World’s Most Expensive Foods
March 20, 2008 - 2,282 views
The world of the rich and famous is fascinating for many of us. They lead the life many of us want and they do what we only dream of us. Being a food fanatic, this time we’ll have a look at the most expensive foods in the world, most expensive drinks, deserts or spices.
1. Saffron, a spice grown worldwide, is derived from the saffron crocus flower. A pound of dry saffron (0.45 kg) requires 50,000–75,000 flowers to make, meaning an entire football field of these flowers. Requiring so much resources and labor, prices for the spice go around US$500/pound to US$5,000/pound (US$1100–US$11,000 per kilogram).
2. The most expensive nut in the world is the Macadamia nut. The macadamia tree produces nuts only after it’s 7-10 years old, requiring fertile soil and heavy rainfall. These nuts have a very hard seed, but once it’s open it reveals a creamy white kernel containing up to 80% oil and 4% sugar. The cost of a kilogram of these nuts exceeds 30$.
3. The most expensive caviar in the world is not the black one, but the almas caviar! The word ‘almas’ is Iranian for diamond. Beluga caviar comes from a fish over 100 years old, that is virtually unchanged for 120 million years. The luxurious caviar comes from the oldest survivor of the Dinosaur era. Beluga caviar ranges in price from more than $5,000 per kilogram in the United States
4. The most expensive mushroom in the world is the white truffle. The mushroom has its origins in the Langhe area of the Piedmont region in northern Italy, it can reach 12 cm diameter and 500g. These truffles are sold at a amazing price of €2,000 and €4,000 per kilogram ($1350 - $2700 per pound). The record price for this truffle was paid last year, in December, when Stanley Ho, the owner of the Macau casino paid $330,000 for 1.5kg of truffles.
5. The most expensive potato in the world is a French one, “La Bonnotte”. Annually, only 100 tons of this top quality potato are cultivated and collected only on the island Noirmoutier. The potato fields require to be fertilized only with seaweed in a climate shaped by the nearby sea. The cost of one single kilogram can reach €500 since this type of potato is almost extinct.
6. The most expensive beef in the world is the type of beef coming from the Wagyu cows. These Japanese cows are fed the best grass and provided the best treatment. That is why the meat is especially tender and particularly expensive. 200 grams of a fillet cost in Europe more than 100 dollars.
7. The most expensive sandwich in the world is the club sandwich from Essen aka von Essen Platinum Club Sandwich. This triple-decker delicacy contains the finest chicken, ham, hard-boiled quails’ eggs and white truffles and it’s currently sold at Cliveden, Berkshire. The chicken (poulet de Bresse) is referred to as the ‘fourth gastronomic wonder of the world served with a topping of white truffles, sold at over a thousands ponds a month. At 1,182 calories, with 1.8oz of fat, it’s not the healthiest dish but certainly one of the most expensive. Costing 100 pounds (almost 200 dollars), this is a must-try for the food fanatics.
8.The most expensive pizza in the world, valued at 8300 Eur can be tasted in Italy. With generous toppings of caviar and lobster, the pizza has a diameter of 20cm and Louis XIII Remy Martin cognac poured all over it.
9. The most expensive omelet in the world can be tasted at the Le Parker Meridien restaurant in New York. The $1,000 omelet consists of 10 ounces of sevruga caviar, a whole lobster, and six eggs. To make it in the privacy of your own home, the cost will be only $700.
10. Off to something sweet now with one of the most expensive deserts in the world, served at Serendipity 3, a popular restaurant in the Upper East Side of Manhattan. The $1000 sundae was introduced in 2004 and was listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the most expensive dessert. It’s made up of 5 scoops of the richest Tahitian vanilla bean ice cream, Madagascar vanilla, 23K edible gold leaf and one of the most expensive chocolates in the world, Amedei Porceleana.
11. The tastiest and most expensive chocolate in the world is Chocopologie by Knipschildt. At $2,600 per pound, this handmade chocolate truffle is available only if ordered. t contains a black truffle and 70% Valrhona cacao.
12. The world’s finest and most expensive coffee is Kopi Luwak. The coffee comes from the Indonesian island of Sumatra and the total annual production is only around 500 pounds of beans. That is why the price of a pound is outrages - $300 or more.
13. The current record for the most expensive tea is held by a rare Chinese green tea called Tieguanyin, which costs 1,700 Yuan ($3,000) per kilo (per 2 lb 3 oz) approximately 8.50 Yuan ($15) for a single cup.
14. The world’s most expensive tea bag for the PG company, to celebrate their 75th anniversary. Manually decorated with 280 diamonds, the bag made to remind people just how much they love the great British cup of tea is worth £7,500.
15. The most expensive champagne in the world is Perrier Jouet Belle Epoque Blanc de Blanc, made of specially selected grapes, sold in manually painted bottles and with a price tag of around $1,500.
16. The most expensive whisky in the world is considered to be the Macallan Fine Rare Vintage. With only 85 bottles being released world-wide, tasting this 30 year old is a rare treat. Price for a single bottle? $38,000!
17. Wray & Nephew White Overproof Rum is merely the top-selling high strength rum in the world, bottled in 1940. Only four bottles are left from this precious liquor, each being estimated at $53,000.
18. The most expensive cocktail in the world, “Diamonds-Are-Forever”, has no special ingredients like we had so far. The only excuse for wearing the €11,000 price tag is that the olive is replaced by a 1.6 carat diamond. To be found in the hotel Ritz-Carlton in Tokyo.
19. The most expensive beer in the world costs around £500 (around $1,000) a bottle and is called Vielle Bon Secours. It can only be found in a bar called the Bierdrome in London.
20. The most expensive drinks list will eventually come to dovka. Diva Vodka, produced by the Blackwood Distillery in Scotland is the world’s most expensive vodka. Depending on your choice of “crystal decoration” the price of a single varies from £35 to a staggering £540,000!
21. Kona Nigari water, takes the title for the world’s most expensive water. The desalinated water high in minerals from the deep seas off Hawaii, costs $16.75 per ounce.
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The most expensive beer listed is of an aged bottle of a beer that’s not very good. Here’s the beer’s quality rating at RateBeer.com.
http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/caulier-bon-secours-ambr
Rich people are ridiculous.
What begins as amusing soon becomes distressing for obvious reasons. There’s nothing wrong with valid luxury: Paying top dollar for top quality is best policy for food, clothes or automobiles is great policy, but spectacularly conspicuous and vacuous consumption is boorish and gauche at this level, even setting aside profoundly disturbing social considerations. Dope slaps all around.
I think your info on the Macadamia nut is outdated… Or else you just don’t know where to shop. I can buy a kilo of them at Trader Joe’s for about $5. My mother-in-law can buy a kilo at her local grocery store, in Malawi, for under $1.
So some little things, like Ritz-Carlton, not “Ritts-Karlton”, Wagyu, not “Vaghia” and such. It’s not too hard to find more expensive whisky or champagne, but if you limit it to current production you may be correct (though technically, the whisky you mention is a blend of older ones…)
Do you know why the Kopi Luwak coffee is so expensive? The coffee beans are collected from the excrement of civet cats that live in Sumatra. The partially digested beans are then processed and roasted.
Is it worth the money? I’ve personally never have had Kopi Luwak coffee, but reviews seem to suggest it’s good, but obviously overpriced.
your conversion for chinese money is off something terrible. 1 Yuan = about 1/7 of a dollar, not the other way around… seems like these aren’t really the most expensive foods.
I seem to recall that when you see a bunch of beans (the Kopi Luwak coffee) in a ’stick’ of poo (like in the case), it means that the cats were force fed the beans. Wikipedia has some more info (search Kopi Luwak coffee), but lacks a citation. Hooray for animal cruelty at the hands of the rich!
There should be far more Saffron in the world. It’s absolutely delicious and Crocuses are beautiful.
erm, tieguanyin is easily available, and cheap too. Under US$2 for a fresh pot, refillable.
The best Khaviar in the world is from Iran,Almas is Iranian word,i don’t know were you get the idea that this product is from Russia,it says Iranian on top of container too.
Saffran is from iran too it’ prnounce “za’feran” in Farsi.
Maxy,
you need to do a bit more research before writing things
“almas” is an Iranian word which means “Diamon”
You can even see on the caviar box it is saying “IRANIAN” and you mentioned Russian in your text!
Please correct your content
Why didn’t you mention that both Saffron and Caviar are Persian?
What are you racist or something?
FAIL
1) The main sources of caviar are from four species found in the Caspian Sea of IRAN.
2) The main producers of saffron also are Iran, India and recently Spain, but the most famous and highest quality saffron is from its origin in IRAN.
You’ve overlooked the Fleurburger (http://tinyurl.com/nl67w). It’s Kobe (Wagyu) beef, topped with foie gras, truffles, with a “secret sauce.”
Created by chef Hubert Keller, sold at his Burger Bar restaurant in Las Vegas … it’s a whopping $5,000 … but it comes with fries.
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Wow, that’s an impressive shopping basket!
I like the sound of the drink with the diamond! You wouldn’t want to confuse it with ice though!
I really enjoyed reading your blog on the most expensive foods. Well done!
I think you forgot about wine, one of the most expensive drinks. If my sources are correct, the most expensive wine of the world was worth $190.000 in an auction, it was a Doble Mágnum de Vega Sicilia Unico de 1990.
Fantastic Story. You covered alot of the things I talk about in my podcast Universe of Luxury.
your pricing on that tea is way off. 1 dollar equals about 7 chinese yuan. a cup would only cost 2 dollars and a kilo would cost $242. it’s HARDLY the most expensive tea in the world. I’ve paid more for Jasmine.
correction: a cup would cost less than $2
Desalinated water, high in minerals, eh?
Twit.
yeah i cant belive any of this shit whoever buys any of it has lost their goddamn mind you hear that lost your goddamn mind this shit is so damn gay!!!!!!
but i would like to try diva voka give me some of that shit for FREE!!!!! you hear that FREE FREE FREE!!!!!!!!!!!!!