You might remember a story from about five years ago in which a diner at a steakhouse in New Jersey ordered a bottle of wine that he believed $37.50 but it actually cost $3,750. (The waitress said it was “thirty-seven fifty.”) Link to story on Snopes.
Well, here’s a link to a new, sort-of similar story. A guy in Florida went to a steakhouse for a meal with two other couples. They ordered two “tomahawk” steaks and a rack of lamb, among other things. They thought they were ordering the normal versions of both but were served the “golden” option, in which both the steaks and the rack of lamb were wrapped in edible gold foil. They assumed the gold coating was the standard presentation until the bill arrived for thousands more than they expected. The steaks they thought they ordered cost $275, while the gold-wrapped ones cost $1,000 each.
And if you’ve never heard of Salt Bae, the celebrity chef behind the Florida restaurant, here’s his Wikipedia page.
Sounds like either their servers are incompetent when it comes to getting the orders right or else they’re just trying to run a scam on people by serving them the “special” option if they can get away with it.
Exactly what it sounds like.
Gold is inert, so it can be eaten safely. But, it’s also pretty tasteless and unappetizing. Why anyone would want their meat covered in it is a mystery to me.
