Gourmet On A Budget Mugs

'I'm on a budget, what would Antony Worrall Thompson recommend?'

'If by 'great', you mean 'terrible', then yes, we have plenty of great beers for under $4.00 a six-pack.'

"Tell your chef I'd like something for a refined and cultured palate. For under ten bucks."

"Ten Dollars?! I can't eat that." Bob was on a strict low-cost diet.

Credit Crunch Corn Flakes.

"And finally the chef's surprise - the check!"

'Waiter, you seem to have mixed my bill up with somebody who wants to buy this restaurant.'

'Would you care for a drink while your food is being defrosted?'

"It would be better with a protein, but add-ons are so expensive."

AS about Today's Specials' - 'Whatever didn't sell yesterday.'

'Today the Yuan rose against the pork belly, the chicken beak, the eel, the wanton, and the egg noodle.'

"Is the parchment in the salmon en papillote humanely raised?"

"What wine goes well with £5.52p?"

'Don't overdo the mustard, sir -- we're trying to control costs around here.'

Food Prices

"Never mind the cost of living crisis, dear, you still need your 5-a-day."

"It's a new way to stretch leftovers. Saw it in Homeopathy Now."

'We're having leftovers again. Don't worry, I shaved off all the fuzzy parts. I'm going to knit you a sweater.'

'I'm impressed at your choice sir, you certainly know your budget wines.'

Deep in the heart of the one-star restaurant district...'Guess what you're eating buffet!'

"We use the cheapest ingredients and pass the savings on to you."

"I'm sorry, due to budget cuts we had to reduce kitchen staff."

'I'm afraid we've reached the point where we have to cut out luxuries. How do you feel about food?'

"Well if bread's free, and gravy's free, how about bread and gravy?"

'The 89's are very forward with meat on the nose and a lingering marrow-bone finish.'

Posh restaurant - 'We'll have the sandwiches.'

Camper special! PORK 'N' BEANS...50 gallons...only $49.99...Limit: 3 per customer.

'The lower-priced items contain genetically-modified foods not yet approved for human use.'

Pizza By The Slice

'Sorry about dinner, honey...ever since your dad was laid off work we've been trying to figure out new ways to make dinner.'

'It's half as good as our $10 special.'

"It's exactly how Jamie Oliver would make it if he couldn't afford half the ingredients either!"

Please give! Buying organic food doesn't come cheap.

"It's become so expensive, that if I want sushi, I have to catch my own!"

'What's affordable tonight?'