rant · moment 8 of 12
Salt Bae's Delusions of Grandeur and Overpriced Steaks
from #271 - The Many Taints of Newark | The Tim Dillon Show · #271
6 min
Tim tears into Salt Bae for claiming to be a childhood inspiration, mocking his restaurant's absurd prices like an $850 steak and riffing on people who go there for spectacle.
- Salt Bae claims he's becoming an inspiration to millions of children who now want to be butchers because of him.
- Tim corrects Salt Bae: he's an inspiration to absolutely no one, and his entire fame comes from one viral video of salting meat.
- At his restaurants, Salt Bae walks around with a sword, which Tim describes in absurdist detail.
- Tim imagines the surreal experience of unironically going to a Salt Bae restaurant excited about the meal.
- Salt Bae's London restaurant charges $850 for a steak and $15 for a Red Bull.
- Anyone dumb enough to eat at Salt Bae's restaurant should pay thousands of dollars for a steak.
- Flying to Salt Bae's Turkish restaurant is cheaper than eating at his London location.
- Salt Bae's claim about being a popular Halloween costume conflicts with children wanting to be practical things like firemen or princesses, not restaurant tour guides.
- Tim compares Salt Bae to Mario Batali and predicts a scandal will eventually emerge involving cannibal allegations.
- One viral Instagram video is all you need to make money hawking products to morons seeking to feel something before they die.
- Salt Bae's restaurant attracts people who spend their entire time on their phones saying 'Look where we are' instead of actually experiencing anything.
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