Friday, January 22, 2010

Extraordinary Food & Drinks

Some of us see food only as a way to maintain energy and healthy living, but for those who love the food, the food certainly is something to be enjoyed with a variety of possible ways. Here's one way of how rich people waste their money only for dinner.

This is White Truffle, the most expensive mushroom in the world. One kilogram of this mushroom can reach the price of US$ 6,000. It's special and 'earthy' taste can not be compared by other mushroom. This fungus is used in a very small size (only a little grated) in each dish. It served in a dish that is certainly not a common dish. This fungus can only be found in Piedmont, northern Italy, and is only harvested in the autumn. The harvest had to be assisted by a special dog who received special training!


With the price of US$ 1,100 per kilogram, saffron is not an ordinary spice. This seasoning is made from the saffron crocus flower plants which are not yet open, harvested and dried in particular. 1 kilogram will contain 200,000 saffron flower buds. These amount is taken from a field as wide as three times of soccer field.


This is Pizza Royale 007. For the pizza made by experts, topped with caviar soaked in champagne, Mediterranean lobster, and sprinkled not with basil leaves, but with gold leaf! Then the pizza was sprinkled with cognac Rémy Martin Louis XII, and then baked in a perfect authentic Italian pizza oven. For this dish, you must spend US$ 3,700.

What is the most expensive coffee in the world? Starbucks? No you're wrong. It's Luwak coffee. An Indonesian coffee with the best taste ever. Search the google for details.


These potatoes are worth US$ 1,000 per kilogram, far above the market price of potatoes you can find in the market. La Bonnotte potato is a potato variant that is almost extinct and only found on the island of Noirmoutier, France. These potatoes get special treatment and should only be fertilized by the local seaweed. Each year only 100 tonnes of this potatoes can be harvested, and can only be found in the leading French restaurant. Want to make French Fries?




This is an US$ 2,500 ice cream which served in the Serendipity restaurant, New York. It is made from the chocolate from 14 different countries, given the 23-carat gold weighing 5 grams, its whipped cream covered with pieces of gold leaf that is safe to eat, and served with La Madeleine au Truffle. Presentation is also not in a random glass, but in a gold-plated glass.

FleurBurger, which is US$ 5,000 per portion is served at Fleur de Lys, Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas. Burger's meat is made from Kobe beef, and served with foie gras and truffle sauce with truffle brioche bread. This luxurious burger served with a bottle of Chateau Petrus 1990. In addition, you will receive a special certificate that is sent to your home as a proof that you did not spend US$ 5,000 at the gambling table, but because you ate a burger.


The "Flawless" Christmas cocktails of Movida nightclub in London, will reduce your money for US$ 7,100. What so special? This drink is made from a mixture of Louis XII cognac, Cristal Rose champagne, sugar ants, and Angostura bitters, served with a garnish of leaves of gold which safe to eaten. In addition, at the bottom of the glass, you will find a 11-carat diamond ring, which is certainly not for drinking. The presentation of this drink will even get a special escort, and so did when you enjoy it, you will receive special attention.


People say, the older the wine, the better the taste. Imagine an 100-year-old Champagne, with a bottle of 4 kilograms of pure platinum, 24 carat of gold and studded by 6,500 pieces of diamond. The name of this drink: Henri IV Dudognon Heritage. These beverages are stored for at least 1 century in large wood bowl. Until now, no one has bought the bottle, or taste the drink.


This is Beluga caviar, which is known as Almas caviar in Iran. This caviar comes from Beluga Sturgeon fish, which was already extinct in the Caspian Sea and Black Sea. To enjoy it, you have to use pearl-plated spoon.

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