Fine Dining/Beautiful Art General

[Anonymous No.6477621]

[all pictures except first is OC]

Good afternoon, welcome to one of LA's only 2 Michelin starred restaurants. Our prix fixe menu of 10 is contemporary french, and will be $210 per person.

We will start with a Grape Amuse Bouche done two ways, a demisphere of grape, goat cheese, and pistachio paired with spherification of grape. Enjoy!

[Anonymous No.6477628]

Next is an Egg Caviar, with soft poached egg, lemon creme fraiche, and american caviar.

[Anonymous No.6477629]

>>6477621

Are you one of those faggots who takes pictures of their food while you're eating?

Stop that. It's rude. Eat now. Play with your toys later.

[Anonymous No.6477631]

Here is our Foie Gras Terrine, with blueberry, Meyer Lemon, Hazlenut, and a buttery Toasted Brioche.

[Anonymous No.6477633]

>>6477629
>It's rude.
No? It's shows you're interested in food presentation. Get out, grandpa.

[Anonymous No.6477634]

Sweet Pea Soup with Sunchoke Chips and a Whipped Black Truffle butter. Enjoy!

[Anonymous No.6477637]

Our next course will be Porcini Mushroom, with Kentor Canyon Farro, Artichoke and a Leek Scape Vinaigrette.

[Anonymous No.6477639]

>>6477633
It shows that you have the maturity of a fruit fly.

[Anonymous No.6477640]

Santa Barbara Spot Prawn, with Green Asparagus and finished with Citrus Chive Butter.

[Anonymous No.6477641]

>>6477639
Exactly how does it show that?

[Anonymous No.6477642]

>>6477633

You don't need a photo of it to be "interested". Just look at it.

Leave your toys at home if you are incapable of behaving like a responsible adult in a restaurant.

[Anonymous No.6477644]

Truffle Risotto, with aged Acquerello rice and Perigord truffles. This is absolutely delicious, enjoy!

[Anonymous No.6477646]

>>6477631
>with blueberry
Oh fuck off

[Anonymous No.6477647]

>>6477642
Behave like an adult and ignore it if you don't like it.

[Anonymous No.6477649]

>>6477641

Because you are incapable of putting your toys away and simply enjoying the food and company at hand.

I blame your parents: they clearly didn't teach you proper table manners.

[Anonymous No.6477650]

A beautiful Prosciutto Wrapped Monkfish, with fava beans, crayfish, and Morel mushrooms finished with sauce nantua. Enjoy!

[Anonymous No.6477653]

>>6477621
I've eaten all of these and I'm still hungry, and I apparently need a new mortgage, what gives?

[Anonymous No.6477657]

Aged Sonoma lamb with Spring onion, majestic potato, spring garlic and basil.

[Anonymous No.6477658]

>>6477649
>Because you
I do not photograph my food but nice assumptions here.

>they clearly didn't teach you proper table manners.
It's not like society and manners constantly change.

[Anonymous No.6477661]

The next course will be a light Scallop Tartar with avocado puree.

[Anonymous No.6477662]

>>6477642
>>6477639
>taking a picture of your food
>immature
Yeah, fuck off

[Anonymous No.6477664]

>>6477657
Oh man this one looks goat

[Anonymous No.6477665]

A specially selected, "Petit Brie" made by Rodolphe le Meunier, with Burgundy Truffles and shredded potato. Enjoy!

[Anonymous No.6477670]

As we move onto our dessert courses, here are Flavors of "Irish Coffee"; Guanaja Chocolate, chilled coffee milk, Crunchy Hazlenut praline and brown sugar.

[Anonymous No.6477675]

Some traditional house made Lemon Macaroons, a treat from the chef. Enjoy!

[Anonymous No.6477677]

Pretentious bullshit: the thread

[Anonymous No.6477679]

>>6477653

There's a difference between "eating" and "fine dining".

[Anonymous No.6477680]

And to end the evening, a whimsical reinvention of "Strawberry Lemonade", with Strawberry Meringue, Lemon Sorbet, and Yogurt Dots. Enjoy, and thank you for dining at Melisse.

[Anonymous No.6477683]

>>6477650
Looks good

[Anonymous No.6477687]

>>6477675
why is it served on a shoe insole?

[Anonymous No.6477826]

>$210 for 10 single mouthfuls of food

jesus christ, how fucking pretentious. I expected slightly larger courses not fucking meals for ants

[Anonymous No.6477839]

>>6477629

Shut up. He's doing me a huge favor. I live in a poor country, I;m poor myself and because of this thread I get to see Michelin Star level food. So shut up

[Anonymous No.6477847]

>>6477675
>Macaroons
I'd have thought /ck/ of all people would know the difference.

[Anonymous No.6477852]

Thanks for the pictures. That would be an interesting experience to have, but I'm too poor for now.
This content is better than 80% of the crap you people post here.

[Anonymous No.6477878]

>>6477653
>i've never been to a fine dining restaurant in my life

you get pretty fucking full and hammered for the price of an xbox.

[Anonymous No.6478026]

>>6477878
>£294.00

Nope

[Anonymous No.6478033]

>>6477628
>poached egg
>in shell
topkek

[Anonymous No.6478040]

>>6477631
>with blueberry
You mean "a" blueberry. As in I paid 200 dollars for a god damned blueberry.

[Anonymous No.6478043]

>>6477634
bowl looks like a toilet seat

[Anonymous No.6478048]

I've been debating doing one of these in my city, but this shit just looks poorly presented and WAY too small. I don't care how good it is, those portions are only amuse-bouche acceptable- and definitely NOT a meal.

[Anonymous No.6478052]

>>6477644
I don't think I've ever seen a table spoon of risotto. Congratulations, OP. Money well spent.

>>6477647
Adults don't simply ignore, but remove what is troubling. You are not merely annoying, but troubling.

[Anonymous No.6478058]

>>6477649

i blame your parents for producing such a stuck up little shit

go back to lebbit

[Anonymous No.6478060]

>>6478026

nope what

[Anonymous No.6478062]

>>6478033

it was obviously poached outside the shell.

[Anonymous No.6478063]

This is the one they offer in Dallas, for 150. And it's two chefs who were on Master Chef

The first course, a Strawberry Fields Forever salad

[Anonymous No.6478068]

>>6478058
>stuck up
>for thinking stuck up nonsense is stupid
lol
>>6478062
>poach egg
>put it back in the shell
That's a new level of autism, right there.

>>6478063
>Master Chef
Lol, amateurs.

[Anonymous No.6478069]

>>6478063
The second course, a Scarborough Faire Lamb Custard- parsley, sage, rosemarry and thyme

[Anonymous No.6478073]

>>6478069
A raspberry and gin sorbet as a palate cleanser

[Anonymous No.6478074]

>>6478068

>That's a new level of autism

no, it isn't. how the fuck is it autism. how does that get anywhere near resembling autism.

[Anonymous No.6478078]

>>6478073
Fourth course, a Coq au Vin

[Anonymous No.6478081]

>>6477631
and 1 fucking blueberry.....
there's a fine line between fine dining & pretentious douchery
are you plating for the customer or for your ego

[Anonymous No.6478083]

>>6478074
>autism at its finest

[Anonymous No.6478084]

>>6478078
And then dessert, a homemade apple pie with homemade ice cream.

[Anonymous No.6478087]

>>6478078
That's not coq au vin.
And is that fucking popcorn?
This thread has rustled me down to the very core of my jimjams

[Anonymous No.6478088]

>>6478084
I forgot- the paired cocktail/amuse-bouche. Bloody mary

[Anonymous No.6478090]

>>6478081
>>6478040

i'm pretty sure there's a blueberry gel or pate de fruit or whatever it is forming a layer of the terrine. plus, you know, the coulis smeared on the plate.

[Anonymous No.6478093]

>>6478073
yum!

[Anonymous No.6478094]

>>6478087

>That's not coq au vin.

why not

[Anonymous No.6478098]

>>6478090
Naw m8. That's just a shriveled blueberry placed on a fucking plate.

[Anonymous No.6478100]

>>6478094
Not him, but who puts braised chicken with mother fucking pop corn?

[Anonymous No.6478101]

>>6478098

you're trying too hard to shit on this stuff

probably because you hate rich people

[Anonymous No.6478103]

>>6477675
>macaroons
you keep saying enjoy

[Anonymous No.6478116]

>>6478100
It was all song-based meals, and popcorn was added as a decorative flair thing. Not defending it- I've never been, but I wanted to see y'all's thoughts and if it was worth 150 for six courses as shown

[Anonymous No.6478119]

>>6478101
>probably because you hate rich people
100% guarantee that the faggot who is taking pictures of his food at a tasting, then posting on 4chan works at wendys and has been saving up for this for months.

[Anonymous No.6478122]

>>6478100

popcorn as a garnish is just fashionable at the moment, i don't fucking know i think it's pretty stupid. but the coq au vin itself might well be decent.

[Anonymous No.6478123]

>>6478116
>a decorative flair thing
If you can't eat and enjoy everything on the plate, then it's time to find a competent fucking chef.

[Anonymous No.6478128]

>>6478123

it's popcorn, of course you can fucking eat it.

>>6478119

i don't see what that has to do with what i said.

[Anonymous No.6478135]

>>6478116

The presentation on all of those looks terrible for the price tho.

[Anonymous No.6478138]

>>6478128
>it's popcorn, of course you can fucking eat it.
>eat and enjoy
>and enjoy
>enjoy
Get fucked, ahmed
>i don't see what that has to do with what i said.
You said that anyone dissenting probably hates rich people, implying you are rich. I said you are probably a poor as shit motherfucker. The fact that you're deflecting indicates that you *are* a poor as shit motherfucker. We're not hating on this thread because we don't like rich people. Quite the opposite. We're middle class to upper class people who are hating on poor as fuck shits who come into our restaurants after saving up for months just to pull out their cell phones and act like a retard, ruining our dining experience.

[Anonymous No.6478144]

>>6478135
Right? Someone needs to tell this fucking chef that people eat with their eyes.

[Anonymous No.6478146]

>>6478078


>popcorn soup

[Anonymous No.6478149]

>>6478135
Yeah? Damn, okay. It's got incredible reviews, and is constantly written up in the Dallas papers. I just honestly wanted to try fine dining. Here's another one they did

FOURTH COURSE: Triple J Farm sirloin au poivre, red wine farro, roasted rainbow chard.

[Anonymous No.6478150]

>>6478138
>We're not hating on this thread
>We don't hate this thread
Choose one Jamal

[Anonymous No.6478154]

>>6478138

>You said that anyone dissenting probably hates rich people, implying you are rich.

take a critical thinking class.

>eat and enjoy

are you incapable of enjoying popcorn?

[Anonymous No.6478159]

>>6478149

it doesn't really look like fine dining to be honest, it looks like a couple of amateurs who won a cooking contest have opened a restaurant.

[Anonymous No.6478160]

>>6478103
This! OP, if your server really said enjoy so much I hope you didn't tip them. Not fine dining quality service. Also, saying "this is delicious" to the customer says nothing about the actual flavor.

Poor show.

[Anonymous No.6478162]

>>6478159
That's a fair criticism. You wouldn't happen to be able to aim me anywhere in Dallas for that sort of thing, would you?

[Anonymous No.6478163]

>>6478149
I happen to read D Magazine, and you, sir, are pulling a shenanigan.

[Anonymous No.6478169]

>>6477670

>with brown sugar

Ah yes my friend, good choice.

Here is my delightful chocolate ensemble, complete with vanilla, cocoa powder, delectable honey from the alps and a small amount of brown sugar to make it complete. Wa la!

[Anonymous No.6478171]

>>6478163
I didn't say D Magazine? I've seen it a few other places, though

[🐖🐖🐖Borneo🐖🐖🐖 No.6478175]

nice thread op, your pics are excellent, did you have a camera with you?

I talked to another anon who really wanted to go to Melisse too, this makes me even more interested

[Anonymous No.6478189]

>>6478175
excellent plating

[Anonymous No.6478194]

>>6478175
This isn't even food, holy shit. It's lettuce and four sauces.

[Anonymous No.6478196]

>>6478078
3 green beans, popcorn kernels, 3 leaves of cilantro. $75.99

[🐖🐖🐖Borneo🐖🐖🐖 No.6478203]

>>6478189
was really tasty too, this was at Bloesem in Amsterdam

>>6478194
its just the first dish of a 5 course meal don't worry

[Anonymous No.6478207]

>>6478090
OP here, yeah this guy's got it. This was actually my favorite dish, richness of the fois gras was divine combined with the salty, butteryness of the brioche and the subtly sweet blueberry.

>>6478175
haha no, pictures are from just a shitty iphone. Thanks though.

[Anonymous No.6478228]

>>6478090
OP here, yeah this guy's got it. This was actually my favorite dish, richness of the fois gras was divine combined with the salty, crunchy butteryness of the toasted brioche and the subtly sweet blueberry.


also, for those skeptical, I was definitely full by the end. At first you're not used to the small portions (magnified by huge, white plates) but after so many different flavors you're generally full unless you're a fatass. In which case go to five guys or something.


>>6478175
haha no, pictures are from just a shitty iphone. Thanks though.

[Anonymous No.6478235]

>>6478149
>fine
lol

[Anonymous No.6478240]

[Anonymous No.6478244]

[Anonymous No.6478254]

>>6477646
This caused a hearty chuckle to emanate from deep within my cockles.

[Anonymous No.6478259]

>>6478240
Hngggggggg

[Anonymous No.6478270]

And to think I originally saw this article here on this board

Photographing your food = rude

http://m.food.ndtv.com/opinions/angry-french-chefs-want-people-to-stop-taking-photos-of-food-694686

[Anonymous No.6478291]

>>6478270

>French

Stopped reading there.

[Anonymous No.6478298]

>>6477628

what's the fish stick

[Anonymous No.6478338]

>>6477621
I don't get fine dining. Seems like they just take ordinary recipes, make it all sound French, cut the portions to a fraction of an actual meal, make it look pretty, then sell it for $300.

[Anonymous No.6478345]

>>6478338

it only seems that way cause you haven't bothered looking into it, like, at all.

[Anonymous No.6478354]

i absolutely love /ck/'s jelly hateboner for fine dining.

[Anonymous No.6478372]

The shitposting in this thread is tremendous as always.
I know that /ck/ barely can appreciate anything that goes beyond the level of Joeys super cool vomit review but if OP wants to spend his money on tiny droplets of food on a plate, more power to him.

[Anonymous No.6478378]

>>6478372
And power to any person who makes fun of them for it.

[Anonymous No.6478387]

>>6477631
>with blueberry

[Anonymous No.6478395]

>>6477634
This is barely two spoonfuls of soup. This is why I always thought fine dining was bullshit. I get that you don't need to fill up the entire plate with food, but god damn these tiny portions are awful.

[Anonymous No.6478398]

>>6477665

Plated on our signature Trypophobe's Hellish Nightmare plate. Enjoy

[Anonymous No.6478409]

>>6478338
> doesn't realize french cuisine is by itself extremely complex and intricate
> can't understand it takes immense passion, creativity, and technical skill to reinvent classic dishes
> oblivious to the base prices of caviar, fois gras, truffles, morel mushrooms
> not viewing high end food as an art, as if going to a art museum
> not realizing that although being fed is the main reason you'd go, with fine dining the experience is so much more than just satiating your appetite (for that, kindly head to olive garden and eat their pasta).

[Anonymous No.6478413]

>>6478398

>trypophobia

dank meme bro

>>6478395

have you ever tried this shit? you get a lot of different food. if you want big portions you're gonna get less variety. it's logical.

[Anonymous No.6478416]

>>6477628
>>6477628
>american caviar
>fine dining

[Anonymous No.6478420]

>>6478409
So basically pretentious wankery

[Anonymous No.6478421]

>>6478084
Why does the pie have a bunch of random shit on it?

[Anonymous No.6478428]

>>6478395
It was more like a cup of soup. Which isn't tons, but the flavor was so deep and rich that it felt like more than enough.

You don't have to believe me, but honestly I was definitely VERY full. Not stuffed as if I went to some buffet, but I did not leave hungry by any means. The amt of food total is plenty, just stretched over many different flavors and dishes instead of say, a single huge steak you'd get at a steakhouse. It's a weird concept but if the portions were any bigger there couldn't be so many courses in a single sitting.

>>6478298
It's a super buttery stick of something that resembles puff pastry. You're supposed to dip it in the egg, which at the bottom has a raw egg yolk and the rest is filled with a super luxurious but also light, slightly chilled creme fraiche. The caviar gives it a really rich, salty finish.

[Anonymous No.6478431]

>>6478244
Onion bhaji with a doner kebab?
Da fuq

[Anonymous No.6478434]

>>6478420
hows them sour grapes sweetie?

[Anonymous No.6478437]

[Anonymous No.6478438]

>>6478409
I can go into my backyard and get fucktons of truffles/morels for free.

[Anonymous No.6478443]

>>6478438
>fucktons of truffles for free

nice, you must make a fortune

[Anonymous No.6478456]

>>6478438

woop de doo for you faggot

[Anonymous No.6478461]

>>6477633
>what people think of me online is more important than living my life

[Anonymous No.6478470]

>>6478438
I can go into my backyard and get fucktons bitches/fleshlights for free.

[Anonymous No.6478505]

>>6477621
Nice pictures. Ive made a few threads like this, always brings out the poor to express their jealousy through claiming its a waste of money. I feel for those who are too up their own ass to be able to appreciate this kind of food.

>>6478437
I love Marmite, but the chocolate is just disgusting. Ive had a bar in the cupboard for 6 months now with only 1 or 2 squares eaten. Would not recommend.

[Anonymous No.6478521]

>>6478434
>Paying hundreds for extremely small amounts of food so I can tell my friends on Facebook how much of a pseudo-cultured/intellectual twat I am

Nice meme though

[Anonymous No.6478528]

>>6478521

>extremely small amounts of food

are you fucking dense

[Anonymous No.6478540]

>>6478521
>I pride myself on gorging on extreme portions for the lowest cost possible

Hows the lowest rungs of society treating you?

[Anonymous No.6478546]

>>6478084
>homemade apple pie
>homemade
oh darling you are so naive

[Anonymous No.6478553]

>>6478540
i like doing both. sometimes its nice to have pretentious micro-portions of weird food for 200 bucks

sometimes i like to fill my stomach with a 10 dollar chinese food buffet at jack chows down the block.

try shooting yourself you cuck

[Anonymous No.6478559]

>french food
>art
For fuck's sake, ask any french person about their food, French food isn't elegant or fancy or expensive, it's delicious but far from fucking art. Go find any real French dish and then compare it to this, seriously fucking retarded. An abomination to anything French.

[Anonymous No.6478563]

>>6478553

if you'd ever had a tasting menu you'd know you usually get fucking stuffed.

[Anonymous No.6478565]

>>6478559
yes, comparing traditional cuisine to haute cuisine makes complete sense.

hey guys, there were peasants in france too, french cuisine has nothing to do with fine dining! heard it here first!

[Anonymous No.6478566]

>>6478563
especially after you go home after the meal and feel obliged to have sex with the guy who paid for your extortionate tasting menu meal

[Anonymous No.6478568]

>>6478559

it's not just french food, it's fine dining, you retard. a level and format of cooking that was formalised by the french but not the same as 'french food'.

[Anonymous No.6478576]

>>6478505
>always brings out the poor to express their jealousy through claiming its a waste of money

pssst: your fancy meals aren't off limits to "the poor" because they aren't actually expensive. they're going be more or less around the average cost of a domestic coach plane ticket, which is...nothing. congratulations

that being said, any thread with good food content is nice to see. but you sound as retarded as the people you're talking about

[Anonymous No.6478581]

>>6478409
>going to an art museum
Art isn't about reinvention, it's about beauty and conveying a message or evoking emotion through pictorial means. Food will not do that, it can play on the taste buds with texture and the varying tastes, but you're fucking retarded and wouldn't realize that if fucking Michelangelo toppled the statue David on your head.
>french
>complex
Confirmed not French or knowing anything about France. Their food is renown for being rich and delicious as well as having techniques for just about everything, pulling a "you just wouldn't understand" is retarded since French cuisine when you dissect it comes from various regions each with unique ingredients, go to Provence region in France and tell them about how complex and intricate their food is.

[Anonymous No.6478585]

>>6478565
>French cuisine
>not traditional
>>6478568
Why did the OP and >>6478409 imply and state it then?

[Anonymous No.6478599]

>>6478581

food can definitely evoke an emotion. 'conveying a message' is a little more difficult to address because it's more difficult to define.

>>6478576

>they're going be more or less around the average cost of a domestic coach plane ticket, which is...nothing. congratulations

people still shit on it for its price though.

>>6478585

>French cuisine
>not traditional

he was saying you were comparing traditional french cuisine to non-traditional fine dining. of course french cuisine is steeped in tradition.

>Why did the OP and >>6478409 imply and state it then?

the OP said 'contemporary french'. you can obviously see a strong french influence in his menu. the other guy is just a bit thick.

[Anonymous No.6478602]

>>6477653
you need a mortgage for $210? and these are probably incredibly filling dishes. if they weren't that small most most people wouldn't be able to enjoy all 12

[Anonymous No.6478607]

>>6478599
>he was saying you were comparing traditional french cuisine to non-traditional fine dining. of course french cuisine is steeped in tradition.
That's all I wanted to see, someone who isn't dense. Thank you, nice dubs, enjoy your thread

[Anonymous No.6480072]

>>6478052
>You are not merely annoying
Again, what's with blaming me?

>but remove what is troubling
How is some hipster fuck can be anoying you is beyond me.

>>6478461
You know that's the basic human nature, right? Strip "offline" from your sentence and you will understand that it's a story ages old.

[Anonymous No.6480123]

>>6478149
>© 2015 real fine food
"lol"

[Anonymous No.6480131]

>>6478409
>art museum
Exactly.

[Anonymous No.6480162]

>>6477653
You're a 350 pound hamplanet on food stamps who has a panic attack when all the food doesn't come at once.

Also, who let you in here? Please leave before this gets any more uncomfortable than it needs to be.

[Anonymous No.6480174]

[Anonymous No.6480399]

>>6480131
That is hilarious if true.

[Anonymous No.6480407]

>>6480131
I've been an invigilator at a couple of art galleries and sometimes that did happen - though usually it was groups of kids on a field trip leaving clipboards or sketchbooks behind.

[Anonymous No.6480650]

>>6478189
>>6478175
Think hes taking the piss m8, that looks like shite

[Anonymous No.6480666]

>make your portions microscopic in size and put on gigantic empty plates

>stack your food in a little pile and drizzel sauce on it, or foam it up using a whip cream canister

>congratulations, you are now a michelin star restaraunt and can charge $200 per person for dinner

[Anonymous No.6480675]

>>6480666

>acknowledge the only aspect of fine dining that you can observe without ever experiencing it for yourself
>think this means you have the right to judge it as facile

[Anonymous No.6480697]

>>6478175
I TOLD MY M8 BORNEO TO GET ON THE FLOOR AND MAKE A DECONSTRUCTION OF A SALAD AND SHE ACTUALLY DID IT! THE MAD MAN!

[Anonymous No.6480706]

>>6478395

the point is to get to experience a lot of different great tasting things, I'd way rather have that than one expensive dish

[Anonymous No.6480707]

>>6480675

Thats like saying that because youve never written a book, you arent allowed to call a book shit.

"Fine Dinning" is just the dick waving of the food world. Nothing more. Dont fool yourself into thinking its anything more than that.

[Anonymous No.6480712]

>>6480707

>Thats like saying that because youve never written a book, you arent allowed to call a book shit.

...no, it's like saying that because you've never read a book, you aren't allowed to call a book shit. and with botched analogies like you just made, i'm inclined to believe that of you as well.

[Anonymous No.6480727]

>>6478084

this presentation is horrible

[Anonymous No.6480728]

>>6480707

Jesus Christ people like you infuriate me. Being blatantly wrong is one thing but using arguments and comparisons that are so ridiculously stupid it'd give the average kid an aneurism is a whole other level of pants-on-head retarded.

Fuck you, Plebius Maximus, and go microwave your dinner while jerking it to Fox News.

[Anonymous No.6480765]

>tfw poor
>tfw picky eater
would I ever be able to even pay for something like this, or enjoy it?
I can't help but wonder what fine dining stuff tastes like

[Anonymous No.6480778]

>>6478084
why is there a garden on my fucking pie

[Anonymous No.6480779]

>>6480765

if you save up you can afford it it's the price of a video game console.

if you're only a bit picky wherever you go will probably accommodate your preferences seeing as you're paying so much.

[Anonymous No.6480784]

>>6480779
yeah but saving up for weeks to blow on something to eat in one sitting is not going to happen
I would need to be in a lot better spot financially before I even considered eating at a place like that.
also >tfw my ps3 recently got stolen

[Anonymous No.6480902]

>>6477642
This meal costs $210. You can bet your ass I'd want to remember it (and I have no visual memory either), so I'd take fucking pictures. Quit projecting your autist anxieties, nobody gives a shit if you take pictures of your food, unless you're throwing pictures of Chipotle all over social media.

[Anonymous No.6480911]

>>6477642
I'd say that taking pictures of a $10 meal is tacky (I never text or use my phone during meals), but there are different standards when it comes to a meal where a person is paying for an experience and not just sustenance.

[Anonymous No.6480921]

>>6478270
>angry-french-chefs
tautology

[Anonymous No.6480924]

>>6480902
>>6480911

generally you're right that no one cares unless there's flash going off constantly and you get up from the table to get all kinds of angles on it and shit. i've seen this happen.

[Anonymous No.6481284]

>>6478546
>homemade
Does it mean everything else ITT is prepared ?

[Anonymous No.6481291]

>>6481284

it's meaningless, just a buzzword

[Anonymous No.6481302]

>>6477634
waiter, the turtle in this soup is still alive and it's looking at me.

[Anonymous No.6481305]

>>6478175
It looks like leftovers.
Spreading a very small quantity of food all over the plate always looks bad.

[Anonymousse No.6481315]

>>6477629
Don't tell us what to do you cunt.

[Anonymousse No.6481339]

>>6478052
I dealt with an obnoxious cunt like you in a restaurant last week. He advised me from across the room that he didn't like my photographing my meal. I ignored him the first time. The second time he bleeted I rose from the table, walked over to where he was sitting and said

"Do you think you could just shut the fuck up so my wife and I could enjoy our dinners, or do you want me to take your photograph and make you famous overnight on social media? You fucking cunt."

He left with his meal unfinished.

[Anonymousse No.6481352]

>>6478437
Ohh!! Lovely collectors edition gift box set! How luxurious!

[Anonymous No.6481381]

>>6478599
>>6478559
You can't confine French cuisine to Haute cuisine but fine dining certainly is a part of it.
Cuisine bourgeoise is also traditional cuisine. Just because there are simple, cheaper versions of most dishes doesn't make French cuisine inelegant, rough or cheap.

[Anonymous No.6481387]

>>6477677
With regards to the main course I have to say yes.

But when looking at the dessert courses. I think that is enough. meaty food = more dessert = less.

Be open to things, maybe there is something to take away even from things that seems to be pretentious bullshit at the first go.

[Anonymous No.6481446]

>>6478409
>can't understand it takes immense passion, creativity, and technical skill to butcher classic dishes
FTFY

[Anonymous No.6481475]

>>6477633
>It's a chance to show off to my friends at how much money I can afford to spend on moderate to highly priced meals.

If it's not a Birthday party or family gathering, you're wrong.

People don't go on Facebook and get excited when they see pictures of fancy looking food. I doubt you spend hours reviewing all of the photos you've taken of food, and I doubt the people that you were with would even remember where or when the photo was taken. The only thing that taking photos of food serves is annoyance for others* and momentary self-satisfaction.

*If you have your flash on, at least. I doubt anyone would give a fuck you're snapping pictures bright, outdoors setting.

[Anonymous No.6481489]

>>6481475

>People don't go on Facebook and get excited when they see pictures of fancy looking food.

yeah they do

i have friends who flick through instagram making distressed animal noises at pics of food and cooing about how we should go there. it is a thing.

[Anonymous No.6481495]

>>6477665
Uh, that's pretty petite. Where the fuck is it?

[Anonymous No.6481499]

>>6477847
lul

[Anonymous No.6481503]

>>6481489
Fair enough. Pretty much the instant I posted that I remembered that pic related was a thing.

Personally, I still think it's a tad distasteful, at least in a classy, date-night type setting but I can understand why some might have an interest in food prep for whatever reason.

[Anonymous No.6481527]

>>6481503

i agree with you. also maybe it's because i've worked in restaurants a bit but i feel like people focus on presentation too much these days. a beautifully unmoulded and glazed cheesecake could still be shit.

[Anonymous No.6482136]

>>6478088
holy shit that olive looks like a face

[Anonymous No.6482400]

>>6477640
Did they put a flower on it because they're sorry it died?

[Anonymous No.6482423]

>>6478138
God I can hear your monocle popping out all the way over here.

[syn !!5auGoPfbzhy No.6484532]

>>6477621

Which is this? I've done the tasting at both: Melisse (sp?) and Providence. I thought the former was fantastic the the latter was consistently over-seasoned.

Also, how did Matsuhisu not get three stars?

/the M guide is five (??) years out of date in LA.

[Anonymous No.6484536]

>>6477664

Anon clearly said it was lamb.

[Anonymous No.6484541]

>>6478244

Now That's what I call fine dining. So sophisticated, such elegance.

[Anonymous No.6484547]

>>6478470

Can we be friends?

[Anonymous No.6484559]

>>6477687
>he's never had gellin' macarons

[Anonymous No.6484561]

>>6478240
>takoyaki
>not drenched in mayonnaise
I wish everyone did that

[Anonymous No.6484574]

>>6478240
>bokeh turned up
>terrible shot
im sure it tastes great, but as a poster on /p/, i need to say you fucked up. at least make sure the whole plate is in focus, no blur on that fucking stick in the front. christ man...

[Anonymous No.6484693]

>>6484574
>but as a poster on /p/

Go back to your containment board. Nobody gives a fuck.

[Anonymous No.6484760]

>>6477642
Sometimes people have thoughts that are different than yours and that's okay. If you don't like something then you don't have to participate.

Stop being butthurt and get on with your life.

[Anonymous No.6485024]

>>6478428
>It was more like a cup of soup. Which isn't tons, but the flavor was so deep and rich that it felt like more than enough.
>You don't have to believe me, but honestly I was definitely VERY full. Not stuffed as if I went to some buffet, but I did not leave hungry by any means. The amt of food total is plenty, just stretched over many different flavors and dishes instead of say, a single huge steak you'd get at a steakhouse. It's a weird concept but if the portions were any bigger there couldn't be so many courses in a single sitting.

I am not the same guy but as someone who indulges in food fairs and checks out restaurants I do have to agree fine dining does leave you full because of the flavor of the dish.

Harshest lesson learned was when I booked for not one but two restaurants.

[Anonymous No.6485034]

>>6480706
but MUH STEAK! steak is the nicest thing I can imagine and anything better is a jew scam!

[Anonymous No.6485754]

[Anonymous No.6485795]

>>6477633
It shows that you consider facebook and the internet like a person which proves you are child brained.

[Anonymous No.6486356]

>>6478063
>>6478069
>>6478073
>>6478078
>>6478084
>>6478088

>song-based meals
>songs don't even have any relation to each other
>nothing new or inventive, just things you could eat at a less fancy restaurant for a fraction of the price
>throwing a bucketful of leaves and flowers all over a meal = skillful presentation, right?
>fucking popcorn
>$150

You've done me a big favour, anon. I now know what restaurant to avoid like the plague should I get obscenely rich.

[Anonymous No.6486415]

>>6485795
I've taken pics at expensive/memorable restaurants and I never do any kind of social media. You know cameras existed before the twitternet, my millennial child?