Always look at the price of what you want to eat before ordering. That's the lesson Cassidy Armbruster has learned. While in the PACA region of France with her sister, this American woman was cheated out of several hundred euros after ordering a dish that hadn't even been made by a top chef.
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The scourge of tourist traps
Tourist traps claim victims every year, and it's hardly a surprise. Faced with the influx of visitors, some of whom come from far and wide to visit France, some restaurant owners and shopkeepers take advantage of their location and the candor of their foreign customers to inflate their prices.
It's an expected phenomenon that's not about to go away, but we have to admit that some people go a bit overboard when it comes to prices. While on holiday in Èze, Cassidy Armbruster and her sister, Leah Armbruster, wanted to sample a local product by ordering a lobster with spaghetti.
As we all know, seafood is far from being the cheapest of products, and we generally reserve crabs, lobsters and other crayfish for special occasions. But would you be prepared to pay several hundred euros for a piece of lobster with some undercooked pasta?
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A clearly overpriced pasta dish
It's important to note, however, that the twin sisters were on a boat, which significantly increases the price of the menu. They and their friends were surprised, however, when the waitress brought a bill for 500 euros. They joked about the incident on their TikTok accounts, where they posted images of their expensive meal:
We live and learn.
In another video, we can hear one of them saying:
I'm not even really hungry.
In comments, their fans don't hide their indignation:
It's crazy, I had the same meal on a catamaran in Santorini for 150 euros, you've been robbed lol.
Welcome to Europe. The same thing goes for $15 in Mexico lmao.
@thevacationtwins You live and you learn 🙈 #traveltips#friendgroup#funnytiktok#funnytok#parati#southoffrance#traveltiktok#traveltok#friendgroup#collegefriends#france#foodtiktok
♬ Oui,Oui,Oui,Oui - Sacha Distel
@thevacationtwins Replying to @Katie lol back to the €500 pasta conversation…💀 #girlmath#fyp#traveltiktok#traveltok#southoffrance#foryou#funnytiktok#americantiktok#collegefriends#americansabroad#europeansummer#traveleurope#girlstrip
♬ original sound - The Vacation Twins
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This article has been translated from Gentside FR.
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