So I’ve just left a restaurant where I paid £120 for dinner. I ate alone, drank tap water, and even avoided some of the more expensive dishes.
I didn’t go nuts. And it was still £120. Like beauty, value is in the eye of the beholder. And yes, there’s the argument of ‘well, you can see the prices on the menu, if you don’t like them, don’t go’.
This isn’t really the point, of course. The point is, is it worth it? The restaurant I’m talking about is - obviously - Gordon Ramsay’s new place, Lucky Cat. Try MEN Premium for FREE by clicking here for no ads, fun puzzles and brilliant new features Ramsay’s pan-Asian concept restaurant was launched in a hail of flashbulbs lighting up the top end of King Street earlier this month, with celebs and hangers on in tow.
It’s only the second Lucky Cat, the flagship being in Mayfair. There’s not even one in Dubai (yet). The grandeur of the building - the former Midland Bank, still with the vaults and safety deposit boxes downstairs - far exceeds its London counterpart, which while very good-looking, occupies a townhouse.
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