Originally Posted by
number_6
Absolutely true; but it also does not mean simple = inexpensive (though it can, as it was in your example). I've eaten great meals for >USD 1000 per person (typical 3-star dinner with wine), and also for <USD 3 (carnitas burritos). Enjoyment and even quality can be all over the place. But I disagree that eating at better restaurants makes you jaded for "simple" food. Rather it makes for an appreciation of what food can be like. I now seek out good-tasting butter, milk, eggs, meat -- because I can taste the difference.
You summed up what I was trying to say better than I possibly could have said it myself.
Originally Posted by
MariaSF
I don't think steak is "fine dining" not matter the quality.
Real fine dining, in my book, is what you get at the likes of French Laundry. No one can eat like that every day.
Steak may not be haute cuisine but when you get that great one, oh man. It sounds crazy but we still talk about that meal we had two months ago.