May 29, 2012
Most expensive hamburger ever
Last week, New York City restaurant Serendipity 3 set a world record for having the most expensive burger.
That a burger would set a record for costing the most money isn’t that impressive, since it could be toppled by the next joint to charge a dollar more. But it’s still pretty interesting (or funny, at least) to see and read what goes into this record-setting sandwich…
…a mix of Japanese Wagyu beef infused with 10-herb white truffle butter, seasoned with Salish Alderwood smoked Pacific sea salt, topped with cheddar cheese — hand-formed by the famous cheesemaker James Montgomery in Somerset, England, and cave-aged for 18 months — shaved black truffles, a fried quail egg and served on a white truffle-buttered Campagna Roll, which is topped with a blini, creme fraiche, and Paramout Caviar’s exclusive Kaluga caviar — a beautiful golden caviar with a buttery, nutty taste and large pearls from the Huso Dauricus farm raised in Quzhou, China. The finishing touch to this incredible burger is a solid gold “Fleur de Lis” toothpick encrusted with diamonds and designed by world-renowned jeweler Euphoria New York.
It costs $295. No word on how much extra if you want to add bacon.
Update: Might be good to mention that the restaurant is giving the profits made from this to charity.
(via Laughing Squid)
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And yet it all ends the same way.
nice way to eff up a burger.
i can feed a Hatian kid for a year and 1/2 for $295. :-\
Well it says it’s going to charity, so hopefully by eating this burger you are helping people… sigh* I do wonder just how much of it goes to charity and what charity.
The proceeds from its sale go to the Bowery Mission, a New York City charity.
But most importantly, how does it taste?
The toothpick is cheating, but kudos on finding gourmet salt.
Sam, I agree with you. America has this culture that thinks “If I’m gonna give to charity, then I had better get something for my money.” Hence $1000 a plate dinners that probably net $5 for charity after all the overhead.
No. I have a burger right here and I’m selling it for twice that. Probably just have to eat it myself, bad economy and all.
Nice. The next day, someone is taking a $300 dump!
I’d much rather have the $9 frozen hot chocolate. Delish!
This site is worth mentioning considering the beef used in the burger.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/larryolmsted/2012/04/12/foods-biggest-scam-the-great-kobe-beef-lie/
Really interesting. Thanks for sharing.
Tell them to withhold the gold & diamonds so it’ll only cost you 20$.
Agreed. I could make the world’s most expensive burger if I put a Faberge egg toothpick on top of a Big Mac.
That burger doesnt even sound appetizing. I can swing the beef and the cheese but when you go adding mushroom shavings to the bread along with caviar… ewww. Ive never had a quail egg but I have had an egg on a burger before and its pretty good. They had me until they started with the truffles and caviar. Ick.
Actually, the most expensive Burger “prize?” goes to 666 Burger…and it’s out of a food truck. $666….
666 Burger
The $666 Douche Burger at 666 Burger is a Kobe beef patty stuffed with foie gras and wrapped in gold leaf. Caviar, lobster and truffles top the burger. Gruyere cheese is melted on top with champagne steam and the burger is slathered with BBQ sauce made using Kopi Luwak coffee.