have you ever eaten a meal that was really worth over $15?

[slackerinabox]

Peter Lugers Steakhouse meal for me and my gf at the time = $140+ tip. I was about to do a mastercard " XYZ = Priceless" but that's such a cliche. It was really yummy though and I'd do it again once my financial situation improves. Don't do it every day, duh.. Treat yourself every now and then. But I once had a $60 plate of venison that made me want to gag. It's all relative...

 

[Minjin]

Condense all the nutrients we need into a pill form and I would be first in line to buy them. Cooking and eating is such a waste of time. I enjoy good food and if we had meal pills, you could still have your occasional grandiose 'real' meal. But $100 meals? Sorry, not interested. Its too fleeting and too little of a difference from cheaper food.

How about adding a poll to the op...The food lovers in here that don't mind paying all this money: overweight or not?

Mark

 

[EvilYoda]

Originally posted by: Minjin
How about adding a poll to the op...The food lovers in here that don't mind paying all this money: overweight or not?

Mark

Enjoying good food doesn't equal an overall bad diet...I'm in great shape. But I'm sure a few here have "let themselves go"

 

[davestar]

ironic that DrPizza seems to one of the few on here that can appreciate a good dining experience

seriously people, go to the website of your local city newspaper, read some restuarant reviews, pick a place, and go find out what it's like to eat at a place that isn't staffed by people wearing goofy suspenders and covered in and array of colorful pins/buttons.

 

[Stuxnet]

Heck yeah. In fact, I eat salmon and ministone soup from Olive Garden two or three times a week for lunch... comes to about $16. Worth every penny.

For our last anniversary, I took my wife to Smith & Wollensky's steakhouse. Bill came to about $300. Again, worth every penny (not that I'd do it on a regular basis lol). Best steak I'd had in a long time.

 

[iroast]

Meal for two: 2 bowls of Pho + 1 side order of egg rolls + 1 Vietnamese style iced coffee ~ $20. M'mmmmmmmm

 

[EvilYoda]

Originally posted by: iroast
Meal for two: 2 bowls of Pho + 1 side order of egg rolls + 1 Vietnamese style iced coffee ~ $20. M'mmmmmmmm

That's some really expensive pho!!!

 

[Scarpozzi]

Last night my girlfriend took me out to a restaurant. We started off with some prosciutto and some belgium cheese with a really nice dry Italian wine. (Valle Reale to be exact) Not too bad for a $36 bottle of wine. After that we both had a vinagarette and pistachio salad. I had rack of lamb on a bed of potatoes and she had salmon with a side of sweet potatoes and roasted red peppers.

The bill was $89 plus tip.... To me, it was definitely worth more than $15. The food was awesome and the wine made it even better.

 

[EvilYoda]

Originally posted by: jbourne77
Heck yeah. In fact, I eat salmon and ministone soup from Olive Garden two or three times a week for lunch... comes to about $16. Worth every penny.

Minestrone

(I hope you're not eating very small rocks...unless they float)

^Monty Python reference.

 

[loup garou]

Originally posted by: iroast
Meal for two: 2 bowls of Pho + 1 side order of egg rolls + 1 Vietnamese style iced coffee ~ $20. M'mmmmmmmm

mmm...condensed milk...

 

[Legendary]

I'm appalled by the lack of general food appreciation in this thread.
Off the top of my head I can think of anything from pizzas to steaks that I've paid lots of money for and it was SO worth it.
Ray's Pizza on 6th and 11th - their chicken pesto pizza is $21 of delicious
Ruth's Chris Steak House - Dropped $70 for a NY Strip, creamed spinach, some beer and it was supremely worth it (best steak I've ever had)
Peter Luger's - same as the guy above, also ridiculously worth it (2nd best steak I've ever had)
the list goes on - I remember every one of those meals, and generally every one of those nights.

Edit: And for the "poll", I'm only 5-10 lbs. overweight

 

[joelmold]

wow, just wow. maybe it's because i live in the sf bay area, but i didn't realize what a food snob i am until i read this thread-- i can't believe the crap restaurants that people think are good! good food doesn't have to be expensive (i enjoy fast food just like everyone else), but at a nice restaurant you're paying just as much for the service and atmosphere as you are for the food. i routinely drop $100+ for 2 persons here.

as someone else suggested, look at food reviews in your local newspaper, or even zagat can be a useful starting point. if you don't have good restaurants where you live, budget extra dining out money for when you travel. the experience is worth it!

 

[loup garou]

Originally posted by: Minjin
Condense all the nutrients we need into a pill form and I would be first in line to buy them. Cooking and eating is such a waste of time. I enjoy good food and if we had meal pills, you could still have your occasional grandiose 'real' meal. But $100 meals? Sorry, not interested. Its too fleeting and too little of a difference from cheaper food.

How about adding a poll to the op...The food lovers in here that don't mind paying all this money: overweight or not?

Mark

I truly feel sorry for you...that's no way to live life, IMO.

 

[sygyzy]

What kind of dumb question is this? Unless you are some person on welfare (and if you are, why are you posting on ATOT), how could anyone have *not* eaten a meal worth at least $15? Even if you are frugal, surely you've been to a wedding or someone has taken you out to lunch.

 

[Juno]

i had. spent $80 at mario's via abruzzi in pittsford, ny and $50 at bazil in rochester, ny. :Q

 

[skace]

I really don't care about any meal I've eaten so much nor what I paid. As long as I'm getting the protein and nutrients that I need, that's my only concern. There are so many other things in life for me to enjoy that aren't as counter productive as eating for pleasure.

 

[slackerinabox]

Originally posted by: sygyzy
What kind of dumb question is this? Unless you are some person on welfare (and if you are, why are you posting on ATOT), how could anyone have *not* eaten a meal worth at least $15? Even if you are frugal, surely you've been to a wedding or someone has taken you out to lunch.

Agreed. Dinner at a shintzy chain restaurant could cost $15 where I live. Hell, McDonalds is around $7 or 8 bucks when you think about it. My favorite every day restaurant is a thai place where you can have a good meal for $20 with tax, tip, and a beer - a great deal if you ask me. $15 shouldn't be thought of as splurging, unless I have a very warped world view. A client took me and my partner out to a sushi joint. The bill for 3 people? $500 plus tax. Of course, I didn't have to pay and I didn't enjoy it since I'm not a big sushi eater, but that's my definition of splurging - not a $15 meal at TGI Fridays.

The flip side - there's a bar that gives you a free pan pizza with a drink purchace - $4 for a amstel and a pizza aint too bad

 

[ondarkness]

Originally posted by: shud

Originally posted by: mitmot

Originally posted by: GhettoPeanut
good plate of sushi

:thumbsup:

sushi > * and can easily run you $30 without blinking an eye.

Yeah, easily more than $30 after that hospital visit from vomiting your innards. Sushi gross :thumbsdown:

such a lame responce. what's with peeps that can't handle rawness....
lame.
sushi rox.

 

[labgeek]

Originally posted by: Electric Amish
Best so far has been Ruth's Chris Steak House.

:thumbsup:

 

[Kanalua]

Yup...

Makino Chaya