let me get this straight, u paid $250 for veggies and unmarinated meat boiled in water?!!!!!?!?! i mean i know japanese food can be overpriced and all, but i cant see it costing more than $40 a person tops, and it should come with all u can drink sapporo and sake.

expensive isnt always better, however, sometimes i rather pay extra to know what i am putting into my body is lean meat. sushi for example is never cheap if its fresh.

but cheap places are good too, for example burritos are one of my favorite foods and its cheap!!! same with pasta!!!

 

I agree that just because it's expensive doesn't mean it's going to be good.

Taste is subjective...

I will say that some of the best food I've ever eaten...was very expensive and that when it comes to food....I spare no cost. The cost of the dish does not effect my decision to order it. You only live once and eating is one of the few things in life that if you can, make it a pleasurable experience.

Cost should NOT always be associated with how the food is going to TASTE. Sometimes you are paying for the QUALITY, sometimes your paying for the DELICASSY, and sometimes your paying for the environment or attention to detail in the preperation.

There is a time and place for expensive food. If the time is when you want large quantities of highly fat food....then maybe expensive gourmet dishes prepared by a chef is not the place to eat.

Dining is an experience.. it can be made to serve it's purpose to fill your stomach or it can be made to accomodate more than just your taste senses.


Tim

 

Watch Ratatoui. Made me appreciate good food so much more.

 

I find that a meal with friends at a local wings place tastes better/is more satisfying than some expensive place thats quiet and draws little lines on the plate with various sauces and dressings.

Then again i'm very easy to please.

 

High end restaurants have served me the best and worst foods, mostly the best. And some of what I hated may have been properly prepared, just not my taste.

 

Agreed.

 

Try eating at French Laundry in Yountville near Napa, CA and then TRY posting here telling me it is crap! A 9 course meal for 2 people is about $500 without wine purchase.

 

my family is full of cooks so i always eat good... and for free

 

He never said ALL expensive food was bad. I just find that the more expensive the food is the more likelihood the food will be mediocre BUT PRETTY.

 

people are generally not stupid. If the expensive food is truly bad, the eatery will not stay in biz for long.
maybe you don't know how to appreciate good food. This is not knocking you.
I don't appreciate beluga caviar. That stuff taste like crap. Just b/c I don't appreciate it doesn't make it crappy.