Who's Tried the $145 USD Burger in Phnom Penh?

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Re: Who's Tried the $145 USD Burger in Phnom Penh?

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There's a prolific barang eater of foods around the place who I saw on a Facebook group eating this yesterday

It looked much better than this low res picture & and I would eat it in a heartbeat so long as I didn't get the bill to pay afterwards
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306 serves food for rich Khmer who think paying 30 dollars for a "pizza" is a deal
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cautious colin wrote: ↑Wed Aug 25, 2021 12:42 pm looks like they have just decided to clear out the fridge

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you said it. That combination actually sounds kind of gross.
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hanno wrote: ↑Wed Aug 25, 2021 11:22 am I have spent quite a bit of money on a decent feed in the past, but there is no way that I would put down $145 for a burger. Particularly not in a poor country and at a time when a lot of people do not know where their next meal is coming from.
LMAO agree, this seems more like NYC prices, in fact there its probably not news. Check out this place called Nellos.
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Jerry Atrick wrote:There's a prolific barang eater of foods around the place who I saw on a Facebook group eating this yesterday

It looked much better than this low res picture & and I would eat it in a heartbeat so long as I didn't get the bill to pay afterwards
I saw that too, but I think he had the Angus beef one, no?
Either way, he sucketh the bones and dranketh the greeeeeease.
Each to his own, but I can't imagine living my life to gorge on rich foods.
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nemo wrote: ↑Wed Aug 25, 2021 12:31 pm It is a marketing ploy.
But the food there is well overpriced
Yeah, I went once but couldn't tell what they were trying to be. A bakery? A restaurant? A high-end one now?

The price of their pastries is almost double that of places like Eric Keyser and Khema, so I don't know who their target market is. Now they're serving +$100 burgers, but the place is lit with very bright white LED lights and an open-space concept with tables everywhere. I can't see myself fine-dining there as it feels like a sort of fast-food joint, not the quiet, intimate place that you'd expect when the price tag creeps up.
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Some high end places hedge their bets.
The new restaurant at the Amanajaya is very smart. You can choose $150 dishes or you can have a 3 course set lunch for $15. Free water too.
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FrankReynolds wrote: ↑Thu Aug 26, 2021 8:37 am
Jerry Atrick wrote:There's a prolific barang eater of foods around the place who I saw on a Facebook group eating this yesterday
Either way, he sucketh the bones and dranketh the greeeeeease.
And all who heard should see them there,
And all should cry, Beware! Beware!
His flashing eyes, his floating hair!

Weave a circle round him thrice,
And close your eyes with holy dread
For he on Smash Burger 306 hath fed,
And drunk the milk of Paradise.

Sam Coleridge didn't say why, but i believe the warning anyway.
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I doubt this restaurant is targeting your average CEO member :)
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Jerry Atrick wrote: ↑Wed Aug 25, 2021 1:23 pm There's a prolific barang eater of foods around the place who I saw on a Facebook group eating this yesterday

It looked much better than this low res picture & and I would eat it in a heartbeat so long as I didn't get the bill to pay afterwards
What, the one who looks like Uncle Fester?
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