Hot dog
Liz Steger Serendipity 3 is also famous for it's $69 foot-long frank — the world’s most expensive hot dog according to Guinness.
It's served on a pretzel roll toasted in white truffle butter. The all-beef sausage is grilled in white truffle oil and topped with duck foie gras, caramelized Vidalia onions, heirloom tomato ketchup and Dijon mustard.
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Frozen Haute Chocolate
Reuters Serendipity 3 in New York City was known for its Golden Opulence ice cream sundae, which sets customer back a cool $1,000.
But in 2007, owner Stephen Bruce set out to get a Guinness world record for most expensive dessert for the $25,000 Frozen Haute Chocolate.
What makes it so pricey? It includes a blend of 28 cocoas, is infused with five grams of edible 23-karat gold and served in a goblet lined with edible gold.
Customers even walk away with souvenirs — an 18-karat gold bracelet with diamonds and the gold and diamond-crusted spoon and goblet set.
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Steak-and-mushroom pie
Chef Spencer Burge of Fence Gate Inn in the U.K. created a steak-and-mushroom pie that sells for $12,500.
It's made from Wagyu beef, matsutake mushrooms, black truffles and two bottles of 1982 Chateau Mouton Rothschild, worth $6,800.
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Sultan's Golden Cake
If you're in the mood to be treated like royalty, the Ciragan Palace in Istanbul, Turkey, offers the Sultan's Golden Cake for the princely sum of $1,000.
The dessert takes three days to make and has figs, quince, apricot and pears marinated in rum for two years.
In addition, it's topped with caramel, black truffles and edible gold.
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Chocolate Variation
Mezzaluna, a restaurant in Thailand, holds the title of serving one of the most expensive meals ever, at $30,000 a head, in 2007.
The restaurant also boasts one of the priciest dessert menus in the world and includes the Chocolate Variation for $640.
The dessert includes champagne sorbet made from Cristal, and a slice of chocolate cake with edible gold and Perigord truffle.
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Zillion Dollar Lobster Frittata
You can drop $1,000 on the Zillion Dollar Lobster Frittata at Norma's at the Le Parker Meridien hotel in New York City.
It has 10 ounces of Sevruga caviar, which can retail for $80 to $170 an ounce.
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Buddha Jumps Over the Wall soup
Kai Mayfair in London dubs itself the "home of the world's most expensive soup" for its $165 Buddha Jumps Over the Wall soup.
The soup is made from shark fin — a controversial ingredient because shark finning is loathed by animal activists — Chinese mushrooms, sea cucumber, dried scallops, chicken, ginseng and gold.
To order this dish, customers need to give the restaurant five days' notice.
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Kobe beef steak
Aragawa Tokyo's Aragawa is one of the city's most famous — and expensive — restaurants.
A serving of steak costs $368, and the price reflects the origins of the meat.
The beef, commonly called Kobe, comes from the Tajima-ushi breed of Wagyu cattle and is considered a delicacy.
But big bucks alone won't get you in the door at this restaurant, as seating is reserved for exclusive clientele.
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Mac 'n' cheese
Melisse Forget that boxed blue stuff.
If you've got money to burn, Melisse restaurant in Santa Monica, Calif., serves up a mac 'n' cheese that costs $95.
The dish uses expensive white truffles, fresh tagliatelle and brown butter truffle froth.
It's offered only during truffle season, from October through December.
The confection boasts high quality ingredients including French Valrhona chocolate, fresh cream, pure Italian truffle oil and French Perigord truffle, and is crafted through an arduous process.
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Richard Nouveau burger
TODAY Can a burger break the bank? Not if you're dining off the dollar menu.
But a couple of $175 Richard Nouveau burgers from the Wall Street Burger Shoppe in New York City might do the trick.
This swanky sammy includes gold flakes, black truffles, seared foie gras and aged Gruyere cheese accompanying 10 ounces of Kobe beef.
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La Madeline au Truffle
Knipschildt Chocolatier Two bucks might get you a chocolate bar at the drugstore, but you have to come with a lot more sugar for a taste of La Madeline au Truffle from Knipschildt Chocolatier in Norwalk, Conn.
The chocolate truffles go for $250 a pop about $2,600 for a pound.
The confection boasts high quality ingredients including French Valrhona chocolate, fresh cream, pure Italian truffle oil and French Perigord truffle, and is crafted through an arduous process.
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The 12-inch Luxury Pizza
TODAY The 12-inch Luxury Pizza at Nino’s Bellissima in New York City costs a whopping $1,000, which breaks down to $125 a slice.
The restaurant needs 24 hours' notice to create the pie because it is topped with six types of caviar, which have to be specially ordered.
In addition, the pizza includes lobster, creme fraiche and chives.
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Liz Steger Serendipity 3 is also famous for it's $69 foot-long frank — the world’s most expensive hot dog according to Guinness.
It's served on a pretzel roll toasted in white truffle butter. The all-beef sausage is grilled in white truffle oil and topped with duck foie gras, caramelized Vidalia onions, heirloom tomato ketchup and Dijon mustard.
View attachment 96856
Frozen Haute Chocolate
Reuters Serendipity 3 in New York City was known for its Golden Opulence ice cream sundae, which sets customer back a cool $1,000.
But in 2007, owner Stephen Bruce set out to get a Guinness world record for most expensive dessert for the $25,000 Frozen Haute Chocolate.
What makes it so pricey? It includes a blend of 28 cocoas, is infused with five grams of edible 23-karat gold and served in a goblet lined with edible gold.
Customers even walk away with souvenirs — an 18-karat gold bracelet with diamonds and the gold and diamond-crusted spoon and goblet set.
View attachment 96857
Steak-and-mushroom pie
Chef Spencer Burge of Fence Gate Inn in the U.K. created a steak-and-mushroom pie that sells for $12,500.
It's made from Wagyu beef, matsutake mushrooms, black truffles and two bottles of 1982 Chateau Mouton Rothschild, worth $6,800.
View attachment 96858
Sultan's Golden Cake
If you're in the mood to be treated like royalty, the Ciragan Palace in Istanbul, Turkey, offers the Sultan's Golden Cake for the princely sum of $1,000.
The dessert takes three days to make and has figs, quince, apricot and pears marinated in rum for two years.
In addition, it's topped with caramel, black truffles and edible gold.
View attachment 96859
Chocolate Variation
Mezzaluna, a restaurant in Thailand, holds the title of serving one of the most expensive meals ever, at $30,000 a head, in 2007.
The restaurant also boasts one of the priciest dessert menus in the world and includes the Chocolate Variation for $640.
The dessert includes champagne sorbet made from Cristal, and a slice of chocolate cake with edible gold and Perigord truffle.
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Zillion Dollar Lobster Frittata
You can drop $1,000 on the Zillion Dollar Lobster Frittata at Norma's at the Le Parker Meridien hotel in New York City.
It has 10 ounces of Sevruga caviar, which can retail for $80 to $170 an ounce.
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Buddha Jumps Over the Wall soup
Kai Mayfair in London dubs itself the "home of the world's most expensive soup" for its $165 Buddha Jumps Over the Wall soup.
The soup is made from shark fin — a controversial ingredient because shark finning is loathed by animal activists — Chinese mushrooms, sea cucumber, dried scallops, chicken, ginseng and gold.
To order this dish, customers need to give the restaurant five days' notice.
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Kobe beef steak
Aragawa Tokyo's Aragawa is one of the city's most famous — and expensive — restaurants.
A serving of steak costs $368, and the price reflects the origins of the meat.
The beef, commonly called Kobe, comes from the Tajima-ushi breed of Wagyu cattle and is considered a delicacy.
But big bucks alone won't get you in the door at this restaurant, as seating is reserved for exclusive clientele.
View attachment 96863
Mac 'n' cheese
Melisse Forget that boxed blue stuff.
If you've got money to burn, Melisse restaurant in Santa Monica, Calif., serves up a mac 'n' cheese that costs $95.
The dish uses expensive white truffles, fresh tagliatelle and brown butter truffle froth.
It's offered only during truffle season, from October through December.
The confection boasts high quality ingredients including French Valrhona chocolate, fresh cream, pure Italian truffle oil and French Perigord truffle, and is crafted through an arduous process.
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Richard Nouveau burger
TODAY Can a burger break the bank? Not if you're dining off the dollar menu.
But a couple of $175 Richard Nouveau burgers from the Wall Street Burger Shoppe in New York City might do the trick.
This swanky sammy includes gold flakes, black truffles, seared foie gras and aged Gruyere cheese accompanying 10 ounces of Kobe beef.
View attachment 96865
La Madeline au Truffle
Knipschildt Chocolatier Two bucks might get you a chocolate bar at the drugstore, but you have to come with a lot more sugar for a taste of La Madeline au Truffle from Knipschildt Chocolatier in Norwalk, Conn.
The chocolate truffles go for $250 a pop about $2,600 for a pound.
The confection boasts high quality ingredients including French Valrhona chocolate, fresh cream, pure Italian truffle oil and French Perigord truffle, and is crafted through an arduous process.
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The 12-inch Luxury Pizza
TODAY The 12-inch Luxury Pizza at Nino’s Bellissima in New York City costs a whopping $1,000, which breaks down to $125 a slice.
The restaurant needs 24 hours' notice to create the pie because it is topped with six types of caviar, which have to be specially ordered.
In addition, the pizza includes lobster, creme fraiche and chives.
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