on โ27-10-2022 11:35 AM
I saw this report online, it was a summary of one woman's upmarket meal.
Admittedly, it was probably a once in a lifetime experience with a top chef and champagne, but it cost $799 for 2. It consisted of 5 small courses. The dessert looked fancy but the other 4 courses all looked a bit light on to me.
I realise gourmet courses are not usually large but all the same, for $400 I would not be happy to go home hungry. The woman didn't like one small serve she had (fish). Said it was mushy and did not smell good so she left it. I'd be forcing it down at that price!
But I just thought I'd throw the first course out here for discussion.
What do you think of this? The woman was waxing lyrical about the plating but I think it is dreadful.
The edible bits are those 2 small yellowish pieces, artichoke.
All the rest is just decoration, inedible.
I have a problem with that, I don't think it should be on the plate if it is not edible. Or certainly not as the main ingredient on the plate!
Michelin chef or not, the plating is a fail from me. Mind you, I can't say I do fine dining at this level. Went to a couple of high teas recently, that's about as good as it gets for me.
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on โ27-10-2022 12:41 PM
Iโd present an Easter egg in that way โ not a starter dish. I am not impressed.
I also think that $400 is too much money to pay for such food.
One might โ as a special experience, rare-in-a-lifetime โ pay a significant amount for a fine dining experience. But it would have to be truly amazing food, and one would have to be completely satisfied (palate-wise, gastronomically, and satiation-wise). Of course, for people whose wealth can easily bear such an expenditure, itโs their business about what they buyโฆ but Iโd be embarrassed to spend money on pretentious food presentation, as opposed to genuinely beautiful or exciting food presentation.
Iโd also be embarrassed in such a case if I werenโt doing something significant about world hunger.
For a Heston Blumenthal meal (like that wonderful mediรฆval dinner party, or the Mad Hatterโs one), all right โฆ I could see myself eating beans on toast for two or three weeks to offset the dinner cost. For a messy โchucked some weeds and hay on a plate and then put some squiggly little artichoke thingies on topโ dishโฆ. no.
It doesnโt please my eye. There are an awful lot of would-be masters of food presentation and not every new idea is good.
โ27-10-2022 11:41 AM - edited โ27-10-2022 11:43 AM
I would not be impressed either, springy, although I do like artichokes. ๐
Aesthetically, nope, I don't think it looks great at all. It looks like a dish for a goat. ๐
on โ27-10-2022 12:41 PM
Iโd present an Easter egg in that way โ not a starter dish. I am not impressed.
I also think that $400 is too much money to pay for such food.
One might โ as a special experience, rare-in-a-lifetime โ pay a significant amount for a fine dining experience. But it would have to be truly amazing food, and one would have to be completely satisfied (palate-wise, gastronomically, and satiation-wise). Of course, for people whose wealth can easily bear such an expenditure, itโs their business about what they buyโฆ but Iโd be embarrassed to spend money on pretentious food presentation, as opposed to genuinely beautiful or exciting food presentation.
Iโd also be embarrassed in such a case if I werenโt doing something significant about world hunger.
For a Heston Blumenthal meal (like that wonderful mediรฆval dinner party, or the Mad Hatterโs one), all right โฆ I could see myself eating beans on toast for two or three weeks to offset the dinner cost. For a messy โchucked some weeds and hay on a plate and then put some squiggly little artichoke thingies on topโ dishโฆ. no.
It doesnโt please my eye. There are an awful lot of would-be masters of food presentation and not every new idea is good.
on โ27-10-2022 02:25 PM
"It looks like a dish for a goat!"
What an excellent description!
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on โ27-10-2022 02:54 PM
I'm not sure the goat would agree. lol
on โ27-10-2022 03:26 PM
But then again, goats would eat anything ... ๐
on โ27-10-2022 03:27 PM
What is it supposed to represent? A bonfire or something? Or is it just "abstract art"?
โ27-10-2022 03:32 PM - edited โ27-10-2022 03:34 PM
on โ27-10-2022 05:09 PM
on โ27-10-2022 06:12 PM
They should have rung Babette