I'd eat out every night if I could, and I was a Chef for 18 years

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Here in Sydney I have noticed that mains have jumped in price in the last year from the 25-$35 bracket to 35-$55, starters are going for the $20-30 mark, top it off with a nice bottle of wine or two and I'm looking at 2-$300 just for me and the wife to go out, and thats just a standard resturant, start going somewhere really good and expect to have a $500-1000 bill for 2.