How Much?

[EcclesCake]

I've just been perusing a menu at an admittedly v good restaurant.

A bowl of gazpacho with grissini and herb oil is £37!!!

I like gazpacho but I'm not sure I like it that much?.......

I won't tell you the price of one of the main courses, it's probably equal to or more than some families weekly food bill.

[Toorak]

That is seriously expensive!

[aelmpvw]

thirty seven quid and they don't even bother to warm it up!

[RAMMENSTEIN]

You're not only paying for the food but if you were to compare some canned cheap gazpatcho with the restaurant version you'd probably think that one of them tasted of heaven and the other of stagnant sewage water, but taste aside you're paying for the experience and the ambience.

[ummmm]

I think Eccles understands what she'll be paying for. It's still just cold soup though.

[237SJ]

There is no way I would pay that. Food doesn't have to be expensive to be good.

[EcclesCake]

I am fully aware of the overheads of Michelin restaurants Rammenstein, I simply have a conscious.

[EcclesCake]

I might know a fair bit about food and restaurants but I don't know how to knock a spellchecker into submission though :-)

[Jackdaw33]

£37 would feed me for a fortnight or more.

[Toorak]

Nor do I - you should see some of my crossword posts :-)

[ummmm]

Jack, really? Do you live off bread and water?

[EcclesCake]

How do you manage to be so frugal Jackdaw?

[Jackdaw33]

I have a very poor appetite. I only have one meal a day, usually a big bowl of porridge and toast.

[DTCwordfan]

Blementhal perhaps.....

there are plenty of dishes like that out there in two/three star Michelin restaurants - and then never mind the wine mark-ups.

Manoir au Quat' Saisons - hors d'ouvres for dinner or lunch - here is the current à la carte.


TARTARE DE BŒUF, RAIFORT ET HERBES DU JARDIN
Tartare of beef, oyster leaves, horseradish and garden leaves
£48
~
RISOTTO AUX LÉGUMES DE PRINTEMPS,
ESSENCE DE TOMATE, CRÈME DE CERFEUIL
Risotto of spring vegetables, tomato essence, chervil cream
£48
~
TERRINE DE BETTERAVES, SORBET AU RAIFORT
Terrine of garden beetroot, horseradish sorbet
£48
~
SALADE DE CRABE, NOIX DE COCO, SORBET AU CITRON VERT
Fresh Cornish crab salad, coconut, Kaffir lime sorbet, oyster leaf
£48
~
OEUF DE POULE POCHÉ, DUO D’ASPERGES, MORILLES,
SABAYON PERSIL ET MOUTARDE
Poached free-range hen’s egg, white and green asparagus, morels,
parsley and mustard sabayon
£48
~
FOIE DE CANARD POÊLÉ, RHUBARBE DU YORKSHIRE,
GINGEMBRE ET VINAIGRE DE XEREZ
Plancha-seared duck liver,
Yorkshire rhubarb and ginger, Xerez vinegar
£48

I rest my case.

[gingejbee]

Ah, but at Le Manoir you have the lovely Raymond, too.

[EcclesCake]

Glad I'm not alone Toorak! :-)

DTC! not a la carte at LMQS. But not far off.

[DTCwordfan]

if you are lucky - a beautiful restaurant it is and I have thoroughly enjoyed my couple of forays there in the past!

[Islay]

Holy *** Eccles that £37 would feed me for a month!!!

[ummmm]

Lol Islay...

[EcclesCake]

Yeah, but you're a skinny *** Islay!!! :-)))

[DTCwordfan]

well, to her credit, she is disappearing....keep up the good work, Islay....