Author Topic: The 250 hamburger (Read 4047 times)

poche · « **on:** May 14, 2014, 12:13:30 AM »

When a new restaurant in New York City announced that it was going to offer a burger on its menu for $250 and call it the Indulgence Burger, we had to find out what could make a burger so expensive.

So with curiosity and an empty stomach, we visited the inventor of the burger to see for ourselves. Chef Nok of Beer and Buns in Manhattan is not only the creator of the burger; he’s also the only person who’s allowed to make it.

The ingredients are so specialized, it needs to be ordered a day in advance and the restaurant cannot afford to let anyone else cook the burger.

The table of ingredients that Chef Nok has laid out in preparation to make the burger includes: foie gras, beluga caviar, shaved truffle, a freshly ground Kobe beef patty, pancetta, caviar mayonnaise, and heirloom tomatoes.

The ingredients were clearly indulgent, but how does it taste? It was delicious, of course, but with a $250 price tag you better really like burgers.

This isn’t the first restaurant to make a burger into a status symbol; in fact it’s become a bit of a trend. Serendipity 3 in New York sells a similarly indulgent burger for $295, making Chef Nok’s burger the 2nd most expensive in New York

https://news.yahoo.com/blogs/up-for-anything-abc-news/makes-burger-cost-250-174919732.html

crossbro · « **Reply #1 on:** May 14, 2014, 12:57:47 AM »

If I was mentally retarded I might drive past McDonalds to buy one of those.

poche · « **Reply #2 on:** May 14, 2014, 03:58:15 AM »

Quote from: crossbro

If I was mentally retarded I might drive past McDonalds to buy one of those.

You can't just drive in and get it. You would have to order it a day in advance.

PerEvangelicaDicta · « **Reply #3 on:** May 14, 2014, 08:43:39 AM »

Of course it had to be kobe or wagyu beef.
There are quite a few restaurants in the greater Miami area that offer these gourmet hamburgers with just about identical ingredients, for 65- 75. Such a bargain! :ready-to-eat:

A family member stayed in that area at a hotel that featured kobe steaks in their restaurant (dinner menu) for a small fortune (hundreds). He looked at the lunch menu and they offered these specialty kobe beef burgers for approx 20. For that price, he tried it to see 'what all the fuss is about'. Apparently, if you have the money, it's worth every cent.

You'd have to be pagan though, to enjoy it, don't you think?
How can a soul with a conscience truly enjoy a 250 hamburger when there are other good Catholics struggling to survive?

Dolores · « **Reply #4 on:** May 14, 2014, 10:17:35 AM »

Quote from: PerEvangelicaDicta

You'd have to be pagan though, to enjoy it, don't you think?
How can a soul with a conscience truly enjoy a 250 hamburger when there are other good Catholics struggling to survive?

Sounds like a rather Marxist thing to say.

Would you be saying the same thing if someone was spending the same amount of money on traditional French cuisine?

Matthew · « **Reply #5 on:** May 14, 2014, 12:29:22 PM »

Eating expensive food is one of the 5 forms of Gluttony: "Laute" exquisite or expensive.

http://www.cathinfo.com/catholic.php/Extravagance-compatible-with-Catholicism

There is more than one way to be gluttonous. The most popular way is "nimis" or eating too much -- filling your face until you puke.

But there are 5 forms of gluttony, which go under the abbreviation PLANS

Praepropere - outside normal mealtimes, or grazing like a cow
Laute - expensive, luxuriously
Ardenter - eating too eagerly/fast
Nimis - eating too much
Studiose - being picky or fastidious about food, how it's prepared, etc.

PerEvangelicaDicta · « **Reply #6 on:** May 14, 2014, 04:46:03 PM »

Quote from: Dolores

Quote from: PerEvangelicaDicta
You'd have to be pagan though, to enjoy it, don't you think?
How can a soul with a conscience truly enjoy a 250 hamburger when there are other good Catholics struggling to survive?

Sounds like a rather Marxist thing to say.

Would you be saying the same thing if someone was spending the same amount of money on traditional French cuisine?

Sadly, I'm not surprised you'd make a comment like this. I've been praying for you.
See Matthew's post for proper Catholic instruction.

Capt McQuigg · « **Reply #7 on:** May 14, 2014, 04:56:03 PM »

I like Hardee's burgers a lot.

I am okay with McDonald's.

Most restaurants make excellent burgers.

But my wife makes the best burger from scratch and it crazy good when my son barbecues it on the coal smoker!

Dolores · « **Reply #8 on:** May 14, 2014, 06:08:59 PM »

Quote from: PerEvangelicaDicta

Quote from: Dolores
Quote from: PerEvangelicaDicta
You'd have to be pagan though, to enjoy it, don't you think?
How can a soul with a conscience truly enjoy a 250 hamburger when there are other good Catholics struggling to survive?

Sounds like a rather Marxist thing to say.

Would you be saying the same thing if someone was spending the same amount of money on traditional French cuisine?

Sadly, I'm not surprised you'd make a comment like this. I've been praying for you.
See Matthew's post for proper Catholic instruction.

I would suggest you take your own advice, and stop being so pompous. If there is a sin in buying a $250 hamburger (a big "if"), it is related to gluttony, and not because others are poor. The later comes from Marxist thought.

PerEvangelicaDicta · « **Reply #9 on:** May 14, 2014, 06:25:13 PM »

Put your pride aside and see Matthews post for proper Catholic instruction.

And talk to a priest about your bitter nature. It comes through in so many of your comments, regardless of topic. That's why I pray for you. I guess I apologize for being 'pompous' in this effort. Forgive me, but I will keep praying for you.

Nadir · « **Reply #10 on:** May 14, 2014, 08:01:31 PM »

Quote from: Matthew

Eating expensive food is one of the 5 forms of Gluttony: "Laute" exquisite or expensive.

http://www.cathinfo.com/catholic.php/Extravagance-compatible-with-Catholicism

There is more than one way to be gluttonous. The most popular way is "nimis" or eating too much -- filling your face until you puke.

But there are 5 forms of gluttony, which go under the abbreviation PLANS

Praepropere - outside normal mealtimes, or grazing like a cow
Laute - expensive, luxuriously
Ardenter - eating too eagerly/fast
Nimis - eating too much
Studiose - being picky or fastidious about food, how it's prepared, etc.

Matthew, I'd like to suggest that you make this quote a permanent fixture for a decent time. It is very informative and I am sure very relevant to lots of people around here. It will help me to moderate my "grazing".

Can anyone name a saint who, upon conversion, did not distribute (at least) their surplus money/belongings to the poor. Then again maybe they were marxists.

I'm sorry I didn't read it before I posted on the abovementioned thread.

poche · « **Reply #11 on:** May 14, 2014, 10:24:18 PM »

Quote from: PerEvangelicaDicta

Of course it had to be kobe or wagyu beef.
There are quite a few restaurants in the greater Miami area that offer these gourmet hamburgers with just about identical ingredients, for 65- 75. Such a bargain! :ready-to-eat:

A family member stayed in that area at a hotel that featured kobe steaks in their restaurant (dinner menu) for a small fortune (hundreds). He looked at the lunch menu and they offered these specialty kobe beef burgers for approx 20. For that price, he tried it to see 'what all the fuss is about'. Apparently, if you have the money, it's worth every cent.

You'd have to be pagan though, to enjoy it, don't you think?
How can a soul with a conscience truly enjoy a 250 hamburger when there are other good Catholics struggling to survive?

It gives other people the job of supplying, cooking, etc...

poche · « **Reply #12 on:** May 14, 2014, 10:25:22 PM »

Praepropere - outside normal mealtimes, or grazing like a cow

I am told that diabetics are told to eat this way.

Matthew · « **Reply #13 on:** May 15, 2014, 09:05:13 PM »

Quote from: poche

Praepropere - outside normal mealtimes, or grazing like a cow

I am told that diabetics are told to eat this way.

Good for the diabetics. That only applies to them.

I'm not going to give "my blessing" for the camel to put his nose under the tent.

I'm not going to tear down or nullify what I posted. I posted Catholic doctrine; take it or leave it.

Not speaking about you personally, poche, but many moderns don't rest until they find an exception for every law. That comforts them in a way, as if it's still relative and not an absolute.

I've seen this on many Catholic fora. Like the classic which I've seen multiple times, "I'm single and not sɛҳuąƖly active. My doctor has prescribed birth control to regulate my cycle. Is that OK?" People love getting the camel to put his nose under the tent, so it can proceed to destroy the whole tent.

No thanks.

Zeitun · « **Reply #14 on:** May 15, 2014, 11:27:12 PM »

I'm allergic to incense--I guess I don't have to go to Mass anymore, right?