OK, I've given this issue more thought, and I'm going to expand the menu:
2nd Ave Deli in New York (on 33rd Street & 3rd Ave., yeah, they moved) - they make the most amazing coleslaw, NO mayo (which makes it perfect for moi), full-sour garlic pickles, chicken cutlet, mashed potatoes, kasha varnishkas or boiled carrots, Dr. Brown's diet back cherry soda. THAT is my perfect meal. Am I Jewish, or what?! Damn, I'm hungry now.
A close second would be a certain little Buenos Aires place that made the most amazing grilled chicken and empanadas. Seriously, I didn't have a single meal down there that wasn't astoundingly good. Makes you realize that we live in a society where excessive food additives have really ruined our palettes and diets.
Oh, yeah, fresh strawberries from the San Rafael farmer's market. I could make myself sick by eating nothing but those things for a day or two. My honey came to California with me, and those strawberries ruined her as well, the stuff we get back on the east coast sucks by comparison. The Honeycrisp apples partially make up for this, though, and if you like apples, you owe it to yourself to get ahold of some Honeycrisps. They're the perfect apple, crunchy with a slight pineapple tang, just
too good.
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