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UTH said:
illmonkey said:
UTH said:
THAT was £11?!?!! Holy s
t, robbery like that shouldn't be legal, it's a disgrace. I've had better value food 5,000m up a mountain.
We get it, you climbed Everest! t, robbery like that shouldn't be legal, it's a disgrace. I've had better value food 5,000m up a mountain. 
BrabusMog said:
illmonkey said:
UTH said:
THAT was £11?!?!! Holy st, robbery like that shouldn't be legal, it's a disgrace. I've had better value food 5,000m up a mountain.
We get it, you climbed Everest! t, robbery like that shouldn't be legal, it's a disgrace. I've had better value food 5,000m up a mountain. UTH said:
THAT was £11?!?!! Holy st, robbery like that shouldn't be legal, it's a disgrace. I've had better value food 5,000m up a mountain.
Want to take a guess at how much our Swiss takeaway cost this evening...t, robbery like that shouldn't be legal, it's a disgrace. I've had better value food 5,000m up a mountain. Poppadoms
Onion bhajis
Tandoori mixed grill
Chicken tikka curry
2x peshwari naan
(no cheating with Google)
eyebeebe said:
UTH said:
THAT was £11?!?!! Holy st, robbery like that shouldn't be legal, it's a disgrace. I've had better value food 5,000m up a mountain.
Want to take a guess at how much our Swiss takeaway cost this evening...t, robbery like that shouldn't be legal, it's a disgrace. I've had better value food 5,000m up a mountain. Poppadoms
Onion bhajis
Tandoori mixed grill
Chicken tikka curry
2x peshwari naan
(no cheating with Google)
eyebeebe said:
illmonkey said:
Was it a work trip?
Nope lived here for 15 years.CharlesdeGaulle said:
A little over 100?
Not a bad guess. CHF 91.90 / GBP 81Charging for the poppadoms winds me up most
I’d have guessed that lot was £50 here, so the Swiss tax isn’t that bad…
CharlesdeGaulle said:
I was basing it on Lux costs and adding a bit for CH!
Tis a shocker though. At least we get a 'free' beer included here.
I fell for that once here. Decided to collect and was told it would be longer than expected. Would I like a beer while I'm waiting. Only a small one, as I'm driving. Added it to the bloody bill!Tis a shocker though. At least we get a 'free' beer included here.
illmonkey said:
Pops have been over a quid here for years. Just checked and it’s £2.25 for 2 at a local place.
I’d have guessed that lot was £50 here, so the Swiss tax isn’t that bad…
Fair one. I just looked at the price of something similar on Just Eat from somewhere I vaguely remember in Nottingham and it came to £43. Still half the price, pretty much. Probably a premium for ordering through JE? The peshwari naan was nearly a fiver each though. Mind blown. Didn't expect it to be much more than half that. They also charge 95p a poppadom. I like to think they'd throw them in for free.I’d have guessed that lot was £50 here, so the Swiss tax isn’t that bad…
Guessing your "pizza" was at Geneva?
eyebeebe said:
illmonkey said:
Was it a work trip?
Nope lived here for 15 years.CharlesdeGaulle said:
A little over 100?
Not a bad guess. CHF 91.90 / GBP 81Charging for the poppadoms winds me up most
I’ve not spent much time in Switzerland, is everything just stupidly expensive and that’s just the way it is?
UTH said:
Bloody hell.
I’ve not spent much time in Switzerland, is everything just stupidly expensive and that’s just the way it is?
Yes, it's the way it is. Pulled pork fries for lunch yesterday at an Irish pub just outside Zurich were 20 quid. Pint is £8.50. But salaries (at the bottom end in particular) are a lot higher and taxes lower. Bar staff are on around £20 an hour, check out staff make about £50k a year. It means that anything that has any human interaction is expensive.I’ve not spent much time in Switzerland, is everything just stupidly expensive and that’s just the way it is?
Also worth pointing out that when I moved in 2009 the exchange rate was 1.8 and it's now 1.13. It was around 2.5 in 2000. There's very little inflation too. That pint would have cost CHF 8.50 in 2009 rather than CHF 9.50 and if pulled pork fries were a thing back then, I'd have expected to pay the same as now.
The strange thing is, it's actually cheaper to eat and drink out in the ski resorts than it is in the city!
eyebeebe said:
The strange thing is, it's actually cheaper to eat and drink out in the ski resorts than it is in the city!
I spent a week in Gstaad in 1999. My brother had a gig at a piano bar. The guy who owned the bar also had a Michelin-starred restaurant, and part of my brother's pay package was eating there, including a guest. I also drank for free in the piano bar where he was performing. So my week in Gstaad, eating in a Michelin restaurant and drinking unlimited quantities every night cost me the piece of a return Easyjet fare to Geneva, return train tickets to Gstaad and my lift pass and ski rental. Quite how much a week would cost now doing that at full price is a scary thought!paulguitar said:
I spent a week in Gstaad in 1999. My brother had a gig at a piano bar. The guy who owned the bar also had a Michelin-starred restaurant, and part of my brother's pay package was eating there, including a guest. I also drank for free in the piano bar where he was performing. So my week in Gstaad, eating in a Michelin restaurant and drinking unlimited quantities every night cost me the piece of a return Easyjet fare to Geneva, return train tickets to Gstaad and my lift pass and ski rental. Quite how much a week would cost now doing that at full price is a scary thought!
The cheapest Swiss pint I ever had was on the outskirts of Gstaad CHF 5.20 at a local place in a village at the end of a ski run. On the flip side you have the Gstaad Palace. This is their drinks menu (from about 10 years ago)
https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/47731617/me...
Tapas in Cadiz…
Papas Alinas (potatoes in oil and vinegar) and Zanahorias Aliñadas (carrots marinaded in oil, cumin and oregano)
Berza (chickpea and bean stew with iberico pork and chorizo)
Grilled artichokes with iberico ham
Plus a plate of croquetas, a couple of coffees and a couple of beers… fabulous… and all for €30.
Papas Alinas (potatoes in oil and vinegar) and Zanahorias Aliñadas (carrots marinaded in oil, cumin and oregano)
Berza (chickpea and bean stew with iberico pork and chorizo)
Grilled artichokes with iberico ham
Plus a plate of croquetas, a couple of coffees and a couple of beers… fabulous… and all for €30.
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