And even if Ken (that should "Mr. Lane" to you, as you have the reasoning of a 7-8 year old) didn't do the conversion, The POINT--which you completely missed--he was making here (amusement/outrage) would still stand. The internet is a big place, try not to get lost or hurt out there... -Just A Chemist
Ya know..... Many of us can read and see that this is a London establishment and understand that those are Pounds, not dollars. And yes we do know the the GBP is more than the USD.
What the hell! A discretionary service charge if 15% added to the bill? I thought they didn’t tip in England. (I know, ignoring the obscene charge for wine).
What makes think it was his money? "The pension fund was just sitting there!"
Or more likely, hedge fund asshole (but I repeat myself) living high from not-illegal, but truly assholish and immoral, actions. I'd give examples, but that'd turn out to be anti something something.
Yeah, they may well have done (as my British friends say). That'd suggest a Chinaman or some Middle Easterner. Couple of years ago I happened to talk to a sommelier who'd worked in some very exclusive places in Los Angeles. She confirmed the mixing Bordeaux with Diet Coke (or orange juice!) that rich Chinks liked to do [1]. (Yeah, my parents came from China, but anyone who mixes good wine with Coke or OJ is a Chink. Fuck 'em.)
I asked the sommelier if it annoyed her to see idiots mixing great (and highly allocated, i.e. rare) wine with Coke. "Well, it's a shame," said she, "but on the other hand, I got to taste a lot of that stuff I otherwise wouldn't have, so I did okay out of it." She said "the most expensive [mixed] case of wine I ever personally handled was about $60k [2]. All I could think of walking to the table was "Don't drop this. Don't drop this!"
[1] These assholes don't like the taste of wine, but want to tell their asshole friends that they had "Petrus" or "Screaming Eagle" or "Romanee Conti". So they mix up these rare wines with sugary garbage. Assholes. [2] Average price $5k per bottle then. Well, shit. A fifty-dollar bottle of wine is a really big deal for me.
All that and he got fuckin French fires. Herb crusted or shove up yer ass don't matter what you do to them a French fry is a French fry. Or do they call them chips across the pond?
Which probably means the British taxpayer is ultimately paying the tab, by way of funds the Parliament will send in the direction of the lobbyist's client.
10-4. Funny (not funny) story about Gray Davis when he was governor of CA, as told by a citizen who was there to witness it. Davis was dining with about 12 other people and when the check came the server handed it to Davis. He got a look on his face like he had no idea what it was. The bill was quickly snatched by one of his aides who paid the bill. But Davis behaved like all his meals were gifts from the restaurants whom he had graced with his presence.
That is the dumbest thing I have ever seen. I could understand that they were paying for the chef's impeccable skill if the red bull was regular price, but this place is just fleecing idiots.
Pounds Sterling, mate, not dollars.
ReplyDeleteI'll let you do the conversion...
I did do the conversion - 12 Pounds = 16.27 Dollars.
DeleteThe ticket shows "12.00.“ Kenny posted “16.00.“ Better let someone else do your thinking, mate.
DeleteAnd even if Ken (that should "Mr. Lane" to you, as you have the reasoning of a 7-8 year old) didn't do the conversion, The POINT--which you completely missed--he was making here (amusement/outrage) would still stand. The internet is a big place, try not to get lost or hurt out there...
Delete-Just A Chemist
Ya know..... Many of us can read and see that this is a London establishment and understand that those are Pounds, not dollars. And yes we do know the the GBP is more than the USD.
DeleteDick.
DeleteHe said 16 bucks not pounds "mate"! Think you've been smoking too many fags, mate!
DeleteEasy now, guys - we all make mistakes. I myself made one 4-5 years ago.
DeleteThat mistake 4 or 5 years ago, was it on a Tuesday?
DeleteWhich senators expense account did this show up on?
ReplyDeleteWhat the hell! A discretionary service charge if 15% added to the bill? I thought they didn’t tip in England. (I know, ignoring the obscene charge for wine).
ReplyDeleteA fooland his money...
ReplyDeleteDo you mean, "a fool and OUR money?"
Delete-Just A Chemist
What makes think it was his money?
Delete"The pension fund was just sitting there!"
Or more likely, hedge fund asshole (but I repeat myself) living high from not-illegal, but truly assholish and immoral, actions. I'd give examples, but that'd turn out to be anti something something.
TBF, it was only 12 pounds sterling for the mashed taters. What was absurd was the ten quid each for a french fry with some herb dust sprinkled on it.
ReplyDeleteSorta makes the prices at Chris Ruth Steak House seem regular.
Who the fuck would go to an expensive steak house and order a Red Bull?
ReplyDeleteDaryl
Lmao! Money. No taste.
DeleteMadMarlin
Waiter probably had to run across the street to the 7-11 to get it.
DeleteDaryl
They probably mixed it with the Petrus...
Delete@JNorth
DeleteYeah, they may well have done (as my British friends say). That'd suggest a Chinaman or some Middle Easterner. Couple of years ago I happened to talk to a sommelier who'd worked in some very exclusive places in Los Angeles. She confirmed the mixing Bordeaux with Diet Coke (or orange juice!) that rich Chinks liked to do [1]. (Yeah, my parents came from China, but anyone who mixes good wine with Coke or OJ is a Chink. Fuck 'em.)
I asked the sommelier if it annoyed her to see idiots mixing great (and highly allocated, i.e. rare) wine with Coke. "Well, it's a shame," said she, "but on the other hand, I got to taste a lot of that stuff I otherwise wouldn't have, so I did okay out of it." She said "the most expensive [mixed] case of wine I ever personally handled was about $60k [2]. All I could think of walking to the table was "Don't drop this. Don't drop this!"
[1] These assholes don't like the taste of wine, but want to tell their asshole friends that they had "Petrus" or "Screaming Eagle" or "Romanee Conti". So they mix up these rare wines with sugary garbage. Assholes.
[2] Average price $5k per bottle then. Well, shit. A fifty-dollar bottle of wine is a really big deal for me.
All that and he got fuckin French fires. Herb crusted or shove up yer ass don't matter what you do to them a French fry is a French fry. Or do they call them chips across the pond?
ReplyDeleteNusr-ET Steakhouse is but a stone's throw from the Parliament building in London, so a lobbyist probably picked up the tab.
ReplyDeleteWhich probably means the British taxpayer is ultimately paying the tab, by way of funds the Parliament will send in the direction of the lobbyist's client.
Delete10-4.
DeleteFunny (not funny) story about Gray Davis when he was governor of CA, as told by a citizen who was there to witness it. Davis was dining with about 12 other people and when the check came the server handed it to Davis. He got a look on his face like he had no idea what it was. The bill was quickly snatched by one of his aides who paid the bill.
But Davis behaved like all his meals were gifts from the restaurants whom he had graced with his presence.
Thems special prices for the Saudi princes that frequent the establishment, probably have 10X that much in the man purse and hardly notice.
ReplyDeleteAnd here I thought the cost of Nancy Pelosi's ice cream as over the top.
ReplyDeleteI wanted to know what the "Golden Tomahawk" was and found this: https://www.esquireme.com/news/42597-someone-called-the-cops-on-salt-baes-gold-steak
ReplyDeleteI checked out your link, that's got to be the most ridiculous restaurant in Miami, which is saying alot.
DeleteJD
$20,000 Petrus wine must be carefully made.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if Ryan took that tip home to cover a month's rent...
ReplyDeleteThat is the dumbest thing I have ever seen. I could understand that they were paying for the chef's impeccable skill if the red bull was regular price, but this place is just fleecing idiots.
ReplyDeleteSo 20 K for 2 bottles of hooch is OK ?
ReplyDeleteAssuming the "Eira Still" is just bottled water, that's just takin' the piss!
ReplyDeleteI love how there was only one entree ordered. The rest was fries, Baklava, and wine - oh, plus 1 Red Bull!!! More power to them.
ReplyDeleteAnd what they hell is a Golden Tomahawk?
ReplyDelete12 quid for a potato? Nope, mashed taters.
Severe markup! The Dom Perignon Rose 2006 listed for 1620 pounds and it is $330 retail in Atlanta.
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