First world problems

[MrCrowesGarden]

Bad yacht paint jobs are a big issue among hedge fund billionaires who have no taste.

That looks like it was built out of Legos. I fail to see the problem.

[Swingingbunt]

My hot water gets too hot if I'm not careful.

I got a little sunburned when playing golf for the fourth time this week.

The "Wrinkle Remover" setting on my dryer is only adequate.

[Michael]

When my wife and I go to fine dining restaurants she prefers ordering prix fixe/ala carte while I prefer tasting menus.

Leave the [expletive] at home. I love tasting menus.

Most places let you order a tasting and a prix fixe, but they obviously hate it and the service gets out of sync.

What the hell is a tasting menu?

Meals with several smaller courses, usually around 7-12. This link is the 21 course tasting from Aliena in Chicago.


Gosh, I wanna kick my own ass.

[TimeForGuinness]

When my wife and I go to fine dining restaurants she prefers ordering prix fixe/ala carte while I prefer tasting menus.

Leave the [expletive] at home. I love tasting menus.

Most places let you order a tasting and a prix fixe, but they obviously hate it and the service gets out of sync.

What the hell is a tasting menu?

Meals with several smaller courses, usually around 7-12. This link is the 21 course tasting from Aliena in Chicago.


Gosh, I wanna kick my own ass.

So it's like tapas?

[Michael]

Yes, but the menu is set and typically the dishes are served one at a time with some sort of progression. With tapas you order several small dishes from a large menu and new dishes can be served while you're eating other dishes. Tasting menus were first popularized by restaurants serving French haute cuisine, now it's offered at most "foodie restaurants". I like tasting menus because you can sample many of a chef's best dishes.

I'm such a nancy-boy.

[ThatGuy]

Yes, but the menu is set and typically the dishes are served one at a time with some sort of progression. With tapas you order several small dishes from a large menu and new dishes can be served while you're eating other dishes. Tasting menus were first popularized by restaurants serving French haute cuisine, now it's offered at most "foodie restaurants". I like tasting menus because you can sample many of a chef's best dishes.

I had my first tapas experience at Salt in St. Louis. Very much enjoyed it.

[Tambourine Man]

I'm such a nancy-boy.

I certainly hope you fired the chef on the GRB Yacht, my dear boy. My last trip to Monaco was absolutely ruined by that incompetent fool.

[Michael]

I had my first tapas experience at Salt in St. Louis. Very much enjoyed it.

Tapas can be a lot of fun. It's a good place to take a first date because ordering and eating takes some coordination so gives you something to talk about.

By far the best tapas restaurant I've ever been to is Jaleo in Las Vegas. Jose Andres pretty much popularized tapas in the US.



TM, I deserved that.

[docellis]

After spending about 30 minutes in East St. Louis today, I am concerned that the area I passed through has very few first world problems. I might be overreacting, but I have really never had a street level view (at least, not in the last 15 years) and I swear, when I saw 2 amazing buildings - stuff that would take a million dollars to replicate - with literal forests growing on their roofs...and the house on the main drag with a for sale sign of $750...I really almost cried today.

[Tambourine Man]

doc, take your humanity and sympathy to another thread. This thread is about people with real problems.