The Art and Science of Good Spending at the Black Hole Bistro
I am catching up on my email, getting back to my "float" of 79 unread messages.
I decided to read one email titled "The Art and Science of Good Eating at the Black Hole Bistro". Sometimes I just archive the Perimeter Institute emails without reading them, but I like food (as you'll see from my post later today) so I decided to read it.
Chef Frank Dodd, Hillebrand Winery
March 26, 2010 @ 6:30 pm
Gastronomy
Groan. "Gastronomy" is a real word, but there's no way the person who wrote the email doesn't realize it's also a terrible pun. Chef Frank Dodd is the former Head chef at Langdon Hall - he will be bringing with him expertise in the 'Sous-vide' cooking method as well as foods from the Niagara Peninsula and wines crafted at Hillebrand Winery. Read More »
$125/Ticket (includes 4 course dinner, wine pairings, tax, and gratuity)
$85/Ticket (includes 4 course dinner, non-alcoholic beverages, tax, and gratuity)
$125 a ticket? I heard from timmyson that the black hole bistro was expensive, but that's pretty rich. Has anyone ever been there? Can someone tell me whether it's worth it?
I mean, that's per person. Imagine you'd want to (I know this is crazy talk) bring a date or something. That's $250 for a two-person outing! For that money, you might as well go to real fancy places. Or buy some electronics.
Yes, I realize one could save $40 by not getting the wine. But, I'd get the wine. I like wine. And in general, if I'm going to set out to have "an experience", I try and avoid the "lite" version. To me, that price tag says it's $125, or I'm better off not going at all.
I feel like I should have been drinking a glass of wine just to read the email, so I could do a good spit-take all over my computer screen.
The Wikipedia entry for spit-take represents one of the few times I've been disappointed with the site. These are not good examples of spit-takes.