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.

[Islay]

Lol xx

[EcclesCake]

Am now struggling to decide between the £32.50 or the £42 desserts......

Decisions, decisions........not.

[diddlydo]

Much as I like Raymond and his French peasant roots and the fact that Le Manoir is a few miles from me and I'm sure I'd enjoy the food, the prices are obscene when there are people relying on food banks.

[RobNorth]

Only two types of persons use posh restaurants:
Posers.
Those that are so rich that the cost doesn't even register.

[anneasquith]

Jackdaw, you're not eating many calories per day ?

[EcclesCake]

I'm neither a poser nor rich. We enjoy exceptional food on occasion.

Guilt tripping folk who enjoy such meals doesn't take account of what ever else they may give back to the community.

[jno]

I once worked my way through a meal of about 10 courses, each with its own wine, at a Gordon Ramsay restaurant. It cost (someone else) a fortune, but it was a fabulous meal.

But how fabulous can gazpacho be? Can one chef's gazpacho really be, say, four times as good as that of someone who only charges £9? Are you actually enjoying exceptional food, or is it very good food with an exceptional price?

[Cloverjo]

I agree with your 23:17 post, Eccles.
It's coming up to the time of year that I meet good friends and we enjoy splurging on a few good meals. I wouldn't spend that much money on every meal, or possibly the whole weeks' meals, but if you can, why not enjoy it? I've been skint, I've been comfortable, I'll enjoy what I can while I can.

[EcclesCake]

Due to my work I have been fortunate enough to eat the food of some of the countries top chefs, not just a nod from them at the pass, they cooked it.

I do know the difference between exceptional food and exceptional prices.

I did draw the line at the restaurants who's menu I was perusing this week though.

[jno]

Eccles, sorry, when I said "you", I meant anyone, not you personally. I'm just not sure there's any such thing as a gazpacho worth £40, even if it was sprinkled with gold dust.