People and Places: April 2009

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

America’s Most Expensive Restaurant - The French Laundry

The French Laundry is an American restaurant located in Yountville, California, in the Napa Valley. The chef and owner of the French Laundry is Thomas Keller. The restaurant is a perennial top five finisher in the annual Restaurant Magazine list of the Top 50 Restaurants of the World.

It will cost you $240, plus tax, just for the privelege of taking a seat at a French Laundry table (service is included), but at least you get to "own" that cush chair for several hours. A simple meal in this restaurant will cost you around a thousand dollars. But at least we can be sure that there are no genetically modified products.

The dishes are served in very small portions, to emphasize that their cuisine is "a work of art" and not just food.

After the jump, you will see the interior of the restaurant, photos of some dishes (with prices) and bills after eating there.

$800 Meal

$120 Meal

$280 Meal

$70 Meal

$90 Meal

$190 Meal

$140 Meal

$230 Meal

$105 Meal

$210 Meal

$37 Meal

$100 Meal

$90 Meal

$110 Meal

$35 Meal

Saturday, April 25, 2009

Steve Irwin Killed By Stingray

Steve Irwin, the popular Australian film and television personality, environmentalist and animal rights advocate known to millions of fans worldwide as The Crocodile Hunter was killed Monday this week after being stung in the chest by a stingray. The incident occurred during a diving expedition while Irwin was filming an underwater documentary near the Great Barrier Reef. He was 44 years old.

Irwin collapsed at Batt Reef, Low Isle, near the resort town of Port Douglas in Queensland, Australia at approximately 11 a.m. local time, according to a statement issued by the Queensland Police Service. Crew members aboard Irwin’s boat, Croc One, called emergency services and performed CPR on Irwin as they rushed him by boat to the nearest town. An emergency helicopter was dispatched as soon as Irwin’s crew called for medical treatment, but Irwin was pronounced dead at the scene.

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