Reply To: 'Halachic Dinner" – What do you think about it?

“But instead of just eating good and exotic food, they tried to mix it with Talmud Torah”

A more accurate statement would be, “instead of just eating expensive and exotic food, they tried to rationalize it with talmud torah.

The Torah aspect of it provided some intellectual entertainment along with the meal. Like those renaissance fairs they used to have where they fed you ancient types of dishes and explained to you how it was made in ancient times while you were eating it. And the next day when the meal is over, the people are going for the next fancy restaurant- not the next blatt gemara and maharsha.