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[spazlabz]

Originally Posted by rhetorical

"Food tastes just as good,"

Actually, it doesn't. There is always a reason people pay a lot of money for things. A good two hundred dollar bottle of wine is worth the money, otherwise they wouldn't sell a drop.
There is a reason that a three star restaurant can charge 800 bucks for a dinner for two. If it wasn't worth it, they would go out of business.
That is how the free market system works. Darwin at his finest.

ok I have been playing around up until now, but we have just encountered a very real disagreement you and I, not a cause for piss but a definite contrast in how we view things.

I grew up in Kansas (hence my love of rural areas) and went to high school in Illinois in a rather well to do suburb of Chicago. There were plenty of the more expensive restaurants available for me to eat at and I accompanied my mother and new stepdad... Mr. Moneybags to many of them. I ate at those places that had stars beside them and was completely unimpressed.

Oh I have had caviar and it tasted like crap... liquid salt on a cracker. I was told that it 'was an acquired taste'

why acquire a taste for anything, either it tastes good or it doesn't. I have had prime rib dinners that melted in your mouth and tasted so good it'd make you cry. I have also had the exact same experience sitting on a stool at some greasy spoon eating ethnic food served on wax paper.

Thinking that because someone can charge more and people will pay it makes it better.......... yeah, thats just ignorant of what is available for you to enjoy. Go find yourself a cart or sidewalk diner in Philly and get yourself some beefsteak man. You'll see you don't have to spend top dollar to enjoy some of the best food around


spaz

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Yes we do have a fundamental disagreement...
Here are a couple of restaurants that I have paid a lot of money to eat at that I thought were totally worth it. I have also eaten hot dogs off the street in NYC and fish and chips in London and can pig out on both.
However, to put them in the same league as either of these would be foolish.

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[spazlabz]

Originally Posted by rhetorical

Yes we do have a fundamental disagreement...
Here are a couple of restaurants that I have paid a lot of money to eat at that I thought were totally worth it. I have also eaten hot dogs off the street in NYC and fish and chips in London and can pig out on both.
However, to put them in the same league as either of these would be foolish.

http://www.capelongue.com/uk/navigation.htm

http://www.guysavoy.com/en/intro.htm

I wouldnt enjoy a meal at either of those fine dining establishments bro


spaz

[softball]

Originally Posted by spazlabz

I wouldnt enjoy a meal at either of those fine dining establishments bro


spaz

You have no idea until you have tried. However I have eaten a ton of ribs and roast beef and pulled pork at a lot of local rib shacks, steak houses, or whatever your local term for such pig out rooms is and I can tell you that there is still no comparison to a great restaurant. Nothing to do with snobbery (or reverse snobbery) just the facts jack.