I just had a $40 lunch.....

[samclem]

worth every penny.

I just was going to my favorite high-end breakfast/lunch place for my weekly treat-myself. Was gonna have the shrimp bisque and maybe a great grilled cheese.

Couldn’t resist.

Anyway, Jimmy is going to pan sear Ellensburg rack of lamb and serve it over a fresh English pea risotto with this incredible white asparagus, orange segments, oyster mushrooms and a blood orange and mint yogurt

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$35. The owner’s cost on the lamb was $24.

If you got this for dinner in Chicago/DC/NYC i would have been $50.

[Flander]

Damn, sounds great. Lucky bastard.

[Rhiannon8404]

Sounds yummy!

[Dewey_Finn]

@samclem

$35. The owner’s cost on the lamb was $24.

Isn’t the usual formula to triple the cost of ingredients to arrive at the price for the dish? Because if they charged you $35 for the dish and the meat alone cost them $24, then they lost money.

[samclem]

@Dewey_Finn

Isn’t the usual formula to triple the cost of ingredients to arrive at the price for the dish? Because if they charged you $35 for the dish and the meat alone cost them $24, then they lost money.

Yep. You’d have to know this place. They do specials all the time like this where they practically give away the dish.