Every year, Forbes picks the most expensive restaurants in the world, pinpointing the upper limit on what people are willing to spend for a meal. Their 2006 list is complied with data that the Zagat survey provides and is based on the cost, per person, of one entree, one alcoholic beverage and a tip. Presumably, the entree prices and drink prices are an average amount and, of course, the inclusion of a tip shows the US-bias in the way that the list is set up, since in many places tipping standards would not be set up the same way, if at all. It does not seem to include any restaurants where prix fixe or tasting menus are the standard.
Topping the list, for the second year in a row, is Tokyo's Aragawa at $368 per person for a Kobe beef steak (they basically only have one entree). Alain Ducasse au Plaza Athénée, in Paris, took second place at $231 per person. The rest of the list included: Gordon Ramsay, London ($183); Acquarello, Munich ($125); Sushi Kaji, Toronto ($109); Queue de Cheval Steak House , Montreal ($85); El Amparo, Madrid ($70); Whampoa Club, Shanghai ($63) and Boeucc, Milan ($62)
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10-18-2006 @ 2:55AM
Eric said...
These restaurants with the exception of $300 meal for one arent that outrageously expensive and definitely arent the most expensive #10 was $65 I live in Beverly Hills and know of several restaurants where you cant get out of the door for under $100 and there is supposedly a Sushi place that costs over a thousand for a chef chosen feast
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10-22-2006 @ 1:59PM
Dan Tannenbaum said...
And where is Buli on this list?
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