Spending astronomical amounts of cash on food is the privilege of a few. This list from the The Richest documents for you, the most expensive foods from across the globe, to the obscene amounts spent on it. From the black watermelon priced at $6,100 or an Italian White Alba Truffle priced at $160,406. Go ahead and digest this.
Domenico Crolla’s Pizza Royale 007
Price tag $4,200 (Rs 2,60,127)
Scottish chef Domenico Crolla is known for putting portraits into his pizza creations. He decided to create the Pizza Royale 007, though the producers of the James Bond films did not commission it. It was a 12-inch pie, filled with lobsters marinated in cognac, caviar soaked in champagne, tomato sauce, Scottish smoked salmon, prosciutto, venison medallions, and vintage balsamic vinegar. To top it all, there are 24-carat gold flakes, which are edible.
Almas Caviar
Price tag $25,000 (Rs 15,46,875)
Caviars are known to be expensive but the Almas caviar commands a premium because it’s rare and is sourced from Iran. The only store known to have it is the Caviar House & Prunier located in Picadilly in London. The store packages the caviar on a per kilo basis and places it in a tin made of 24 karat gold. The selling price is $25,000. A smaller tin is also sold for $1,250.
Bombay Brassiere’s Samundari Khazana Curry
Price tag $3,200 (Rs 1,98,177)
Bombay Brassiere decided to create a curry dish fit for winners of Who Wants to be a Millionaire? The ingredients included Devon crab, white truffle, Beluga caviar in gold leaf, gold-coated Scottish lobsters, four abalones, and four quail eggs filled with even more caviar.
Italian White Alba Truffle
Price tag $160,406
(Rs 99,25,121)
Truffles are an expensive indulgence but the Italian white alba version are even dearer as they have become difficult to cultivate thus commanding an exorbitant rate. In fact, a retail investor from Hong Kong and his wife brought a huge white alba truffle that weighed around 1.51 kilograms for over $160,000.
Yubari King Melons
Price tag $22,872 (Rs 14,16,806)
Sourced from Japan, the Yubari King melons are coveted because of its proportion and sweetness. They are so in demand that auctions are actually conducted for its purchase. In 2008, over 100 melon fruits from Yubari were on the block. The most perfect of all was the first item put on sale. A businessman who owns a souvenir shop and seafood lunch restaurant made a bid of nearly $23,000 for the honour and privilege of taking home that particular fruit.
Densuke Black Watermelon
Price tag $6,100 (Rs 3,77,529)
Black watermelons are rare items, especially the Densuke variety that is only grown in the island of Hokkaido in Japan. A harvest will typically yield only a few dozen fruits. A fruit that weighed 17 pounds once went for $6,100.
Craftsteak’s Wagyu Ribeye Steak
Price tag $2,800 (Rs 1,73,306)
Wagyu beef is a sought-after item because of its high percentage of omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids. Its genetic predisposition also allows it to have an acceptable ratio of monounsaturated to saturated fats. The best of the lot is the one from Kobe, raised in the prefecture of Hyogo in Japan. The cows raised here are fed with beer and are massaged regularly to ensure tenderness. A full Wagyu ribeye in Craftsteak in New York was once served for $2,800. The restaurant is now closed, however, and replaced with Colicchio & Sons.
Zillion Dollar
Lobster Frittata
Price tag $1,000 (Rs 61,0945)
Le Parker Meridien Hotel in New York creates an omelette made with lobster claws, 10 ounces of Sevruga caviar and six eggs. A scaled-down version features only 10 per cent of the caviar for $100. The full version of the frittata has been sold only about 12 times, while the smaller version is ordered around 50 times a year.
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