On Tue, 22 Jan 2019 08:21:13 -0500, jmcquown >
wrote:

>On 1/22/2019 7:04 AM, ChattyCathy wrote:
>> I'll admit location, location, location affects pricing significantly
>> too, but even if I was as rich as Croesus I wouldn't pay that - even if I
>> thought I might like it. And... if somebody else is paying (who can
>> easily afford it) when we go to a 'fancy' restaurant I try and order the
>> most reasonably priced things I can eat from the menu. Furthermore, a lot
>> (not all) of these 'fancy' or 'speciality' restaurants charge a fortune,
>> but the portions are so small you are still hungry when you get home.
>>
>> --
>I concur. $75 for smoked watermelon is ridiculous no matter how fancy
>the restaurant is. Like you, if someone else is treating I don't
>automatically think, "Oh boy, what's the most expensive thing I can
>order?"
>
>I agree about the portion sizes in these fancy haute cuisine type
>places, too. My parents went to dinner at Dux in the Peabody Hotel
>years ago (read: very fancy.) Dad told me he practically needed a
>microscope to see the food on his plate. Oh, but it was artfully
>arranged! He had to eat again when they got home.

If that's the most recent experience you can come up with, it clearly
doesn't happen often.