Nicknamed the Zillion Dollar Lobster Frittata
Our list of the world’s most expensive foods continues with the priciest boxed Bangkok Tower chocolates. At $2,600 per pound, Chocopologie by Knipschildt Chocolatier of Connecticut is the world’s most expensive box of chocolates. The Chocolatier, opened in 1999 by Danish chef Fritz Knipschildt, also sells a decadent dark chocolate truffle with a French black truffle inside for a mere $250. Since the 19th century, the club sandwich has been a restaurant staple. But don’t expect to just drop in and buy one on a whim .
Pale amber in color, it comes from sturgeons that are between 60 and 100 years old. The pie serves eight with a total cost around $15,900, or $1,990 per slice, which includes a glass of champagne. Based on a traditional steak and mushroom pie, the dish includes $1,000 worth of Wagyu beef fillet, $3,330 in Chinese matsutake mushrooms (which are so rare that they are grown under the watchful eyes of armed guards), two bottles of 1982 Chateau Mouton Rothschild at a cost of about $4,200 each, as well as black truffles and gold leaf. A 3.9-pound container will set you back $48,750. In 2006, a chef in northwestern England created the world’s most expensive pie.
But thanks to English chef James Parkinson, the von Essen Platinum club sandwich at the Cliveden House Hotel near London is also the world’s most expensive sandwich at $197. Still, one might expect a seafood fork made of platinum and a few precious stones within to justify the price of a few eggs (albeit with a few added trappings). Weighing just over a pound, the sandwich is made of the finest ingredients, including Iberico ham cured for 30 months, quail eggs, white truffles, semi-dried Italian tomatoes, and 24-hour fermented sourdough bread. Nicknamed “The Zillion Dollar Lobster Frittata,” the world’s most “egg-spensive” omelette is the objet d’art of chef Emilio Castillo of Norma’s restaurant in New York’s Le Parker Meridien Hotel. For $1,000, this gigantic concoction comes stacked with caviar and an entire lobster encased within its eggy folds.
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