Pakmasti: 2010-11-14

Saturday, November 20, 2010

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Truffles are the most expensive food items in the world - not the Belgian chocolate variety. The food which is often referred to as ‘the king of all funghi’, truffles are very rare which is why they are so expensive, with an Italian White Alba Truffle costing up to around £80,000.

The Sultan’s Golden Cake $1,000

Sultan’s Golden cake resembles more like a brick of gold than cake. It is sold at the popular Ciragan Palace Kempinski Hotel situated in Istanbul, with the heavy price tag of $1,000. The cake is prepared by using pears, figs, quince and apricot. All these ingredients are soaked in Jamaican Rum for two years. Moreover, the cake is topped with caramel, French Polynesia vanilla bean, 24 carat gold leaf and black truffles.

Noka Chocolate, Vintage Collection $854 per pound

This is probably one of the simplest desserts in this list of world’s most expensive desserts. The Vintage Collection offered by Noka Chooclate will cost you only $854 per pound. Noka uses various types of cocoas from various places all over the world like Venezuela, Ecuador, Trinidad and Cote d’Ivoire.

Macaroons Haute Couture $7,414

You can easily find regular macaroons in the market. Mostly popular in France, these are usually found at a reasonable price. But, have you ever heard of macaroons haute couture worth $7,414? French pastry chef, Pierre Herme, has prepared a new and expensive type of macaroons. However, the customer are allowed to choose from various ingredients like fleur de sel, balsamic vinegar, red wine, and peanut butter for putting between the two meringue puffs.

The Fortress Stilt Fisherman Indulgence $14,500

There is no doubt to the fact that food presentation is very important. We all known the stilt fishing is a popular tradition in Sri Lanka. And now we have a dessert paying special tribute to this pastime by portraying a stilt fishing scene made of delicious ingredients, including chocolate, exotic fruit, and Irish cream. This Sri Lankan dessert dish is served with pomegranate compote and a mango.

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This is a tigerfish. They are not particularly renowned for their flavor or texture, but consuming them becomes a hot ticket when they happen to be a rare golden-colored fish as featured above. Culturally speaking, the golden tigerfish is served with a complimentary side of Good Luck and Wealth, which not even the most illustrious meat pie can claim. The value of this fish comes in at approximately $75,000. It may seem a bit over-inflated, but remember that no one is going to have to dump gold leaf on it, which really makes it cost-effective.

A portion of this fortune-granting ichthyoid would cost approximately $1,651.30. When you're tipping against that cost, don't forget to factor in the irony surcharge that also comes with it.

Platinum Cake $130,000

Made by a Japanese pastry chef, Nobue Ikara, platinum cake is a dream for everyone. The only problem with the Platinum Cake is the tiny price tag of $130,000. The cake is heavily decorated by plain white frosting and covered with platinum items such as necklaces, chains, pins, foils and pendants that are made up of platinum that are edible.

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The most expensive cheese is the moose milk cheese produced atthe Moose House in Bjursholm, Sweden. This $500/lb. cheese is made from the milk of three moose cows. The moose milk cheese is only available from May until September each year, and it goes directly to exclusive hotels and restaurants in Sweden.

Diamonds-are-Forever-Martini

This isn’t your everyday martini. The olive has been replaced by a 1.6 carat diamond, partially accounting for the martini’s US$16,000 price tag. The martini, created in conjunction with jeweller Bulgari, contains a Bulgari diamond at the bottom. You can take the stone to any Bulgari store in Toyko and have it set for free.

The Brownie Extraordinaire

The next time you visit East Coast of the US, make sure that you keep an extra $1000 in your pocket for those sweet cravings. The Brownie Extraordinaire is available at Brule, the restaurant in the Tropicana Resort located in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The delicious Brownie Extraordinaire is made up of dark chocolate covered with Italian hazelnuts. It is often served with a scoop of ice cream.

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This US$1,000 luxury 12-inch pizza pie made its debut at Nino’s Bellissima restaurant in New York City. The pricey pizza is topped with sliced lobster tail, creme fraiche and four kinds of caviar. “The owner states that $750 worth of caviar is spread on this pizza, which is the main reason why this pie is so expensive. That averages approximately $33 per bite,” Associated Content reports.

Monday, November 15, 2010

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To celebrate the DVD release of Slumdog Millionaire, Bombay Brassiere packed this curry platter full of the most expensive ingredients they could find. Devon crab and white truffle and a half tomato filled with Beluga caviar and dressed with gold leaf are just the start of this lavish dish. A Scottish lobster, also coated with gold, four abalone and four shelled and hollowed quails’ eggs filled with even more caviar round out the dish

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Can you believe that Gold can be eaten? Known in the food industry as additive E175, to the rest of us it’s just plain old gold – officially the world’s most expensive foodstuff. Prized for its, erm, flavourless taste and, erm, golden colour it is used primarily in the form of small quantities of 23K gold leaf or flakes as decoration for ludicrously lavish and pricey dishes and food products.As one of nature’s edible metals gold, like iron, is safe to eat in relatively small amounts. According to EdibleGold.com, “Gold is an inert metal that simply passes through the intestinal system. Edible Gold will pass out of the body after about 24 hours unchanged without causing any harm or reaction on the body”. After which, I presume, the lavatory becomes the recipient of the world’s most expensive crap.

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Kopi Luwak. The coffee comes from the Indonesian island of Sumatra and the total annual production is only around 500 pounds of beans. That is why the price of a pound is outrages – $300 or more.

Sunday, November 14, 2010

Dansuke Watermelon – $6,100

In a country where watermelons are rare game, they can be a costly commodity. That’s how a 17-pound Japanese watermelon became the most expensive watermelon in the world. Densuke watermelons, a type of black watermelon grown only on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido, are usually given as gifts due to their extraordinary rarity. There were only sixty-five of the fruits among the first harvest this season. They are harder and crisper than the watermelons we Americans are used to and, according to Tohma Agricultural Cooperative’s spokesman, they “have a different level of sweetness.”

Beluga caviar

These tiny, black wild sturgeon eggs are sold in small quantities, although the cost per kilo works out at around $10,000. Beluga caviar is considered the height of decadence and can be spread onto cocktail blinis or eaten with a spoon straight from the tin. While caviar is available from other species of fish, Beluga is especially prized

Golden Opulence Sundae $1,000

The most expensive desert in the world – the $1000 sundae. It’s made up of 5 scoops of the richest Tahitian vanilla bean ice cream, Madagascar vanilla, 23K edible gold leaf and one of the most expensive chocolates in the world, Amedei Porceleana.

Chocopologie

Chocopologie by Knipschildt. At $2,600 per pound, this handmade chocolate truffle is available only if ordered. t contains a black truffle and 70% Valrhona cacao.

Saffron

Saffron is undisputedly the most valuable spice in the world. Derived from the saffron crocus (Crocivus sativus) that believed originated from Greece. saffron has been cultivated for over 3000 years for culinary and medicinal use and have mentioned in many classical writings including the Bible and Shakespeare.

In terms of price, there have been periods when Saffron was worth more than gold. This high price come from the demanded rate, growth conditions and labor-intensive harvesting process. The large amount of flowers needed to produce the spice, 150,000 per kilogram.

Bird's Nest Soup

Most expensive soup is the Bird’s Nest soup. My mom was able to drink this as medicinal supplement. My aunt actually has a business in producing bird’s nest. I wasn’t able to taste it though. Known as the ‘Caviar of the East’, these valuable nests are actually made of hardened strands of the birds’ unique glue-like saliva – that’s right, spit soup. As you would expect, harvesting the nests of these cave-dwelling creatures is a tricky job, albeit one that has been refined over around 400 years. The birds nests come in a variety of colours and though all are prized for their culinary, nutritional, medicinal and even aphrodisiacal properties the rarer, and more expensive, ‘blood-red’ nests are prized most of all. Price per pound is $910 to $4535

White Truffle

From all the types of truffle, the white truffle is in the highest esteem due to its intense flavour, rich aroma and scarcity. The highest price ever paid for a truffle was in December 2007 when a 1.5kg (3.3lb) white truffle sold for $330,000 (£165,000). It was, however, sold at a charity auction, not reflected market price.

The only sources of these precious mushroom are to be found underground on the roots of certain tree species in particular regions of Italy and Croatia. Since they are notoriously difficult to find truffle-hunters are traditionally aided in their task by pigs, as the truffle’s aroma resembles that of a porcine sex hormone (although dogs are also used).

Kobe Beef

While Wagyu cattle are raised both in and outside Japan, the Kobe varietal which is raised specifically in the Hyogo prefecture is the most elite. Employing the most traditional production methods, Kobe beef comes from cows that are allegedly fed only beer and massaged by hand to ensure a tenderness and marbling beyond compare. These dishes can be out of range for the average restaurateur, carrying an unhealthy load of fat and a price tag to match. For your next after-work social, you might try taking your associates to New York City’s Craftsteak, where a full Wagyu rib eye was served up to a private party for $2800.

Cake

Well this cake is worth $1.65 millon !!
Made in Tokyo,this diamond fruit cake is studded with 223 diamonds and is up for sale this christmas!!