Originally Posted by
DELee
Was it at a restaurant you'd been to before or some place that you'd wanted to try? Did you add the wine paring as well?
David
We had dined there before, but only off the menu. None of the five courses were on the menu. My wife did the pairing, I did not.
Originally Posted by
YVR Cockroach
Not too new. Over a dozen years ago, Cue at the Guthrie in MSP used to do this (as did the sister restaurant towards St. Paul). I think both dishes per course were different too. Another restaurant relatively close to my current location offers only such a menu on the first working day of the week (restaurant is only open 4 or 5 days a week, afforded by the fact it's in the middle of nowhere relatively speaking). Bargain at ~CAD 54 p.p. for 5 courses. Different dishes per course for a 4 person table too.
I wasn't saying it was a new concept. Several people, including me, had raised the issue, in this thread, of ordering food without knowing the price, and how a value judgment can't be made in that situation. There are two data points in the value equation, product and price. If one data point is missing (in this thread, the price) I didn't think I would eat at that restaurant. But then I did exactly that, without knowing the product, I agreed to purchase a meal. Now, I'd suggest that price may be the more important data point, in the fact that you have to actually have the money to pay. But in reality, I took the same risk when ordering this blind tasting menu. I could have been very disappointed with 4 ham sandwiches and a cookie.