Poll of the Day > i got to eat a fancy 3 Michelin star restaurant last night..

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Yeah well I ate at Red Lobster twice

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faramir77 posted...

Yeah well I ate at Red Lobster twice

cheddar bay biscuits are the pinnacle of human cuisine

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How much did that cuisine cost, approximately?

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Mead posted...

cheddar bay biscuits are the pinnacle of human cuisine

That needs to be written in stone somewhere if it isn't already.

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Firewood18 posted...

How much did that cuisine cost, approximately?

With the wine pairing, for the both of us, I paid about ~$1,300. It would have been closer to $900 without the wine. They also had a more expensive wine pairing that could have pushed it closer to $2k or beyond, but I dont know enough about wine to want to spend that much. As it is, it was already a lot of wine and we didnt finish it all. They also had a non-alcoholic craft beverage pairing for a little less than half the wine pairing and I think a better option would have been to have had one of us get that, one of us get the wine, but share it all.

Ugh, I paid like $200 for a steak once, it wasn't worth it, but I didn't let my wife know that since it was for my birthday (It was a tommahawk ribeye at some really expensive steak place).

I have paid over 50$ quite a few times for various very high end buffets, but anything over that for just a normal plate of food, seems like a waste to me. Have yet to eat a meal worth over 100$ in taste alone at least.

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Well I guess youre paying for the overall experience for that price. You enjoyed it and it seems that you feel that it was worth it.

I once was the person that would drop that kind of money on jewelry and clothes for a girl I dated. Its weird what we will pay for certain pleasures. Shiny rocks and sustenances.

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JigsawTDC posted...

With the wine pairing, for the both of us, I paid about ~$1,300.

Holy fuck lol

As long as you enjoyed it, it's all good. I wouldn't be able to get passed the fact that's how much 6 months of groceries cost me.

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Yeah it was definitely pricey, but it was more than just the food, it was a whole experience for me and my favorite person. And this was a rare opportunity. This is the only point in my life where I have had a spare grand or two (or more) lying around to splurge on something like this, and me and this person arent regularly in the same place at the same time anymore, so it was was a good opportunity to celebrate that as well. Idk if Ill ever be able to go a restaurant this expensive again, but if I do its not going to be for years at least. You have to be interested in cuisine as more than just sustenance and view this as like an artistic experience to appreciate it. I get its not for everyone, but if you get it, this was well worth the price imo.

That's a good perspective.

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Oh! I just realized this is Atelier Crenn in San Francisco off Fillmore. Been meaning to go there forever, supposed to be one of the top 50 restaurants in the world. Maybe for my wife and my anniversary. It's like $400 a person but seems like an unbelievable experience.

Oh yeah I forget to mention the restaurant I guess haha. It is indeed Atelier Crenn! They were I believe 34th on the Worlds 50 Best in 2019. The 2021 list comes out in October or something so it would be cool if it rose the ranks. But honestly, I was interested in this restaurant before it had its third Michelin star (first female chef in the States to achieve that btw!) and before it was on the Worlds 50 Best list. The Chefs Table episode on Dominique Crenn is one of my favorites. Next time I take my favorite person to a really nice restaurant I want to go to Alinea, n/naka, or The French Laundry.

JigsawTDC posted...

With the wine pairing, for the both of us, I paid about ~$1,300. It would have been closer to $900 without the wine. They also had a more expensive wine pairing that could have pushed it closer to $2k or beyond, but I dont know enough about wine to want to spend that much. As it is, it was already a lot of wine and we didnt finish it all. They also had a non-alcoholic craft beverage pairing for a little less than half the wine pairing and I think a better option would have been to have had one of us get that, one of us get the wine, but share it all.

I seriously can't understand how these places manage to have customers. For $2,000 I could have like half a years worth of food from a fast food place and you could have blown that on a single meal. If I'm paying $2,000 for a meal I want them to find a way to stuff a whole hog inside of me or at the very least I better be eating something like the remains of one of the last frozen mammoths ever discovered. Not a meal that looks like the chef put a skinned grape in a witches hat and called it a course (not picking on that meal in particular, just saying that this seems to be far more presentation than anything else).

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Its easy for it to look like its all presentation when youre missing out on the crucial component of actually eating the food lol. Ive genuinely never had some of the taste, texture, temperature, etc. combos I experienced here, so the food itself is unique in a way. But again, I get its not for everyone. Especially if youre only thinking of meals in terms of sustenance and not any greater experience.

Not only do these places stay in business, I had to make my reservations two months in advance right when spots opened up to ensure I got us a spot in the restaurant. Its also probably worth noting that many chefs do different levels of dining at different restaurants. There is one by the same chef called Petite Crenn which, while still pricey, is much more reasonable for the average diner on a special night.

JigsawTDC posted...

Its easy for it to look like its all presentation when youre missing out on the crucial component of actually eating the food lol.

Got 'em.

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when did you pay? Im assuming it was in advance and not that they dropped a $1300 check on your lap at the end.

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DirtBasedSoap posted...

when did you pay? Im assuming it was in advance and not that they dropped a $1300 check on your lap at the end.

I paid when I made the reservation, so two months in advance. I think they had the option to do like a payment plan type thing, but I had enough to just pay it all.

yeah that makes sense. Id love to do something like this one day but I unfortunately cant see myself doing this unless Im rich one day. super jelly

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JigsawTDC posted...

Its easy for it to look like its all presentation when youre missing out on the crucial component of actually eating the food lol. Ive genuinely never had some of the taste, texture, temperature, etc. combos I experienced here, so the food itself is unique in a way. But again, I get its not for everyone. Especially if youre only thinking of meals in terms of sustenance and not any greater experience.

Not only do these places stay in business, I had to make my reservations two months in advance right when spots opened up to ensure I got us a spot in the restaurant. Its also probably worth noting that many chefs do different levels of dining at different restaurants. There is one by the same chef called Petite Crenn which, while still pricey, is much more reasonable for the average diner on a special night.

I am thinking of them as more than sustinence and whatnot. I'm also thinking that I'd much rather drop money to get a burger unironically called 'Heart Attack on Titan' than spend it on what looks to be a single oyster.

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Unbridled9 posted...

I am thinking of them as more than sustinence and whatnot. I'm also thinking that I'd much rather drop money to get a burger unironically called 'Heart Attack on Titan' than spend it on what looks to be a single oyster.

Well then it's a good thing TC didn't force you to eat at that restaurant.

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Unbridled9 posted...

I am thinking of them as more than sustinence and whatnot. I'm also thinking that I'd much rather drop money to get a burger unironically called 'Heart Attack on Titan' than spend it on what looks to be a single oyster.

Well good thing no one is making you go!

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lol didnt even see that last post

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Guess we're twins or something.

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I guess were gay lovers now

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That's like twins with benefits.

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DirtBasedSoap posted...

when did you pay? Im assuming it was in advance and not that they dropped a $1300 check on your lap at the end.

Why would you make that assumption? When I had a similar dinner I didn't pay in advance; they dropped a 1300ish check on the table at the end.

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Fancy food cracks me up, but also I know that stuff looks like a goddamn refined party of flavours in my mouth.

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Sarcasthma posted...

Guess we're twins or something.

DirtBasedSoap posted...

I guess were gay lovers now

Sarcasthma posted...

That's like twins with benefits.

lmao


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JigsawTDC posted...

these are oysters prepared two different ways. That second one is like a cloud covering all the other ingredients

That second one is not a dish, its a pot of succulents

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You're a succulent, shark.

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