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Posted: 6/18/2014 8:13:15 AM EDT
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Two month wait list? Damn is the VA running it?
This has the makings of a ARFCOM tycoon thread with lots of one-upping. Too late. 
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Meh. I've been to a restaurant that was over $1,000 per person. Quoted:
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Posted: 6/18/2014 9:12:20 AM EDT
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Disregard
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Posted: 6/18/2014 9:14:36 AM EDT
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she better suck your dick off for $300 make sure you get it back, because thats not a lot of food. Quote HistoryQuoted:
she better suck your dick off for $300 make sure you get it back, because thats not a lot of food. Classy. I guess you missed the part about this being one out of 7-12 courses. You should stick to the Waffle Hut. |
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Posted: 6/18/2014 9:15:45 AM EDT
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My anniversary dinner there two years ago ran almost $900 for the two of us. That's after the meal, drinks, wine and a tip. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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$300 a person, damn. Cool you can do that and all but no fucking way i could bring my self to pay that for a single meal for two people. |
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Posted: 6/18/2014 9:17:41 AM EDT
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Cool you can do that and all but no fucking way i could bring my self to pay that for a single meal for two people. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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$300 a person, damn. Cool you can do that and all but no fucking way i could bring my self to pay that for a single meal for two people. Umm that's $300 per person my good man. Please remember to tip the wait staff accordingly |
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Posted: 6/18/2014 9:19:09 AM EDT
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It was a once in a lifetime dinner for us. We brought our own wine, but the had a $150 corking fee. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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$300 a person, damn. While I could afford to eat at a place like that, I couldn't enjoy myself knowing I was dropping a grand on food. I am not hating or in the least bit disparaging your decision to eat there, I just couldn't enjoy it. Again, good for you and that's cool that you did it but that's just raping you for the sake of raping you and paying for the pleasure of it. no way i could bring my self to do it. |
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Posted: 6/18/2014 9:20:59 AM EDT
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Umm that's $300 per person my good man. Please remember to tip the wait staff accordingly Quote HistoryQuoted:
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$300 a person, damn. Cool you can do that and all but no fucking way i could bring my self to pay that for a single meal for two people. Umm that's $300 per person my good man. Please remember to tip the wait staff accordingly yea i picked up on that. |
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Posted: 6/18/2014 9:38:15 AM EDT
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Gotta say, I'm jelly. I've several friends that have been and it is all it's cracked up to be. I've been to é by josé andres here in Vegas, 375$/person with wine and it was the single best dining experience of my life. I would happily pay that at laundry. Enjoy.
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Posted: 6/18/2014 10:56:13 AM EDT
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3 star Michelin. What does a tire maker have to do with restaurant ratings?
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Posted: 6/18/2014 12:06:03 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: What does a tire maker have to do with restaurant ratings? Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: 3 star Michelin. What does a tire maker have to do with restaurant ratings? Waffle House isn't actually a house. |
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Posted: 6/18/2014 12:22:32 PM EDT
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What does a tire maker have to do with restaurant ratings? Quote HistoryQuoted:
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3 star Michelin. What does a tire maker have to do with restaurant ratings? http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelin_Guide |
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Posted: 6/18/2014 12:24:14 PM EDT
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You people realize that isn't all the food you get for $300, right?
It's multi-course. |
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Posted: 6/18/2014 12:31:16 PM EDT
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There's a wine store on the square in Sonoma that does not sell wine from Missouri; bust their balls for failing to include the best wines in the world in their inventory. |
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Posted: 6/18/2014 12:34:04 PM EDT
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My bride and I are on our honeymoon in Napa. Been trying to get reservations at The French Laundry for months but they were all booked up. I got the call 2 hours ago saying there was a cancellation and did we want a table tonight at 8pm. Let me think....sure. I know the rules. http://i853.photobucket.com/albums/ab99/don_mcse/c697827a8b3fe007288bfcc83f20e4f1_zpsd790acb0.jpg Ask away.... Fuckin legit. Lucky! How was it?? |
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Posted: 6/18/2014 12:39:12 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: What does a tire maker have to do with restaurant ratings? Racism. That's why the Michelin man is white. |
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Posted: 6/19/2014 12:00:53 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Two month wait list? Damn is the VA running it? This has the makings of a ARFCOM tycoon thread with lots of one-upping. Too late. Quote HistoryQuoted: Two month wait list? Damn is the VA running it? This has the makings of a ARFCOM tycoon thread with lots of one-upping. Too late. Quoted: Meh. I've been to a restaurant that was over $1,000 per person. Quoted: Quoted: $300 a person, damn. We didn't pay for that dinner. A "tycoon" did, if $600,000,000 net worth counts as a tycoon. |
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Posted: 8/1/2014 6:07:33 PM EDT
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Since it's relevant to the discussion, today we went to Osteria Francescana, which is ranked as the number 3 restaurant in the world. It was intended as a 9 course tasting menu with wine pairings, but chef Massimo Bottura added a 10th course after coming out and chatting with us for a while. After the meal he invited us into the kitchen where he personally prepared another dessert dish that started with a base of rabbit blood.
    This dish is made only with parmesan cheeses, and is considered to be a "dish of the decade":      Foie gras "ice cream bar":    These looked like cherries, but were actually something completely different. They were a shell filled with a sweet/savory coffee flavor:  In the kitchen with chef Bottura:  Chef Bottura personally preparing the rabbit blood dessert for us in the kitchen:     |
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Posted: 8/1/2014 6:11:17 PM EDT
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Think what you could save by going to Golden Corral.
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Posted: 8/1/2014 6:12:45 PM EDT
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Congrats on the wedding ... hope it's an excellent meal.
Post pics if you can 
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Posted: 8/1/2014 6:16:10 PM EDT
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is it all you can eat?
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Posted: 8/1/2014 7:50:03 PM EDT
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OP,
I didn't have to Google to see what you were talking about. And I am very jealous of your dinner arrangement. Enjoy, and congratulations! |
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Posted: 8/1/2014 11:10:34 PM EDT
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OK, it took me several minutes to get the "Ooops! I dropped the Lemon Tart" joke.
Very neat dinner. |
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Posted: 8/2/2014 12:31:39 AM EDT
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I would love to go back there again.
Congrats on the wedding I have to laugh when people say "fuck that price" thinking you are only getting one plate. |
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Posted: 8/2/2014 4:16:40 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: OK, it took me several minutes to get the "Ooops! I dropped the Lemon Tart" joke. Very neat dinner. Supposedly the inspiration came from when a tart was actually dropped.  It was a very neat meal. Definitely lucky to have the opportunity. My hosts for this trip rented a castle in Panzano in Chianti, Tuscany, Italy. Simply amazing. The previous note in the guest book is from Conan O'Brien. I'll get around to posting some pics of it later.
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Posted: 8/2/2014 3:00:16 PM EDT
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Is French Laundry a code word ?
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Posted: 8/3/2014 1:16:43 AM EDT
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Is French Laundry a code word ? John has a long mustache. The chair is against the wall. |
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Posted: 8/3/2014 1:37:40 AM EDT
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A wedding and honeymoon is not tax deductible, doesn't matter who you are. You should have this entire thread deleted. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Are you going to post immediately to social media so everyone knows you spent way too much on very little food? Or did this post cover that? She is a chef and owns her own culinary services company. Our entire wedding and honeymoon is a write off. She already posted on Facebook. I posted on Arfcom as an excuse to post her pic for the leg humpers. A wedding and honeymoon is not tax deductible, doesn't matter who you are. You should have this entire thread deleted. Grey area, did the invatiations say "Free sampling of my catering!! Small Print, there might be a wedding afterwards, ?v
I guess I am spoiled too, I live close by New Orleans where you can eat great food and actually not still be hungry. 
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Posted: 8/3/2014 1:42:06 AM EDT
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Wow, congratulations. The French Laundry is considered one of the better restaurants in the US and Thomas Keller is a legend. I live 45 minutes from there, and will do it before I retire. Truly an experience that food fanatics put on their bucket list.
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Posted: 8/3/2014 1:44:44 AM EDT
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Congrats on your wedding. She's a lovely lady. May you have a long and happy marriage.
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Posted: 8/3/2014 1:48:15 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Since it's relevant to the discussion, today we went to Osteria Francescana, which is ranked as the number 3 restaurant in the world. It was intended as a 9 course tasting menu with wine pairings, but chef Massimo Bottura added a 10th course after coming out and chatting with us for a while. After the meal he invited us into the kitchen where he personally prepared another dessert dish that started with a base of rabbit blood. This dish is made only with parmesan cheeses, and is considered to be a "dish of the decade": Foie gras "ice cream bar": These looked like cherries, but were actually something completely different. They were a shell filled with a sweet/savory coffee flavor: In the kitchen with chef Bottura: Chef Bottura personally preparing the rabbit blood dessert for us in the kitchen: Dear lord. Now i have to try that parmesan thingy.
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Posted: 8/3/2014 1:54:37 AM EDT
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I'm jealous. I worked in the Bay Area for years and never made it up there. Kick myself over that now.
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Posted: 8/3/2014 2:02:33 AM EDT
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Got to go to FL and Joel Robuchon's (Vegas) in the same week a couple years ago. Both paid for by someone else, thank goodness. I think Joel Robuchon's was over $400PP. FL was my once in a lifetime, and fuckin amazing.
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Posted: 8/3/2014 2:14:16 AM EDT
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LOL Napa..next time if you must go for fancy French stuff just go to Paris as even the French have less of a snob attitude then rich Napa type Calutards do LOL!.Took mine to Paris for a birthday she loved it and you can eat just about anywhere even in cheap places like coffeehouses etc. over there and the food is decent.(We did the river cruise so you cruise down the Seine on a boat and have dinner while cruising by the Eiffel Tower/Notre Dame etc. she loved it). You have a very pretty bride though and she is smiling so that's all that matters..happy wife/happy life etc. Congrats and enjoy your honeymoon and wine country! Not. The. Same. Thing. Similar restaurants overseas cost just as much if not more. 
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Posted: 8/3/2014 2:56:06 AM EDT
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My cousin's husband is the Sous-chef there.
He comes down and cooks Christmas dinner every year for the extended family. Yes I am spoiled.
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Posted: 8/3/2014 2:25:42 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Since it's relevant to the discussion, today we went to Osteria Francescana, which is ranked as the number 3 restaurant in the world. It was intended as a 9 course tasting menu with wine pairings, but chef Massimo Bottura added a 10th course after coming out and chatting with us for a while. After the meal he invited us into the kitchen where he personally prepared another dessert dish that started with a base of rabbit blood. This dish is made only with parmesan cheeses, and is considered to be a "dish of the decade": Foie gras "ice cream bar": These looked like cherries, but were actually something completely different. They were a shell filled with a sweet/savory coffee flavor: In the kitchen with chef Bottura: Chef Bottura personally preparing the rabbit blood dessert for us in the kitchen: Dear lord. Now i have to try that parmesan thingy. |
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Posted: 8/3/2014 2:28:43 PM EDT
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Pretty wife.
I'd eat at a place like that if I had the disposable income. Sadly, I don't. |
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Posted: 8/3/2014 2:35:48 PM EDT
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Well done, the French Laundry is certainly on my bucket list
I'd love to see an AAR if the great unwashed of GD haven't sullied the thread. Oh, and congrats on getting married!
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Posted: 8/3/2014 2:57:41 PM EDT
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we did laundry in France, it was only around 9euro though...
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Posted: 9/3/2014 11:19:55 PM EDT
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Well done, the French Laundry is certainly on my bucket list
I'd love to see an AAR if the great unwashed of GD haven't sullied the thread. Oh, and congrats on getting married! Like a Phoenix rising from the ashes....I have returned to this thread after battling a bad case of Giardia traced back to the French Laundry.... Just kidding. It was an amazing experience. I know posting this in GD opened it up to the unwashed masses of experts, so I'll let them chime in about how many other places are so much better. We would definitely go back again, in a heartbeat. They accommodated my dietary restrictions without missing a beat, and made everything on the normal menu but to my requirements. That, my neckbearding friends, is an accomplishment. It is highly recommended if it's some place you have wanted to go. Spend the money and treat yourself, but only if you appreciate rich, complex flavorful food. If you think Outback Steakhouse is expensive then stay home. |
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Posted: 9/5/2014 1:14:39 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Like a Phoenix rising from the ashes....I have returned to this thread after battling a bad case of Giardia traced back to the French Laundry.... Just kidding. It was an amazing experience. I know posting this in GD opened it up to the unwashed masses of experts, so I'll let them chime in about how many other places are so much better. We would definitely go back again, in a heartbeat. They accommodated my dietary restrictions without missing a beat, and made everything on the normal menu but to my requirements. That, my neckbearding friends, is an accomplishment. It is highly recommended if it's some place you have wanted to go. Spend the money and treat yourself, but only if you appreciate rich, complex flavorful food. If you think Outback Steakhouse is expensive then stay home. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Well done, the French Laundry is certainly on my bucket list I'd love to see an AAR if the great unwashed of GD haven't sullied the thread. Oh, and congrats on getting married! Like a Phoenix rising from the ashes....I have returned to this thread after battling a bad case of Giardia traced back to the French Laundry.... Just kidding. It was an amazing experience. I know posting this in GD opened it up to the unwashed masses of experts, so I'll let them chime in about how many other places are so much better. We would definitely go back again, in a heartbeat. They accommodated my dietary restrictions without missing a beat, and made everything on the normal menu but to my requirements. That, my neckbearding friends, is an accomplishment. It is highly recommended if it's some place you have wanted to go. Spend the money and treat yourself, but only if you appreciate rich, complex flavorful food. If you think Outback Steakhouse is expensive then stay home. Once you are talking about places with three Michelin Stars, like French Laundry or Osteria Francescana that I posted above, I don't think that there is better or worse, just different. Michelin ranks Osteria Francescana as the number three restaurant in the world, and to be perfectly honest I wasn't blown away. I mean, it was REALLY good, and really interesting, but it's not the "best" place I have been to. I have eaten at a Michelin Two Star in San Francisco that in my opinion blew Francescana out of the water in both food, wine, and service. My wife's boss is on a personal mission to eat at every restaurant on Michelin's list of the top 50 in the world, which is how I end up at these places.
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