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Once I paid $1243.43 (IIRC) at a fast food place in Vegas. It was
lunch for two. 20 minutes later, I got a full refund and an apology... and the lunch ended up to be free. The cashier entered the last two digits twice by mistake for the credit card transaction.. and then freaked out :p The manager spent 20 minutes on the phone to get the transaction reversed. |
Originally Posted by cpx
last two digits twice
Originally Posted by UNITED959
(Post 7377269)
Charlie Trotter's in Chicago has a $175 prix fixe menu...so $350 for two on just food...throw in a bottle of wine and you're over the $500 mark.
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Originally Posted by Kagehitokiri
(Post 7375743)
as i said, standard price fixe tasting menus, without paired wine.
its easy to spend more ANYWHERE. you can buy a $1M(exaggeration, yes i know) bottle of X at any decent restaurant. thats not the point of my question. i tried to explain this in great detail in my OP. i also updated my last post. Sorry it seems like nobody understands your question. Ducasse has standard tasting menus at the Plaza Athenee in Paris at €220 and €320 for winter ´06. (This is $282-416.) And yes, he charges for wine. |
Originally Posted by number_6
(Post 7360763)
Sadly it is hard to find good meals in much of Europe for under USD 200 per person these days, at least in this type of restaurant.
If you only eat out in places like London, Paris or Geneva, then I agree, it would be very difficult to find cheap restaurants with decent quality. But there is more to Europe than merely the big, expensive, post city centres. What does price have to do with food quality anyway? I've had some of the best food for next to nothing (both in terms of quality and presentation), and some of the worst food at ridiculously expensive restaurants, and vica versa. I suppose it all comes down to personal taste and how seriously one takes restaurant critics and rating systems. |
Per Se in NYC, as of January, 2007, has gone to a Prix Fixe menu at $250.00 per person. He has 2 different menus: a nine course tasting of vegetables and a nine course chef's tasting menu which changes daily.
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Fat Duck is £115 ($225), Gordon Ramsay is £110 ($215), El Bulli is E165 ($215); all prices within the past 12 months, so those are all below your threshhold. (All tasting menus and all without wine)
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Originally Posted by jabrams72
(Post 7389245)
Fat Duck is £115 ($225), Gordon Ramsay is £110 ($215), El Bulli is E165 ($215); all prices within the past 12 months, so those are all below your threshhold. (All tasting menus and all without wine)
I should also say that if someone offered to buy me dinner at 50 restaurants of my choice in NY that Masa would not be on the list. |
At many of these places (Tokyo/New York/London/Paris) you are also paying for the real estate (space).
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Originally Posted by jabrams72
(Post 7389245)
Fat Duck is £115 ($225), Gordon Ramsay is £110 ($215), El Bulli is E165 ($215); all prices within the past 12 months, so those are all below your threshhold. (All tasting menus and all without wine)
Another thing I neglected to mention in my above post is the wide variation in wine (and other beverage) pricing at these types of places. For example, at The Fat Duck we found it difficult to find many decent choices below GBP 100 (and far too easy to find wonderful choices above that level.) We were also charged GBP 84 for 4 glasses of (ordinary) port after the meal. SO, even though the menu price in Bray was reasonable in the land of 3 Michelin stars, the total bill was borderline obscene. On the other hand, Michelin starred restaurants in Spain tend to have VERY gentle wine pricing. I have never had the pleasure of El Bulli, but at Zalacain and La Broche in Madrid there are good to great wines from Rioja and Ribera del Duero in the €30 range! France tends to fall somewhere in the middle, as does the USA... |
Fat Duck is $225
Gordon Ramsay is $215 El Bulli is $215 Having a home cooked, romantic dinner at home with the one you love... PRICELESS. :) |
dankyone and b1513, thanks ^
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Originally Posted by cpx
(Post 7377292)
Once I paid $1243.43 (IIRC) at a fast food place in Vegas. It was
lunch for two. 20 minutes later, I got a full refund and an apology... and the lunch ended up to be free. The cashier entered the last two digits twice by mistake for the credit card transaction.. and then freaked out :p The manager spent 20 minutes on the phone to get the transaction reversed. :D |
san dominico in imola may be that expensive. the Menù degustazione was over the equivalent of $300 2007 bush bucks the only time I ever ate there(maybe over $500). The reasonably priced wine made up for the expensive menu.
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Originally Posted by Marathon Man
(Post 7396163)
did you get to keep the miles?
:D but the lunch ended up being free :) |
Four of us shared a $500 Mac/Cheese and Martini lunch at Harry's Bar, Venice.
Dined with the delightful Dr. and Mrs.obscure2k Not only were the company, food and drinks exquisite but we got Elton John thrown in for free. :) Would repeat in a heartbeat. |
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