Who does not like to eat? Probably, there is not a single person in the world who would not love food, especially tasty one. Obviously, everyone has different tastes: someone likes to eat a lot, and someone chooses only healthy food. But, among the eaters, there are those who treat food in a special way. For them, food is not just a way to fill the stomach. For them, it is pleasure, art, and a sea of emotions. These are gourmets. Very often they are quite wealthy people and for the sake of a unique flavor, combination gourmets are ready to pay a tidy sum.
1. Fortress Stilt Fisherman Indulgence - from $14,500
It is a fisherman on stilts, handmade from chocolate. The base is Italian cassata flavored with Baileys Irish cream. The treat is served with mango and pomegranate compote and a champagne sabayon sauce. The whole composition is decorated with gold leaf. And the finishing touch: an 80-carat aquamarine that adorns the fisherman's chocolate stilts.
2. The 24k pizza - from $2300
This pizza is covered in real gold and is served at “Industry Kitchen” in New York City. The dish is garnished with edible gold leaf (worth hundreds of dollars), sturgeon caviar, foie gras, imported Stilton white cheese, and truffles.
3. The Golden Opulence Sundae - from $1000
You can taste this ice cream at the “Serendipity 3” restaurant in New York. It is made with Tahitian vanilla ice cream infused with Madagascar vanilla beans. Also, 23-carat gilding is added here and all this is poured over with the most expensive Amedei Porceleana chocolate in the world, and then covered with Chuao chocolate pieces. Dessert is served in a crystal Baccarat glass (which can be taken home) with an 18k gold spoon. The ice cream is also decorated with exotic candied fruits from Paris, golden almonds, chocolate truffles, and marzipan cherries. Popsicles priced at $1,000 were listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the most expensive ice cream in the world in 2007. If you still decide to try this delicacy, then you need to consider that you can only do this by ordering it 48 hours in advance.
4. Le Burger Extravagant - from $300
It is a burger with a Wagyu patty infused with white truffle oil, accompanied by cheddar, black truffles, and caviar. All this pleasure is sealed with a gold toothpick encrusted with diamonds, which we are not sure if you can take away after you finish your meal.
5. Pizza Nino Bellissima - from $12,000
The pizza is made with three types of caviar: Oscietra Royal Prestige, Kaspia Oscietra Royal Classic, and Kaspia Beluga. Also, there is a very expensive lobster brought from Norway, as well as seven types of cheese. If you are willing to pay $12,000 for a pizza, then you can have it in Salerno, Italy.
6. FleurBurger 5000 - $5000
FleurBurger 5000, as it's called, consists of Wagyu beef and foie gras patty with truffle sauce and grated black truffles served on a truffle bun. This burger is served with a bottle of Bordeaux: 1995 Chateau Petrus, which typically costs around $2,500 a bottle. But that's not all! The wine is served in Ichendorf glasses, which can be taken home at the end of the meal. And just in case you're worried that the receipt won't be proof enough for your loved ones that you were able to enjoy such a sumptuous meal, a certificate of authenticity will be mailed to your home.
7. The Thousand-Dollar Bagel - $1000
In 2007, Westin Chef Frank Tujague transformed a New York bagel into something that only gourmets can appreciate. The chef took a soft classic bagel as a basis and then added a little luxury to it in the form of Alba cream cheese with white truffles and Riesling jelly with goji berries. He then covered everything in gold, giving the bagel its luxurious aura. Note: The bagel is only served at breakfast time and must be ordered 24 hours in advance.
8. Blue dumpling - from $2400
If you find yourself in New York and want to indulge in unusual food, check out the “Golden Gates” restaurant. They serve special dumplings that glow in the dark. And yes, so that you can see this feature, the waiter will turn off the lights in the hall on purpose before serving the dish. The magical effect is achieved thanks to the glowing anchovy glands, which are added to the dough during cooking.
9. Glamburger - from $1430
This burger also boasts a Wagyu beef patty, but instead of foie gras, it has a New Zealand venison chop. All this is seasoned with smoked Himalayan salt. The rich composition of the burger does not end there. There's also Canadian lobster cooked in Iranian saffron, striped bacon topped with maple syrup, beluga caviar, and a smoked duck egg. Of course, all this is covered with edible gold leaf.
10. Frozen Haute Chocolate - from $20400
The label of the most expensive dessert was stolen by chocolate ice cream Frozen Haute. It is served in a Harcourt crystal goblet with an 18K gold and white diamond bracelet attached to the neck. The goblet is also adorned with 23-carat edible gold. The recipe includes the Serendipity Frozen Hot Chocolate Blend, which contains 14 rare and secret cocoas from Africa and South America, milk, ice cubes, whipped cream, and shavings from the world's most expensive truffle, La Madeline au Truffle ($2,500 a pound). Decorated with five grams of 24k edible gold, this sumptuous dessert is served with an £8,800 ($14,000) gem-encrusted spoon. The bracelet and the spoon will remain as a memento for the sweet tooth who ordered this precious dessert.
11. Luxury Zebra Cro - from $2000
This is a black and white donut with creamy saffron-infused croissant dough, Tahitian golden vanilla beans, powdered Nutella, and rare and expensive Amedei Porcelana chocolate. The donut is decorated with Cristal pink champagne caviar and gold flakes, which explains its extremely high price.
12. Pule – from $1200 per 1 kg
Yes, this is not a whole dish, but a separate product. This Pule is one of the rarest cheeses in the world. Its uniqueness lies in the fact that it is made from donkey milk. Why is cheese so expensive? It's all about the production: it is made on only one farm in the world - in the special nature reserve Zasavica. It takes more than 4 liters of donkey milk to produce just 1 kg of cheese. This rare cheese is made from 60% donkey milk and 40% goat milk, which requires many months of processing. It is also worth considering that the donkey produces about 4 liters of milk per day and only six months of the year.
