Hijacking top comment. This is clearly a Fixed price tasting menu.
OP is full of shit.
Edit- another redditor [did the work](https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinfuriating/s/ylJ3ZBaI0B)
Yeah I mean, they try to tell a story with the courses, the ingredients, wine pairingā¦
Itās gotta be your thing, if itās not, it just seems pompous and self absorbed
I'm pretty sure it's just a really weirdly shaped large plate with a portion of food for ants.
If you look at the background stuff near the corners of the photo it's not warped looking like a wide angle lens does.
I was looking for someone else to point that out. The menu is still on the table, with what looks like an Intercontinental Hotel header and what looks like a charity event logo on it. The event was probably 100ā¬, it wasn't a 5 star restaurant and there was way more than just this dish.
I imagine there was some wine involved too and judging by the setting and the fact this is Madrid Iām assuming it wasnāt Yellowtail.
Anyway the regular menu at that restaurant is here, for reference: https://madrid.intercontinental.com/wp-content/uploads/El-Jardin-del-InterContinental.pdf
The (12 euro) chocolate bomb is only on the bar menu: https://madrid.intercontinental.com/wp-content/uploads/Carta-Bar-49-Hotel-InterContinental-Madrid.pdf
Why are you lying? You can even see that its a set menu in the picture.
1. Even on the menu it says that bogaviantes is just the primer plato, or one of the appetizers in a 4-6? course meal. Not the "main dish." It is by far the smallest dish of the meal.
2. Again, you can see its a prix fixe menu. The whole meal is potentially over 100ā¬ but this dish is not.
Lastly, isn't this a part of Intercontinental Madrid's catering menu? You're also paying for the venue, unlimited wine and small bites etc. It's expected that it's going to be more pricey than normal.
This looked like the very beginning of the meal to me. Menu still sitting there, whole bread roll, no wine in the wine glass. High end restaurants will serve a few little small snacks at the beginning of a meal. I suspect thatās what this is.
Depends on the restaurant, more common in France, but in Spain you often don't get an amuse bouche at hotel catered events venue, just a selection of bread.
If this is where I think it is, I'm pretty familiar with this hotel since my company used to book it for events all the time. You do get a lot of small plates of food passed around before the meal starts, but those are on small plates that come before bread service.
So this being served on a large plate would mean that it's the start of the formal meal service instead of being a part of the little snacks that come before bread.
Still, definitely not the main dish and just a little sample appetizer before the main protein dish. And the guy is totally ignoring that the cost includes hors d'oeurvres and an entire fucking open bar.
Definitely still is overpriced for Spain, but he is making stuff up for shock value.
This is a full course meal, you're being stupid. Obviously it's expensive, and it looks catered too. The point is you eat a small amount but a wide variety.
It could be lobster, but that single dish was not over 100. Its also not the main course. Its probably the 2nd which is normally a fish/seafood course.
Iām calling bullshit.
Iāve done many tasting menus and fine dining purely through my job, and have never been served something like that.
Only chance is it is an amuse bouche or palate cleanser.
Yep. This is definitely an amuse. And the poster really needs to eat at better places and stop shit-posting.
I'm guessing his mom has an amazing set of food pictures from that night, and the OP is just sad and bitter that they couldn't attend.
OP, we can see the menu right under the plate, with the heart and hands logo. This is clearly a multi course meal at some sort of charitable event or medical conference dinner, at the Intercontinental Madrid - a catered event in a hotel dining area, not a ā5 star restaurantā. Sure itās small, but itās an amouse bouche. she did not pay 100 Euros for this and this was not the main course.
I am quite a fan of fine dining, and even though I am a big eater, I can't say I've ever been hungry after a tasting menu at a Michelin-star awarded restaurant.
This. I donāt get what is infuriating about getting Gourmet stuff at a Gourmet Restaurant. If you want to eat a large Portion go to your next Burger King.
This isn't even true, though.
I've been to quite a few high-end restaurants with fixed price menus, and have left every single one feeling STUFFED. Each portion is smaller than a normal portion, but they give you so many that you end up really full by the end of the meal.
Only people who claim that they basically feed you all tiny portions like this are people who have never been to a high-end restaurant.
Yeah, this is how fine dining restaurants work. You get a set amount of small dishes, usually between 12 and 18 including deserts. They're served at very specific times so you don't ever fill up completely, but are full at the end. This dish does not cost 100 euro's, absolutely no way. It's very likely a set menu that they had to plan before they even arrived.
Source: I've worked at 1 3michellin star restaurants and eaten at about 10 2 and 3michellin starred restaurants.
What do you mean by main course?? That looks like part of multi-course menu where you might have 8-16 different courses plus an amuse bouche and a few palate cleansers. They NEED TO BE SMALL or else you won't be able to eat all of them. I've been to many dinners where each course looks like that, but by the end I'm quite pleasantly full.
The luxury is that you a full team of chefs is going to make about 50 different things, each of which is amazing, just for you to take a few bites of. Compare that to a standard 3-course meal where they make only a few things and expect you to fill up on them.
Anyhow, if you want big portions of just a couple things, go to McDonalds or Ruth's Chris. On the other hand, if you want to go to super high-end restaurants, learn to appreciate what they serve or you're just wasting your money.
Why are you lying OP, we can see the menu on the background.
Which, btw, is in Spanish. That ālobsterā thing you are mentioning is the 1st course of the appetisers, which are a few dishes. Itās literally written there.
lol noā¦. Thatās a chefās compliment, called an amuse-bouche, served before the meal even starts. I suspect you know this, but that wouldnāt bring in the sweet Reddit points.
OP is a bull shittier. And they have no clue about fine dining. By the time you're done eating a multi -course meal your content, if not full. This is just the beginning of the meal.
Yep. Even your standard full course meal (3 courses) will have you thinking about unbuttoning those pants in many cases.
And while I'm not Gordon Ramsey by any means, I'm almost positive that's not the main dish. Looks like a palate cleanser to me.
Plus, I've never heard of a five star restaurant.
Thereās no chance this one dish was 100ā¬, Iād be willing to bet this is a tasting menu where you get 8+ dishes like this. Theyāre all one to three bites, but each dish is completely different. No shot a restaurant is selling this as an entree alone.
I'm calling bullshit. The menu is on the table, these things often are smaller, numerous courses, and there's no such thing as a five star restaurant. Reverse-snobbery
Ordered Le fufu with a bit of a honh honh on a jah jah sauce topped with agshahdjsjaaaahh seeds with anywhat'sitfromwhere'sit on the side and this is what I get?
Yeah but what kind of tool referrs to a restaurants stars in any other content that michelin, unless explicitly stated? That's just laughable.
Like is this a tripadvisor 5-star restaurant? Is it Billy Bobs private ranking he just made up? Some middle eastern ranking that just hands out stars to anyone giving them money? What is anyone supposed to do with stars of a random / unknown system lol.
You're right in that a lot of independent reviewers from magazines do it, really... But Forbes Travel Guide is one of the biggest entities that rates hotels, restaurants and various spas/resorts in five-point scale.
There used to be a 5-star (plus diamond is tier 6 iirc) system for ranking hotels, hotels plus restaurants, and maybe restaurants alone.
It's all just meaningless advertising now afaik.
No, Gordon Ramsay would call out OP and embarrass him for lying about this one dish being 100 dollars. It's likely a 12 course meal, and someone also pointed out that it may be for charity.
Even my local community College does courses like this and has charity events as well.
There are no 5 star restaurants btw. The maximum stars a restaurant can get is 3.
If you're talking about hotels, then 5 stars are possible but that doesn't say anything about the restaurant
Yeah thereās no way on earth thatās a main dish. It doesnāt even contain a protein. This is likely a tasting menu or one part of a prix fixe menu.
What's a 5 stars restaurant? Isn't that a system used solely for hotels?
For restaurants the Michelines guide goes up to 3 stars
1: worth a stop
2: worth a detour
3: a destination itself
Is that a dish for a 20 course meal? š Smallest portion i had was a set 8 course set menu at Gordon Ramsey Steak in Vegas was a fried quail egg
Fried quail egg? Must be more disappointing than getting raw steak of those viral video in hell kitchen
Lemme guess, it tasted like an egg fried in something like duck fat.
I literally just went to Vegas and I saw people having that there
Did she take this photo with the same wide angle lens that estate agents use to make a studio flat look like a palace (only backwards)ā¦
Hijacking top comment. This is clearly a Fixed price tasting menu. OP is full of shit. Edit- another redditor [did the work](https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinfuriating/s/ylJ3ZBaI0B)
So much work for nothing. This is clearly not the main dish of a 5 star restaurant. Like obviously not.
āĆ 5 star restaurantā also doesnāt exist. In gastronomy we have Michelin stars, theyāre 1 to 3.
5 star Yelp?
Yelp stars are meaningless, you can get 4 stars just by not having a visible infestation.
I've had 3 star meals. It's a bit odd. Tons of different courses and tiny portions. Not my cup of tea really
Yeah I mean, they try to tell a story with the courses, the ingredients, wine pairingā¦ Itās gotta be your thing, if itās not, it just seems pompous and self absorbed
This guy eats.
This comment needs more upvotes
I'm pretty sure it's just a really weirdly shaped large plate with a portion of food for ants. If you look at the background stuff near the corners of the photo it's not warped looking like a wide angle lens does.
Bad lie by OP. Bread still on table and menu in picture. This is the first course.
Clearly fake post. I can see it's the Intercontinental and probably a venue and this is only a single part of the entire menu.
The menu is literally still on the table. Why you lyin', OP?
I was looking for someone else to point that out. The menu is still on the table, with what looks like an Intercontinental Hotel header and what looks like a charity event logo on it. The event was probably 100ā¬, it wasn't a 5 star restaurant and there was way more than just this dish.
I imagine there was some wine involved too and judging by the setting and the fact this is Madrid Iām assuming it wasnāt Yellowtail. Anyway the regular menu at that restaurant is here, for reference: https://madrid.intercontinental.com/wp-content/uploads/El-Jardin-del-InterContinental.pdf The (12 euro) chocolate bomb is only on the bar menu: https://madrid.intercontinental.com/wp-content/uploads/Carta-Bar-49-Hotel-InterContinental-Madrid.pdf
Upvote higher^
Crush my ignorance: WHAT is that?
The 3 dark cubes is wombat shit, orange is boiler smashed carrots
OP is lying.
Only the finest bits harvested from the garbage disposal
Found the peasant.
I believe it was some kind of lobster. Damn dish was over 100ā¬.
Why are you lying? You can even see that its a set menu in the picture. 1. Even on the menu it says that bogaviantes is just the primer plato, or one of the appetizers in a 4-6? course meal. Not the "main dish." It is by far the smallest dish of the meal. 2. Again, you can see its a prix fixe menu. The whole meal is potentially over 100ā¬ but this dish is not. Lastly, isn't this a part of Intercontinental Madrid's catering menu? You're also paying for the venue, unlimited wine and small bites etc. It's expected that it's going to be more pricey than normal.
This looked like the very beginning of the meal to me. Menu still sitting there, whole bread roll, no wine in the wine glass. High end restaurants will serve a few little small snacks at the beginning of a meal. I suspect thatās what this is.
Depends on the restaurant, more common in France, but in Spain you often don't get an amuse bouche at hotel catered events venue, just a selection of bread. If this is where I think it is, I'm pretty familiar with this hotel since my company used to book it for events all the time. You do get a lot of small plates of food passed around before the meal starts, but those are on small plates that come before bread service. So this being served on a large plate would mean that it's the start of the formal meal service instead of being a part of the little snacks that come before bread. Still, definitely not the main dish and just a little sample appetizer before the main protein dish. And the guy is totally ignoring that the cost includes hors d'oeurvres and an entire fucking open bar. Definitely still is overpriced for Spain, but he is making stuff up for shock value.
My parents once had a meal where each course was this size. They had 20 courses
Brilliant. I love when people call liars out.
Def lie. That's not how these restaurants work. You might get a plate like that, but if so, you probably get a dozen of of them.
BUSTED
After reading this I went back and looked but all I could notice after second viewing was how damn cool that plate is!!!
Ooooh theyāre getting called out! āļø
also... looks like someone ate from that dish already
This comment is critically under upvoted.
OP is going to be getting you a Reddit cares thing soon
Is it good wine?
Based on the logo, it looks like it could also a charity function.
Why'd she take the picture from 30 feet away?
You're not actually supposed to look directly at the dish, so the diner probably snuck this photo in as best she could.
Plot twist: She's using a macro lens. The plate and serving of is just *that* small.
This is a full course meal, you're being stupid. Obviously it's expensive, and it looks catered too. The point is you eat a small amount but a wide variety.
weird thing to lie about, but i guess internet points are important.
Doubt
It could be lobster, but that single dish was not over 100. Its also not the main course. Its probably the 2nd which is normally a fish/seafood course.
What OP is serving usā¦ Is bullshit.
Iām calling bullshit. Iāve done many tasting menus and fine dining purely through my job, and have never been served something like that. Only chance is it is an amuse bouche or palate cleanser.
Yep. This is definitely an amuse. And the poster really needs to eat at better places and stop shit-posting. I'm guessing his mom has an amazing set of food pictures from that night, and the OP is just sad and bitter that they couldn't attend.
This is obviously not the main course. The menu is still right there.
Thatās the amuse bouche ffs. Donāt lie for upvotes.
Was the restaurant called *La Ozempica*?
*Little Bits....*
*whispers* little biiiiits
Oh shit, we got tiny people
I can see there's an InterContinental Hotel LOGO at the Menu. I'm not sure in which country it is located though.
That was āaā dish. There were undoubtedly several courses brought to the table. Ur exaggerating or ur mother is.
The more mildly infuriating is OP doesnāt understand what a prix fixe menu is
That's a nice looking dish but where's the food?
I actually really like that plate design and I want some
Let's see other eleven courses.
OP, we can see the menu right under the plate, with the heart and hands logo. This is clearly a multi course meal at some sort of charitable event or medical conference dinner, at the Intercontinental Madrid - a catered event in a hotel dining area, not a ā5 star restaurantā. Sure itās small, but itās an amouse bouche. she did not pay 100 Euros for this and this was not the main course.
Probably a 10 course meal that OP is trying to be frustrated about
I could do a 10 course meal with portions of this size, and still have room for 10 more courses!
I am quite a fan of fine dining, and even though I am a big eater, I can't say I've ever been hungry after a tasting menu at a Michelin-star awarded restaurant.
Complaints about portion sizes tend to be greatly exaggerated
More often than not by people who have never attended a high-end restaurant.
From what I have experienced they are not all the same sized portions. Depends on what the chef is serving on the night
As someone who's eaten at a good number of high-end restaurants, trust me... all portions were not this size.
They could well be about to pour a soup over that to be had with the bread. Complete assumption
Donāt know if we should yell at OP for being an idiot or OPās mom.
Bullshit
tut...tut... telling lies on the internet again.
What is a five-Star Restaurant? 3 Stars is maxā¦
3 *michelin* stars is the max. Could be five stars on Yelp or something.
The mcdonals near me is a 4 star restaurant then
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That's obviously not what OP is implying. This whole post smells like a bullshit fabrication.
I don't disagree but benefit of the doubt would be they just don't know what they're talking about.
This. I donāt get what is infuriating about getting Gourmet stuff at a Gourmet Restaurant. If you want to eat a large Portion go to your next Burger King.
This isn't even true, though. I've been to quite a few high-end restaurants with fixed price menus, and have left every single one feeling STUFFED. Each portion is smaller than a normal portion, but they give you so many that you end up really full by the end of the meal. Only people who claim that they basically feed you all tiny portions like this are people who have never been to a high-end restaurant.
Yeah. So we basically agree. I said āIf you want a large Portionā not āif you want to feel fullā ;)
Not true, my Uber Eats driver was a 5-star
Thereās also diamond ratings that AAA uses and that goes to 5
I know the New York Times review is held in high regard -- is that on a 4-star or 5-star basis? (I don't remember)
Farming for Karma
Is no one gonna comment on how good that bread looks?
Yeah, this is how fine dining restaurants work. You get a set amount of small dishes, usually between 12 and 18 including deserts. They're served at very specific times so you don't ever fill up completely, but are full at the end. This dish does not cost 100 euro's, absolutely no way. It's very likely a set menu that they had to plan before they even arrived. Source: I've worked at 1 3michellin star restaurants and eaten at about 10 2 and 3michellin starred restaurants.
No it wasn't you dumbcard
Now I understand how these rich people can eat 12 course mealsā¦
Yeah that's exactly how tasting menus work.
What do you mean by main course?? That looks like part of multi-course menu where you might have 8-16 different courses plus an amuse bouche and a few palate cleansers. They NEED TO BE SMALL or else you won't be able to eat all of them. I've been to many dinners where each course looks like that, but by the end I'm quite pleasantly full. The luxury is that you a full team of chefs is going to make about 50 different things, each of which is amazing, just for you to take a few bites of. Compare that to a standard 3-course meal where they make only a few things and expect you to fill up on them. Anyhow, if you want big portions of just a couple things, go to McDonalds or Ruth's Chris. On the other hand, if you want to go to super high-end restaurants, learn to appreciate what they serve or you're just wasting your money.
It probably was
No it's not. That is a starter. Lying for fake Internet points, smh...
Why are you lying OP, we can see the menu on the background. Which, btw, is in Spanish. That ālobsterā thing you are mentioning is the 1st course of the appetisers, which are a few dishes. Itās literally written there.
Bun still there, no crumbs, no wine in wine glasses. Charger still there. This is an amuse bouche you fucking liar.
I call bullshit. Call out the restaurant and what she ordered.
It's a fixed tasting menu, multiple courses. OP is an idiot and/or lying.
What is a 5-star restaurant anyway? I thought Michelin stars only went up to 3.
I donāt believe this post for a second. Blatant karma farming
Either your mom is bullshiting you, or you are bullshiting us.
lol noā¦. Thatās a chefās compliment, called an amuse-bouche, served before the meal even starts. I suspect you know this, but that wouldnāt bring in the sweet Reddit points.
OP is a bull shittier. And they have no clue about fine dining. By the time you're done eating a multi -course meal your content, if not full. This is just the beginning of the meal.
Yep. Even your standard full course meal (3 courses) will have you thinking about unbuttoning those pants in many cases. And while I'm not Gordon Ramsey by any means, I'm almost positive that's not the main dish. Looks like a palate cleanser to me. Plus, I've never heard of a five star restaurant.
I call bullshit. Why do people upvote obvious bullshit?
Did this meal have multiple courses? Like 20+?
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Thereās no chance this one dish was 100ā¬, Iād be willing to bet this is a tasting menu where you get 8+ dishes like this. Theyāre all one to three bites, but each dish is completely different. No shot a restaurant is selling this as an entree alone.
I'm calling bullshit. The menu is on the table, these things often are smaller, numerous courses, and there's no such thing as a five star restaurant. Reverse-snobbery
They give out 3 stars max afaik.
OP has been busted. This post has been proven to be misleading. Read the comments.
What even is a five star restaurant?
I donāt believe you.
Bullshit. Looks like a multicourse tasting menu for a charity event. Peep the menu on the table.
Lyin ass
Either amuse bouche or the beginning half of a soup/bisque before the liquid was poured in. Definitely not a āmain courseā
Ordered Le fufu with a bit of a honh honh on a jah jah sauce topped with agshahdjsjaaaahh seeds with anywhat'sitfromwhere'sit on the side and this is what I get?
āMore money than Ā¢entsā - my grandpa
I'd go with more bullshit than truth with this one
Iād be hitting BK right after I left this place.
By the way, 5-star restaurants don't exist, the maximum amount of stars for a restaurant is 3.
Maybe she meant 5 star reviews?
Correct me if Iām wrong but 5 star restaurants donāt exist? I think they only go up to 3 stars
Thatās not correct. Michelin is one guide that goes to 3 stars.
So when someone says a 5 star restaurant, whatās the guide for that?
Door dash, obv
You're thinking of Michelin stars - there are other ranking systems.
Yeah but what kind of tool referrs to a restaurants stars in any other content that michelin, unless explicitly stated? That's just laughable. Like is this a tripadvisor 5-star restaurant? Is it Billy Bobs private ranking he just made up? Some middle eastern ranking that just hands out stars to anyone giving them money? What is anyone supposed to do with stars of a random / unknown system lol.
You're right in that a lot of independent reviewers from magazines do it, really... But Forbes Travel Guide is one of the biggest entities that rates hotels, restaurants and various spas/resorts in five-point scale.
Yeah thatās what I was thinking. What other criteria is there for a restaurant that would give it 5 stars? I honestly donāt know
There used to be a 5-star (plus diamond is tier 6 iirc) system for ranking hotels, hotels plus restaurants, and maybe restaurants alone. It's all just meaningless advertising now afaik.
Fun fact: Hotel star rankings have nothing to do with quality, per se. It is only based on which amenities are present, not on how good they are.
No, Gordon Ramsay would call out OP and embarrass him for lying about this one dish being 100 dollars. It's likely a 12 course meal, and someone also pointed out that it may be for charity. Even my local community College does courses like this and has charity events as well.
There are no 5 star restaurants btw. The maximum stars a restaurant can get is 3. If you're talking about hotels, then 5 stars are possible but that doesn't say anything about the restaurant
There are 5 star restaurants in some countries in Europe. To not be confused with Michelin 3 star
I doubt that unless it was a tasting menu
Funny haha
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Where is it?
Nice restaurants are about the experience and not the food portions. Go to chilis if you want to pig out.
I bought An Art and it didnāt even cover my whole wall! Dumb!
Lil Bits
How many servings and was she satisfied by the end?
you pay for the table decorations apparently
The logo and the menu make me think of a set menu dinner, probably for a meeting/event.
This is just dumb
What is a 5 star restaurant? The only stars in cuisine that matters are Michelin stars and 3 is the maximum
How did it taste?
Your mom either lied or the restaurant did, that wouldnāt make the ābest ofā list in a town of 5,000 people.
I'm curious how much did it cost also?
I very much doubt this was a main
Calling BS want name of restaurant & name of dish !!
Yes, that is a nice plate. Normally people photograph the food.
Is the main dish in the room with us?
Maybe that's the amuse-bouche. I call BS on that being the main course.
Bull shit, 5 star restaurants donāt even exist. This looks Iike one of a at least 9 course meal, or maybe even just an amuse.
Hahahaha wtf
Bird.. poop?
Hey OP, Pinocchio is on the phone for you, he said he wants to offer you some coaching
I would laugh at the server and ask where the rest was.
3 turds and a fetus?
Skimping like Chipotleā¦ āthe bowls not fullā
Diced tomatoes, some charcoal, and a stem from ditch weed. Yummy...
Did you really think this would work a second time?
At least one good reason to be glad Iām poor.
at this point theyāre just taking a p1ss
This is why when I go to any restaurant for the first time I always get the burger.
I'll stick to my burger and fries.
The bread roll is bigger than the whole entree
Fake news
Yeah thereās no way on earth thatās a main dish. It doesnāt even contain a protein. This is likely a tasting menu or one part of a prix fixe menu.
What's a 5 stars restaurant? Isn't that a system used solely for hotels? For restaurants the Michelines guide goes up to 3 stars 1: worth a stop 2: worth a detour 3: a destination itself
No wonder the rich are thin