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Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield

This is strange to say, but Kauai and Maui remain my favorite food cities. (I've not been to SF in ages, and I know I'm missing out.) On the desert side of Kauai where no one travels there seems to be nothing but poke huts. The best raw seafood I've had was in dirty hut on the roadside in Kauai, where I wondered if I wasn't trifling with some form of food poisoning, but it was amazing. Still the best I've had -- better than toro at Bond Street, which is a solid second best. (Don't recall Morimoto... only the upstairs in Philly, after many drinks.)

My in laws and my best friend recommend St. Petersburg. Hermitage is supposed to be amazing.

I think I'm in Athens next year. (I don't book the trips, I just follow as led.) I imagine the Greek diet will suit me well, given I eat seafood about five days a week as it is.

One of the great things about Athens are the nights. Go to a museum that closes at 10 or 11 at night, then go to dinner and hold the table until 1 or 2, there will be people on the streets and cafes and bars open for a nightcap.

The variety of greek food shouldn't be overlooked, as well as all the other Balkan / Middle Eastern / Russian / French food in town. But there are great little fish shacks and places where you can get some gyros with halloumi and the meat and cheese come from the families' farm on Crete. The best places are the humble little joints you come across along the way.