The most expensive meal
Sep 23rd, 2008, 10:25 AM
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It's a burger diner joint at the Palo Alto shopping mall south of San Francisco. It was over $200 for one deluxe burger and a Dom Perignon including tax. It's sort of their value meal. We shared the burger & the champagne to make it more affordable.
Sep 23rd, 2008, 10:47 AM
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San Domenico, Isola, Italy.
Chanterelle, NYC
Lutece, NYC
Gaddis, Hong Kong
Le Bec Fin, Philadelphia
Masa, San Francisco
Gordon Ramsay, London
Connaught Hotel, London
Ivy, London
Taillevent, Paris
Hotel Crillon, Paris
There have been many, many more, but I just can't think right now. It all just a blur.
I think my most expensive meal was at Le Bec Fin--2 grand for 3 people.
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Chanterelle, NYC
Lutece, NYC
Gaddis, Hong Kong
Le Bec Fin, Philadelphia
Masa, San Francisco
Gordon Ramsay, London
Connaught Hotel, London
Ivy, London
Taillevent, Paris
Hotel Crillon, Paris
There have been many, many more, but I just can't think right now. It all just a blur.
I think my most expensive meal was at Le Bec Fin--2 grand for 3 people.
Thingorjus
Sep 23rd, 2008, 10:57 AM
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Excluding wine makes the prices quite reasonable. With aperitif, wine, water, digestif and coffee added - my bills in a medium/high priced restaurant are always at least double the food - in a splurgey place, I can triple.
So, a 200 euro menu decouverte - which may not be bad value at all, can turn into 400 or 500 very easily.
My most expensive meals have been in the Jules Verne, and Comme Chez Soi in Brussels........I don't even want to think about the price.
So, a 200 euro menu decouverte - which may not be bad value at all, can turn into 400 or 500 very easily.
My most expensive meals have been in the Jules Verne, and Comme Chez Soi in Brussels........I don't even want to think about the price.
Sep 23rd, 2008, 04:34 PM
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The Ritz Carlton, Buckhead, Atlanta, our 10th anniversary, seven years ago. I think it cost about $250. I remember the service more than the food. We wouldn't do it again, but I'm glad we did it then.
Sep 23rd, 2008, 05:31 PM
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Brunch at the Sheraton Palace in San Francisco - $98 per person - and all I had were some scrambled eggs...didn't know the price before the check arrived or I would have scarfed down the entire buffet!
Sep 23rd, 2008, 06:01 PM
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Champagne breakfast with candelabra on the Maasai Mara, Kenya, after a sunrise balloon ride across the veldt, and a set-down by a pool of hippos. Cost: $800 for two (which included the balloon ride, of course).
Sep 24th, 2008, 12:33 AM
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A 9-course menu with matching wines at Quinones (Bacchanalia) in Atlanta was 233$ per person. The best meal we had so far in the USA.
At Victor’s Gourmet-Restaurant Schloss Berg in Perl-Nennig (Obermosel) we paid 125€ per person for a 24-course menu without wines. With rather reasonable wines, we ended at 188€ per person. Not bad for a 3-star experience.
I wrote about the menu here:
http://www.fodors.com/forums/threads...p;tid=35130513
It is worth reading it, it is mouth-watering.
Last weekend, we paid 129€ per person excl. wines for a 19-course menu of molecular cuisine at Maremoto in Berlin.
Finally, I must say, gourmet cuisine is still less expensive in most European countries than in USA (a burger for 200$ - LOL).
Paris and the Cote d'Azur may be overpriced, but at least in Germany, Belgium, Austria and especially in Spain (!) you can get top-notch cuisine at reasonable rates.
At Victor’s Gourmet-Restaurant Schloss Berg in Perl-Nennig (Obermosel) we paid 125€ per person for a 24-course menu without wines. With rather reasonable wines, we ended at 188€ per person. Not bad for a 3-star experience.
I wrote about the menu here:
http://www.fodors.com/forums/threads...p;tid=35130513
It is worth reading it, it is mouth-watering.
Last weekend, we paid 129€ per person excl. wines for a 19-course menu of molecular cuisine at Maremoto in Berlin.
Finally, I must say, gourmet cuisine is still less expensive in most European countries than in USA (a burger for 200$ - LOL).
Paris and the Cote d'Azur may be overpriced, but at least in Germany, Belgium, Austria and especially in Spain (!) you can get top-notch cuisine at reasonable rates.
Sep 24th, 2008, 04:34 AM
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Gordon Ramsay at Royal Hospital Road in London & Martin Wishart in Edinburgh (my local 
) - both c.£300 for 2 including wine (I wouldn't have a clue how to split the cost of food & drinks). This was having the full works, champagne to start, dessert wine, etc.
Chanterelle in NYC was briefly my most expensive, until my credit card company reimbursed the difference for the restaurant's "misreading" of a '1' as a '7' on the credit card slip
) - both c.£300 for 2 including wine (I wouldn't have a clue how to split the cost of food & drinks). This was having the full works, champagne to start, dessert wine, etc.Chanterelle in NYC was briefly my most expensive, until my credit card company reimbursed the difference for the restaurant's "misreading" of a '1' as a '7' on the credit card slip
