Whats the most you paid for a meal? Was it worth it? Did you put it on a CC or pay in 4?
i have a coozie from terry blacks. the bbq is good but i like the coozie more
>>22191295About $500 for a Birthday meal. No. Not even remotely worth it. It was actually the worst "fine dining" experience I've ever had. All the other places where the bill was under $300 were much better.
Probably paid around $70 for the ingredients to make tamales one Christmas. They fed a lot of people though and now everyone asks me to make them again. Honestly the time to make them is worth more than the money. It's a pain in the ass.
>>22191295terry blacks is truly overpriced. $91 for 3 chopped beef sandwiches + 2 small sides each and drinks.
>a meal>posts 2 meals>2 shiner bock bottlesSo, he paid like 40ish bucks a plate? plus 2 beers? Not terrible, bit high but not a extreme rip off
300$ Roast Duck with a Michelin star. I wish I could have more of it.
>>22191295I forget exactly how much it was but a 3 star restaurant for 2 was like 2k after spending an additional 400ish on dessert wine and some cocktails. Insanely great meal with 14 courses. Left feeling perfectly full. We spent nearly 4 hours there. This year will be the third time we've gone.
>>22191334This year was the third year we have gone.** Previous two years we went they were only 2 stars
>>22191295$18 for a seed oil free burgergot me into cooking and baking "i could pay $15 for 3 pounds of beef and make this at home couldn't i?" so it was totally worth it
>>22191326nah, it's probably $97 for one plate. >1lb brisket $37.99>1lb sausage $27.99the mac and cheese is like $18 and the cole slaw is $9.50
>>22191345This
>>22191345>cole slawIsn’t he a NASCAR driver?
>>22191356Coleslaw defeats the ESL.
>>22191361it's short for cold slaw. only texans know this.
>>22191295took my friend out for his birthday for Korean hotpot + barbecue. it was $111 for both of us. no cocktails. food was great at least
I paid like 85 dollars for 1 plate of BBQ which I split with a friend in Washington DC. I don't remember the place. this was in like 2017. it was not even remotely worth it and I have never gone to a BBQ joint again. Scam food.
>>22191366its Dutch you nigger
>>22191295100€, it was one of those fancy restaurants with closed menu made of like 20 small courses, food was really good and was enough to satiate my hunger but if one of the courses is really really good its just a small portion and that sucks.
>>22191377It IS overpriced. But most of that expensive BBQ is brisket. Which is an insanely expensive cut and it's cooked and constantly tender to for ridiculous times, like 12+ hours.Most places will slap a 100% markup on a tiny plop of ground beef they cooked for you in five minutes these days for smash burgers. So it's really not that crazy that a cut of beef that cost $10/lb to begin with in its raw state can end up costing $30/lb after 12 hours of labor.
>>22191345>>1lb sausage $27.99
>>22191295>Whats the most you paid for a mealThis year I paid $145 AUD at a chinese place with a couple of family members ith one takeour>>22191427>brisket. Which is an insanely expensive cutlmao. brisket is trash meat
>>22191427yeah that doesn't justify the price when it's maybe 1 pound of brisket then some sausage, chicken, macaroni and cheese, and cole slaw. leave the brisket off and charge me 25 dollars if I'm paying 65 dollars for the brisket.
>>22191504>>22191505>I don't like brisket though!Ok. It's still an expensive cut of meat. And so is the process of BBQing it.
>>22191306yeah but tamales
>>22191513it is literally not an expensive cut of meat it's a really bad and tough cut that is generally made into ground beef. it's one of the cheapest cuts of beef if not the cheapest.
>>22191427>brisket is an insanely expensive cutWhat? in Spain brisket is considered third rate cut and one of the cheapest, it has so little demand its usually used for ground beef, I rarely see it offered at the butcher shop.
>>22191334The plating's a little busy but that looks very nice.>>22191338How did it taste?
Once a restaurant becomes a certain level of expensive, it's no longer about the food, it's about showing off how much money you have. It's for the Upper-Middle Class Lawyer/Corporate/Tech type to show potential clients and sexual partners how they are the type of person who has a lot of money. And if the US Open proves anything to me every year it's that those people are ultimately without real taste. A Patek Philippe watch tells time just as good as the Apple Watch you got for free with your phone upgrade.
>>22191295>Whats the most you paid for a meal? about $200>Was it worth it?yes>Did you put it on a CC or pay in 4?speak english
>>22191520Youre Aussie, you dont understand brisket in America. It is one of the most sought after cuts for BBQ here in the USA. Has been for a long time. Aussies dont do BBQ, you guys just grill sausages and put them on sliced bread.
>>22191520it WAS the cheapest cut of beef until it went mainstream now it sells at ribeye prices. the last time it was in my local grocery it was $8.99lb. the butcher didn't even put it out as he said no one would buy it at that price.
>>22191760*barbecue sausages
>>22191379you're thinking of coleslaw
>>22191523that's because Spaniards don't know how to cook a brisket
>>22191520holy self-report..i really didnt realize how bad the rest of the world had it. only america knows how to cook brisket
>>22191334>>22191338looks like an incredibly gay waste of money for pretentious retards
>>22191713Every dish was incredible. They source the best quality ingredients for all their dishes. The granita is one of the dishes we look forward to each year. It has been a different fruit every time. They are always so beautifully balanced and the fruit has that homegrown and hand picked at peak ripeness taste to it.
>>22191805Kek. Here is one of the two caviar dishes we got. Fried plantain chips and underneath is a grilled banana flan with a jamon serrano and date jus.Stupid good and very creative.
>>22191306I've heard it's only worth it if you're selling them or for special occasions. Love tamales tho
>>22191805it's for people who have more money than they know what to do with or middle of the bellcurve folk.
>>22191340>anime obsessed mongrel has trouble not eating seed oil
>>22191764>>22191760it's like 5 dollars a pound at the local supermarket you schizos. I buy half a cow once a year and they literally just take the brisket and grind it into ground beef because it's the most dogshit portion of the cow. idk why you faggots are defending BBQ joints charging 35 dollars a pound for meat that costs 5 dollars a pound. you are mentally ill.
>>22191949It's also for people that love good food and enjoy nice ambiance and exceptional service. There's really nothing wrong with treating yourself to a super nice dining experience a couple times a year for special occasions or whatever.Californios definitely deserves their 3 stars.It's weird to get upset at how other people choose to spend their money. Very common to see it on 4chan actually.
>>22191295Idk but I paid like $8 for a very small can of juice from the supermarket that tasted awful.At one point a high price stops meaning quality and means trash instead.
>>22191962It's expensive because it takes a long ass time and using wood as fuel is expensive. Same story with oxtails.
>>22192000>using wood as fuel is expensiveNot for me, wood is basically free.
>>22191955was years ago and i can cook 100x better than you can
>>22192016Cool story! For a business running a huge smoker basically 24/7 it is going to be pretty expensive.
>>22191969>It's weird to get upset at how other people choose to spend their money.Yes I agree. I used to go out for a night and spend plenty, just on getting drunk. I was on a work trip, staying overnight, but even though I'm not HR, I got lumbered with them. Once I knew that was going to happen a couple of weeks before, I booked a 2 star place for that evening. It was a 7 course taster menu, but there were 4 or 5 extra 'courses', amuse bouche, pre-dessert or whatever, plus a couple of complimentary drinks. It was 210 standard, I had a few more drinks. Plus service charge it was 310. Admittedly my allowance took a chunk out of it, but I still paid quite a lot for myself. It was the best meal I ever had and I was stuffed.
>>22192023not really
>>22192033100-200 a day in fuel is pretty pricy broski
>>22191962if you had ever actually had decent smoked brisket you wouldn't be saying these things. it's just embarrassing listening to you knowing how ignorant you are.
>>22191805They should have just made borscht like you, right?
>>22192081>>22192107200 dollars a day in quality hardwood for smoking does not excuse the price. brisket is literally a piece of meat you leave to sit for 12 hours while you sleep or play Pokémon Go. it's literally a scam.
>>22192171i wasnt talking about the price i was talking about your wrong opinion about the quality of brisket as a meat. no amount of mental rationalizing can ever substitute tasting a good smoked brisket for you. just stop.
>>22192171Not if you're using a stick burner.
>>22191295$1500 at an Italian place between like 20 people for my dad's 70th birthday. Told everyone to order whatever they want and get whatever drinks they wanted.
>>22192023I ran a commercial smokehouse at a meat processing plant using a large offset, hopper fed system and the fuel costs were negligible because we just fed it sawdust from a nearby lumber mill. The sawdust worked better than I would have guessed, the only downside is that it builds up residue a lot faster so you have to clean the vents and drains more often.
>>22191295I've had a lot of Champagne and caviar, but never paid for it myself. I always think "I could make that at home" when I eat out. It's not a great habit, really.
>>22192199How much did you charge for brisket?
>>22192031Well there you go. Sounds like you get it. The chefs making those tasting menus are experts in the dining experience, so the amount of food served should be just right to not leave hungry or to feel overly full after the meal. One tuesday I was with my girl on our day off. We hit up a local restaurant for happy hour. After drinking for a couple hours they cut us off. We got nicely drunk. Walking down the street we see our fav sushi joint. Spontaneous tuesday omakase. We sit at bar and I just get the chef to serve us up whatevers best with whatever sake pairs nicely. Accidentally spent 400 bucks on the meal. It was a great time so it was just funny lol. I always try to get some tips for my own sushi from the chef but he's kinda tight lipped about it.
My gfs family took me out to a fancy steakhouse, I think the total bill was around $300 per person and it was pretty good
>>22192175Smoking and marinating meat for 12 hours is not something you do to high quality cuts, if you have to add so many flavors to make it taste good its because its not that good on its own alone.High quality cuts are usually served just sealed with minimum seasoning, lesser cuts are cooked with stuff to make them palatable.
>>22192273>marinatingjust stop, dude. you keep saying really uninformed things.
Have paid around $1200-$1500 for a few three star meals. One wasn’t worth it, the others were.
>>22191886At least try it once if you have absolutely nothing to do one day and want to test yourself for fun if you like to cook
>>22192273Damn you are quite the cooklet. Lol
>>22192023Maybe in Texas were everything is retarded>there's no trees around? I know! I'll make my signature cut of BBQ a slow cook smoked shit tier marble of meat in the 100° heat!Bunch of morons, at least use Mezquite coals
>>22192456>>22192273Raw brisket feels just like wet rubberAnon's right, if you need to do all that effort to make it taste fine you don't have a quality ingredients at hand
>>22192560okay, well continue to never taste the thing you claim to know everything about
>>22192554>implying there isnt a fuck ton of mesquite growing wild in texas>implying they dont use mesquite for smoking in texashow is it possible to be this retarded? i am seriously asking you.
>>22191295
>self$35 for a steak. it was okay>with somebody else$80 but $30 of it was alcohol
>>22192560>nothing hard is worth doing!Okay, loser.
>>22191295at the restaurant, I don't remember. Had a "Umami Steak" new york strip served with umami butter and bone marrow in a upscale diner. I dont remember the price, but but was before covid, so it must've been around 50-60. I made a 1 inch and a half aged porterhouse on the grill for my birthday. fucker cost me 70$, but man was it good. smoked over pecan and seared over the coals, basted with rosemary, thyme, garlic butter (pic related)
>>22192750>and a half aged porterhouse *burned on the grill
>>22192757you have autism
>>22192762Your grill shouldn't be flaring up like that, could have just bought a 5$ walmart steak instead lmao.
>>22191295$780NoI paid it in cash, paying in $1s, $5s and $10s.
>>22192554Anon do you think Texas is a desert? Like 85% of the state (where everyone lives) is wooded. Even in the desert areas there's still tons of mesquite. Mesquite and oak are the traditional Texas barbecue wood sources. As for people paying out the ass for these, it's not a thing. Big bbq places source and season their own wood on the cheap. The one down the street from me literally just finds cutup oak in the trash, takes it home, splits it, and lets it season in a big ass pile outside the restaurant. Brisket is, unironically, stupid expensive here.
>>22192668smoking isn't hard and that's kind if my point. it's extremely easy.
>>22192224~$3/lb for fresh untrimmed, ~$8/lb for smoked. This was about a decade ago, the increase in food price in general is insane, it's made cooking as a hobby less enjoyable for me.
>>22191805Thing with rich people is they can buy anything they want, so they get to a point where the only thing they can buy to show off to other richfags is ""experiences"". So high-end dining isn't about the food, its about everything else and the food just happens to be there.
>>22191345>take $9 2lb pack of supermarket sausages>throw them in a smoker and forget about them overnight>charge $150 for the 2lb packshit's such a ripoff.
>>22191427>Most places will slap a 100% markupBasket of fries here in my tourist trap town is $22 in a lot of places and its all frozen shit you could've just fried at home.
>>22191295Why do Americans always have shitty bread even with expensive meals?
>>22192023Last I checked a trailer full of firewood was like $20.
>>22192945explain what's wrong with that bread without sounding mentally ill
>>22192945it's a southern thing but now it's just something to fill space on the plate to make it look like you actually got 100 dollars worth of food. they literally splay everything out just to cover as much area as possible to make the meal appear larger. but cheap fried chicken places in the south also throw a piece of bread in the basket.
>>22191295I don't really remember, maybe a couple of hundred for a birthday party at Benihana's or something.For myself, it was going to "Nino Gordo" in Buenos Aires last year, and holy fuck was that place totally not worth it. Practically flavorless food, and it was double the cost of any other restaurant I went to on my whole trip.
>>22191334>>22191338Borneo??
>>22191732>And if the US Open proves anything to me every year it's that those people are ultimately without real taste. A Patek Philippe watch tells time just as good as the Apple Watch you got for free with your phone upgrade.Apparently you lack taste. Patek Philippe is a piece of art that you wear on your wrist. An Apple Watch is just sloppa (unless it's an Apple ][ watch).
>>22193017Californios
>>22192941It was about the experience, which includes the food, service, and atmosphere.. In that order.
>>22191764$8.99 is not ribeye prices. Generally $6 here and regularly goes on sale for $4. Around March it drops to $2 and change for St. Paddy's day corned beef, I buy a couple for the freezer every year.
50 euros for braised beef and mash in a restaurant in Germany. It was alright, the beef was very tender but the sauce was too rich. It needed to be cut with some acidity or perhaps not reduced as much as it was. But definitely overpriced.
>>22191295I tried to think of the most expensive "dish" I've eaten, not the full course. Full course was a tasting menu in Spondi, a michelin star restaurant at 150€ per person. About 100€ for an order of 2 fresh fish in Greece. With some wine and some other things it ended up around 130€ That's for 2 people. It was really fresh and beautifully cooked, but as a Greek used to fresh fish at restaurants, it was a bit overpriced for what it was.
>>22193018>Watchfag tasteTattoos are art you wear on your wrist, watches are a petit bourgeois self-satire for people who need to show people they're rich. It's the same taste as guys who drive luxury cars.Just a big tell about your small...
>>22191295like $100 because I paid extra so they put us in the winning knight's section and yes
>>22193279>Medieval Times>Corn and tomatoSadge
>>22193287>Muh historical accuracyMidwit shit. I'll bet you watched the Odyssey and we're raging that they used a 7th century Northern European Longboat instead of an accurate Late-Bronze Eastern Mediterranean Age vessel
>>22193305Yes. It's just sad cause it could be used as a vehicle to discover new flavours and shit, but nah, fried chicken, corn and buffalo sauce.
>>22191356NO, GRANPA. PLEASE STOP MAKING THAT JOKE!
>>22191373Was there Soju? And for that price, I hope he put out.
>>22191504$145 is cheap as fuck. Also,Was it succulent?
>>22193279>>22193287>>22193305They didnt have corn and tomato but they had Pepsi?
>>22193321Where's the Pepsi?
>>22193320It's gone way up in the past 3 years. Sweet and Sour Pork was $16 then in 2024 it went up, this year it went up again it's now $25.>Was it succulentIt's very good for chinese food and getting the rest of the family to change their minds and go somewhere else would be impossible (and it'd still cost that much anyway) so I can tolerate it every few months.
>>22193279>$100 because I paid extra so they put us in the winning knight's sectionis this something you can do officially now, or do you have to bribe them
>>22193275>petit bourgeois self-satireuoooohhh I'm pseuuuuuuding!!
>>22193390This.
$30 I think? I take no pleasure in eating out. i only do so when I can't help it
>>22193408Do you ever treat yourself to a nice steak or something? A lot of my more expensive meals I've cooked for myself.
>>22191523it's a cheap shit cut in the US too. I don't know if poster is just stupid or he's including the fact that it takes a lot of smoker time/space and general restaurant labor to get to a plate. Now ribs really are way too expensive for shitmeat in the US because of barbecue culture.
>>22191523spaniards don't know shit about bbqbrisket is king, especially in texas
>>22193445Brisket is really good. I enjoy the flavor of beef, so tougher, and more flavorful cuts are nice. The extra time it takes to cook is no issue because I can just plan ahead..
>>22193426yeah definitely. I'd splurge for meat or truffles
>>22191295Doubt I've ever paid over $100 for my meal, though the bill for my meal when I was taken out by a vendor probably has exceeded that, especially at steak houses. The most I've overpaid probably was the time I saw a contestant on some cooking show make four cheese macaroni with four expensive, artisanal cheeses. Only Whole Foods carried three of them, and while I don't remember the total cost, the resulting dish was not worth the price. I'm sure I paid with a credit card but I always paid off the balance each month, so it might as well have been cash. At the time I worked in IT for a high end law firm that paid a good, though sub-FAANG salary. The money spent on the cheese was a minor annoyance but one of little financial impact.
>>22191305>birthday mealHow black are you?
>>22191504Brisket is delicious. But I slow cook it and use a family recipe, not bbq garbage.
>>22193560>skill issueSo many cooklets on ck
>>22191848>that dirty fucking fingernail.
>>22193565Correct. Farming will do that to yah.
>>22193519I'm sorry you've never had anyone celebrate your birthday but please dont take that anger out on others.
>>22191295The most I paid was 100€. Totally worth it. Eye-opening experiences every time.I've had 750-1000€ meals (didn't pay for, business relations) and they were without exception a complete letdown. The people who invited me agreed each time. In one occasion we went to a small restaurant around the corner afterwards and had better food there at 20€ per person.This is with business professionals, by the way. Upscale wine traders, restaurateurs, suppliers. Not people in tech or DJs or whatever.
For myself and another person or a big party?For myself and one other person about 250 euro I think. It was very good and not only the food but the atmosphere and the location.
>>22192023>>22192171yeah, wood for burning is pretty expensive.it doesn't exactly grow on trees
>>22193585You're missing the forest for the trees, treelet.
>>22193612faggot
>>22191969I think it's because the amount you're spending on one dinner is enough to genuinely change quite a few peoples lives. Other people see 2k and think "Wow I could really pay down my car loan. Wow I could finally do this house repair. I could go on an entire vacation for 2k" and you spent it on a meal. Makes you seem disconnected from common people when you spend 4k a year on 2 dinners. (If you're treating yourself a couple times a year.) In the end it is your money but it's hard to not look at it and think "Man if I had an extra 2k for a dinner I could easily repair my skylight go out to eat with a couple friends to celebrate and get them a bidet for their new apartment as a surprise gift."
>>22192945Honestly places that aren't ripping you off won't in my experience. It's a cheap way to fill up space on your plate to make it look like they gave you more food.
>>22193617Would have been a lot funnier if you called me a bundle of sticks instead.>>22193635I totally understand and I am not bragging about it or shoving it in people's faces. I was simply replying to the topic of thread. If you get angry about it and lash out like the other anon did then that misplaced anger/negativity is probably part of why you can't afford 2 grand on dinner once or twice a year. I don't get mad or feel anything about people who have more money than I do.Even poor americans are wealthier than the majority of the world. If you really put your own life into a worldly perspective most people should actually be grateful that their own struggle is what it is and not the struggles of people in far worse situations.It's really just stupid to get mad at people for having more than you.
>>22193640>It's a cheap way to fill up space on your plate to make it look like they gave you more food.nah, texas toast slices with texas bbq is texas culture.
>>22193635That's your problem. This is a food and cooking board. He's sharing his food experiences. I currently couldn't afford to do what he does. But I'm interested. And I'm not some sort of rancorous, bitter and envious cock who has the compulsion to seethe at someone enjoying something that they paid for. It's pretty pathetic. And it would be pretty shit if he stopped sharing because of the overly sensitive weaklings getting offended because they had to spend their money on a fucking skylight. You fucking pussy.
>>22193635This anon is right what we should do is agree on some sort of spending cap on meals out that we can display but also probably have a spending cap on what ingredients we can show i.e. how much was that steak? Over $20? No fuck off how dare you show that.>here's my Arby's food - yes that's ok>here's my independent swanky food - no fucking way
I paid 8000 bucks for two small salad bowls
>>22193275>tattoo>on wristBe gone white trash
>>22193742Look. Please. I'm sensitive and this is offending me. I could only afford $26 on a meal, can you please keep it to that level of cost? I have a partition wall to pay for.
>>22193575Farming means you can't clean yourself properly?
>>22193576Toad
>>22193746You wouldn't get it. When I did farming it was impossible to get clean. The dirt line where my socks would cover my feet was always like night and day. The dirt really gets in there
>>22193751You're disconnected from common people and it upsets me.
>>22193635such is life sadly
>>22191295I spent a fucktonne of money going to an event at a 2 michelin star place before. It was like The Menu withoit the murder, and my seat was at the viewing table so I could watch the kitchen theatre at work as the night went on. Definately worth it but something I would only do once.
>>22193305You base the entire gimmick around it being from a medieval period and don't even try to give the illusion of authenticity.
>>22193746I was just inside for a bit and took that picture to share. Sorry I didn't scrub my nails clean for you. They were clean for my dinner. Promise. :)>>22193751I was weed whacking grass to move my chicken's pasture/electric fencing the other day and got completely covered in dirt. There are dirty days and dirtier days on the farm lol
>>22193745I'm not proud of it, not at allDo you eat behind or in front of it?
>>22193827I don't know, because I can't afford to build it yet. Stop rubbing it in. It's your fault.
>>22191295>three slices of bread>nothing for the bread to soak upWhat on Earth for? Do they expect you to assemble a sandwich out of it?
>>22193712I'm not upset about it. As far as I see it as long as the money is getting spent instead of hoarded it's good for everyone and it lets chef's experiment/use ingredients that they wouldn't normal have the chance to. I definitely see how it's easy to get upset when people can spend life changing amounts of money on a couple dinners though lol. I personally wouldn't be able to enjoy myself I'd be thinking about how much it cost even knowing I had budgeted it for fun money I'd be thinking about the other fun stuff I could get and how much farther the money could go. Though I would say in the US wages average like 80k a year 2 grand is quite a lot I don't think it's their negativity making it so that they can't afford that. >>22193726Not really a me problem I wasn't upset about it. I only mentioned a skylight because I recently had to repair one in a bathroom because it was causing the ceiling to leak and I knew it was comparable in price.>>22193739Not what I was saying, this threads literally for talking about expensive meals and worth.
>>22193720But the bread on that plate doesn't look like texas toast. If it is it's a very very sad looking texas toast.
£50 for steak and lobster. Ordered it without checking the price beforehand.Went to the toilet when the bill came and gave my bank card to my girlfriend to pay it so I wouldn't see. She told me later how much it was
>>22193838Look, you're upset. I'm also upset because you could afford to fix your skylight, whereas I can't - my skylight is still fucked. You could be a bit more considerate. Don't disconnect yourself from the common people.
>>22193832there are 3 bottles of bbq sauce in that picture
>>22193838>>22193844NTA but a friend of mine that used to do building construction had a client that wanted skylights in every room of his house.My friend begged him not to do it, explained that they all leak eventually, client chose some really cheap ones too.Sure enoug, 5 years later and half of them are leaking.
>>22193858Don't rub it in, I've got a hole smashed in the ceiling with a hammer. You're so insensitive.
>>22193858yea I hate this thing wouldn't have put it in myself but the place came with it and it leaks into a bathtub so it wasn't the biggest of deals but gotta repair the ceiling along with it and got it in my brain that it needed to happen before winter. I'm sure it will have to be repaired again like 5 years from now but by then I'll have enough saved up to completely get rid of it or will have moved.
>>22193865The place came with it??? You bought it? How fucking dare you lord it around like that. Who said that you could spend your own money on that? We didn't approve it. You've got some nerve
>>2219129552oz rump.£75.99
>>22193844>>22193838>>22193858>>22193861>>22193865>>22193877As the official wealthy guy in this thread let me help you guys out a little. Please read this story and reflect upon it. I'm sure it will help you all reach your true potential in life.
>>22191969piece of advice: don't state the expense of your most expensive meal in a thread titled "Most you paid for a meal" just saying
>>22193890Why not? Have you considered taking this >>22193888 advice? Just sayin.
>>22193910>why not?Umm, hello? >>22193635Taking this advice >>22193888? Well I think it's a bit la-di-da to have a roof in the first place. Get back in touch with common folk
>>22193915Fair point. Roofs are a bourgeoisie concept because I dont have one. Next time Ill obscure my total cost with a math problem that takes 6th grade level algebra to solve. Surely that will keep the riffraff from having their tattered and disheveled jimmies rustled.
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>>22192107I personally smoke brisket. It is indeed $5/lb for shitty brisket cuts (you are gonna pay more for angus or wagyu). The pellets are $20/bag normal, and even if I used a whole bag (I don't), you are looking at $100 for a whole brisket trimmed cut and smoked. 14-15 lbs of meat, which usually cuts down to 13lbs, for 100 total. Add some buns for like $5 and you get 105 for at least 8 full 1lb sandwiches. We are at $13/sandwich with 5 lbs left for use in beans and whatnot, or as a meat plate with sides. A single brisket sandwich at my local joint is $15. By itself. Just meat and bun. Just doing the basics I beat the locals for 2 bucks, and I didn't even bother counting all the sandwiches I could theoretically make. And more importantly I use mesquite, not that cheap ass oak wood that has no flavor. I do get it if you want ONE sandwich and that is it. Slapping down 2 extra bucks is worth it. But I know it's gonna be inferior when I do it. And no pickles? Really? I swear these fucks are cheapskates.
>seared ahi >otoro sashimi>prime sirloin au poivre with frites>Creme brulee >moscow muleI think it was like $110 before tips, gave the valet $5 as well :)
>>22194354Very indulgent meal. Was it good?
$485 for my wifes birthday at asadero ballard, wagyu kobe memeslop but i was very delicious.
>>22194362It was! Took my dad there for his birthday, he really liked it and that's what matters most
>>22191295>Whats the most you paid for a meal? I once ate $120 of Sushi at a Kura's>Was it worth it?Yeah it was decent. A lot of sushi. >Did you put it on a CC or pay in 4?Company Credit CardWork expense meal on a business trip.We were allotted $120 per day. I saved the whole days total for that meal.
>>22193831you made it sound like you already got it, but pay by instalmentsalso I have nothing to do with you being poor. I'm poor too, which is obvious, since I spent all the money I had on those mediocre salads
>>22191969I'm normally one of the people who H8s when people spend absurd amounts of money on something frivolous but in this case if it's 14 courses over several hours and it's all the highest quality rating possible and is a whole fancy experience for only $1,000,.. honestly I can't even h8 that seems very worth it to me as a special occasion a few times a year if you can afford it.
like $150 for michelin omakase and sake
>>22191427It's why I don't respect most BBQ places
>>22193305>I'll bet you watched the Odyssey and we're raging that they used a 7th century Northern European Longboat instead of an accurate Late-Bronze Eastern Mediterranean Age vesselBut that's legitimate criticism.
>>22196251some guy is gonna reply to you and say its very time and labor intensive to throw sausage into a smoker while you play pokemon go on your phone and you should pay the smoker for its labor cost20% tip still expected btw
>>22196263>seething and obsessed KEK
