On Fri, 03 Sep 2004 02:20:18 GMT, alzelt
> wrote:

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>Sam D. wrote:
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>> "Dog3" <dognospam@adjfkdla;not> wrote in message
>> ...
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>>>This had to be off of the tasting menu. Is this the Melisse in CA?
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>> I know
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>>>there is a restaurant in the Venice area. They are pricey and
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>> considered 4
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>>>Star. I doubt the $84 was for a salad and a roasted chicken with a
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>> couple
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>>>of puny sides. OTOH, they cook in the French tradition, mostly.
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>> There may
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>>>have been several courses. Who knows <shrug>
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>> The restaurant is Melisse in Santa Monica, CA where the chef is Josiah
>> Citrin. This meal was not part of the tasting menu. The $84 roast
>> chicken was ordered a la carte.
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>>
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>One one seems to forget in this discussion is that someone ordered the
>$84 chicken because they can. That someone can make an $84 chicken
>themselves for far less is irrelevent. In fact, it is worth noting that
>most responding to this posting are completely incapable of owning a
>restaurant where someone would want to spend $84 on a chicken.
>
>Same goes for $100 hamburgers.

I don't know about burgers, but I'm sure we hit those dizzying heights
in Paris.. Dinner for two for 90 Euros is in the zone. Not only
because we could, but also because we felt had to in order to get a
decent meal. Same meal for better food because, I know my home turf,
would run me out about 70-80 bucks [$ CAD] at home.

Harry