Grilled asparagus is amazing stuff. It gets softer and smoky but doesn't lose it's flavor and turn grey like the boiled to death version. A little olive oil, a little kosher salt, slap it on the grill and ymmmm.
You can't fool me. My dad used to grow a ton of asparagus, because it's about the only crop where you can use salt as a weed killer around it. I can still remember the nasty smell of it, and this was close to 30 years ago.