You're also paying for the time. Like why should I spend hours preparing, cooking, and checking on some complex dish and then spend the time cleaning up the dishes and having them take up space drying off when some cooks at a restaurant will do everything for me? Especially if you're cooking something with a strong smell which smells up the house for a day afterwards?
I am not rich-rich but I have been to many fine dining places and as a rule they don't have a gimmick like these ones, or anything resembling it, because the idea of 'having taste' is that it is all understated and plain. A lot of them have a limited or set menu because you are supposed to trust the chef to give you the best, and because it's limited to what good fresh produce they could get that day, so it will change constantly. Often there are no prices listed. More laid back than you might expect, because class pretensions exist for people trying to get into a social class, not for those already there. You will probably find more snootiness in one of these tacky branded restaurants than you would in a place for the genuinely well off. I have personally never come across the 'snooty rude waiter' stereotype, even in French cuisine. Maybe it existed in the past, I don't know.
If people are busy and believe their time is valuable, they choose to outsource their labor to somebody else, rather than traveling to a market or butcher, buying food, coming home, finding a recipe, spending hours cooking the three or so dishes you will get at a restaurant, and cleaning up. Same reason people pay for cleaners, assistants, gardeners, accountants, hairdressers, et cetera.
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I would legit never cook anything or go to the market to get groceries if i could afford it, i find it tedious and it takes time from my day but i agree for most people is retarded since most of us are not nearly as wealthy to be spending several times over a normal food budget and not have it make a dent in their finances.
I can't fathom why they let in this horrendous crackwhore. The restaurant looks interesting, but this is exactly why I hate the brand. It attracts crack and other types of whores. I've seen pics from a hotel by Lous Vuitton, but it is so bland. It is literally the definition of minimalist Scandinavian style. Which I hate, but then again. I don't mind the look of Trump's penthouse. Aside from the beige, which is an overall awful colour.
They still attract poors.
Same, the best places don't give you a big menu with a lot of options but like 3 different multi course meals that you can pick from, and they don't really want you to make changes, unless it's some random expensive add on they casually suggest. But some places let you pick stuff too. They are always nice, and the dress code is more just don't be a slob than anything.
There's a fishmonger I like that doesn't change their menu, but they do get the fresh stuff and have a limited menu. Sounds a bit similar.
Like what? Something like acknowledging the location of the restaurant?
Because the horrendous crackwhore has just enough money to get in and that's what they want. Can't have the other crackwhores thinking they aren't welcome to spend their own money at the joint.
You guys are making me realize I HAVE been to some rich people restaurants, but because they weren't "fancy" I'd just put them in the "expensive but cool" category.
I see this but I also enjoy cooking which apparently not everyone does. For me it takes on the form of self expression and once you know the basics of herb combos/meat temping/basic pasta rolling it is just second nature and you can just make your own recipes with little beforehand knowledge. Like going to grocery store and building a dish based on ingredients is very fun to me. 'cleaning' takes less than 5 minutes unless you let pots/pans sit in their rot.
A place I used to have lunch at a lot had a Victoriana theme going on, and if it's ethnic cuisine it might have artwork or pictures related to that (a Serbian place I go to that attracts the business-lunch crowd has a lot of photos on the wall of the family back in their old country, I suppose to emphasize how connected they are and how genuine the food is). It depends.
Can I reasonably assume that these brands have gone downmarket over the past few years?
Disney World has Victoria & Albert's though.
Foodie behavior isn't exactly the same as consoomer behavior, but it has a lot of similarities; for example, both groups tend to base their identities on what they consoom. Here are a couple of good articles on the topic that came to mind.
McDonald's had adult happy meals in 2004. They came with a pedometer.
The very act of an adult buying a happy meal is a pedometer all its own
You want to be sure I won’t ever buy your fast food again, MickeyD? Tell me how many steps I gotta take to burn it off and then mock me by counting each one.
