilling filets as well, so here we are with better than restaurant quality surf and turf outside of a football stadium… while they handed us beers, in San Diego 80 degree weather… doesn’t get much better than that. The only thing that ruined the day was when Auntie Tara gave us this herbal hangover helper \/ apparent laxative and from there we have the infamous “sock story.”<\/p>\n14. Random San Diego Chargers v New England Patriots Tailgate – San Diego USA<\/h2>\n
13. Galitos Grill Ipanema & Any Acai Spot Nearby – Rio De Janeiro, Brazil<\/h2>\n