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That's gonna be one of 8-13 courses, each one paired with a glass of wine. By the time you're finished you're going to be satisfied (if not full) and slightly pissed drunk, unless you're a competitive strongman or something.

As for "overpriced", well that's just a matter of perceived value isn't it? You're gonna say that's overpriced but I guarantee you have some toy in your house that cost $300 and you definitely did not need. You just liked it so you bought it, and that's fine.

When you see these pics and make a throwaway comment about how this isn't food, you're really just outing yourself as a pleb.
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pinky, you aren't respectable enough to eat at fancy restaurants. They probably "serve" you outside in the alleyway. Of course, homeless people will try and still your food.
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Fight fight fight fight!
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Sunhawk posted...

pinky, you aren't respectable enough to eat at fancy restaurants. They probably "serve" you outside in the alleyway. Of course, homeless people will try and still your food.

never change snu
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I'd still rather eat at a whole in the wall restaurant or some place like this over that rabbit food:

https://www.yelp.com/biz/jockos-steak-house-nipomo
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pinky0926 posted...

As for "overpriced", well that's just a matter of perceived value isn't it? You're gonna say that's overpriced but I guarantee you have some toy in your house that cost $300 and you definitely did not need. You just liked it so you bought it, and that's fine.

You can reuse those "toys" but if you blow hundreds on a meal, you're just making expensive literal shit after a short hour or so of perhaps pleasurable dining. I'd much rather learn to make it myself for a fraction of the cost. I learn a useful skill and save tons.
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LesMoonves posted...

I'd still rather eat at a whole in the wall restaurant or some place like this over that rabbit food:

https://www.yelp.com/biz/jockos-steak-house-nipomo

But it's not rabbit food. Multiple that amount by 13 and with 1-2 bottles of wine = it's a large meal.

Also these aren't mutually exclusive. Kind of like how you can say you prefer a night in watching netflix but sometimes it's fun to go to the cinema, even if it's a bit expensive.
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I don't even remember the last time I ate in a restaurant. Years and years ago, with my best friend and her best friend. We used to eat out every few weeks. I've been too poor to eat out since maybe 2013 (although I didn't have many friends just before that, anyway).

I miss the days of rich people eating at nice restaurants, then refusing to leave tips, and getting named and shamed on the internet. This happened sometimes back in the early 2010s. Why did it stop? Did we stop hating rich jerks or something?

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The concept of a course meal is always interesting to me. Never had one myself, though. :)
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pinky0926 posted...

LesMoonves posted...

I'd still rather eat at a whole in the wall restaurant or some place like this over that rabbit food:

https://www.yelp.com/biz/jockos-steak-house-nipomo

But it's not rabbit food. Multiple that amount by 13 and with 1-2 bottles of wine = it's a large meal.

It's still pretentious rabbit food. Just because you get a lot of it doesn't mean it's not rabbit food.
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1337toothbrush posted...

You can reuse those "toys" but if you blow hundreds on a meal, you're just making expensive literal shit after a short hour or so of perhaps pleasurable dining. I'd much rather learn to make it myself for a fraction of the cost. I learn a useful skill and save tons.

So there's literally nothing you've ever spent money on that was an experience you can't reuse? Never been to an amusement park or a gig or kayaking or whatever?
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LesMoonves posted...

It's still pretentious rabbit food. Just because you get a lot of it doesn't mean it's not rabbit food.

What makes it rabbit food exactly, because it has vegetables in it?

CyricZ posted...

The concept of a course meal is always interesting to me. Never had one myself, though. :)

I'd say if you like food then it's worth doing at least once. You might hate it. You might think it overpriced. But it's an experience, and at least you can say "I did that, and it wasn't for me", instead of "I don't know what that is but I hate it so much", which is the default position for a lot of people
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pinky0926 posted...

1337toothbrush posted...

You can reuse those "toys" but if you blow hundreds on a meal, you're just making expensive literal shit after a short hour or so of perhaps pleasurable dining. I'd much rather learn to make it myself for a fraction of the cost. I learn a useful skill and save tons.

So there's literally nothing you've ever spent money on that was an experience you can't reuse? Never been to an amusement park or a gig or kayaking or whatever?

To be fair, I much prefer buying stuff I can use again and again. I've felt like this pretty much my whole adulthood. I mean...if I were to spent 50 on a game, I could play it on and off for years...whereas, I might pay 50 for a nice meal, and then it's gone within a few hours.

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pinky0926 posted...

1337toothbrush posted...

You can reuse those "toys" but if you blow hundreds on a meal, you're just making expensive literal shit after a short hour or so of perhaps pleasurable dining. I'd much rather learn to make it myself for a fraction of the cost. I learn a useful skill and save tons.

So there's literally nothing you've ever spent money on that was an experience you can't reuse? Never been to an amusement park or a gig or kayaking or whatever?

A day at Cedar Point is like $30, not $300. Also, there are no alternatives to those. With food, you can just make it yourself. All you're missing is the "atmosphere" which is shit anyway.
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I mean, I never assumed it was just a small plate like that, but I could see how people could falsely think so based on seeing and spreading images like that.
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1337toothbrush posted...

So there's literally nothing you've ever spent money on that was an experience you can't reuse? Never been to an amusement park or a gig or kayaking or whatever?

A day at Cedar Point is like $30, not $300.

Do you really want me to pull a bunch of expensive acitivities out of a hat that are something other than eating food and you would probably enjoy, or are you just arguing to be contrary at this point
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1337toothbrush posted...

Also, there are no alternatives to those. With food, you can just make it yourself. All you're missing is the "atmosphere" which is shit anyway.

You can not make this kind of food at home. You just can't.

Why go to the ballet? Why go to the cinema? Why go to the theatre? Why go to a rock concert? You can just watch these at home on your laptop. Go figure.
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The only food worth spending a lot on is sushi and caviar. That it.
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pinky0926 posted...

What makes it rabbit food exactly, because it has vegetables in it?

Don't you get it? Anything that isn't dominated by meat is beta cuck rabbit food
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scar the 1 posted...

pinky0926 posted...

What makes it rabbit food exactly, because it has vegetables in it?

Don't you get it? Anything that isn't dominated by meat is beta cuck rabbit food

Which is a funny hot take anyway because I can't remember a single degustation course I ever tried that didn't have a 2 or 3 meat/seafood mains.
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pinky0926 posted...

scar the 1 posted...

pinky0926 posted...

What makes it rabbit food exactly, because it has vegetables in it?

Don't you get it? Anything that isn't dominated by meat is beta cuck rabbit food

Which is a funny hottake anyway because I can't remember a single degustation course I ever tried that didn't have a 2 or 3 meat/seafood mains.

Yeah but if it's not a massive serving then it's still beta cuck unmanly
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pinky0926 posted...

scar the 1 posted...

pinky0926 posted...

What makes it rabbit food exactly, because it has vegetables in it?

Don't you get it? Anything that isn't dominated by meat is beta cuck rabbit food

Which is a funny hot take anyway because I can't remember a single degustation course I ever tried that didn't have a 2 or 3 meat/seafood mains.

So cut out all the bullshit and just give me those meat and seafood mains.
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Some of it is good and some of it is a chef trying too hard. Really just depends where you go.
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LesMoonves posted...

Which is a funny hot take anyway because I can't remember a single degustation course I ever tried that didn't have a 2 or 3 meat/seafood mains.

So cut out all the bullshit and just give me those meat and seafood mains.

This is going to sound wild and a bit alarming but hear me out for a second

Vegetables won't kill you

In fact sometimes they're quite tasty

and having them doesn't mean you can't also have steak later

Look, if this kind of eating isn't something you think you would enjoy spending money on that's fair enough, don't expect you to like something. Just you know...say you don't like it, don't get upset that other people do and act like it's an affront to you personally.
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I want to go to a multi course meal one of these days. I'd actually rather do that every once in a while than regularly go out to eat at cheaper places
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pinky0926 posted...

Vegetables won't kill you

Vegetables are great. Spending $150+ on vegetables is not.
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Sunhawk posted...

I don't even remember the last time I ate in a restaurant. Years and years ago, with my best friend and her best friend. We used to eat out every few weeks. I've been too poor to eat out since maybe 2013 (although I didn't have many friends just before that, anyway).

Interesting. I seem to recall you, a while ago, attempting to ridicule anyone who has any sort of background in philosophy by saying you "prefer" degrees that will lead to a career
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imagine paying $300 for plants lol
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emblem boy posted...

I want to go to a multi course meal one of these days. I'd actually rather do that every once in a while than regularly go out to eat at cheaper places

They're not all outrageously expensive. Maybe try a lowkey tapas place first if you haven't been.

LesMoonves posted...

pinky0926 posted...

Vegetables won't kill you

Vegetables are great. Spending $150+ on vegetables is not.

Alright but that's a slightly unfair reduction on what this about and what people pay for. You're paying a lot of money to eat food made by a highly skilled chef that's unique and unlike anything you would have eaten before, using techniques and equipment that you simply don't have access to. it's more akin to going to the theatre than it is to filling your stomach out of any utilitarian purpose.

If you find that's something you're not remotely interested in that's also fair enough. But that is what you're paying for.
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Full course meal with a giant steak:

https://www.hitchingpost1.com/Menu.html

About $50 plus tax and tip.
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Just you know...say you don't like it, don't get upset that other people do and act like it's an affront to you personally.

I wish people would carry this same attitude in regards to how others like their steak cooked
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pinky0926 posted...

1337toothbrush posted...

So there's literally nothing you've ever spent money on that was an experience you can't reuse? Never been to an amusement park or a gig or kayaking or whatever?

A day at Cedar Point is like $30, not $300.

Do you really want me to pull a bunch of expensive acitivities out of a hat that are something other than eating food and you would probably enjoy, or are you just arguing to be contrary at this point

The key being they can't be reproduced. If there is a cheaper amusement park with similar quality, I'll go to that instead.

pinky0926 posted...

1337toothbrush posted...

Also, there are no alternatives to those. With food, you can just make it yourself. All you're missing is the "atmosphere" which is shit anyway.

You can not make this kind of food at home. You just can't.

Why go to the ballet? Why go to the cinema? Why go to the theatre? Why go to a rock concert? You can just watch these at home on your laptop. Go figure.

Home cinema setups have greatly impacted cinema going. So thanks for making my point.

You absolutely can make this food at home. They're not sorcerers, the food comes from Earth. Will you be able to arrange it or make it the exact same way? Depends on your skill, but is that really worth hundreds of dollars per session?
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CyricZ posted...

The concept of a course meal is always interesting to me. Never had one myself, though. :)

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1337toothbrush posted...

Depends on your skill, but is that really worth hundreds of dollars per session?

Can be, yeah.
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yeah I'm kinda against the whole concept of food being that expensive - though it's more about the crazy "pizza covered in real gold flakes" shit, I still don't really know how I feel about this kind of thing beyond hating how inaccessible it is
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scar the 1 posted...

1337toothbrush posted...

Depends on your skill, but is that really worth hundreds of dollars per session?

Can be, yeah.

Even though the taste will be about the same and likely indistinguishable? I eat food for the taste, not to stare at it. These elaborate arrangements do nothing for me. Congrats on having super expensives preferences, though. Do you post pictures of your food on social media?
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LesMoonves posted...

Full course meal with a giant steak:

https://www.hitchingpost1.com/Menu.html

About $50 plus tax and tip.

That is great. You seem confused though, I'm not arguing that there's anything wrong with this, or that what I'm talking about is intrinsically more worth it.

1337toothbrush posted...

Home cinema setups have greatly impacted cinema going. So thanks for making my point.

Home cinemas are generally cost prohibitive and still nowhere near the experience you get at watching a blockbuster on a screen the size of a house. You know this and you are definitely just being contrary.

The simple point being made here is that there are certain experiences you can't recreate at home. This is obviously true regardless of how much you want to find holes in each given simile.

You absolutely can make this food at home. They're not sorcerers, the food comes from Earth. Will you be able to arrange it or make it the exact same way? Depends on your skill, but is that really worth hundreds of dollars per session?

No, for the most part you cannot, even with all the skill in the world. I know this because I used to live with one of these fancy assed chefs. You just do not have the equipment at hand to do this in any ordinary home kitchen.

Even proper stir fry can't be done at home, and that stuff is cheap street food.
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1337toothbrush posted...

scar the 1 posted...

1337toothbrush posted...

Depends on your skill, but is that really worth hundreds of dollars per session?

Can be, yeah.

Even though the taste will be about the same and likely indistinguishable? I eat food for the taste, not to stare at it. These elaborate arrangements do nothing for me. Congrats on having super expensives preferences, though. Do you post pictures of your food on social media?

OK but you're being awfully reductive about the whole thing.
No, I don't post pictures of my food on social media. Unless it's arranged like a face.
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1337toothbrush posted...

Even though the taste will be about the same and likely indistinguishable?

This hugely depends on what we're talking about. A premium bit of steak? Sure, you can make this at home as well as you could in any kitchen. Things get more complicated as recipes get more complicated, though.
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There is prime sunhawk in this topic
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pinky0926 posted...

Home cinemas are generally cost prohibitive and still nowhere near the experience you get at watching a blockbuster on a screen the size of a house. You know this and you are definitely just being contrary.

The simple point being made here is that there are certain experiences you can't recreate at home. This is obviously true regardless of how much you want to find holes in each given simile.

Cheaper than going to the cinema each time, plus you can rewatch as much as you want, use it for all TV viewing and gaming, and resell when you're done. Plus you don't have to deal with annoying people in the audience.

pinky0926 posted...

No, for the most part you cannot, even with all the skill in the world. I know this because I used to live with one of these fancy assed chefs. You just do not have the equipment at hand to do this in any ordinary home kitchen.

Even proper stir fry can't be done at home, and that stuff is cheap street food.

The difference is not that big. Certainly nothing that would impact enjoyment of the meal and you'd have hundreds of dollars left over.
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1337toothbrush posted...

Cheaper than going to the cinema each time, plus you can rewatch as much as you want, use it for all TV viewing and gaming, and resell when you're done. Plus you don't have to deal with annoying people in the audience.

You'll get no argument from me here, you're right about all of these points. And yet despite this I still go to the cinema occasionally. Why is that? Could it be that it's a different experience to watching a movie at home?

Like I said, these things are not mutually exclusive. All you have to admit is that they're different. I know you can do it.

pinky0926 posted...

The difference is not that big. Certainly nothing that would impact enjoyment of the meal and you'd have hundreds of dollars left over.

You say this as someone who has never been to one of these restaurants and has little to no understanding of the craft involved, yes?
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I didn't say there isn't a difference, but I don't consider it significant enough to blow hundreds of dollars on a single meal. If you do, good job on your expensive tastes. I'll enjoy getting more value for my money instead.
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but what are the other courses?
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1337toothbrush posted...

I didn't say there isn't a difference, but I don't consider it significant enough to blow hundreds of dollars on a single meal. If you do, good job on your expensive tastes. I'll enjoy getting more value for my money instead.

Man, I enjoy cheap food too. Most of the time actually.
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prettyprincess posted...

but what are the other courses?

Typically they'll go with a starter, something veggie, a couple seafood, a couple meat, then finish with a dessert.
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pinky0926 posted...

But it's not rabbit food. Multiple that amount by 13 and with 1-2 bottles of wine = it's a large meal.

Honestly, that doesn't make it sound any better. Having like 13 different plates sounds rather wasteful, especially if they all are utilized like the one in your picture. And I don't drink so the wine just sounds terrible.
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if only snu had pretended to watch a documentary, such as jiro dreams of sushi, then he could have pretended to appreciate dining as well

pinky0926 posted...

Typically they'll go with a starter, something veggie, a couple seafood, a couple meat, then finish with a dessert.

oh I was looking for some food porn specifics (or the place name)
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