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#81
10-24-2005, 07:10 PM
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Re: Most expensive thing you\'ve ever ate/drank?
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[img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]. A weapon used in the early fighting to try to make you use your phone as a computer rather than the computer as a phone when in future all your clients will merge. A battle that still continues. [/ QUOTE ] [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] I [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] the minitel. I do not think anyone in the US knows what that is. 
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#82
10-24-2005, 07:40 PM
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I've seen a few references to Kobe beef in this thread but recently read that you can't get Kobe beef in the US as Japan forbids exporting any of it. Is this true? [/ QUOTE ] That is for the most part correct. Most people who think they have had "Kobe beef" have actually not had real Kobe beef. The general takeaway from most of this stuff is that if you've had a "Kobe steak" or "Kobe burger" or something like that, you probably haven't had Kobe beef. If you've had something like Kobe carpaccio, there's a higher chance you had real Kobe beef. I think I've posted this stuff before, interesting reading. - good overview. Apparently much of the "Kobe beef" sold in Japan are actually cows from the Wagyu breed, raised in the US using "Kobe procedures" and then shipped back to Kobe for slaughter. Some more information - There was a US ban on Japanese beef import from 2001 due to mad cow. But that ended in Nov 2004, so you can once again obtain true Japanese-raised Kobe beef here at some places. - about faux-Kobe during 2001-2004
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#83
10-24-2005, 11:47 PM
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For anyone in No. Va, the Fairfax Wegman's sells Kobe steak and ground beef and it's not too expensive. In fact, I almost always buy it instead of a regular steak. [/ QUOTE ] Wegman's RULES
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#85
10-25-2005, 01:26 PM
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Re: Most expensive thing you\'ve ever ate/drank?
Four words: Le Cirque, The Bellagio.
It was $600 for two but I had just won the Orleans morning holdem tourney for $2350 so I splurged with the wife. I did wine pairings with the meal. Without wine you could get out of there for 2 at just under $300. Indy
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#86
10-25-2005, 02:45 PM
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Re: Most expensive thing you\'ve ever ate/drank?
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Four words: Le Cirque, The Bellagio. It was $600 for two but I had just won the Orleans morning holdem tourney for $2350 so I splurged with the wife. I did wine pairings with the meal. Without wine you could get out of there for 2 at just under $300. Indy [/ QUOTE ] What did you have? I had the lamb, and while I had enjoyed more than a few glasses of wine and felt the effects, I would easily rate it in the top 3 food experiences of my life.
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#87
10-25-2005, 02:54 PM
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Re: Most expensive thing you\'ve ever ate/drank?
I once drank a heaping spoonful of antimatter, which is the most expensive thing in the world. I exploded.
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#88
10-25-2005, 03:22 PM
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Re: Most expensive thing you\'ve ever ate/drank?
I once had a dinner at the bellvue in Prague, about $90 us in the Spring 2001 right before my 21st Birthday. Not too impressive unless you've been there and know how far money goes there. (And the dollar was much stronger then). Probably about the equivalent of $350-400 here.
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#89
10-25-2005, 04:07 PM
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Wow. I'll bet the ladies melt when you bust out the Tiger Penis. RRRRRAAAAWWWWWWWR. Does it help your "performance"? [/ QUOTE ] Made with bits of real tiger, so you know its good.
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