Bottoms Up

A few weekends ago I went to the major department stores here in Berlin in search of possible American cuisine to serve up at our Thanksgiving dinner. At KaDeWe, I found an exotic assortment of food from all around the world under glass cases and being prepared right in front of your eyes. The gourmet food section is located on the sixth floor of the department store that requires an almost maze-like approach past boutiques of Louis Vuitton and Prada, Yves Sain Laurent and Tom Ford. This store housed riches from all across the world and is drug den for global shopaholics, or maybe just their most dependable dealer.

I was a bit light headed myself walking through the forest of luxury goods, eventually stumbling onto the gourmet food floor. Here in the American food section I found Mountain Dew cans that sold for €5.25 a liter, or €1.50 a can. Boxes of Swiss Miss, jars of Marshmallow Fluff™ and the largest selection of Salsa in Germany. As I wandered further I was dumbstruck by the price tag I saw on this bottle of liquor. It was priced at €17,500! That is enough to buy a car, or a boat, or enough scotch to last you a life time. It must taste A-M-A-Z-I-N-G, and almost makes the €1,595 bottle of Remy Martin Louis XIII next to it sound like mouthwash.

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