my full course menu

2026年3月23日

I recently reread Toriko which was a manga I very much enjoyed when I was growing up. In the manga there is a concept of a “Full Course Menu” which is an individual’s ultimate meal. It contains the following courses: Hors d’Oeuvre, Soup, Fish Dish, Meat Dish, Main Course, Salad, Dessert, Drink.

This will be a living document as I build out my ultimate meal. The dishes will be selected by the greatest taste impact I had whilst eating the dish / memorability.

Honestly after mulling over it, this is just a list of food that I ate which I thought were pretty good in terms of initial impression (i.e. the difference between my expectations and what I experienced). This list only considers food from restaurants and not homemade food.

• Hors d’Oeuvre
  • 红油抄手 (Hot & Spicy Wonton) from 66 Deluxe Green Bo in New York, NY
  • Terrine De Foies De Volailles from French Rotisserie Café in Palm Springs, CA
  • Cicchetti from this place in Venice, will try to find it
• Soup
  • 酸汤肥牛 (Chef Special Sour & Spicy Beef Tenderloin) from Hunan Cuisine (湘乡香) in Chicago, IL
• Fish Dish
  • Mini Poke Bowl from Haruki Ramen & Izakaya in Norwalk, CT
  • Matcha Soba with Mackarel from Ito Kyuemon in Uji, Japan
• Meat Dish
  • 高小爬 肉夹馍 (Gao Xiao Pa Rou Jia Mo) in Flushing, NY
• Main Course
  • WIP
• Salad
  • WIP
• Dessert
  • Ube Cream Puff from Kasama Bakery in Chicago, IL
  • Egg Tart and Lychee Ice Cream from The Original Chinatown Ice Cream Factory in New York, NY
  • There was this tiramisu and panna cotta I had in Italy which was banger, will also try to remember where I ate them
• Drinks
  • Non-Alcoholic
    • Pocari Sweat
    • Yuzu Squash
    • Coke Zero
    • Ginger Ale
  • Alcoholic
    • Sprite + Yakult + Soju mixed drink
    • Hugo Spritz
    • Fratelli Cosmo Prosecco

If I only considered homemade food it would be:

• Hors d’Oeuvre
  • Some kind of carb
• Soup
  • 奶奶’s 混沌汤 / 羊肉汤 (grandma’s wonton soup or mutton soup)
• Fish Dish
  • Mom’s 酸菜鱼 (fish with pickled mustard greens)
  • Lowkey I think she just used a pack you can get from the supermarket, but it was really good I would eat so much
• Meat Dish
  • Nothing comes to mind right now
• Main Course
  • 姥姥’s 手工面 (grandma’s hand pulled noodles)
• Salad
  • Nothing comes to mind right now
• Dessert
  • Only thing that comes to mind right now is 豆沙包 (red bean bun)
• Drinks
  • Homemade Soy Milk

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