So this guy takes a pristine piece of locally raised...

So this guy takes a pristine piece of locally raised, sustainable in-season produce that came straight from his personal garden to your table, prepares it skillfully with some savory and original complimentary ingredients that are equally in-season and fresh, distinctly American in spirit while paying homage to this or that European gastronomic ancestry, and plates it in a way that brings out its most pleasing aesthetic features, without being overly fussy or affected. A well-trained staff member who loves her job, dressed neatly but not ostentatiously carries it over to your table and puts you at ease with polished banter, smart but not know-it-all, perceptive and sensitive, but never uncomfortably familiar. No one ever asks you "how is everything" because as consummate professionals; they pay attention. This act is repeated for several courses until you've had enough.

198 dollars. Tips are not accepted because the staff are all on salary.

Do you pay him?

No, I do my own work.

>Tips are not accepted

That's between me and my fucking server. I'll tip whoever the fuck I like, whenever the fuck I like. It's up to them whether or not they choose to accept it, not their employer.

Yeah. I went to the French Laundry last year for my birthday and it was definitely worth it.

They say don't trust fat chefs but I'd much rather avoid eating food from a chef that skinny.

>tips expected
>Veeky Forums: Fucking teenagers expecting me to pay them more money for doing their job

>tips not accepted
>Veeky Forums: Fuck you, I want to pay more money!

Amazing

It's almost as if there are many people on this board, and in both cases the person you're deriding simply doesn't want to be forced into anything. Don't force me to tip. Don't prohibit me from tipping.

>They say don't trust fat chefs
The saying is "never trust a skinny cook".

No one says not to trust a fat chef.

People that worked for Batali did.

>until you've had enough
i'm sure i can get $198 worth

I think when fat people sexually harass people it is way worse. Their fingers are thicker.

>REEEE TIPPING
>doesn't want to be forced

What are you an infant? People like you defy social convention just because it feeds the fire of your reminiscent teenage angst. I wonder if you realize how much the people in your life can't stand you. Always the shitty coworkers and the embarrassing friends who can turn any innocent thing into a spotlight and a platform for how much better and more correct they are. Congratu-fucking-lations, you're such a rebel snowflake.

I think you've confused me with someone else. I virtually always tip, voluntarily. There are some exceptions where I do not, and these are pretty much only when the server has egregiously violated their half of the social contract. I'm not going to say you're projecting, but I find it odd that you're describing me in such a way without knowing me at all.

Don't forget the wine pairings with every or every few dishes, and the fact that this is over the course of several hours. I'd pay assuming my economy is in a good enough place, which it sadly isn't at the moment.

Nobody's gives a shit about you or what you do. Thats what is saying.
Shut up

The user that replied to me implied that A: I defy social convention and B: I do it for attention. Both of these are incorrect.

It's almost as if you and your opinion came straight from Reddit.

I don't use Reddit. Your implications are incorrect.

No tips here in the land of the rising sun. Amazing not having to think about that.

And ironically you get better service in both nip and gook land than the extortionist US.

>inb4 b-but muh different culture, wailed by bitchtitted waiters and waitresses.

>distinctly American
Based on his Blue Hill NYC menu, I don't think he knows what that is.

Barber not only champions farm to table, he also religiously practices nose to tail. For those two aspects alone, I'd pay more.

>nose to tail
Meaning, Spock?

>Do you pay him?
Hypothetically yes, because if I didn't, the police would arrest me. I wouldn't tip because they don't accept tips.

But in reality, he's got a restaurant in Manhattan, and I would never eat there because I fucking hate NYC and all the socialist scum who live there.

>Do you pay him?
I mean, if I ate it and then didn't pay that'd be illegal or something, right?

Using every part of the animal, not just prime cuts and throwing everything else away. Snouts, trotters, skin, offal, bones. Nose to tail.

>socialism is bad
t. dust bowl okie

yeah, why not. i got 198$ to burn