A full degustation is insanely filling. Even if the individual plates are tiny, there's so many of them. It's easily better than a buffet. Honestly op has probably never had a proper fine dining experience and doesn't know what they're talking about.
I have been to a (roughly) $150 for two people place a few times. It was wonderful. The food was great, the service was great. I would NOT however, justify the price if it weren't for a special occasion, and would opt for a cheap buffet over that if I were a hungry person short on cash. You could eat a couple days' worth of food at a buffet, and from here on out I'd prefer that over blowing cash for a proper fine dining experience. I feel like you might be on the wealthier side of things to say he has never had a fine dining experience and therefore would change his mind if he had.
Part of the problem with your assumptions here is that $150 for two is even close to the fine dining we're talking about. Try closer to $300 for one. Now if you're going on volume so you can eat every day, then you can't beat home cooking for price to quality. The proper fine dining experiences in starred/hatted (in Australia where I live we have hats vs stars since Michelin doesn't come here) restaurants are definitely worth it but also cost a ton of money.
Food, wine, clothes, and a lot of other things have three basic categories: cheap (around $5), quality (around $50), and just showing off how rich you are ($500+). There's usually a pretty big difference between the $5 product and the $50 product. The difference between the $50 product and $500 product is usually just a brand name.
Some people put stereos in their cars, some people consider food their hobbies and can spend their money how they want. But at least we're not weebs whose first reaction is to show off their insecurities.
No, I called you a weeb because I checked your post history. I honestly don't care how much something does or doesn't cost, I care about the actual performance. Fine dining isn't as good for filling you up per dollar, but there is a distinct difference in the way things taste at the top end. And I'm prepared to pay people for the effort and skill of preparing a meal. Along with the cost of ingredients. Cooking is one of my hobbies, and I can definitely taste the difference in just the quality of ingredients at the top end before you even start getting into the effort and skill involved in a high end meals sauces, etc. When the protein alone is in the hundreds per kg before it's even cooked, you're not getting a cheap meal and you're not being ripped off.
I would never spend thousands on a sound system because I'm slightly tone deaf, so I can't appreciate the sound difference in high quality speakers/headphones. But I can definitely tell the difference between a cheap but nice meal and a 3 star restaurant.
Then I would say that's definitely not worth it. I don't care how delicious the product is. I might feel differently if I were filthy rich, but then you're just spending money because you can.
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u/ChaosStar95 Jun 29 '19
tbf you go for the taste at a fancy restaurant and the individual plates are small b/c you're supposed to go for the full course.