‘Tis a wise gastronome who can tell the difference beteeen the culinary world’s answer to the emperor’s new clothes and a truly valid embellishment of a common dish.
 
 There’s something enticing to jaded tastes about a gustatory version of the oxymoron: i.e- the hundred dollar hot dog. It’s an insult to the hot dog….implying that it is lowly, and easily upgraded when, in essence the simple beauty of an average-priced, top quality frankfurter is as honest-to-goodness as the truth itself.
 
 The Bear