I care about a lot of things – ripping off people with £1500 to blow on some meat isn’t one of them.
The only people buying that are people who want everybody to know they blew £1500 on meat. He could be serving re-heated McDonalds for all I care.
Per Jay Rayner in the Observer a few weeks ago:
> There is a 1976 essay on the end of empires by the fabulously named General Sir John Glubb which is instructional here. He posits that empires move from affluence to decadence easily, and then collapse. Sitting at my picnic table holding one of Kebab Kid’s finest, I wonder whether we are now teetering on the edge. After all, as well as tasting of nothing, all that gold leaf will pass straight through the body. So let me leave you with this image: Salt Bae’s customers, the morning after the night before, getting off the throne, looking down and clocking that all their money has bought them is a bunch of glittering turds.
If I’m not wrong, the “gold” used you can buy from Amazon for dirt cheap and make your own for a fraction of the cost. It isn’t a luxury product, it’s just that restaurant and store owners know they can charge premium because it sounds luxury.
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I don’t blame the guy–he’s ripping off people with more money than sense and making a good earner from it.
I thought it was pretty well known gold has not taste, it’s [effectively] totally inert. It’s all about looks, if bling is your thing then I presume a gold leaf covered steak floats your boat.
I’ve seen a couple of his clips and the steak looks very good quality and well cooked, beyond that the customers are paying for the entertainment.
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I care about a lot of things – ripping off people with £1500 to blow on some meat isn’t one of them.
The only people buying that are people who want everybody to know they blew £1500 on meat. He could be serving re-heated McDonalds for all I care.
Per Jay Rayner in the Observer a few weeks ago:
> There is a 1976 essay on the end of empires by the fabulously named General Sir John Glubb which is instructional here. He posits that empires move from affluence to decadence easily, and then collapse. Sitting at my picnic table holding one of Kebab Kid’s finest, I wonder whether we are now teetering on the edge. After all, as well as tasting of nothing, all that gold leaf will pass straight through the body. So let me leave you with this image: Salt Bae’s customers, the morning after the night before, getting off the throne, looking down and clocking that all their money has bought them is a bunch of glittering turds.
If I’m not wrong, the “gold” used you can buy from Amazon for dirt cheap and make your own for a fraction of the cost. It isn’t a luxury product, it’s just that restaurant and store owners know they can charge premium because it sounds luxury.
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I don’t blame the guy–he’s ripping off people with more money than sense and making a good earner from it.
I thought it was pretty well known gold has not taste, it’s [effectively] totally inert. It’s all about looks, if bling is your thing then I presume a gold leaf covered steak floats your boat.
I’ve seen a couple of his clips and the steak looks very good quality and well cooked, beyond that the customers are paying for the entertainment.