{"id":50654,"date":"2021-09-29T11:38:47","date_gmt":"2021-09-29T07:38:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/?p=50654"},"modified":"2021-09-29T12:40:59","modified_gmt":"2021-09-29T08:40:59","slug":"salt-bae-charged-his-customers-aed218-for-4-red-bull-cans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/news\/salt-bae-charged-his-customers-aed218-for-4-red-bull-cans\/","title":{"rendered":"Salt Bae Upsets Customers After Charging AED218 For 4 Red Bull Cans In London"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>High-end restaurants get away with charging their customers exuberant amounts after factoring in the costs of the location, service, experience, premium ingredients, manpower, presentation and etc. but sometimes restos go overboard and that&#8217;s when the internet intercepts to serve a quick reality check.<\/p>\n<p>The Dubai-based Turkish restaurateur, Nusret G\u00f6k\u00e7e AKA <a href=\"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/search?_sf_s=salt+bae\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Salt Bae<\/a> frequently makes headlines for his OTT butchery style but has recently drawn ire after charging his customers at the Nusr-Et Steakhouse in upmarket Knightsbridge, west London over AED218 (\u00a344) for four red bull cans.<\/p>\n<h2>A diner shared his bill that mounted up to a whopping sum of AED9,017+ (\u00a31,812.4) and the internet was outraged.<\/h2>\n<div style='clear:both;'><\/div>\n<p><!--infeed--><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Salt Bae is the world&#39;s greatest living artist <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZZMydLsoah\">pic.twitter.com\/ZZMydLsoah<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Francisco Garcia (@Ffranciscodgf) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Ffranciscodgf\/status\/1442422136661024768?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 27, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>AED54 for 1 red bull, clearly society is too woke to be flexing on such expenditures these days<\/h2>\n<p>Salt Bae gained cult status after his &#8216;salt sprinkle&#8217; meme went viral back in 2017 and racked up more than 10 million views. Not only red bull, the notorious butcher even hiked the price of diet coke to AED45 (\u00a39) whereas it&#8217;s barely a few pounds in the supermarkets.<\/p>\n<p>One Twitter user said, \u201cY&#8217;all confuse overpaying with luxury\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Another said, &#8220;I do not care how good it is if you are spending \u00a3630 on a steak and \u00a39 on a coke you do not deserve money.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u00a311 for a redbull \ud83d\ude33 this is just robbery at this point&#8230; this ain&#39;t no flex <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RTnkc2PF94\">https:\/\/t.co\/RTnkc2PF94<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; blank (@FourEyesOFC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FourEyesOFC\/status\/1443004889085485057?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 29, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>This tweep spotted something much more alarming!<\/h2>\n<p>But guilty tho.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Forget the price what criminal is drinking red bull with their dinner lol <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KjOdzIBU8I\">https:\/\/t.co\/KjOdzIBU8I<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; k (@kfromkway) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kfromkway\/status\/1442552998375403525?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 27, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>If that AED44 can of red bull ain&#8217;t giving you wings then is it even worth it?!<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/media.giphy.com\/media\/F3Y3X396mTx3pBosP7\/giphy.gif\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Watch the Lovin Show: The F1 Yasalam After-Race Concerts Have Been Announced!<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Lovin Dubai Show: The Formula 1 Yasalam After-Race Artists Have Finally Been Anno...\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2cqOWbIrYxQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/latest\/cycling-enthusiasts-dubai-has-built-a-50-km-sand-bike-track-in-a-forest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ALSO READ: Cycling Enthusiasts: Dubai Has Built A 50-KM Sand Bike Track In A Forest<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"High-end restaurants get away with charging their customers exuberant amounts after factoring in the costs of the location, service, experience, premium ingredients, manpower, presentation and etc. but sometimes restos go overboard and that&#8217;s when the internet intercepts to serve a quick reality check. 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