Sex And The City's Top Food Moments Ranked Worst To Best

By now we all know that in the "Sex and the City" movie released four years after the series ended, the over-the-top wedding Carrie and Big had originally planned was called off when Big got a case of cold-feet (via YouTube). The evening before, however, the couple hosted an opulent rehearsal dinner at the upscale Manhattan restaurant Buddakan. Miranda, for her part, was feeling less than celebratory, having recently separated from her husband Steve, who had admitted to cheating. Stepping away from the table, she ran straight into Big. "You two are crazy to get married," she told him. "Marriage ruins everything."

Now, whether or not her sour warning was the reason behind Big's next-day freakout is up for debate. Once Carrie found out about the exchange, she blew up at her friend, blaming her for the canceled nuptials, which some fans disagreed with. "If your fiancé leaves you at the altar because your broken-hearted friend says one disparaging sentence," a Redditor commented, "then how solid is your relationship?" By the end of the movie, Carrie ultimately worked things out with both her friend and man. But considering how much misery and chaos this dinner caused, it ranks lowest on our list.

McDonald's plays a role in scenes involving two of Carrie's boyfriends. At the end of the show's second season, she shows up at Big's, gamely donning a beret and bearing a bag of Mickey D's to-go. "Bonjour," she exclaims. "Voila le French hat, voila le French fry. And it doesn't stop there. I have Le Big Mac and Le filet de fish" (via YouTube). It's an endearing attempt to handle the news that he needs to move to Paris. At first, Carrie is under the impression he wants her there as well. When he balks at the idea that she accompany him, she becomes understandably irate, hurling the food at the wall. The two end up splitting yet again as a result.

According to Screen Rant, in Season 6, Carrie's late-night McDonald's run is a bit more lighthearted. Her new boyfriend Aleksandr Pestrovsky literally sweeps Carrie off her feet, surprising her with a designer dress she had been coveting and tickets to the opera. Outside the performance, however, his over-the-top overtures overwhelm her and she ends up fainting right on the sidewalk. Instead of a black-tie evening, they end up at McDonald's, where she introduces him to the Golden Arches and feels a lot more like herself. Listen, fast food rarely needs to be quite so dramatic, but we give points to Carrie for staying loyal to her burger of choice.

Carrie and Big's first date came after their first time in the sack. Unable to keep their hands off each other, they had sex first, dinner later, but the casual Chinese restaurant he chose was a let-down. To Carrie, it wasn't exactly the kind of place you'd take a woman you were trying to impress. Her fears were confirmed when a male friend they ran into later admitted he had picked the same restaurant in an effort to keep his date a secret. The reason? He didn't believe the woman was pretty enough (via Tumblr).

Feeling slighted, Carrie confronts Big about it, demanding to know if he too had been trying to hide their romance for the same reason. Shocked, Big explains that he simply likes the food, no more and no less. Look, Big acted like a jerk plenty of times, but lots of fans agree that this wasn't one of them. As one Redditor opined, "I think it shows that Big felt comfortable being himself around Carrie. She was unpretentious compared to his usual type of woman, and I think he genuinely enjoyed being able to go for greasy Chinese food without feeling embarrassed or having to explain himself." Another who took his side agreed. "I actually believe he liked their food. Sometimes you just want good Chinese food."

This memorable dinner wins points not only for its laughs, but for steering Samantha into her most substantial relationship of the whole series. Noticing a very cute waiter working at a raw-food restaurant, Samantha becomes determined to take him to bed, even if it means sitting through a cold, four-course meal she finds revolting. She plants herself at one of his tables, ready to wait patiently until she is the last person there. To her surprise, she realizes she isn't the only woman in the restaurant with the exact same plan (via Reddit).

She outlasts nearly everyone, until, finally fed up, she dabs her mouth with her napkin and approaches her final competition. "Honey," she tells her. "You've put up a very good fight but you have no idea who you're dealing with. I'm going home with him and you're going home with key lime custard. So what do you say I buy your dinner and we call it a night?" The diner folds. Rather than a typical one-night stand, however, the waiter — a sweet, hunky actor named Smith Jerrod — ends up being Samantha's partner for the rest of the show's entire run.

In Season 6, Miranda's sexy neighbor Robert quickly became her boyfriend. And he appeared to have it all: good looks, a great job as a sports doctor and no problem committing. The only issue? Miranda was unknowingly still hung up on Steve, her ex, which made things awkward when Robert was ready to take things to the next level. To let Miranda know how he felt, he left her a box with a giant cookie that had the words "I love you" spelled out in frosting (via TV Maze). Unable to return the sentiment, Miranda freaked out, devouring the entire thing in an effort to stall.

"How can I love him," she later bemoaned to Carrie, "if I can't even say the words?" Turns out, she could say the words, just not to Robert, blurting them out during an impromptu moment alone with Steve. That paved the way for the former couple to reconcile, eventually marrying each other later that season. This cookie was not only enormous in size, it ended up having major significance as well.

Call us corny, but we're topping this list off with a happy ending: the post-wedding brunch after Big and Carrie, finally, after over a decade, tied the knot. After a year of not speaking in the wake of their ruined first wedding, they finally said, "I do," in a small courthouse ceremony (via YouTube). Shortly after, they celebrated with a casual brunch with their friends, a scene which was shot at real-life Brooklyn restaurant Junior's, according to Spoon University.

It was hardly the blowout affair they had originally planned for nearly 300 people at the New York Public Library, but the plates of diner fare sure looked good to us. "It wasn't a fancy dinner reception either," Carrie noted, "just food and friends." Junior's claims to serve "The World's Most Fabulous Cheesecake," which is probably a lot better tasting than your average wedding dessert. And again, maybe we're just being sentimental, but in terms of top "Sex and the City" food moments, this meal definitely takes the cake.