Monday Open Thread: Where Was Your Favorite Meal?

Recently I saw Mario Batali on a TV show (maybe on Jimmy Fallon, could have been an old show promoting the opening of Eataly I think....)  Which show is not really important; it's what he said that has stuck with me.  To paraphrase, it was that the best meals in our lives are not eaten out at fancy restaurants, but rather eaten in people's homes.

What I want to know is:  Where was your favorite meal?

It's not an easy question, maybe not even a question that can answered absolutely, so feel free to give a couple of answers or a top three or something. 

For me Florent was the place of some of my most memorable meals and not because of the food, although they did make some of the best French Fries ever, and I loved the bottle of cheap and good Moroccan red wine (the name of which I can't remember)... mostly though it's because any time I ate at restaurant Florent it was special, it made me feel good somehow.   Florent had created this vibe, this kind of umami of experience....

There are two other places.  The first one is dinners at home with Neil and our friends - really can't be beat.  The food is sometimes great and sometimes not as great as I'd like it to be, but somehow at the end of the day it doesn't matter.

Lastly a meal that Neil and I had early on in our relationship on a trip to Venice.  The food was brilliantly simple and delicious.  I still remember a fresh seasonal Tomato Soup.  We sat outside overlooking a courtyard; the restaurant is still there and it's called Al Covo.  An Italian Chef and his American bride opened it in 1987; I think Neil and I ate there in 1988 or 1989?  And I'm still thinking about it all these years later...

Now tell me yours.