Christmas at The Ritz - *How* much?!

[biggs682]

try the one at Desborough much cheaper

http://www.theritzuk.co.uk/

 

[Primal Scream]

I have bought my wife and kids afternoon tea at claridges in the new year £60 a head plus 12.5% tip,it's a great experience , a real treat we have spent 150 quid ahead at 3 star establishments ,it's a travel into another world,tastes that you dream of!not a every day occurrence but the whole experience at the level theese places go to is brilliant

Anything is worth what you are willing to pay for it, nothing wrong with enjoying the good things in life, my only objection is that everybody cannot enjoy a least some of them.

 

[just jim]

Rest assured, every penny you spend in "The Ritz" will go straight into the Barclay twin's pockets. Merry Christmas!

 

[Primal Scream]

Rest assured, every penny you spend in "The Ritz" will go straight into the Barclay twin's pockets. Merry Christmas!

Now that I didnt know, thanks for the heads up

 

[Archie_tect]

I would want to take the candlestick home for £390.

I won't tell if you don't...

 

[ianrauk]

[QUOTE 2221400, member: 1314"]IS the food actually that much better, though? Curry at Mirch Marsala at Tooting = a tenner. And it's lush.[/quote]


If I wanted a great curry I would go to Mirch Marsala.
If I wanted to go overboard and spend a bit of dosh on a great turkey meal at christmas with all the glamour and glitz then I would go to the Ritz

 

[Archie_tect]

A £40.96 donation bought two meals, shower, clean clothes and a medical an dental check upfor two people.

Crisis know how to stretch the money.

Done that for a couple of years at the Crisis Cafe in Newcastle- we don't do presents in the office and this year gave to the Sally Army too...

 

[Peteaud]

I would rather go to:-

Quote as below.



Costing £125,000 for four people, or £31,250 per person, the menu for what will be the world’s most expensive Christmas dinner menu has been devised by London chef Ben Spalding, who has completed residencies at restaurants including The Fat Duck in Bray, Gordon Ramsay’s Royal Hospital Road and Per Se in New York.

Among the ingredients being used are a Yubari King melon costing £2,500, in addition the the £2,600 Densuke watermelon; 150-year-old balsamic vinegar costing £1,030; whole white Alba truffle costing £3,500; and gold leaf coming in at £6,000. To drink, a £37,000 bottle of Piper Heidsieck 1907 champagne will be served in diamond-studded flutes; diners who prefer spirits can sip from a £2,000 stock of DIVA vodka, described as a “diamond-sand-filtered vodka” and served in a bottle that is filled with Swarovski crystals.

The focal point of the meal will be the traditional Christmas turkey, served this time with Dodine turkey and with Wagyu beef fillet and heart. It will be wrapped in gold leaf and sprinkled with Akbari pistachios. For dessert, the quartet will conclude their £125,000 meal with whipped Kopi Luwak, a coffee bean, and Densuke watermelon.

chef's key ingredients:
Diva Vodka - £2,000
Piper Heidsieck 1907 Champagne - £37,000
Dry ice - £180
Pata Negra Iberico jambon - £600
Birds Nest - £100
Almas Caviar - £5,000
150 year old balsamic - £1,030
Whole White Alba truffle - £3,500
Pullet de bresse’s for stock - £2,500
Saffron stock - £500
Yubari King melon - £2,500
Dodine of rare breed turkey - £500
Wagyu beef - £4,500
Gold leaf - £6,000
Periogord truffles - £900
Akbari pistachios - £5,000
Kopi Luwak - £3,000
Amadei chocolate - £150
Densuke watermelon - £2,600
Gold Ugandan vanilla plate - £1,500
1949 Cheval Blanc - £4,680
1988 Corton-Charlemagne, Coche-Dury - £1,390
1959 La Tache - £5,400
1976 Chateau d'Yquem - £990



link http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/u...expensive-Christmas-dinner-menu-revealed.html



The mind boggles.

 

[Primal Scream]

Supported , Shelter, Crisis and the Sally Army this year, wonderful people and organisations that counter some of the greed and selfishness in our society.

 

[srw]

There's a vogue at the moment for restaurants to create entirely notional meals or drinks out of stupidly expensive ingredients. It could be conceptual art, or an informal competition between chefs. Or it's a way of getting an advert into the editorial pages of gullible newspapers.

 

[zizou]

Ignoring the price for a moment, it doesn't look particularly appetising to me as a veggie

Anyway the Ritz is over rated - just too tacky and a gauche for my tastes, i would never demean myself to eat in such a low rent establishment

 

[craven2354]

Trouble is, 'all the razamataz' would simply make me feel uncomfortable. Having to dress up nicely etc.

I'd love to know the cost per head of the ingredients. I don't care how fancy a turkey is, it's still turkey. I'm afraid I just look at that price and think "a month's rent!? On a turkey dinner?!"

NT just said, he got plenty of razamataz having dinner with my family

I'd pay and turn up in my work clothes just for a laugh

 

[Milo]

All that cash for sodding turkey which will taste like sawdust anyway. Goose is a far superior bird for Christmas. I really do not know why we bother with turkey it is chicken but even more crap.

 

[Moon bunny]

From Peteaud's menu
"50 carat gold leaf"? I thought pure gold was only 24 carat, how can you have 50 carat?

 

[srw]

More to the point, why price at £6000 something you can buy from Amazon for a tenner?
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Genuine-Edi...J7R4/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1356561188&sr=8-2

(Marks will be awarded for witty references to tax.)