On the last night of Blog World Expo, I hosted the first, and hopefully not last, John Chow Blogger Dinner by inviting some fellow bloggers to dine at Benihanna Japanese steak house. The blogs that showed up include Egontron, Zac Johnson, Darrin Carter, Gary Lee, Ms. Danielle, Mad Whips, Neil Patel, Nate Whitehill and the gang at Unique Blog Design. All together, we had 15 people. Shoemoney showed up to say hi but couldn’t stay.
I told everyone dinner was at 7PM but when I went to make the reservations they told me they were booked out for that time slot so I have to move it to 6PM. This didn’t create too much of a problem since Benihanna is inside the Hilton Hotel, which is right next door to the convention center.
Benihanna is the kind of Japanese restaurant where the chef cooks the food in front of you. It’s fun to watch the chef slices and dice the food while trying to make very unfunny jokes. The food quality is average - it doesn’t have a chance in hell of matching Spago and I doubt they ever intend to. Because of the size of our group, we needed two tables and two chefs. Here are some more pictures and a video.
Dinner for 15 came to, well, I’m not going to tell you. Instead, why don’t you take a guess. The person who come closest to the actual amount of the bill (including tax and tips), without going over, will win a signed copy of An American Hedge Fund. Guess away.
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$450
$1920
Why is that guys always wear all black to dinner?
Mine is $1920 US Dollars by the way
Whhhhhat?! $1920!?!? Holy… gosh… I’d open a restaurant in a second.
I didn’t . . .
I’ll say $475 with tax and tip. Might be a tad conservative but who knows!
I think you are close. Assume that John had to pay roughly $31 a head , anyway including tips and since you were in blog word expo…you had to be generous with the tips. I’d say roughly $500 if not even $600 (that’d be $40 per person with tips included).
$750.
You’re not even close.
1250$ knowing john he took them somewhere very nice but not too overly priced
the first to comment? ok, i have no idea of prices there, but i say 1.100 to pay the bill for 15…
nice time you are having there!!
I’d say $1103.44.
Who has eaten Japanese food except for Sushi?
Living in Japan i can say Yes i have. Lots of the food here isn`t `Japanese` as such, it`s more other Asian food that has the Japanese touch added to it.
$1,456
Hahhaa…Gary looks hilariously uncomfortable standing like that.
i was!
I’m going to guess $650 USD
$750
Well i costed 2469$… let me know if i reeally won . . NO cheating please
it didn’t cost you anything, nothing 0 nada!
I’ll guess $720
$898.12, the 0.12 being the tip.
Huge generous tip there haha.
it depends, was there alcohol??….i’ll guess $827.
The bill cost: $3549
John,
Well, I’d say it was $485 USD
Nice, sounds like you had a great time John. Now you gotta come back to a bunch of guys in Vancouver who don’t treat you like a superstar
I have to try and make it down next year, but I had to stay up here and work before the writer’s strike sets in.
I guess $587
Some fantastic Blog World coverage you got here–especially the food posts! The worst part about these sit down cook in front of you places is that your clothes ending up soaking up the grease and smell after you’re done eating. That onion trick was pretty neat, I’m surprised he didn’t burn the place down! lol
Ah yeah I remember that… I was at a barbecue at my university cooking sausages manning the grill woo for everyone… and afterwards I STANK. I think we’re more safe with Japanese food though… healthy stuff.
How about $501?
How could our blogs in Chinese apply for these services?Seems no way, they only accept websites in English.
I’m not going to guess at the price but those are some delicious looking food pictures! It seems like it was a good party too!
Hey is is just one long party or is any business being discussed
Seriously, we would love to have some updates of what is going on when you have the time.
Yah I love how they did the onion. Very cool - prolly tastes like normal onions though lol. Who cares… it looks cool.
I’d have to say $463.93 roughly…
Glad to see such kind of party among bloggers, and waiting for more!
I guess it’s $555
$777.77
heart-shaped rice look nice! ;p
$1328
wish you were there to hang out!
I do too…
1000
420 is my guess
My guess is $688!
My guess would be… $1,136.34
$968.88
$988.54
$1,025
hard to guess if their were mega drink orders. $1,200.oo usa.
Hmmm… $100 per person x 10 people = $1000 + $200 tip = $1200???
But the big question is, “Who paid for the dinner?”
I bet John did?!?
$1,562
Chef - “what am i making?”
John - “volcano?”
Chef - “no, onion!”
Great Success!
Kzackstan approves!!
$827.63 - Boomshakalaka!! - The Winner of An American Hedge Fund
Wow that will be difficult without knowing what you guys ordered I will guess: $1541
there but let me give the list of food price lists for those that want