sundriedtopepo

"Bait and switch in fact."

Yep, simple answer is no.

There's a lot of money spending goes on in this world that we might not see the point of, but simple truth is the same person that buys an expensive meal might also be a philanthropist or give back to the community in some other way.

denisea

The portions are not always tiny.

We did the degustation at lunch several years at Robuchon. It was a lot of food and those portions were not tiny. We haven't gotten the degustation menu there since but did see someone order it a few years back and the portions seemed smaller than what we had. I will agree with the "asparagus" comment above, as we had a gazpacho with mustard sorbet that was wonderful and very memorable. It was expensive but not $1200!

We also had the degustation at Le Cinq for Christmas Day lunch and again large portions. (I wish they had been tiny as we were so full we didn't even get dinner and went to bed very early as we were both beyond full).

We haven't won a lottery.

suze

<do you know what's ill-mannered? Charging $1000 for 6 plates of minuscule food>

No one is forcing you to go.


<to think there are people in Africa and India eating from the trash>

Oh brother.

fuzzbucket

No, I meant "allumeuse" - someone -
(not necessarily a flirty woman)- who stirs things up for the sake of being provocative.

You gave the definition for an ordinary matchstick.

Whathello

That is how I understood it too fuzz.
But I was looking for another word - maybe petroleur or pétroleuse but means more people who store things by adding fuel to the fire or telling things they are sure will create havoc. Things that should have been kept unsaid like truths better not told.

Ah french is so complicated. And people will spend money to learn it '
What a waste when We could all speak English and the money better spent to give food to Somalis.

But then who would understand the menus in those French expensive restaurants ...

kleeblatt

"I'm wondering if this would be considered ill-mannered or is it the norm?"

It's ill-mannered. There are ways of getting around this though... if one person orders a meal and the other a salad and then eats a bit from the person's meal, usually restaurants have no problem with this. If you really want to share, ask the staff if they have any suggestions on how you can do this without appearing rude or going against policy.

I'm going to ignore the 1,200 question.

Loacker

<<<Things that should have been kept unsaid like truths better not told.>>>

Thank you for admitting that I speak the truth.


<<<Ah french is so complicated. And people will spend money to learn it '
What a waste when We could all speak English and the money better spent to give food to Somalis.>>>

Except that Italian or French could get you further in Africa.
Are you really comparing culinary indulgence to learning a new language?
Education is the most valuable investment.

fuzzbucket

I speak fluent English, French, some Italian and Creole, and was a chef de cuisine.

...when you have to look up a word in a French/English dictionary - and confuse it with a matchstick - get back to me with your "education is the most valuable investment".

The Somali refugees would probably be very happy eating a 6-course dégustation menu, which would keep them fed for a week.

Loacker

Hey fuzzbucket,


Funny, for someone who claims to be so fluent in French, it somehow escaped you that "allumeuse" is the feminine form of allumeur, and cannot be used to convey the meaning you want. It has one usage: a sexually elusive woman.

I'm a Francophone and know what I'm talking about.

And the fact Whathello thinks this word is right fakes me doubt he's Belgian. I bet he's Flemish, not Walloon.

I DID think you meant to say a matchstick.

Whathello

Vous pensez ce que vous voulez, mon brave. Es ist mihr ganz Wurst. U bent de Brusseleers vergeten, as well as the germanspeaking Belgians.

StCirq

<<You, sir, has just won the internet.>>

He may be a francophone, but Loacker's clearly not an anglophone.

wesleymarsh

It's been a long time since I indulged in a 6-course tasting menu. I don't have the patience, the appetite, or the desire to sit that long for a meal anymore.

Anyone who asks if a 6-course dégustation menu can be shared clearly does not belong in a restaurant that offers such a thing.

Loacker

<<<wesleymarsh on Aug 3, 17 at 4:11pm
It's been a long time since I indulged in a 6-course tasting menu. I don't have the patience, the appetite, or the desire to sit that long for a meal anymore.>>>

Is patience euphemism for money? LOL


<<<Anyone who asks if a 6-course dégustation menu can be shared clearly does not belong in a restaurant that offers such a thing.>>>

How arrogant of you.

Loacker

StCirq on Aug 3, 17 at 4:06pm
<<You, sir, has just won the internet.>>

He may be a francophone, but Loacker's clearly not an anglophone.


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I'm impressed that you took the trouble to go through my posts and find a typo.
Settling an old score, aren't you?

wesleymarsh

Loacker, how ignorant of you.

Whathello

Wesley

;-)

But we are feeding the troll.

Anyway.

fuzzbucket

Loacker - I doubt that your vocabulary is as impressive as ypu think it is.

I did mean "allumeuse".

The term is universal, by the way, and is understood as such, since the word "allumeur" does not refer to a man.

It does not mean a "sexually elusive woman", but a "tease" - which is what you are - provocative but nothing ever comes of it.

I did have to resist using an even more vulgar French term...

Loacker

Allumeuse
NOUN

A woman who is alluring but sexually elusive; a flirt, coquette (usually with some degree of sophistication implied).


https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/allumeuse


If you have a complaint, please file it with Oxford Dictionaries.

It's between you two, now.

StCirq

<<Settling an old score, aren't you?>>

I have no idea what you're talking about, but I rarely do.

fuzzbucket

Personally, I rely on "Le Robert" - the 2 - volume set which every French editor, professor and professional writer uses.

Nice try with the Oxford, though...