Man refuses to pay huge restaurant bill ("He said he wants to go to jail")
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Posted on 08/17/2007 6:17:46 AM PDT by WesternCulture
A British man ran up a bill of 139,435 kronor ($20,000) at one of Stockholm's top restaurants. When he refused to pay, the restaurant called the police. Fine by me, was the man's reaction.
"He admits everything. He said he wants to go to jail," said Lars-Erik Baarsen of Stockholm Police.
The 36-year-old, smartly-dressed Brit ordered scallops, entrecote and ice cream at Stockholm's exclusive Café Opera restaurant.
The rest of the bill was made up of drinks of various kinds. The man was served bottle after bottle of expensive wine, although according to staff he drank no more than one glass per bottle. The most expensive bottle on his bill cost 41,000 kronor.
Obviously this amateur knows nothing about exclusive wines and fine dining.
In THE VERY SAME BUILDING there is actually an even better restaurant with a wine list that is probably one of the most exclusive ones in Northern Europe (if not the whole of Europe).
This establishment is called Operakällaren. Café Opera is a hip place where the beautiful people go, but in terms of cusine and rare wines, it’s nowhere near Operakällaren.
http://www.operakallaren.se/main.asp?lang=ENG
(For menu and wine list, click ‘The main dining room’ to the left)
The “progressive” jails in Sweden are probably pretty nice.
The “progressive” jails in Sweden are probably pretty nice.
They sure are.
His life in luxury is bound to continue.
THey serve the same food in Swede jails - he ain’t done.
Man refuses to pay huge restaurant bill ("He said he wants to go to jail")
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Weekend furloughs, and a summer trip to some sort of island 'resort' made it sound like being incarcerated in Sweden was hell on earth.
Of course, she never mentioned the cuisine for the inmates, so perhaps they feed them Lutefisk to shift the balance more towards the "hell on earth" end of the tolerability spectrum.
“THey serve the same food in Swede jails - he ain’t done.”
- I’ve never heard any Swedish inmate complain about the food they are served.
A former workmate of mine who had been in jail due to tax evasion (sounds very Swedish doesn’t it), suggested that the authorities are aware that people who get to eat, drink and live well while in jail don’t start riots etc.
Sounds plausible to me..
THey also don’t provide disincentive for going straight. After all, bad behavior isn’t really punished. you get to live it up. What’s to be afraid of?
“THey also don’t provide disincentive for going straight. After all, bad behavior isn’t really punished. you get to live it up. What’s to be afraid of?”
- To most people living in Sweden, Sweden behind bars is worse than enjoying Sweden as a free person.
But some seem to prefer the institutionalized way of life. After having served a prison sentence, many inmates want to go back.
That resturant sounds and looks FABULOUS!
We have an exclusive resturant near where I live with the best cuisine.
Its called Fatboy’s Wing Shack. Yep, you have a choice of four different type domestic beers. Thursday nights they take the beer coolers outside have a band. 35cent chicken wings and bikers line the parkinglot.
Its great!
...meanwhile in other news, an observer named “O. Henry” at the above event was busy scribbling notes at a nearby table.
We have an exclusive resturant near where I live with the best cuisine.
Its called Fatboy’s Wing Shack. Yep, you have a choice of four different type domestic beers. Thursday nights they take the beer coolers outside have a band. 35cent chicken wings and bikers line the parkinglot.
Its great!”
- My personal experience is that the best restaurant food, to a large extent, is the grub you enjoy at the least expensive places AS WELL AS the cuisine you experience at the most expensive establishments. The restaurants of the categories in between are often a yawn.
You are probably right...but my post was semi-sarcastic.
The place really does exist and FatBoy’s Wing Shack is about as far culinary tastes go.
Given the choice of a free dinner, I would pick a BBQ rib joint with domestic beer over a 5star resturant. Call me simple.
“You are probably right...but my post was semi-sarcastic.”
- Of course. However, I think there’s a point in it even when reading it from a serious angle.
“Given the choice of a free dinner, I would pick a BBQ rib joint with domestic beer over a 5star resturant.”
- What’s your favourite domestic beer?
I keep BuschLight in the fridge. Its my everyday beer. If I go out, I order BudLight.
If its free, then its doesn’t matter. I cannot drink MillerLite, and have to force down NaturalLight.
Some people like the malts and lagers and microbrews. I never liked them.
I would ask you what your favorite wine was but it would sound like jibberish to me.
Cigars...thats a different story. I only smoke one or two cigars a week but WILL NOT skimp. I hate cheap cigars.
“I keep BuschLight in the fridge. Its my everyday beer. If I go out, I order BudLight.
If its free, then its doesn’t matter. I cannot drink MillerLite, and have to force down NaturalLight.”
- When it comes to best selling American beers, I prefer (ordinary) Miller to (ordinary) Bud. Tastes more of beer to me.
To be perfectly honest, I agree with the mainstream European attitude that Bud is very close to water (no offense).
Here in Sweden, the products of American micro breweries and other American alternatives to Bud are pretty popular. If a Swede ever tells you American beers are not comparable to North European beers, that person is probably not much of a beer drinker. Your breweries are gaining ground over here.
“I would ask you what your favorite wine was but it would sound like jibberish to me.”
- Have you ever
1. Tasted a really ‘exclusive wine’, not just an expensive one?
2. Been instructed on how to drink it?
I don’t mean to sound snobbish, but there really is this great misconception in the area of wine in our galaxy.
Most wines are plain waste of money (or close to it), especially several ones in the price range of $20-100. But there sure are exceptions.
If you bother; trust your local wine dealer and listen to what he has to say.
“Cigars...thats a different story. I only smoke one or two cigars a week but WILL NOT skimp. I hate cheap cigars.”
- I don’t smoke, meaning I do smoke, but only once in a decade or so.
So far, I’ve tried cigarettes three times in my life. Don’t think I’ll ever have a cigarette again.
On the other hand, I’ve tried a nice cigar once. Great experience, but for some reason I feel like I don’t need it in my life. But maybe I ought to reconsider.
Regards.
“I keep BuschLight in the fridge. Its my everyday beer. If I go out, I order BudLight.
If its free, then its doesn’t matter. I cannot drink MillerLite, and have to force down NaturalLight.”
- When it comes to best selling American beers, I prefer (ordinary) Miller to (ordinary) Bud. Tastes more of beer to me.
To be perfectly honest, I agree with the mainstream European attitude that Bud is very close to water (no offense).
Here in Sweden, the products of American micro breweries and other American alternatives to Bud are pretty popular. If a Swede ever tells you American beers are not comparable to North European beers, that person is probably not much of a beer drinker. Your breweries are gaining ground over here.
“I would ask you what your favorite wine was but it would sound like jibberish to me.”
- Have you ever
1. Tasted a really ‘exclusive wine’, not just an expensive one?
2. Been instructed on how to drink it?
I don’t mean to sound snobbish, but there really is this great misconception in the area of wine in our galaxy.
Most wines are plain waste of money (or close to it), especially several ones in the price range of $20-100. But there sure are exceptions.
If you bother; trust your local wine dealer and listen to what he has to say.
“Cigars...thats a different story. I only smoke one or two cigars a week but WILL NOT skimp. I hate cheap cigars.”
- I don’t smoke, meaning I do smoke, but only once in a decade or so.
So far, I’ve tried cigarettes three times in my life. Don’t think I’ll ever have a cigarette again.
On the other hand, I’ve tried a nice cigar once. Great experience, but for some reason I feel like I don’t need it in my life. But maybe I ought to reconsider.
Regards.
My favorite beer of all time is the Gordon Biersch Blonde Boch. It is very strong, very smooth, and very good with food. It is one of the few beers I can drink with a meal.
As for cigars, my favorite, every day, affordable smoke is the 420’s that I order from Cuban Crafters. They don’t travel well, so if you ever do order any, let them sit in your humidor for a couple weeks to stabilize. Also, very smooth, very nice, mild to medium body, and almost nutty flavor.
Aside from that, my primary beer of choice in my hometown (because Gordon Biersch is not available here) is Vailima. It is the lager that is brewed in Western Samoa and imported into American Samoa. And like a lot of real lagers, it can be something of an acquired taste.
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