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| | World's Most Expensive Restaurants 2005 - Forbes.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30) |
 | | And, true, while global gourmands praise the food of such top U.K.-based chefs as Gordon Ramsay, Fergus Henderson and Pierre Gagnaire, they also realize that they had better be prepared to dig deep to pay for the experience, because not only has British food become world-class, it has also become unbelievably expensive. |
 | | And, at the top end, Tokyo hasn't been a bargain in decades, and is, today, home to the most expensive restaurant on our list, Aragawa, where the average meal for one runs about ¥1,672 (approximately $277). |
 | | From Athens to Zurich, the combination of higher rents and energy costs, uneven exchange rates and increased demand is routinely putting the cost of a first-class meal, with wine, beyond the reach of all but the very rich, the very self-indulgent or the very fortunate with large expense accounts. |
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