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The ONLY time that I have EVER spent that kind of money on a meal was to take my wife out for her birthday once to an EXTREMELY high-end restaurant with a chef’s tasting menu kind of thing. It was by far the most extravagant and overly ridiculous meal I’ve ever had and I will NOT be doing it again. The money was for the ‘experience’ and not the food. Gimme some fried chicken over caviar any day.
Typical ‘eating out’ meals are around $30 - $40. Grocery store trips are between $100 and $300 depending on what we need. Fast food is rarely over $30, and if it is it’s because I got it delivered.
I tend to be fairly frugal when it comes to grocery shopping. I’ll go to Aldi for most things, or look for ‘store brand’ knockoff products elsewhere. I swapped ground beef for ground turkey years ago and I can get a pound of that for $2 at Aldi.
how long ago was that?
a tasting menu for two in my city is over $1000+
$200 is like a first date a pub these days.
Two years ago? I think? Might be more. I've slept since then.
I was going on $200 dinner dates in 2007, but back then that was a nice place that today would cost you $600+