Unique eats: 8 amazing meals that won"t be repeated

(CNN)Few aspects of travel are as universally enjoyed, discussed and compared as food.

But while it"s tempting to call every special experience "unique," most aren"t.

We wanted to discover some truly sensational, once-in-a-lifetime meals.

So we asked some of the world"s best-traveled eaters.

Here are the rules: Describe one meal that stands out from all others you"ve experienced in all your years of globetrotting that you know can never be repeated.

And here"s what they said:

10 courses of sensory brilliance, Spain

Qin Xie, food, wine and travel journalist, qinxie.co.uk

A friend and I were wandering aimlessly around Santiago at twilight, a city neither of us knew, until hunger brought us to a restaurant in Barrio Bellavista -- a tiny Peruvian place.

A couple of pisco sours were ordered with the generous seafood.

The addictively tangy leche de tigre that came in a martini glass and begged for everything to be dipped into it was our favorite.

As the owner came over to explain they had only been open for three days, a mini earthquake struck -- a little rumble akin to a train passing by.

Out of the many gastronomic experiences I"ve had, this is the only one where the earth actually moved.

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