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- Hello and thank you for joining us
for another Legacy Travel Top 5.
This time, we're talking about food and wine destinations,
our top five.
And so, with me I have got Katie,
- Hi!
- And I've got Karis,
- Hi! - right here.
And really fun on a trip if you have someone who
really into picking restaurants.
Just went on one and had one of the people
in our group was really great at picking restaurants.
So that's a lot of fun and very helpful.
I believe on my list
that I think there are two of my picks
that y'all are gonna agree with and like.
And I think y'all will probably diss me
on the other three pretty heavily.
- What!
- So anyway I'm gonna start off
if you don't mind and the first one I think you
won't have a problem with.
Number five my list, is Paris.
And just so you know, with my list even though
it says food and wine, I pretty much ignored wine
coz I don't like wine.
But Paris is gonna have great wine there,
I recognize that Paris is an amazing food city.
Amazing destination.
I don't like Paris, I'm not a big Paris fan.
But the food is very good.
So I know that a lot of people would think
that Paris would be higher on the list,
I'm just not a big Paris fan.
- Interesting, okay. - So...
- And to be clear, I said Paris, not Karis.
I'm a huge Karis fan. (laughs)
Not a big Paris fan.
And what is, what was your number five?
- My number five might come as a shock.
It's Miami.
- Okay.
I love Cuban food and since it's a little bit harder
to travel to Cuba, I went with Miami instead.
Just so many authentic Cuban places there,
I think it's a great destination for food.
- Okay.
- Okay, my number five, it's a little general,
but I'm saying Spain right now.
I think the food in Spain is great,
you have wonderful paella.
That's where jamon the iberico ham is from,
great wine too.
The Rioja region has some fantastic reds,
so Spain I think is delicious.
- All right, great.
What is your number four?
- okay.
Mine is gonna be another US destination.
So it's gonna be Hawaii,
there are a few different islands
but there's a lot of similarities
between them so kalua pig, malasadas.
there is an amazing, amazing coconut cake
at Halekulani in Waikiki that I'd die for, so...
- Okay. - Yeah.
- So, what, do you have a lot of influence,
I know you both have Japan in there,
any other type of Polynesian-
- They do still have like their you know
cultural heritage.
They pass down a lot of the the pork spam.
(laughs) If you're a big Spam person.
But yes, there are other influences
from Japan as well.
- What's your number four?
- My number four is Germany.
- I think people know - Okay.
about German food, they know the Bavarian cuisine
with the pretzels and the sausages.
Berlin, if you're up farther north.
They have an emerging food scene
with a lot of Michelin stars.
But, I think the wine in Germany is often underrated.
German Riesling is some of the best wine
in the entire world, it's not traditionally very,
well it's not very sweet.
It's not like the Riesling that we're used to here,
there's a good acidity that balances out the wine.
German Rieslings can actually be aged
for 10 plus years.
And then they have reds too, like a Spatburgunder
which is their version of a Pinot Noir.
So great wine to be had in Germany.
- Great, so my number four's the first one
that may get raised eyebrows.
But I think this one is really up and coming,
and we should actually sell more of this
than we do.
Puerto Vallarta, and Puerto Vallarta
when we sell, we sell a lot of all-inclusives.
We really should be selling some European plan hotels
coz there are amazing, amazing restaurants
in Puerto Vallarta.
You know, rivalry...
They rival Mexico City's
and of course it's much smaller
than Mexico City
and so it's just a really fantastic food scene
in Puerto Vallarta.
So that's one that's close by and we travel to it a lot
and we don't take advantage of it as much as we should.
Number three.
- Number three.
- You did yours right?
Yup. - That's me, okay.
So I'm going to balance it out with wine again.
I am looking at Tuscany.
I think everyone thinks of Tuscany
when they think of wine.
You have Chianti, Brunello is from there.
Brunello di Montalcino,
from the Montalcino region, I think is some
of the best Italian wine in the world.
you have Vino Nobile
and then let's not forget the food.
Tuscan food is a little bit more hearty
than you find in the rest of the country.
You have like, bistecca alla fiontina where they have
that meat and potatoes kind of meal for you.
So it's a great spot.
- Yeah it is, we just got back from Italy.
We didn't go to Tuscany, but we were in Italy
and that didn't make my list
but the food is amazing there.
So I feel like my first pick, Paris, is pretty safe.
I don't think I'm going to have any trouble from you
on that one.
My third pick I think is pretty safe too.
Number three, I put New York.
And New York, you have got so many cultures there.
Amazing food and one thing I did when I put this list,
I wanna find places where you can do a very upscale,
you know, five diamond type of a meal
but also you got good food that is relatively inexpensive.
And so when you think of New York foodwise,
I think of the slice.
You gonna get a slice of pizza
and that's gonna cost you a few bucks.
So anyway, New York is my number three.
- Okay, so my number three,
funny enough is going to be London.
I know people don't think - Really?
it is necessarily like a foodie destination.
But you honestly cannot beat the pub food there.
I've had the best food in some London pubs.
I love the pasties with the meat and potatoes,
it's very hearty food and my grandmother was from England,
so it very much reminds me of her cooking.
Just that kind of hearty meat and potatoes style.
I love it.
- Okay, really good,
so number two.
- Number two. - For me,
and mine's gonna be, and I feel much better
about my selections now, I'm not getting beaten up.
Number two is London.
- Yay. - So I think,
yeah watch the video tour, I love London.
So you know, piggy backing on what Karis said
but I'm going to go a step further.
The Indian food there supposed to be second to none.
The Chinese food is amazing at SoHo.
In SoHo you've got the whole Chinese district.
So here's the thing, if you've got a problem
with London being on a food list, you know they
have the English Breakfast,
which is a big hearty breakfast.
The pub - And the bacon is real bacon.
- Oh yeah, and the pub for lunch,
you're gonna hit that.
In the evenings you're gonna do Chinese,
you're gonna do Indian food, that kind of stuff.
But here's another this is, London,
England in general, has their own meal.
They've go tea!
They came up with a whole fourth meal,
so you got your own fourth meal,
you got to be a pretty good food place.
- And I think if you're - So yeah.
having bad food in London,
you're at the wrong place.
- Yeah, oh yeah - You just need
to find the right place. - Yeah I mean,
they got so much culture there.
So many different choices there.
- Don't forget Cadbury (laughs)
- Oh, yup, that's got to be on the dessert side, absolutely.
All right, what was your number--
- Did you do yours? - I didn't yet,
do you wanna go? - No, go ahead.
- Are we doing number two? - Number two.
- Number two. - Oh okay,
number two for me is Paris.
- Okay, there we go.
I figure that one might show up again.
- Yes, more so for the food.
All of mine are food based because I'm not a huge winey,
but they do have good wine.
I just love the sidewalk cafes.
French onion soup, croque monsieurs,
all of the little boulangeries, bread.
Oh my gosh, the smell of the fresh baked bread
there is amazing.
Plus I love the chocolate shops,
and pastries and everything.
- I ate somewhere yesterday that had both
that soup and that sandwich, I'll tell you
about it in just a second.
- That was so good.
All right so my number two is also in France.
It's the Bordeaux
region. - Okay, very good.
- So yeah, - Very good.
- I stuck, the wine in there again.
So Bordeaux. I think we all know the wines
from that region are notable.
You have Left Bank versus Right Bank,
you have the 1855 classification
with the four most renowned chateaus in the world
at the time, they added a fifth in the '70's.
You also have sweet wines that come from there,
like a Sauternes, which is a very different flavor profile
but absolutely wonderful and again those,
the best ones come from Bordeaux.
But let's not forget the food either.
Macrons, Americans think
of those little sandwich cookies,(laughs)
they are, I mean you can find them with the sandwiches
in Bordeaux, but the original macron, it's just one layer,
those are from St Emilion in the Bordeaux region.
In Bordeaux, you also have the caneles.
Which are these little French pastries
that almost look like cathedrals,
almost like a sweet Yorkshire pudding.
That's not a great analogy,
but it's something similar to that,
kind of like an eggy dessert.
And then you have great dishes like entrecote,
which is a ribeye with a wine sauce.
So everything there's delicious.
- That's why I was looking at you,
coz that's one of your favorite things
are those little things cookies.
You love it, love love love it.
Okay and now I think we're at number one.
What you got for your number one?
- Okay so my number one has been on my list
for a long time but I have not actually been there.
So it's gonna be Italy.
- Okay, in general?
- Yes, in general. - Okay, okay.
- I would love to go there.
- You haven't been to Italy?
- No no. - We'll have to get you there.
- My mom just got back this year,
so she's been telling me about all the food
and all the places they went.
She's very much one of those people, like you said,
likes to pick out the restaurants before
you go. - Yeah yeah.
- Yes, so she's very much so that person.
And telling me about all the food they had
and everything so...
And hearing about y'all's trip,
it's just been on my list for so long
and I can't wait to go.
- I'll get you there.
Bet I know your number one, but go ahead
and do it, I may be wrong.
- My number one is very specific,
- It is San Sebastian in Spain - I was wrong.
- which is in the the Basque country,
so the northern part.
The cuisine there is wonderful.
They are known for Michelin stars, for a tiny town,
they have a lot of Michelin stars.
Their tapas, the tapas culture,
they call them pinxtos up there.
Those restaurants are delicious,
they have this wine that's specific to the region
called chacoli, which they pour out of this big fountain.
It's almost like a cider, almost like a sparkling.
It is sparkling but it has a different earthiness
to the flavor.
And just the whole food culture up there in general,
it's kind of encompassing.
They have restaurant clubs and dinner clubs
where people will just gather and make meals together.
So it's a really unique spot, but it has to be on your list
if you're a foodie.
- So you took Spain, and then
- San Sebastian, okay, okay - I know, well yeah it was,
I mean, like the paella, you have that everywhere
but San Sebastian, - All right.
- it is different.
And with it being in
Basque country, I mean, - Okay.
- they're proudly Spanish, but proudly Basque.
- New York wasn't on your list.
- You know that was
really hard. - I am shocked!
I am shocked! - Right now, I'm sitting here
like, how is New Orleans not on my list, but...
- I'm glad I'm not a better, or a gambler I would
have bet on that in a heart beat.
So I feel better about my number one pick now.
Because my number one, and this,
I understand I may get some flack for this.
But number one is New Orleans for me.
I'm glad you didn't say that - I'm with you.
- I think it's great.
- So again, my theme of,
you got some very high end amazing places
and you can do a po-boy and gumbo,
which is my favorite stuff ever
for very inexpensive.
Great place to eat
and then on top of that you've got Cafe du Monde,
with beignets, they say the coffee
is better than the beignets
I don't believe them, I don't like coffee,
but the beignets are
amazing, I've heard it's very good,
- The coffee is so good.
- I'm not a coffee guy. - It's got chicory.
But yeah, New Orleans and you know it's so crazy,
coz I think we're an hour flight from New Orleans.
- Not even. - I mean it's just nothing,
and we don't go there, hardly ever.
We're gonna do, we ought to do an office trip.
We'll all go down there for a weekend.
That'll be fun, fun, fun, fun. (laughs)
So, I mean one thing I hate
that we were very narrow I feel like, I know I was.
I did the, I did North America and I did Europe
and that's about it.
Nothing in Asia, great food there too.
- Kyoto, again.
- Yeah, amazing. - A great spot
for Michelin stars, yeah. - Amazing.
But anyway so that,
thank you for joining us, that was our list of...
Comment, let us know what you think of,
place we may have missed out on.
And thank you for joining us on
another Legacy Travel top five video.
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