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[Himu]

French food is more classy than Italian. A tip for any man who wishes to take out. 

[Uncle]

You don't choose a dish at a "fine dining" restaurant;  the menu is pre-selected and several courses, there's a dress code, etc.

This is true for some places. Not in the U.S though. Americans like to feel empowered. 

It's what the term "fine dining" means.. in the U.S.

Most places in the US don't even have restaurants like that for sure though; but most of the US is suburban/subrural/rural and full of chains.

Yeah, you're right about fine dining being pre-selected, even in the US.  Example:  https://imgur.com/gallery/ABSms

[samfish]

Man, you guys have to get married already. Gay-married, I suppose. Then your dating costs plummet.
Like last night my wife and I were like, "you wanna get something fancy for dinner tonight? It's Valentine's Day."

"You mean Arby's?"

"No, no, I mean real fancy – like Ruby Tuesdays."

"Oh yeah, that'd be nice."


Then we did it as a carry-out order so we didn't even have to tip 'em.

None of this 'hold on, doll – that lobster bichon frise is like $50 bucks. I ain't buying that for you unless you're puttin' out."

[agrajag]

I don't fuck with fine dining anymore. Sometimes I would go into a new Fusion place, nothing on the menu is enticing me, so I just get a seasoned chicken breast and some starch and they charge me 25 dollars for it. Fuck off.

I guess it's my fault for not scouting out the menu beforehand, but it's preposterous how much they charge for their second-tier stuff because their featured items are so high. A plain Ceaser salad for 13-16 dollars (in Ohio, mind you).

I went to a place that deconstructed sushi and it felt like I was eating sacrilege.

I've found that in the majority of cases, deconstructed dishes take less talent and technique than their normal versions. Sushi is a craft that requires a lot of practice. It's a hell of a lot easier to throw rice, nori fish and tobiko in a bowl than to actually roll a perfect maki sushi.

[MMaRsu]

brehs now im banned for a week?

continued hostility towards other users or some shit

wtf?

[FStop7]

Saying $50 for an entree is the highest of high end is fucking laughable.

[Himu]

Speaking of...

WHAT ARE THE ETHICS OF TIPPING CARRY OUT

As a respectful black person, I am proud to admit that I tip very liberally. So I’m always so distraught and don’t know what to do when I get carry out because I’m so used to tipping well. What am I to do?!

[Atramental]

I just give them $2 if I’m just ordering for myself and it’s a place I go to regularly.

[Himu]

I don't fuck with fine dining anymore. Sometimes I would go into a new Fusion place, nothing on the menu is enticing me, so I just get a seasoned chicken breast and some starch and they charge me 25 dollars for it. Fuck off.

I guess it's my fault for not scouting out the menu beforehand, but it's preposterous how much they charge for their second-tier stuff because their featured items are so high. A plain Ceaser salad for 13-16 dollars (in Ohio, mind you).

I went to a place that deconstructed sushi and it felt like I was eating sacrilege.

I've found that in the majority of cases, deconstructed dishes take less talent and technique than their normal versions. Sushi is a craft that requires a lot of practice. It's a hell of a lot easier to throw rice, nori fish and tobiko in a bowl than to actually roll a perfect maki sushi.

Exactly. What makes sushi great it the art form, the combination. Plus eating raw fish in bulk but not in little pieces is gross.

Hipsters are ruining food!

[Mr. Gundam]

Speaking of...

WHAT ARE THE ETHICS OF TIPPING CARRY OUT

As a respectful black person, I am proud to admit that I tip very liberally. So I’m always so distraught and don’t know what to do when I get carry out because I’m so used to tipping well. What am I to do?!

I tip $1 or $2 when picking up takeout (teriyaki, Mediterranean, Indian, etc.). These are typically places I go to on a regular basis.

I also tip $1 per beer when I'm out. [shrug]

[Himu]

That’s what I do too. Good that I’m on the right side of history!

[Tasty]

Yeah $1-2 feels right to me. Glad I'm on the right side of history too.

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Then again I way overtip all the time otherwise so...

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[kingv]

Won't have you cretins disrespecting Olive Garden here

Love Olive Garden when they do that second dish to take home cold for lunch tomorrow shit.

[Tasty]

Hipsters are ruining food!

Sometimes they do, sometimes they don't.

[Skullfuckers Anonymous]

Speaking of...

WHAT ARE THE ETHICS OF TIPPING CARRY OUT

As a respectful black person, I am proud to admit that I tip very liberally. So I’m always so distraught and don’t know what to do when I get carry out because I’m so used to tipping well. What am I to do?!

I never tip for takeout, but I mostly just get takeout from casual places that are between $10-15 a meal. I also live in California where wait staff are paid full minimum wage on top of their tips, so I don't feel guilty about it.

For sit down, I usually tip 20% rounded up to the nearest dollar assuming they didn't forget about me after handing me the check.

[I'm a Puppy!]

I never tip on carry out

[Tasty]

Speak of fancy food places, that place bebpo Kara and I went to in Vegas for absinthe was definitely on the fancy side.











Think this was all around $100 tho.

Granted while we were enjoying all this we recorded the Sega Saturn Cruncheon.

[EightBitNate]

brehs now im banned for a week?

continued hostility towards other users or some shit

wtf?

Maybe you ticked someone off. On GAF, I could say whatever for years but then a mod realized they didn’t like me and I got banned over stupid shit constantly.

[Himu]

Hipsters are ruining food!

Sometimes they do, sometimes they don't.

Hmm, they do like pho. And I do see hipsters getting in on the taco truck tip and helping businesses of hard working Mexicans.

But what if they start doing deconstructed al pastor tacos and deconstructed pho?

[agrajag]

I don't fuck with fine dining anymore. Sometimes I would go into a new Fusion place, nothing on the menu is enticing me, so I just get a seasoned chicken breast and some starch and they charge me 25 dollars for it. Fuck off.

I guess it's my fault for not scouting out the menu beforehand, but it's preposterous how much they charge for their second-tier stuff because their featured items are so high. A plain Ceaser salad for 13-16 dollars (in Ohio, mind you).

I went to a place that deconstructed sushi and it felt like I was eating sacrilege.

I've found that in the majority of cases, deconstructed dishes take less talent and technique than their normal versions. Sushi is a craft that requires a lot of practice. It's a hell of a lot easier to throw rice, nori fish and tobiko in a bowl than to actually roll a perfect maki sushi.

Exactly. What makes sushi great it the art form, the combination. Plus eating raw fish in bulk but not in little pieces is gross.

Hipsters are ruining food!

You have no idea how much dumb food trends piss me off.

[I'm a Puppy!]

I had a thai/vietnamese/mexican fusion burrito once. I could've match TVC's stomach issues one for one during those 24 hours.

[Himu]

I had a thai/vietnamese/mexican fusion burrito once. I could've match TVC's stomach issues one for one during those 24 hours.

Reading this sentence made me so sad.

[nudemacusers]

Man, you guys have to get married already. Gay-married, I suppose. Then your dating costs plummet.
Like last night my wife and I were like, "you wanna get something fancy for dinner tonight? It's Valentine's Day."

"You mean Arby's?"

"No, no, I mean real fancy – like Ruby Tuesdays."

"Oh yeah, that'd be nice."


Then we did it as a carry-out order so we didn't even have to tip 'em.

None of this 'hold on, doll – that lobster bichon frise is like $50 bucks. I ain't buying that for you unless you're puttin' out."

What we do is a nice multi course meal at home once a week and on rare occasion go out to a nicer local joint. I pretty much don’t bother with your Olive Garden tier place unless I’m being dragged to one.

[Jansen]

Look, Italian food can be amazing. But pasta is literally flour and water. Some recipes have egg yolk and milk. It's cheap as fuck to make. Have some perspective, please.

I hope Gordon Ramsay rapes you to death while Marino watches

[james]

Next you're going to take me to little italy and tell me that's good italian food. Most of those places suck and have been watered down for decades.

Boston's North End is date fucking central.

Are you tasteless, uncultured idiots really shitting on Italian food?

Italian food whose entrees are < $15, yes.

This is fine Italian food: https://www.zomato.com/boston/strega-boston/menu

This is where you show your provincialism.

You see high price and you assume high quality. Let me guess, you run into the Red Lobster in times square because surely at those prices it's the best man can buy?

In the Caribbean, we call marks like you fat Americans.

Look, Italian food can be amazing. But pasta is literally flour and water. Some recipes have egg yolk and milk. It's cheap as fuck to make. Have some perspective, please.

Steak is literally cow with salt. Some recipes add garlic salt.

It's cheap as fuck to make. Have some perspective, please.


BTW, if you want your girl to wet her panties, you feed her this

[TVC15]

50 bucks here is just about a plate of Japanese style chicken and waffles and a cocktail and I get it like once a week.

[paprikastaude]

BTW, if you want your girl to wet her panties, you feed her this

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Looks like dirt in a bedpan.

[nudemacusers]

Ugh some of you probably shop at Macy’s too 

[james]

50 bucks here is just about a plate of Japanese style chicken and waffles and a cocktail and I get it like once a week.

Unless you live in Geneva, bullshit.

Here are some more NYC fine dining prices:

$27.95
Lobster, shrimp, clams, sea scallops and New Zealand mussels simmered in your choice of our marinara or green sauce served with saffron rice

$35.95
Three lobster tails, shrimp and scallops with penne in vodka sauce

$28.95
Jumbo shrimp stuffed with crabmeat, served with crisp Spanish style potatoes, saffron rice and fresh vegetables

$42.95
Surf and turf center-cut beef tenderloin and a 7 oz. lobster tail grilled over hardwood coals, served with crisp Spanish style potatoes and sauteed seasonal vegetables

$65.95 (for two)
A presentation of two of whole lobster, lobster tails, prawns, jumbo shrimp, king crab legs, clams, New Zealand mussels and scallops, served with crisp Spanish style potatoes and saffron rice

[TVC15]

50 bucks here is just about a plate of Japanese style chicken and waffles and a cocktail and I get it like once a week.

Unless you live in Geneva, bullshit.

Here are some more NYC fine dining prices:

$27.95
Lobster, shrimp, clams, sea scallops and New Zealand mussels simmered in your choice of our marinara or green sauce served with saffron rice

$35.95
Three lobster tails, shrimp and scallops with penne in vodka sauce

$28.95
Jumbo shrimp stuffed with crabmeat, served with crisp Spanish style potatoes, saffron rice and fresh vegetables

$42.95
Surf and turf center-cut beef tenderloin and a 7 oz. lobster tail grilled over hardwood coals, served with crisp Spanish style potatoes and sauteed seasonal vegetables

$65.95 (for two)
A presentation of two of whole lobster, lobster tails, prawns, jumbo shrimp, king crab legs, clams, New Zealand mussels and scallops, served with crisp Spanish style potatoes and saffron rice

You add a cocktail to any of those, except the ones in the 20s, and you’re at about 50. (Admittedly, I only get a cocktail if it’s night.)

[Mr. Gundam]

50 bucks here is just about a plate of Japanese style chicken and waffles and a cocktail and I get it like once a week.

Like karaage and waffles? Why have I not thought of this before. God I love karaage.

[james]

Sure, and its over $500 if you order 7 entrees each, 3 apps, and 2 bottles of wine.

Add another $1,600 if you crash your car in the parking lot.

[Raist]

Man, you guys have to get married already.
None of this 'puttin' out."

 

[agrajag]

50 bucks here is just about a plate of Japanese style chicken and waffles and a cocktail and I get it like once a week.

Unless you live in Geneva, bullshit.

Here are some more NYC fine dining prices:

$27.95
Lobster, shrimp, clams, sea scallops and New Zealand mussels simmered in your choice of our marinara or green sauce served with saffron rice

$35.95
Three lobster tails, shrimp and scallops with penne in vodka sauce

$28.95
Jumbo shrimp stuffed with crabmeat, served with crisp Spanish style potatoes, saffron rice and fresh vegetables

$42.95
Surf and turf center-cut beef tenderloin and a 7 oz. lobster tail grilled over hardwood coals, served with crisp Spanish style potatoes and sauteed seasonal vegetables

$65.95 (for two)
A presentation of two of whole lobster, lobster tails, prawns, jumbo shrimp, king crab legs, clams, New Zealand mussels and scallops, served with crisp Spanish style potatoes and saffron rice

Where is this from? You keep posting very generic dishes with descriptions that read like they're from 1980's

[Mr. Gundam]

This is where my wife and I went on Friday night. These are pretty standard Seattle prices.

[TVC15]

50 bucks here is just about a plate of Japanese style chicken and waffles and a cocktail and I get it like once a week.

Like karaage and waffles? Why have I not thought of this before. God I love karaage.

Yep. And matcha butter. It’s fantastic.

[agrajag]

Look, Italian food can be amazing. But pasta is literally flour and water. Some recipes have egg yolk and milk. It's cheap as fuck to make. Have some perspective, please.

I hope Gordon Ramsay rapes you to death while Marino watches

 

[agrajag]

50 bucks here is just about a plate of Japanese style chicken and waffles and a cocktail and I get it like once a week.

Like karaage and waffles? Why have I not thought of this before. God I love karaage.

Yep. And matcha butter. It’s fantastic.

Stealing all these ideas.

[Clockwork5]

The dudes that brought their dates to the restaurant I manage would have felt blessed to get out of there at under $50 per person. Our set menu was $140 per person. The dudes who didn't check their voicemail confirmation where we informed them that this was the only menu available looked scared.

[TVC15]

Sure, and its over $500 if you order 7 entrees each, 3 apps, and 2 bottles of wine.

Add another $1,600 if you crash your car in the parking lot.

I mean he literally said a dish and a cocktail; and he'd have to tip... sooo...

I was going to say the same thing, but I’m just not going to bother with him. Winners like me have better things to do. Like it’s almost time to put on pants for the day.

[james]

Where is this from?

Sorry, cultured folks only.

descriptions that read like they're from 1980's

 

[agrajag]

That's not fine dining breh, whoever told you that lied to you.

[james]

50 bucks here is just about a plate of Japanese style chicken and waffles and a cocktail and I get it like once a week.

Unless you live in Geneva, bullshit.

Here are some more NYC fine dining prices:

$27.95
Lobster, shrimp, clams, sea scallops and New Zealand mussels simmered in your choice of our marinara or green sauce served with saffron rice

$35.95
Three lobster tails, shrimp and scallops with penne in vodka sauce

$28.95
Jumbo shrimp stuffed with crabmeat, served with crisp Spanish style potatoes, saffron rice and fresh vegetables

$42.95
Surf and turf center-cut beef tenderloin and a 7 oz. lobster tail grilled over hardwood coals, served with crisp Spanish style potatoes and sauteed seasonal vegetables

$65.95 (for two)
A presentation of two of whole lobster, lobster tails, prawns, jumbo shrimp, king crab legs, clams, New Zealand mussels and scallops, served with crisp Spanish style potatoes and saffron rice

Where is this from? You keep posting very generic dishes with descriptions that read like they're from 1980's

It's from a restaurant in Newark, NJ.  lol

https://www.adegagrill.com/restaurant/menu.html

HELP IM BEING DOXXED HELP

[agrajag]

NYC

[james]

NYC

You swipe your metrocard on the subway and walk two blocks.

[Mr. Gundam]

Fine dining is such a strange term any more. I'd reserve it for places like Canlis, The Herb Farm and French Laundry. Places that involve 4-5 hour dinners at $200-$300 per person. Everything else is just good food.

[railGUN]

Meanwhile on railGUN's side of the tracks...

[nachobro]

Man, you guys have to get married already. Gay-married, I suppose. Then your dating costs plummet.
Like last night my wife and I were like, "you wanna get something fancy for dinner tonight? It's Valentine's Day."

"You mean Arby's?"

"No, no, I mean real fancy – like Ruby Tuesdays."

"Oh yeah, that'd be nice."


Then we did it as a carry-out order so we didn't even have to tip 'em.

None of this 'hold on, doll – that lobster bichon frise is like $50 bucks. I ain't buying that for you unless you're puttin' out."

the wife and i got arby's for dinner last night cause i was too lazy to cook

[Tasty]

Boston's North End is date fucking central.

Yes.

This is where you show your provincialism.

You see high price and you assume high quality.

No, I think it's high quality cause I've eaten there and had my taste buds rocked. It's not that hard to grasp.

Have I had cheaper meals that are better? Sure. But the conversation was about high-end Italian food.

Also, that restaurant is in the North End.

Let me guess, you run into the Red Lobster in times square because surely at those prices it's the best man can buy?

No?

Actually I don't think I've ever been to Red Lobster. Boston has too many great seafood places anyways.

In the Caribbean, we call marks like you fat Americans.

I'm most likely skinnier than you breh.

[samfish]

Ugh some of you probably shop at Macy’s too 

Oh god no, never. It’s Khol’s or nothing for me.

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It’s like nails on a chalkboard isn’t it?

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[Mr. Nobody]

Boreans acting like food snobs when this place is an advocate of Taco fucking Bell? 

[Tasty]

Steak is literally cow with salt. Some recipes add garlic salt.

It's cheap as fuck to make. Have some perspective, please.

This is ignorant as all hell; steak is expensive and typically a loss leader at most restaurants who hope you pair it with apps and drinks.

It's pretty clear james is a cheapass know-it-all, breh. Don't expect much insight or experience here lol.

[etiolate]

Crossing Eden is still on gaf

magical

[Tasty]

Boreans acting like food snobs when this place is an advocate of Taco fucking Bell? 

I've always been anti-Taco Bell (and neutral on Olive Garden), I just don't bring it up often because then I get mobbed by the tasteless fecks of this place.

[TVC15]

This is like my fave SF restaurant. It’s cheap for the most part and they have the best udon I’ve ever had.



Plus it’s right by the best drag club and leather bar.

[Mr. Gundam]

Man, you guys have to get married already. Gay-married, I suppose. Then your dating costs plummet.
Like last night my wife and I were like, "you wanna get something fancy for dinner tonight? It's Valentine's Day."

"You mean Arby's?"

"No, no, I mean real fancy – like Ruby Tuesdays."

"Oh yeah, that'd be nice."


Then we did it as a carry-out order so we didn't even have to tip 'em.

None of this 'hold on, doll – that lobster bichon frise is like $50 bucks. I ain't buying that for you unless you're puttin' out."

the wife and i got arby's for dinner last night cause i was too lazy to cook

We've been getting a $10 heart shaped pizza from Papa Murphy's every Valentines Day for ten years now. That's the life.

[Uncle]

Mostly I just want a royale burger with that egg on it

[Mr. Gundam]

REAL TALK: Ramen is too expensive in the US. They've successfully turned it into something it was never meant to be. Ramen is cheap as shit and fast in Japan.

[agrajag]

I'm not taking a date to fucking La Carreta.

Also, my ace in the hole is that I know a lot of local chefs, so I take dates on fancy places and get hooked up. Also impresses the date that I'm well connected.

[Tasty]

This is like my fave SF restaurant. It’s cheap for the most part and they have the best udon I’ve ever had.

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Plus it’s right by the best drag club and leather bar.

One of my favorite places for food is also pretty cheap. They have this $14 hot roast beef sandwich thing served au jus in a small cast-iron pot... I was honestly surprised how inexpensive it was when I went back last time.