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Thursday, September 8, 2011 at 11:52PM In the time it takes you to blink your eye, four Twinkies come off the production line. Thanks to the industrialization of food, more people can chow down on more nosh like Twinkies than ever before. However, there are certain foods (and drinks), which remain beyond even the most passionate foodie’s reach. Why? Because they cost big. Very big. If one day, however, your numbers come in, here’s five foods we think you should invest in.
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day
Breakfast is considered the most important meal of they day, but how much are you willing to pay? How about $1,000? Called the Zillion-dollar Frittata, the actual price will probably come as something of a relief. Consisting of six eggs, 10 ounces of Sevruga caviar and an entire lobster, its guaranteed to start your day in the best possible way.
Don’t fail in your bid to eat this truffle
When it comes to decadence, nothing quite comes close to a truffle. Found growing on oak, hazel, poplar and beach trees, they are hunted out by specially trained pigs or dogs. Although small in size, they fetch astronomical prices, the record being $330,000 for one, yes you heard us right. This one 1.5kg white truffle, was bought by casino magnate Stanley Ho at an auction. What's more, he liked the it so much, he came back the next year and paid the same again for more. Now that’s what you call a satisfied customer.
A Happy Meal with a sad ending
If you suddenly find yourself wallowing in cash but can’t get rid of those fast food habits, you’ll relish the FleurBurger 5000. Consisting of opulent Kobe beef, black truffles, and foie gras, with a side of chips and a bottle of Chateau Petrus wine, 5000 denotes the price in dollars. Without a lottery win, this is one Happy Meal that would have a very sad ending when the bill came.
This is one tea you won’t want to spill
Winning big can be a thirsty business. To help quench your parched mouth, we suggest the most prized tea in China. Da Hong Pao, or ‘The Big Red Robe’ comes from the famed Wu Yi mountains. It’s so rare that at one point only 1kg of this tea was produced in one year. Its sublime taste commands an asking price of tens of thousands to millions of dollars per kilogram. When President Nixon visited China in 1972, he was given 50g as a gift. His anger brewing, it was explained to him that this was half of China’s reserves at the time and was worth, in today’s money, about $250,000.
A cake fit for a Sultan
What better way to celebrate a golden handshake than with a Sultan’s golden cake. Lovingly created at the Çirağan Palace Hotel, Istanbul, it includes black truffles; French Polynesian vanilla beans; as well as pears, quinces, and figs that have marinated in Jamaican rum for years. To top off the opulence, its served in 24-karat gold leaf and presented in a hand-crafted silver box, all for a sweet $1,000.
Do you agree with our list of luscious delights? Or are there any other rich tasting meals you think should have made the list?
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Reddit sent me here when I clicked on a story about Richard Nixon and the "Da Hong Pao" tea from the Wu Yi mountains. As a budding wannabe writer about James-Bond-style espionage stories, I would like to casually mention some "Hundertpassler" drinking only Da Hong Pao tea -- if he can get it. I will add Da Hong Pao tea to my list of superlatives:
caviar: Beluga
cigars: Cuban Havana
coffee: Kona (coffea arabica) from Hawaii
cymbals: Avedis Zildjian Co.
fruit, tropical: mangosteen (Garcinia mangostana)
honey: fireweed
lacquer: Asian sumac (Rhus vernicifer)
marmalade, Seville orange (Citrus aurantium): Tawny by Wilkin & Sons
mink coats: Black Willow from Coalville, Utah USA
onions: Walla Walla Sweets; Vidalia F-1 Yellow Granex 33 hybrid
peaches: Babcock
pipes, smoking: meerschaum or briar
syrup, maple: Vermont/ Swayze
whisky: Scotch/ Laphroaig
Thanks for the excellent bit of esoteric knowledge! -Arthur
whisky: Scotch aye, Laphroaig ok - but go for Ardbeg, Lagavulin, Bunnahabain, Caol Ila as well and have a tasty evening...
What the hell is a Hundertpassler?
Hey Mentifex, I would recommend changing your coffee superlative from Kona to Kopi Lewak, from Indonesia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kopi_Luwak
Also Mangosteen isn't actually expensive, the price was just exorbitant in North America before they were more widely grown and or imported.
Mentifex ; Mangosteen is abundant and dirt cheap in Asia. It just doesn't travel very well, so ends up being expensive by the time it gets to western markets (and it's usually in pretty bad shape nonetheless). Also : Seconded on the Kopi Luwak suggestion.
Mentifex-
cymbals: Avedis Zildjian Co.
As a professional drummer i would suggest its more complicated. Zildjian has some excellent cymbals, but whether they are better than Istanbul, Meinl, Sabian, Paiste, etc. is very much based on who you ask! And any high-end manufacturer has good cymbals and bad cymbals, and within a certain range of models, and even within one specific model you will typically find a lot of personality differences from one cymbal to the next.
As if anyone cares.
hey mentifex: "reddit sent me here???"
Briar or Meerschaum? Cool, you know the two most common materials used for making a tobacco pipe. Not much of a superlative. Hell, Dr. Grabows, the brand you see for 20 dollars at your local pharmacy chain store, are made from briar. Perhaps Sixten pipes or Dunhill if you want a generally pricy quality pipe to describe. But if you want a superlative for a pipe, don't use the materials. There's 20 dollar briar pipes, and there's even 20,000 dollar briar pipes. The materials are a vague descriptor, as the value comes from the grain of the wood and the craftsmanship of the carving.
No mention of Steak-umms?
http://www.reuters.com/article/2007/11/07/us-dessert-idUSN0753679220071107
Most expensive dessert in the world at $25,000. Frrozen Haute Chocolate. =3
If you won the lottery, you can EAT ME
ARE YOU HUNGRY? After this I feel like splashing out on an Expensive TOP-OF-THE-RANGE McDonalds!
Luwak coffee from Indonesia, $600/ lb. The beans have been eaten and pooped out by a civet. The enzymes in the civets digestive tract soften (no pun intended) the coffees flavor.
"His anger brewing..."
Oh come on now...
re: coffee
Let's take out the "snootiness" factor here...if you want a *decent* cup of coffee, home-roast a 50-50 blend of Harrar and Salvadoran. I like my coffee for its flavor, not poserocity.
Hot Pockets. Coca cola. Nicorette. Tucks medicated pads. all best in their classification.