Shock ! Horror !
Jan 22nd 2011, 6:09 am
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Re: Shock ! Horror !
Jan 22nd 2011, 6:10 am
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Re: Shock ! Horror !
I thought they just got Hoeggarden straight from the dirty dish water sink in the kitchen
I haven't been in since the infamous telephone temper tantrum a couple of years ago. I seem to recall that G's bar tab in there was circa $300 bucks that day.
I stuck to whatever was on tap for most of the day & treated myself to a single Kwak, at $50 bucks just for the deposit on the glass it was difficult to enjoy it without worrying someone was going to knock it over
I still spent over a $200 for the day, F expensive as a watering hole
I haven't been in since the infamous telephone temper tantrum a couple of years ago. I seem to recall that G's bar tab in there was circa $300 bucks that day.
I stuck to whatever was on tap for most of the day & treated myself to a single Kwak, at $50 bucks just for the deposit on the glass it was difficult to enjoy it without worrying someone was going to knock it over
I still spent over a $200 for the day, F expensive as a watering hole
Jan 22nd 2011, 6:23 am
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Re: Shock ! Horror !
Kwak comes in one of those fancy "egg timer" type glasses all held in a timber frame. Hence the $50 buck deposit. Here's one:http://www.deptfordsaints.com/USERIM...20Kwak%201.jpg
Jan 22nd 2011, 6:24 am
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Jan 22nd 2011, 6:32 am
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Kwak comes in one of those fancy "egg timer" type glasses all held in a timber frame. Hence the $50 buck deposit. Here's one:http://www.deptfordsaints.com/USERIM...20Kwak%201.jpg
I googled Kwak + Glass image
Jan 22nd 2011, 8:21 am
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Re: Shock ! Horror !
Reminds me of the Rainbow Room in NYC in 1999. GBP = 1.60 USD roughly.
We had 2 rounds (4 of us), only a couple of cocktails, rest was G&Ts, glass of red etc.
For the pleasure..... $170!
Thats around 15 quid a drink in 1999!
And to add insult to injury the guy "managing" the lift wanted a tip for pressing the "request" button. He was disappointed that night!
Great views though.
We had 2 rounds (4 of us), only a couple of cocktails, rest was G&Ts, glass of red etc.
For the pleasure..... $170!
Thats around 15 quid a drink in 1999!
And to add insult to injury the guy "managing" the lift wanted a tip for pressing the "request" button. He was disappointed that night!
Great views though.
Jan 22nd 2011, 9:00 am
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Re: Shock ! Horror !
I just don't know how people can afford to go out and drink at places like that, or the Breakwater Tavern in Hillarys, or indeed just about any bar in Perth.
I don't even join in the social drinks at work when my colleagues go to the Capt. Stirling on a Friday. I just can't afford 8, 9, 10 dollar pints...
I guess they don't have kids, maybe that's why or maybe everyone is sky high in debt and don't care.
I don't even join in the social drinks at work when my colleagues go to the Capt. Stirling on a Friday. I just can't afford 8, 9, 10 dollar pints...
I guess they don't have kids, maybe that's why or maybe everyone is sky high in debt and don't care.
If you know where to look in Perth you can get a decent pint in a very nice pub for $7. In social / footy clubs you can get one for $6, so that just shows you how much we are being blatantly ripped off at the other places.
Jan 22nd 2011, 9:20 am
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Hate pub prices which is why..........
Jan 22nd 2011, 12:06 pm
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I paid about $14 for 500ml of German Weissbeer at the Hofbrauhaus restaurant in Melbourne. It was some special brand though, not one you can get in bottles from liquor stores.
Jan 22nd 2011, 12:09 pm
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Jan 22nd 2011, 12:36 pm
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You're not wrong about The Breakwater. The old Breakwater was a nice family place with fairly reasonably priced beer. The new one is a sterile, anal retentive, pretentious excuse for a pub, with pub grub like, 'Artichoke and Camembert Pizza'...!!! FFS...!!! Last year I took my uncle from Scotland in there for a pint while the girls were looking at the shops. I had a pint of Little Creatures and he had a pint of Heineken... $22.50...!! Jesus Christ!
If you know where to look in Perth you can get a decent pint in a very nice pub for $7. In social / footy clubs you can get one for $6, so that just shows you how much we are being blatantly ripped off at the other places.
If you know where to look in Perth you can get a decent pint in a very nice pub for $7. In social / footy clubs you can get one for $6, so that just shows you how much we are being blatantly ripped off at the other places.