Just to recap for everyone, in the city of Los Angeles (not that shocked it happened there) there exists a Museum called the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Inside of this Museum exists a high priced restaurant (I know, LA and overpriced, shocking right?) known as Ray's and Stark Bar. Inside this bar exists the 2013 nominee for the biggest douche in the Universe. His name is Martin Riese and he is a German water enthusiast. He has just developed LA's first Water tasting menu. Yes. you read that right. It's a menu. of water. From my research apparently it's been done in Philly and Brooklyn so far, what the hell is wrong with people.
Now this in itself isn't what qualifies this story as something you shake your head at and wonder why. It's the whole package. You can see the menu for the...waters, on their website HERE. The prices for regular bottled water from around the world can cost up to 20 dollars. Heres a little excerpt from the tasting menu
FIJI water begins as rain falling on the tropical
island of Viti Levu’s north coast and is drawn
from an artesian aquifer that lies hundreds of
feet below the edges of a primitive rainforest. As
it filters down through layer after layer of ancient
volcanic rock, the natural filtration process
introduces the mineral silica which contributes to
Fiji Water’s distinctly soft, smooth “mouthfeel”
(a professional tasters’ term that refers to a
liquid’s taste and texture). That distance and
isolation is part of what makes FIJI water so pure
and rich in taste.
Size: 1 Liter
Price: $10
10 dollars. For a Fiji water. That you can buy at any grocery store for the already overpriced 2-3 dollars. All of the waters are more or less in that price range (8-12 dollars) except for one. A bottle of water from California called Beverly Hills 9OH2O that is priced at US$ 16. If you buy this you are a certified asshole. Actually if you go to this place and buy any of these you are an asshole. Airports don't even charge that much for water and people are going to voluntarily go to this place? If you choose to go and partake in this water menu...then I take back what i said about Mr. Riese. Because he's right, he's going to make money and you've just taken his place as the biggest douche in the Universe.
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