Sam D. wrote:

> "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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>

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.
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