And was it worth it?
I can’t think of ever buying something very expensive in raw monies, but I did once pay £2 for an olive. An £8 plate for 4 kalamata olives split 4 ways. They were ricotta stuffed and fried. It was exceptionally tasty, but we did not expect such a wild price ratio for an otherwise affordable place.
Cheap liquor that cost me an ambulance
Oh shit I’ve had ambulance Whisky too!
A waygu steak from a teppanjaki grill in a highly rated Japanese restaurant. It was absolutely perfect.
Three star michelin place. bottomless dom with the appetizer.
Which, is not actually really any better than bottom shelf andre brut or cooks and such. Any good wine should be less than $20 a bottle, with exceptions that were brought out for each other course. The name, price, and dick waggling that comes with it is the point. So if you never get the illustrious Dom Perignon, don’t fucking worry, just make sure your shit’s chilled all the way through before you get to the function.
Never knew raw oysters could actually be good. The presentation and explanation of each dish and subsequent wine pairing was great. Fabulous time, worth it. I think it was something like $700, all told? Bucket list of my partner’s, so double points.
SOMETHING ELSE that’s super fucking worth it: Taking a cross-country trip on the Amtrak in a sleeper car. It’s first class, super bicycle friendly, and included in the ticket price is three full meals a day, with a boozy drink at dinner. Last I checked, it’s over a grand from boston to the west coast, but it’s like living in steamer trunk for a few days and is just super fucking rad
Bottomless dom
I was thinking of something else for a long time.
Old Pappy bourbon at $189 an ounce. Absolutely not worth it
A glass of 1965 Chateau Cheval Blanc. We were being entertained by friends in their house which had a significant wine cellar. I protested repeatedly that I was not going to appreciate it, but they insisted it was for friends. It was very nice. I normally spend about £15 a bottle on wine, that bottle was worth about a thousand times that.
As an aside, they have a rack with bottles reserved for celebrating some individual’s deaths. I’ll let you guess who.
12-year old single malt scotch. I bought a bottle as a birthday gift for a friend and we shared a glass.
He decided he didn’t like the taste and drank the rest with coke, so obviously next time I’ll buy him a bottle of turpentine and a monogramed shot glass.
Oof, just give it back at that point.
my sister got dom perignon or however its spelt fo the bulls third series championship. I found it to be horrible but I have low class palet and prefer sweet desert wines both standard and sparkling.
Two things for different reasons.
I had a meal plan in college that drew from an account linked to my university ID. There were vending machines that could charge your meal plan account when you swiped your ID. I bought a bag of spicy Cheetos, orverdrafted, and had to pay $50.
I cracked my tooth on a lifesaver and had to get a crown for $1000.
A small glass of a 120 euro wine. It was very good but not worth that price.
Ask me in a couple months, taking a trip to NYC and I have like 5 Michelin stars worth of restaurants lined up.
The Koolaid
MacCutcheon 60. One glass was more than I could make in a month.
My ex.
Really old scotch. I don’t remember the distillery or the sticker price, but I think it was in the neighborhood of $100 / glass. I had it at a fancy party.
Worth $100 / glass? I don’t think so, but it was very good. Best scotch I’ve ever had, not that I’m much of a connoisseur. I get why rich people like it.
Sounds like a MacAllen 20.
They tend to go in the $80 to $100 range for a shot at the bar depending on what their going prices are.
The good news is that if you can save up a little bit, you can usually pick up a bottle for like $250, sometimes a little less if you have a friend that is in the military and can get one for you at the PAX or at a duty-free store if you’re somewhere where you can cross the border.
I had never really been into whiskeys or hard alcohol at all, but my brother split a bottle of MacAllen 20 when we hung out for a weekend before I moved away from my hometown, and I still remember the fact that I could still taste the cinnamon and spices in my teeth the next day, even though I had brushed my teeth (And flossed!) since drinking it.
Maybe so, it was almost 20 years ago and we were well into our cups at that point so it’s a bit hazy. It wasn’t cinnamon-y; I remember thinking it reminded me of the stuff that Treebeard gives Merry and Pippin to drink, real earthy and mossy, but good. Funny to think I could buy a 20-year scotch and it would have been barreled (casked? idk) at around that time. I probably wouldn’t even if I had the money though. It was good, but not that good.
