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rich people make it their life goal to humblebrag and casualflex their wealth to other richgays and to hot women by wasting money on moronic shit
t.i live and work in one of the world's most expensive richgay tourist traps, costs fricking $16 for a local bar here to pop the cap off of a Corona or Heineken
the margins for fine dining would be really good if you didn't have to buy a luxurious building for it. rich people really pay 30 dollars each for the most gimmicky dish you can think of
It's a troll if you're not rich since you are merely a member of the audience to conspicuous consumption rather than a recipient or empowered judge of conspicuous consumption.
If you are rich enough that fine dining is a regular affair, I guess the trolling depends on whether you enjoy conspicuous consumption. If it's something that's annoying to go through but justifies some end (like making connections), it can be trollish, especially if the other party revels in it.
But some people are so FOMO about opportunities to display status that the value and worth of the act of fine dining is mostly in the setting and experiences over the food quality. It's impossible to troll such people by pointing out they're eating shit if it is shit you cannot afford or otherwise obtain in the way they value.
This board really is just fatsos talking about burgers, isn't it.
Macarons are just cookies, this isn't some obscure haute cuisine thing you're just an out of touch flyover in a town that's still hung up on gourmet cupcakes
People will gladly blow $75 on well liquor and screaming every friday night but apparently a nicely cooked meal and a bottle of good wine every 2 months at a table surrounded by clean and well dressed people is "gay shit" for conspicuous consumption, thank you for validating my preference for places that filter rubes like you who ruin my appetite just by existing
>So, the thing about rich people is they mostly don't eat that much food.
or maybe they have better self-control because they have better genetics than the average person (who is grossly overweight and sedentary)
isn't it amazing that everything that's out of reach of the average sperg on benefits just so happens to be a scam that only said morons can see through?
haute cuisine is people who have no prospects bending over backwards to make rich, affluent, stupid people Ooh-and-Aah over food that would be otherwise seen as parlour tricks.
Proper fine dining isn't cheap, but it does taste better, and it's better presented. You're paying for a genuine master of cooking to provide you with a delightful meal.
Only problem with it is it makes you realize what a lot of slop you eat the rest of the time!
it can be either really good, high end food or insanity on a plate.
The rich attract talent, etc but being rich also attracts mental illness. Really high end food is basically a blend of these two influences, to varying degrees.
I once went to a Chinese fine dining restaurant and it ruined Chinese food for years for me. The food was so good, some of the best I've ever tasted, even things I traditionally don't like I enjoyed there. I've been to a fish fine dining restaurant as well and that was out of this world. It's expensive, but for major life events it's worth the experience, the food really is just that much better from every time I've been fortunate enough to have it.
Macarons are just cookies, this isn't some obscure haute cuisine thing you're just an out of touch flyover in a town that's still hung up on gourmet cupcakes
People will gladly blow $75 on well liquor and screaming every friday night but apparently a nicely cooked meal and a bottle of good wine every 2 months at a table surrounded by clean and well dressed people is "gay shit" for conspicuous consumption, thank you for validating my preference for places that filter rubes like you who ruin my appetite just by existing
So, the thing about rich people is they mostly don't eat that much food. They aren't expending that much energy, thet have less of an appetite than your average joe. Food is thus not about being filling, as they barely need to eat.
Consequently, in order to work up an appetite, make a meal memorable, etc. you have to impress them with presentation or do something unique. It isn't a scam targeting rich people, its a necessary thing you need to do to get their business.
I've done catering, fine dining fast casual, sushi, and a bunch of other shit over my career. Chef's make these fancy things because people want them. Our team just did a black tie event for several hundred.
We hand made phyllo pastry from scratch, cut it into smalls squares and then baked them off in muffin tins to make little cups for hors d'oeuvres.
It tasted exactly the same as if we had bought premade phyllo cups through our procurer, but it was necessary for this crowd. They'd pitch a fit if they noticed anything wasn't scratch made. Our baker spent an entire day on this, periodically being helped by everyone else. We needed to spend that labour to justify the cost that these people wanted to spend. All of our team would much rather do things in a sane and efficient way.
You see it all the time with chefs who work fine dining, when they get the opportunity to do something a little less fancy, they just put their actual favourite food on the menu. Instead of some ridiculous Foie Gras preparation, they just cook it and the serve it and all the juices that came out during cooking on fries. They open a cafeteria to serve lunch to the same crowd and instead of molecular gastronomy dessert foam its chocolate cake for dessert. Really good, straight forward chocolate cake.
This stuff is all driven by rich people status whoring.
>So, the thing about rich people is they mostly don't eat that much food.
or maybe they have better self-control because they have better genetics than the average person (who is grossly overweight and sedentary)
I'm not a rich person, just someone who loves food. I normally try to make it out to a very nice restaurant two or three times a year, sometimes Michelin starred depending on where I am.
Fine dining, as fpbp said, is performance art. It is a master of the craft doing something that few else can do. I've had really gimmicky food at Alinea, and I've had rather reserved food at French Laundry, but the main thing between all of them is that they are truly the peak of binary skill and effort. There's a lot of people who say they would prefer to spend much less on a really good slab of ribs, and I agree for the most part - it's hard to justify going out to these restaurants unless you count it as a performance. It's like the difference between watching a movie versus watching a Broadway play, or going to a concert for a band you like versus a symphony performance. On any given day, I would much rather watch a movie or see a local show at a small venue - but every so often, if given the chance, I want to see the greatest performances of my time. And I can skip a few racks of ribs a year to do so.
Some of it is legit, other aspects are complete horse shit. The closer you get to marketing, self-promotion, events, social media (Instagram and Twatter in particular) the more bullshit it all becomes. I paid handsomely (700€ and more) for bland, burnt and (still deep-)frozen dishes with cheap table wines/fake whiskeys/migraine liquors on top.
This, for instance, is complete hogwash. Food needs to be healthy. Food needs to be prepared well. Food needs to be fresh. Food needs to nurture you. Food needs to be original, i.e. go back to the source, the origin. That's what authenticity is about. It's not about some narcissist's monthly sperg at all.
https://i.imgur.com/At1xvBm.png
Is fine dining just an elaborate troll of rich people?
Which mustard varieties will you use for that recipe? When are cauliflowers at their best? Those are the things that really matter and that website isn't telling you.
isn't it amazing that everything that's out of reach of the average sperg on benefits just so happens to be a scam that only said morons can see through?
I clicked that thumbnail expecting a line of delicious EggMcMuffins and now I feel deceived, and violated, and McDonald's is about to get $40 from me anyway. My disappointment will be immeasurable and my day will ruined, after I run out of McMuffins and am regret not buying more.
It's performance art with food.
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rich people make it their life goal to humblebrag and casualflex their wealth to other richgays and to hot women by wasting money on moronic shit
t.i live and work in one of the world's most expensive richgay tourist traps, costs fricking $16 for a local bar here to pop the cap off of a Corona or Heineken
>$16 corona and heineken
Those aren't rich people, you're just poor
When would you say enough is enough, $25 a beer? $50? Everyone has their price
perfartment shart with foof
the margins for fine dining would be really good if you didn't have to buy a luxurious building for it. rich people really pay 30 dollars each for the most gimmicky dish you can think of
>rich people really pay 30 dollars each for the most gimmicky dish you can think of
actual fine dining is a bit more expensive than that
how do you troll someone who doesn't care and is unaffected by it? they dont give a shit if its $5 or $500
It's a troll if you're not rich since you are merely a member of the audience to conspicuous consumption rather than a recipient or empowered judge of conspicuous consumption.
If you are rich enough that fine dining is a regular affair, I guess the trolling depends on whether you enjoy conspicuous consumption. If it's something that's annoying to go through but justifies some end (like making connections), it can be trollish, especially if the other party revels in it.
But some people are so FOMO about opportunities to display status that the value and worth of the act of fine dining is mostly in the setting and experiences over the food quality. It's impossible to troll such people by pointing out they're eating shit if it is shit you cannot afford or otherwise obtain in the way they value.
>shit
sour grapes
if you actually cared about quality what would be under scrutiny would be all the fast food you fatfricks never stop talking about
>u mad
if broke autists coping made me angry i'd simply not post on Culinaly
>the crow deliberately ate the sourest grapes he could find just to frick with the fox
aesops fables are so deep
haute cuisine is people who have no prospects bending over backwards to make rich, affluent, stupid people Ooh-and-Aah over food that would be otherwise seen as parlour tricks.
those sound nice
Would eat ngl
Proper fine dining isn't cheap, but it does taste better, and it's better presented. You're paying for a genuine master of cooking to provide you with a delightful meal.
Only problem with it is it makes you realize what a lot of slop you eat the rest of the time!
it's not about the food, it's about knowing there are no poor people around you
This board really is just fatsos talking about burgers, isn't it.
they talk about tacos sometimes but close enough
Its not that deep its just a good time
This, went to Per se in nyc this year, every single part of the experience was great, smiled the entire time.
it can be either really good, high end food or insanity on a plate.
The rich attract talent, etc but being rich also attracts mental illness. Really high end food is basically a blend of these two influences, to varying degrees.
I once went to a Chinese fine dining restaurant and it ruined Chinese food for years for me. The food was so good, some of the best I've ever tasted, even things I traditionally don't like I enjoyed there. I've been to a fish fine dining restaurant as well and that was out of this world. It's expensive, but for major life events it's worth the experience, the food really is just that much better from every time I've been fortunate enough to have it.
Macarons are just cookies, this isn't some obscure haute cuisine thing you're just an out of touch flyover in a town that's still hung up on gourmet cupcakes
People will gladly blow $75 on well liquor and screaming every friday night but apparently a nicely cooked meal and a bottle of good wine every 2 months at a table surrounded by clean and well dressed people is "gay shit" for conspicuous consumption, thank you for validating my preference for places that filter rubes like you who ruin my appetite just by existing
So, the thing about rich people is they mostly don't eat that much food. They aren't expending that much energy, thet have less of an appetite than your average joe. Food is thus not about being filling, as they barely need to eat.
Consequently, in order to work up an appetite, make a meal memorable, etc. you have to impress them with presentation or do something unique. It isn't a scam targeting rich people, its a necessary thing you need to do to get their business.
I've done catering, fine dining fast casual, sushi, and a bunch of other shit over my career. Chef's make these fancy things because people want them. Our team just did a black tie event for several hundred.
We hand made phyllo pastry from scratch, cut it into smalls squares and then baked them off in muffin tins to make little cups for hors d'oeuvres.
It tasted exactly the same as if we had bought premade phyllo cups through our procurer, but it was necessary for this crowd. They'd pitch a fit if they noticed anything wasn't scratch made. Our baker spent an entire day on this, periodically being helped by everyone else. We needed to spend that labour to justify the cost that these people wanted to spend. All of our team would much rather do things in a sane and efficient way.
You see it all the time with chefs who work fine dining, when they get the opportunity to do something a little less fancy, they just put their actual favourite food on the menu. Instead of some ridiculous Foie Gras preparation, they just cook it and the serve it and all the juices that came out during cooking on fries. They open a cafeteria to serve lunch to the same crowd and instead of molecular gastronomy dessert foam its chocolate cake for dessert. Really good, straight forward chocolate cake.
This stuff is all driven by rich people status whoring.
That's very insightful. Cheers brah
>So, the thing about rich people is they mostly don't eat that much food.
or maybe they have better self-control because they have better genetics than the average person (who is grossly overweight and sedentary)
>rich people is they mostly don't eat that much food.
This is bullshit, I'm rich and I'm a fat ass because I can buy whatever I want.
Not bad. What input did you use to produce this?
Bro he just implied your post is AI-generated, you gonna take that?
I'd rather slit my own throat than fall for such lazy bait, honestly.
It just gives people something special to talk about anon
it's money laundering
I'm not a rich person, just someone who loves food. I normally try to make it out to a very nice restaurant two or three times a year, sometimes Michelin starred depending on where I am.
Fine dining, as fpbp said, is performance art. It is a master of the craft doing something that few else can do. I've had really gimmicky food at Alinea, and I've had rather reserved food at French Laundry, but the main thing between all of them is that they are truly the peak of binary skill and effort. There's a lot of people who say they would prefer to spend much less on a really good slab of ribs, and I agree for the most part - it's hard to justify going out to these restaurants unless you count it as a performance. It's like the difference between watching a movie versus watching a Broadway play, or going to a concert for a band you like versus a symphony performance. On any given day, I would much rather watch a movie or see a local show at a small venue - but every so often, if given the chance, I want to see the greatest performances of my time. And I can skip a few racks of ribs a year to do so.
Some of it is legit, other aspects are complete horse shit. The closer you get to marketing, self-promotion, events, social media (Instagram and Twatter in particular) the more bullshit it all becomes. I paid handsomely (700€ and more) for bland, burnt and (still deep-)frozen dishes with cheap table wines/fake whiskeys/migraine liquors on top.
This, for instance, is complete hogwash. Food needs to be healthy. Food needs to be prepared well. Food needs to be fresh. Food needs to nurture you. Food needs to be original, i.e. go back to the source, the origin. That's what authenticity is about. It's not about some narcissist's monthly sperg at all.
Which mustard varieties will you use for that recipe? When are cauliflowers at their best? Those are the things that really matter and that website isn't telling you.
Woah so stoike and reasonable
Macrons are just inferior oreos.
isn't it amazing that everything that's out of reach of the average sperg on benefits just so happens to be a scam that only said morons can see through?
My peanus hurts
I clicked that thumbnail expecting a line of delicious EggMcMuffins and now I feel deceived, and violated, and McDonald's is about to get $40 from me anyway. My disappointment will be immeasurable and my day will ruined, after I run out of McMuffins and am regret not buying more.