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Thats about ?20.


It's just off Times Sq I think - and one of NYC's signature restaurants.


And shrimp aren't shrimp - they'll be langoustine/gambas/mahoosivemotherfuckers so not a horrendous price.


If you want to play that game may I present restaurant Paul Bocuse:


http://www.bocuse.fr/upload/File/auberge/carte-menu-paul-bocuse/201409-Carte-Menus-uk.pdf


That's a chicken for 225Euros! Why bother when Iceland do two for a fiver, eh? Eh?! EH?!

Yep, prices are steep but not totally ridiculous.


DC's link is much more impressive. 30 Euro for fruit salad. 65 Euro for a pigeon. One bloody pigeon... damn...


Always wanted to try Bresse chicken though. Apparently the place to go for affordable poulet de Bresse is a service station on the A39.

I think we've already figured that out, John!


Anyone who won't eat sushi, sashimi, ceviche, oysters, rare meat, etc because of food poisoning paranoia is barking mad IMO (except if you're pregnant, maybe).


Had some very nice raw red prawns at Rex and Mariano over the weekend...

david_carnell Wrote:

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> The Actress refused to serve me a medium-rare

> burger the other night.


I don't think they are allowed to serve burgers med-rare for health/safety reasons. At least that was the case a few years ago somewhere else. Burgers were always cooked well-done regardless.

aquarius moon Wrote:

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> david_carnell Wrote:

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> > The Actress refused to serve me a medium-rare

> > burger the other night.

>

> I don't think they are allowed to serve burgers

> med-rare for health/safety reasons. At least that

> was the case a few years ago somewhere else.

> Burgers were always cooked well-done regardless.


I've never believed this. It just seems a simple get-out for restaurants who are risk-averse.


How do some places get away with it and others claim they can't? Seems like the usual H&S scaremongering without any facts to back it up.

The Bishop used to sell them Medium Rare.. even almost raw..


In the early days they were made from Aged Sirloin Beef in a Toasted Sourdough bun.

With fresh salad, Chilli relish and Stokes Tomato Ketchup..


Last time I was in there The Burgers were awful.


Not that I actually eat many burgers my self.


DulwichFox

Meatliquor good burgers, and rare. See also Honest Burgers. The Montpellier does rare burgers and a 2 for 1 deal on Mondays.


Jeremy, Saturday at around 3pm. No queuing involved. It's my go to place once John Lewis beats me....


Anyhow, trying to get back on topic. Had a steak up The Shard last week (Shangri La) pricey but nice and tasted better as Brother in law paid as a rare treat...Was a huge lump of meat.

Yes, I've been places where they have said they can't do rare and cook them well done only. Can't recall where that was now. I've just had a burger at work as there is a farmers market every Tuesday. Didn't ask for it rare but it was when I bit into it. That's how I like them but others maybe not so much.

I've read a book about Bocuse. He's a pompous twit. But his cooking revolutionised the world. No exaggeration.


That chicken is expensive to begin with. It's a Bresse. They retail at about 30Euros so double it for restaurant prices. You get the whole thing.


It's then stuffed with truffles. That's probably another 100Euros.


Then it's put inside a pigs bladder which is filled with wine, port and brandy. Another 100Euros of ingredients.


It's disgusting and obscene to pay that much but I'm told the smell when it's brought to the table and the bladder is cut open to reveal the chicken makes God weep with joy.


http://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/06/14/ba/57/bresse-chicken-cooked.jpg

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