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Diners Feast on the World's Most Expensive Meal
ABC News ^ | February 10, 2007 | Jason Volack

Posted on 02/11/2007 11:23:13 AM PST by EveningStar

It took a big appetite and an even bigger bank account to get through tonight's meal at the Dome Restaurant in Bankok, Thailand. It was billed as the most expensive meal ever served...

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Food; Society
KEYWORDS: gourmand; gourmet
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1 posted on 02/11/2007 11:23:15 AM PST by EveningStar
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To: HungarianGypsy

food


2 posted on 02/11/2007 11:48:49 AM PST by EveningStar (Hillary Clinton is Hugo Chavez in a pantsuit - P. J. O'Rourke)
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To: EveningStar
Highlights of the 10-course meal include a "crème brûlée of foie gras with Tonga beans", which will be served with a 1990 Louis Roederer Cristal; "a tartare of Kobe beef with Imperial Beluga caviar and Belons oyster", served with a 1995 Krug; and "Veal cheeks with Perigord truffles", served with a 1955 Château Latour.

"Yea, uh, could I get that with a diet Coke?"
3 posted on 02/11/2007 12:04:26 PM PST by rockrr (Never argue with a man who buys ammo in bulk...)
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To: EveningStar
Sophiane Foster had trouble getting through her eighth course of pigeon en croute with cepes mushrooms: "I can't finish it. Your senses can only take so much."

They ate pigeon.

4 posted on 02/11/2007 12:11:08 PM PST by bannie
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To: bannie

ewwww. I think pigeon I think of nasty dirty birds. I always thought they nicely called it squab which wouldn't make me want to eat it either.

http://www.epicurious.com/cooking/how_to/food_dictionary/entry?id=4728


5 posted on 02/11/2007 12:38:05 PM PST by pandoraou812 ( zero tolerance to the will of Allah ...... dilligaf? with an efg.....)
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To: rockrr

Tartar...gag me with a spoon.


6 posted on 02/11/2007 12:58:59 PM PST by processing please hold (Duncan Hunter '08) (ROP and Open Borders-a terrorist marriage and hell's coming with them)
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To: EveningStar
Tartar of Kobe beef with Imperial Beluga caviar and Belons oyster Antoine Westermann

"Uh, say buddy, ya' got a bottle of catsup around here????"

7 posted on 02/11/2007 1:10:34 PM PST by GoldCountryRedneck ("God made liquor and God made brew, so ugly people could have sex too" - unknown)
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To: processing please hold
No no! it's tartare ! To do it right you need to stick out your pinky finger and you gotta say it with one of those faggy french accents...
8 posted on 02/11/2007 2:18:21 PM PST by rockrr (Never argue with a man who buys ammo in bulk...)
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To: rockrr

a tartare of Kobe beef

Mmmmmmmmm, to die for.
A glass of Suntory and an Ashai chaser
and don't forget the dried squid appetizers!!!


9 posted on 02/11/2007 2:24:34 PM PST by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: tet68
No...its got to be fresh squid, maybe a little octopus on the side.
10 posted on 02/11/2007 2:29:08 PM PST by pandoraou812 ( zero tolerance to the will of Allah ...... dilligaf? with an efg.....)
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To: EveningStar

Some of that food sounds absolutely yucky :(


11 posted on 02/11/2007 2:37:01 PM PST by TheSpottedOwl (Are those coyotes I hear, or is Hillary singing again?)
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To: bannie

Gee, I always thought winged rats were cat food. Learn something new every day. Bleeech!


12 posted on 02/11/2007 2:53:44 PM PST by TheSpottedOwl (Are those coyotes I hear, or is Hillary singing again?)
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To: TheSpottedOwl
It does seem like these "feasts" are made up of bits and pieces of pig feed.

"Epicureans."

Go figger'.
13 posted on 02/11/2007 2:56:26 PM PST by bannie
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To: bannie

Epicureans my rear end. I'm happy with Sizzler and Hometown Buffet.


14 posted on 02/11/2007 3:22:25 PM PST by TheSpottedOwl (Are those coyotes I hear, or is Hillary singing again?)
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To: rockrr
I have a finger I'd like to give the french and it ain't my pinky. :-)
15 posted on 02/11/2007 3:35:32 PM PST by processing please hold (Duncan Hunter '08) (ROP and Open Borders-a terrorist marriage and hell's coming with them)
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To: EveningStar

16 posted on 02/11/2007 3:40:54 PM PST by GraniteStateConservative (...He had committed no crime against America so I did not bring him here...-- Worst.President.Ever.)
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To: rockrr; processing please hold

I love tartare sauce!!! ;)


17 posted on 02/11/2007 7:06:11 PM PST by gopheraj
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To: gopheraj

;-)


18 posted on 02/11/2007 7:08:44 PM PST by processing please hold (Duncan Hunter '08) (ROP and Open Borders-a terrorist marriage and hell's coming with them)
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To: GraniteStateConservative

And finally, monsieur, a wafer-thin mint.


19 posted on 02/11/2007 7:25:07 PM PST by EveningStar (Hillary Clinton is Hugo Chavez in a pantsuit - P. J. O'Rourke)
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