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This week, a $25,000 chocolate sundae with gold shavings has made the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's most expensive dessert.
The ritzy confection, named the "Frrozen Haute Chocolate", is available at New York's Serendipity 3 restaurant. The idea was concocted when Stephen Bruce, owner of Serendipity 3, partnered with luxury jeweler Euphoria New York. It is composed of a blend of 28 cocoas - including 14 of the most expensive and exotic super-special cocoas from around the globe - shavings from a mega-dollar truffle (the La Madeline au Truffle from Knipschildt Chocolatier, which sells for $2,600 a pound), and infused with 5 grams of (totally edible) 23-karat gold. It's served in a princess-worthy, solid-gold, diamond-bedecked goblet with an edible gold lining. At the base of the goblet is an 18-karat gold bracelet with 1 carat of white diamonds. The sundae is then topped with whipped cream and covered with even more gold. It is eaten with a solid-gold spoon decorated with white and chocolate-colored diamonds.
Now, if that fantastic creation is way out of your price range, you could always settle for the $1000 bagel, which was unveiled last week by New York chef Frank Tujague of The Westin New York hotel at Times Square. It is topped with white truffle cream cheese and goji berry infused Riesling jelly with golden leaves.....>_>
The ritzy confection, named the "Frrozen Haute Chocolate", is available at New York's Serendipity 3 restaurant. The idea was concocted when Stephen Bruce, owner of Serendipity 3, partnered with luxury jeweler Euphoria New York. It is composed of a blend of 28 cocoas - including 14 of the most expensive and exotic super-special cocoas from around the globe - shavings from a mega-dollar truffle (the La Madeline au Truffle from Knipschildt Chocolatier, which sells for $2,600 a pound), and infused with 5 grams of (totally edible) 23-karat gold. It's served in a princess-worthy, solid-gold, diamond-bedecked goblet with an edible gold lining. At the base of the goblet is an 18-karat gold bracelet with 1 carat of white diamonds. The sundae is then topped with whipped cream and covered with even more gold. It is eaten with a solid-gold spoon decorated with white and chocolate-colored diamonds.
Now, if that fantastic creation is way out of your price range, you could always settle for the $1000 bagel, which was unveiled last week by New York chef Frank Tujague of The Westin New York hotel at Times Square. It is topped with white truffle cream cheese and goji berry infused Riesling jelly with golden leaves.....>_>
[QUOTE USER="Wiik23" TIME="1194684604"][QUOTE USER="infermon" TIME="1194678568"]...$25,000 and gold shavings...
holy crap. That sundae is a word that will never go with the sentence "I can afford..." for me...[/QUOTE]
orly? Not even, " I can afford this if I win the lottery?"
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Probably that, but thats the lottery. I'd probably have better luck robbing a bank.
holy crap. That sundae is a word that will never go with the sentence "I can afford..." for me...[/QUOTE]
orly? Not even, " I can afford this if I win the lottery?"
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Probably that, but thats the lottery. I'd probably have better luck robbing a bank.
People actually buy that sundae for the gold shavings, not the ice cream. They believe that if they eat enough gold they can gain super powers. The problem is that only professional chefs can activate Gold's hidden power. Be very afraid when a Golden Tom Cruise starts attacking San Fransisco.
[QUOTE USER="Destati" TIME="1195006737"]People actually buy that sundae for the gold shavings, not the ice cream. They believe that if they eat enough gold they can gain super powers. The problem is that only professional chefs can activate Gold's hidden power. Be very afraid when a Golden Tom Cruise starts attacking San Fransisco.[/QUOTE]
He'll start jumping on top of buildings, yelling at the top of his lungs:
"I LOVE THIS BUILDING!! I LOVE THIS BUILDING!!"
Oh god the horror...
He'll start jumping on top of buildings, yelling at the top of his lungs:
"I LOVE THIS BUILDING!! I LOVE THIS BUILDING!!"
Oh god the horror...
^Lol.
[QUOTE USER="Truthiness" TIME="1195021474"]I wonder how much it is without all the goblet and spoon and all that junk?[/QUOTE]
^Well apparently the diner gets to keep the solid gold, diamond-encrusted spoon as a souvenir. I very much doubt that the goblet and the spoon are involved too much in the price tag. Guinness World Record officials are very specific about that sort of thing cause someone else could come up a sundae that is worth more without all the extra accessories and claim that record. Seeing as how much pride is taken in capturing these world records, most of that $25,000 price tag almost certainly belongs to the sundae itself.
[QUOTE USER="Truthiness" TIME="1195021474"]I wonder how much it is without all the goblet and spoon and all that junk?[/QUOTE]
^Well apparently the diner gets to keep the solid gold, diamond-encrusted spoon as a souvenir. I very much doubt that the goblet and the spoon are involved too much in the price tag. Guinness World Record officials are very specific about that sort of thing cause someone else could come up a sundae that is worth more without all the extra accessories and claim that record. Seeing as how much pride is taken in capturing these world records, most of that $25,000 price tag almost certainly belongs to the sundae itself.
Mice, roaches close home of $25,000 dessert
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Manhattan restaurant that unveiled a record-breaking $25,000 dessert last week has been forced to shut its doors temporarily due to an infestation of mice and cockroaches.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Manhattan restaurant that unveiled a record-breaking $25,000 dessert last week has been forced to shut its doors temporarily due to an infestation of mice and cockroaches.
