The Official 2foodtrippers Top 10 List for 2015

We had so many great plates in 2015, including the ten we enjoyed during our anniversary dinner at Raku in Las Vegas.

Raku’s sashimi stands out in our memory as the most perfect plate of the year – an elegant array of melt-in-your-mouth raw fish. This is the finest, freshest sushi you will ever eat in a desert – or near the sea for that matter.

Our first but not last meal at Russ & Daughters Cafe reminded us of why we love New York City so much – the vibe, the service and most of all the food.

Meal highlights were the Gaspe Nova sliced so thin you can see through it and the Super Heebster Special with its blend of lightly popping wasabi caviar over creamy salmon and whitefish salads.

Our love affair with Neapolitan pizza started in Naples last year.

When we’re in Philadelphia, we are lucky to have several solid pizzerias to keep us going. Our favorite local pizzas are at Brigantessa. Chef Joe Ciccala’s salute to Southern Italy in South Philly features supple pies with the finest local and imported ingredients.

Update
Bringantessa is now permanently closed.

The food in Barcelona is exciting and colorful, much like the city’s architecture.

Delicate Mediterranean Cod at Barcelona’s Roca Moo was served with no less than five emulsions, making it memorable for both its vivid colors and provocative flavors.

Salads are seldom memorable. This is not the case with the shrimp salad at Seafood Palace.

Loaded with fresh Louisiana grilled shrimp, this salad stands out as one of our best plates of the year, with or without lettuce. The well-seasoned shrimp on this salad is so fresh that it tastes like the juicy crustaceans were just plucked from the nearby Gulf of Mexico

Our love affair with coffee started when we were dating and has continued into 2015. It’s the beverage that we seek whether we’re at home or traveling around the world.

We are so lucky to live in the golden age of coffee. The quality and availability of the product couldn’t be better, especially when baristas have the skill of fine artists.

Say what you want, but New York City is still a behemoth when it comes to innovative cuisine.

Our meal at Dirty French, a bistro in Manhattan’s Lower East Side, excited us on all levels starting with its stylish atmosphere and ending with its breathtaking international nod (and wink?) at Gallic cuisine.

Even the bread service featuring warm, soft flatbread and fromage blanc with rosemary was a knock-out.

2015 was a great year, but we’re ramping things up for an epic adventure that will take us around the United States, Europe, Asia and beyond. We even have a special hashtag for the coming year:

#tastetheworld2016

We’re excited to see where the road takes us, and we will document the journey right here with loads of photos and stories.

Stay tuned and stay hungry!