£6.50 for a Brownie with Ice Cream?
Posted by Krista on January 15, 2009
Maybe it's the times. Maybe The Garrison just caught me on a bad night. MAybe I just haven't been paying enough attention to the price of pudding these days.
But see the box on this menu? Those are the desserts. And they all clock in at £6.50. The cheese is £7.50.
£6.50 for dessert on Bermondsey Street, of all places? That's highway robbery. Isn't it?
Jan 15, 2009
The Sticky Toffee Pudding may be worth it. All the non-Brits we take there rave about it. I do not understand the brownie, though, perhaps it’s a novelty item on a pub menu?
Jan 15, 2009
Well, you know Bermondsey Street does fancy itself as one of London’s hippest, up and coming places. Even though half of it is estate agents! I live on the next street over and I’ve experienced every rip off merchant there. So £6.50 for a dessert means you’re really paying for the privilege of eating surrounded by the ‘coolest’ cats. You should try brunch at the Village if you feel like being ripped off and stared down by the belligerent, too cool for school, waiters.
Jan 15, 2009
Bermondsey Street is a pretty hip area, everything around there is expensive.
Jan 16, 2009
Well, the Garrison overall isn’t on the cheap side, so the dessert prices seem in line. Their sticky toffee pudding is huge and delicious. (I’ve never had a brownie in Britain that was worth any price.) Did you eat dinner at the Garrison as well? I’ve never been disappointed there.
Jan 16, 2009
I think I am obviously warped by London living – I wouldn’t balk at that price on a menu but now that you say it I suppose it is a lot. Better get out the brownie recipe and make my own
Jan 16, 2009
Same as what Gourmet chick said… I’m so used to paying £10 or more for desserts that £6.50 for a brownie and ice cream almost seems like a bargain…
Jan 18, 2009
If we’re talking poor value desserts, 20 quid for a bit of sweetened egg omelette at Le Gavroche must take some beating (no pun intended)!
Jan 19, 2009
Our desserts (or puddings, if you like) are currently £3.50. We’re doing a red fruit and apple crumble and a creamy chocolate mousse. The portions aren’t massive, but I think it’s better that way. I’ve given up doing cheese plates because there’s no bloody money in it.
Jan 19, 2009
Jeff, apple crumble is one of my favorite things.
Jan 19, 2009
Gourmet Chick…it was just all of them there on the menu at £6.50 that did
it for me. What have we become??? How much does flour, butter, and sugar
really cost?
Jan 19, 2009
New Yorker, we did have dinner at The Garrison. It was good. But they never
asked me how I wanted my venison cooked and it arrived closer to
medium-well. It would have been so much nicer if pinker.