That’s a crack-up. They were probably designed to fit the big man’s hands.
I can’t recall the quality of silverware compromising my meal in recent memory (at a restaurant of any kind), but then again, I prefer to eat takeout Mexican food like carne asada fries with a plastic fork. Metal doesn’t feel right. For steak, basically the knife has to be good enough to cut the steak without a struggle.
On the other hand, there are many many restaurants in LA of all prices ranges that I feel have inadequate stemware for wine.
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Garlic is not traditionally used in Buddhist vegetarian cooking. Some strange ancient translation of a text about being “mood enhancing” or something
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In Korean temple cuisine, garlic is considered not conducive to the mindset for meditation.
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Neither is a charcoal-grilled dry-aged steak.
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Gotta keep the tourists fed.
There he goes again. From the article:
“And finally there is the Serious Barbecue Sandwich, a $50 behemoth filled with more than a pound of pit-cooked shaved New York strip, pickles, onions, and horseradish.”
$50 for a takeout sandwich? I don’t care if it’s a pound of beef, that’s a rip, and it doesn’t even look like anything special.
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That’s a whopping 5 orders of tomato and onions!
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To the extent that they’re working with GLAD (Greater Los Angeles Agency on Deafness) to employ those who are hard of hearing (as original press releases mentioned), I genuinely hope that this takeout window succeeds.
I do like a good chili dog. I wonder if I can get some chopped onions for free or if they will charge for them…
I believe the $50 takeout sandwich is a publicity stunt to generate discussion. I won’t hold that against them as it applies to the takeout window, since this $$ sandwich is an anomaly that was probably conceived to get a headline.
APL restaurant itself, however, is fair game for criticism due to the high prices they charge - in my opinion, it better be on fucking point. With the majority of the menu charging very high prices compared to what other steakhouses charge, and the fact that a great steak usually isn’t hard to make at home, again, APL Restaurant better be knocking out of the park not only with seriously good food but also great consistency.
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Here’s the mental gymnastics required to buy it: if it’s as big as they say it’s basically a 2 person sandwich for $25/serving. When I go to Proof I have to buy 2 sandwiches and a pastry to be reasonably full (not stuffed) which comes out to $23.
So in that context it’s not awful, but having said that I agree with the cheap publicity angle.
Or you can get 2 Banh Mi Trung from Saigon Bakery for $7 and call it a day! 
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Yeah but that’s an impossible standard to be comparing sandwiches against.
I too love a good chili dog, but onions are a requirement. Please report back if you go. It’d be pretty funny (but not surprising) if he did charge for them.
“Onions - an ode to Costco - $1.50”
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How much do I get charged if I keep the plastic knife?
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$50, plastic was molded by Gods.
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By that reasoning, why should steakhouses exist at all?
Current prices are:
Dry Aged Brooklyn Broil
Ribeye 79
Bone-In NY Strip 75
T-Bone 78
Porterhouse 185
APL Selects
Filet Mignon 58
NY Strip "Prime Rib"English Cut / King’s Cut 48/56
Skirt Steak Crispy Chicken Skin Gravy 34
For comparison, Gwen charges:
New York Strip, Creekstone, 16oz $65
Hanger Steak, Creekstone, 8oz $45
Bone-In Ribeye, Creekstone, 30 day dry aged, 34oz $135
Bone-In Ribeye, Creekstone, 80 day dry aged $MP
Because humans, generally, are lazy AF
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