For $350, You Could Eat Sweltering Sushi at Coachella

Coachella — the biannual influencer pilgrimage where plebeian parasocial relationships incarnate into physical proximity to the likes of Timothée Chalamet — took place in Indio, California, over the last two weekends. While I was not in attendance, I did unwittingly witness the festival’s many ostentations (thanks to social media), one of which was a $350 omakase by the luxe sushi chain Nobu. 

The festival’s culinary program has become increasingly elaborate each year, with a mostly positive reception. But this particular collab seems to have raised more than a few eyebrows. While the people’s favorite socialist, Bernie Sanders, bellowed a riveting speech about eating the rich, just a few steps away, the rich were eating pricey nigiri, sushi, and sashimi on compostable bamboo plates inside the sheltered Red Bull Mirage tent.