Cheap liquor that cost me an ambulance

A glass of 1965 Chateau Cheval Blanc. We were being entertained by friends in their house which had a significant wine cellar. I protested repeatedly that I was not going to appreciate it, but they insisted it was for friends. It was very nice. I normally spend about £15 a bottle on wine, that bottle was worth about a thousand times that.

As an aside, they have a rack with bottles reserved for celebrating some individual’s deaths. I’ll let you guess who.

Three star michelin place. bottomless dom with the appetizer.

Which, is not actually really any better than bottom shelf andre brut or cooks and such. Any good wine should be less than $20 a bottle, with exceptions that were brought out for each other course. The name, price, and dick waggling that comes with it is the point. So if you never get the illustrious Dom Perignon, don’t fucking worry, just make sure your shit’s chilled all the way through before you get to the function.

Never knew raw oysters could actually be good. The presentation and explanation of each dish and subsequent wine pairing was great. Fabulous time, worth it. I think it was something like $700, all told? Bucket list of my partner’s, so double points.

SOMETHING ELSE that’s super fucking worth it: Taking a cross-country trip on the Amtrak in a sleeper car. It’s first class, super bicycle friendly, and included in the ticket price is three full meals a day, with a boozy drink at dinner. Last I checked, it’s over a grand from boston to the west coast, but it’s like living in steamer trunk for a few days and is just super fucking rad

Two things for different reasons.

I had a meal plan in college that drew from an account linked to my university ID. There were vending machines that could charge your meal plan account when you swiped your ID. I bought a bag of spicy Cheetos, orverdrafted, and had to pay $50.

I cracked my tooth on a lifesaver and had to get a crown for $1000.

12-year old single malt scotch. I bought a bottle as a birthday gift for a friend and we shared a glass.

He decided he didn’t like the taste and drank the rest with coke, so obviously next time I’ll buy him a bottle of turpentine and a monogramed shot glass.

A waygu steak from a teppanjaki grill in a highly rated Japanese restaurant. It was absolutely perfect.

Old Pappy bourbon at $189 an ounce. Absolutely not worth it

Ask me in a couple months, taking a trip to NYC and I have like 5 Michelin stars worth of restaurants lined up.

A number of years ago my wife and I ate lunch at Waterside Inn in Bray, UK. We had wine pairings with all our dishes and every aspect of the experience was near perfection. Total bill was around $1500. Worth every penny.

I can’t think of ever buying something very expensive in raw monies, but I did once pay £2 for an olive. An £8 plate for 4 kalamata olives split 4 ways. They were ricotta stuffed and fried. It was exceptionally tasty, but we did not expect such a wild price ratio for an otherwise affordable place.

A long time ago I went to a fancy steak house and ordered one of those $250 whiskey shots they keep in the special cabinets. The experience was kinda neat (they did a whole little presentation of bringing out the bottle, encouraging us to take pictures, etc.), but the whiskey was just fkin whiskey.

my sister got dom perignon or however its spelt fo the bulls third series championship. I found it to be horrible but I have low class palet and prefer sweet desert wines both standard and sparkling.

We went once to a very expensive restaurant (by our standards) the food, no, I am a good cook so restaurant food doesn’t impress me. The reason it was expensive was small seating area, only 25 people at a time and that also was not great because they had only one server to do everything.

Was it good? Yes. Was it worth it? No.

A different time we went to a different expensive but not SO expensive restaurant here and that was better. The server brought us each plate one at a time to share, made recommendations, sort of hung out in the least annoying way possible, and the food was local and creative. That one I would say was worth it.

Individual item? Probably wine with my rich brother in law. I’ve not enough of a palate to say much, but OTOH I don’t really like wine enough to like bad wine, and since I wasn’t paying, 100% worth it.

Real black caviar, I didn’t pay for it, yes it was worth it.

Dogfish head 90 minute aged for 3 years in a Sam Adams utopia barrel from 2019.

Not the most expensive thing I’ve drank but it was the most expensive beer I paid for.

I had gotten a 1 gal refillable mini keg filled from a local distributor and went back the next week for another so I’d say it was worth it.