Saturday, January 1, 2011

The Top 5 Most Expensive Burgers In the World

This list makes you wonder: how is it even possible for a burger to be so expensive?
The world's most expensive burgers all have a few things in common: Kobe Beef, Truffles, and Foie Gras - the world's most expensive foods and ingredients for dishes seen mainly in white-tableclothed restaurants.
Hold on to your wallet, you're in for a ride. All these burgers cost more than $100.



5) East Meets West Burger
Restaurant: Four Seasons Hotel, Jakarta, Indonesia
Damage: $110
This burger is made by Chef Vindex Tengker in Jakarta's Four Seasons, whose vision of this burger is to marry the East and West. The burger is made of 6 ounches or 200 grams of the finest Kobe Beef, wasabi mayonnaise, and Italian Portobello mushrooms, served on an onion-wheat bun. It is served with Asian pears and French foie gras, French fries, and a glass of wine to finish.

4) Kobe Beef Burger
Restaurant: Restaurante Estik, Madrid
Damage: $120
"Estik" of Restaurante Estik is roughly translated to "steak" in Spanish. This restaurant is a haven for meat lovers and is known as the best meat restaurant in Madrid. Those seeking adventurous eats like gazelle, zebra, buffalo, a well as seafood like lobster and tuna, will have a great time here. The restaurant prides itself with its Guinness World Record title of "most expensive hamburger in the world." Like all the other "most expensive burgers," it is made with Kobe Beef.

DB Bistro Moderne

3) The DB "Royale"
Restaurant: DB Bistro Moderne, New York City & Daniel Boulud Brasserie, Las Vegas
Damage: $120
Served in both NYC and Vegas by Chef Daniel Boulud, this sirloin burger is stuffed with red-wine braised short ribs that have been taken off the bone, foie gras, a mix of root vegetables, and preserved black truffles. To "top it off," a last sprinkle of fresh black truffles is placed on top. It is served on a toasted parmesan bun with horseradish, tomato confit, fresh tomatoes, red onions, and diced lettuce. It comes with a side of French fries. The burger is served only during truffle season from late December to late March.

2) The $777 Kobe Beef and Maine Lobster Burger
Restaurant: Le Burger Brasserie Sports Grille at Paris Las Vegas, Las Vegas
Damage: $777
The burger is made with Kobe Beef, lobster imported from Maine, caramelized onions, Brie cheese, crispy prosciutto, 100-year-old aged balsamic vinegar, and is served with a bottle of Dom Perignon Champagne Rose. A 1996 Dom Perignon Champagne Rose will go for approximately $575. A small 100mL bottle of Cavalli Traditional Gold 100 Year-Old Balsamic Vinegar costs about $200 or you can buy a case of 6 for $999.

Rossini Burger

1) The Kobe Beef FleurBurger "Rossini" (aka. The FleurBurger 5000)
Restaurant: Fleur de Lys at The Mandalay Bay Hotel and Resort, Las Vegas
Damage: They don't call it the FleurBurger 5000 for nothing. $5000.
You can also try the lower-end "Rossini" burger at Burger Bar, also in Mandalay Bay for $60. The FleurBurger is made of sautéed foie gras, black Perigord truffles, truffle sauce on a shallot and truffle brioche bun. It also comes with a bottle of 1990 Chateau Petrus, a French Bordeaux wine which goes for over $2000 per bottle. It is served in Ichendorf Brunello wine glasses imported from Italy, which cost over $100 for a set of 2 glasses.

5 most expensive pizzas around the world

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5) Most Expensive Pizza in 2005 a la Gordon Ramsay
     Restaurant:
Maze in London, England
     Damage: $150 to $250
In 2005, the title of the Most Expensive Pizza (that wasn't a marketing ploy) was held by Chef Jason Atherton, head chef of Gordon Ramsey's Maze restaurant in London, England. At $25 per slice, the wood-oven thin crust pizza is topped with Italian onion puree with white truffle paste, fontina cheese, baby mozzarella, pancetta, cep mushrooms, freshly picked herbs - and shaved with white truffle shavings, shaved by head chef Atherton himself at your table in various quantities associated with cost. You can choose to pay $90, $120, or $150.

4) Nino Selimaj's $1000 Pizza
    Restaurant:
Nino's Bellisima, New York City
    Damage: $1,000


Would you expect anything less from Manhattan's Upper East Side? Nino Selimaj, owner of Nino's Bellisima, owns six New York City pizza restaurants. In 2007, they began to offer a $1000 pizza. 12 inches of thin crust pizza topped with six types of caviar and lobster tail. The production cost per pizza pie is $720.

3) Pizza Royale 007
    By:
Chef Domenico Crolla in Glasgow, Scotland
    Damage: $4,200
Chalk one up for the creators of Haggis. In 2006, Scottish Chef Domenic Crolla created his "Pizza Royale 007," named after the James Bond movie that was released around the same time. The pizza is sprinkled with edible 24-carat gold shavings and topped with champagne-soaked caviar and lobster marinated in the finest cognac. The pizza was auctioned off on eBay for the Fred Hollows Foundation, a charity dedicated to preventing curable blindness in developing countries. An Italian lawyer won the eBay bid for the pizza for his wifefor a Valentine's Day gift. Chef Crolla flew to Rome to prepare the pizza.

2) Pizza for Lovers
    Restaurant:
Favitta's Family Pizzeria, Henrietta near Rochester, New York
    Damage: $8,180
For Valentine's Day in 2008, this pizzeria offered a heart shaped pizza "for lovers." Just like the World's Most Expensive Desserts and the World's
Most Expensive Burgers - you're paying for the jewellery keepsake rather than the food. This pizza is topped with a diamond ring and a bottle of Dom Perignon champagne is also included with your meal.

1) Luis XIII
    By
: Chef Renato Viola in Agropoli, Salerno, Italy
    Damage: This is truly a pizza made for royalty. $12,000.
This elusive and little-known - or rather - poorly marketed pizza is offered in Italy by pizza maker Renato Viola. The 8-inch pizza is made 72 hours before to give the dough time to rest before being made into pizza. It is topped with the traditional mozzarella di bufala, three types of caviar, lobster from Cilento and Norway, and dusted with pink Australian salt from the Murray River. Each grain of salt is hand picked to ensure its great flavour. The cost includes service: a team of three (Renato Viola, a sommelier and a chef) will come and create this pizza for you in the comfort of your own home. The dishes and cutlery used are limited edition.