BILL OF THE WEEK
THE MORE ostentatious among you may baulk at the idea of a bill totalling under £1,000, but allow The Capitalist to present… a £986.12 cheese tasting session.
Yep, this group of accountants popped into South Kensington cheese shop La Cave a Fromage last week for cheese and a couple of glasses of wine.
Along with their charcuterie selection (smoked venison, salami Milano, pata negra and bresaola) and wines – including a Chateau La Colline Cote Ouest Bergerac Blanc Sec, a Parfum De Raisin Gaillac Blanc and a Spanish red, Quindals 2005 Mas Estela – the group got their teeth stuck into a good few smelly cheeses.
On the menu were a French hard cheese, Comte St Antoinel; an Epoisse Fermier; a Sainte Maure de Touraine goat’s cheese; and a mouth-watering triple cream cheese called Brillat Truffe, with a layer of black truffle.
And all that with the bill coming in at the leisurely time of just after five in the afternoon. Now if that’s not a touch of decadence, I don’t know what is.