The Breakfast Montage in Citizen Kane (1941) with Orson Welles and Ruth Warrick with intro by Joseph Cotten. Music by Bernard Herrmann who also compoed the music for Vertigo and Taxi Driver. Note how the table gets longer and Warrick reads a rival newspaper.
For me, it’s got to be the moment in “Ratatouille” when the critic Anton Ego takes a bite of Remy’s dish. The way it transported him back to his childhood was so powerful and beautifully animated. It not only conveyed the magic of food but also how certain dishes can evoke deep-seated memories and emotions.