A huge part of our earnings is spent on products, whether we want it or not. What is so special about them? Is it worth it to overpay for these delicacies? Decide for yourself by reading our list.
10. Champagne Perrier Jouet Belle Epoque Blanc de Blanc 2007 - $ 1,200 per bottle
Perrier Jouet has long been considered one of the best playful wines in the world. It was they who created the elite champagne, released in 2007. For its manufacture, grapes were used, which grows in a small vineyard, in the Cotes des Blancs. Another specialty of champagne produced this year and sold at such a huge price is the bottle. There was a limited batch of drinks, each bottle was painted manually using the Art Nouveau style.
9. Luwak coffee - $ 2,000 per 1 kg
This elite drink is produced in an unusual way. Coffee beans feed the animal, which is called palm marten or musang. They eat berries from coffee plantations, while the grains themselves are not digested, but come out naturally. Special staff collects animal feces, selects grains from them, rinses and dries. There is no unpleasant smell on the coffee. Being in the stomach of these animals, grains are processed by enzymes. Because of this, they lose their bitterness, and coffee made from them has a unique and delicate taste. There is a legend about a poor peasant family who made a living selling coffee beans. Somehow wild musangs destroyed their harvest. Peasants found in the feces of animals not digested grain. Due to extreme need, they decided to rinse these grains, roast and sell them like regular coffee. But the resulting drink had a divine taste.
8. Giant hot dog - $ 2,300 apiece
More recently, gourmet food lovers could enjoy one of the most expensive fast food in the world. For this, it was enough two days before to order this huge hot dog in the New York restaurant 230 Fifth. By the agreed date, the cook would have cooked it. Its length is more than thirty centimeters. A special loaf was made for him, using the best flour. They put inside a sausage made from expensive marbled beef. In this fast food there was cabbage with caviar stewed in champagne. Perhaps if visitors ordered this dish more often, it would still be cooked to order. But it was decided to abandon it, because for the six months that it existed on the menu, only 4 people decided to try this delicacy.
7. Blue dumplings - $ 2,400 per serving
In New York, the sophisticated Golden Gates Restaurant serves an unusual dish. This place was chosen by the Russians living in America. Especially for them, they cook famous Russian dishes, slightly improving the recipe. So, the dumplings served in this restaurant are similar to ordinary, except for the colors. It is blue-green that immediately catches the eye. Dumplings became blue because of their unusual filling. Stuffing for them is prepared from pork, pieces of veal, moose, and also add the gland of fish with the unusual name of the torch. It is this last ingredient that changes the color of the dish. If you want to enjoy unusual dumplings, for a double serving of delicacy, i.e. 16 dumplings, will have to pay 4,400 dollars.
6. Black watermelon - $ 6,100 apiece
In fact, this watermelon has scarlet flesh, juicy, sweet and velvety. Only the peel is painted black. The first watermelons of an unusual color appeared in 1980, near the village of Toma, located in Hokkaido. Before that, rice was grown there, but it grew poorly and did not bring profit. To cover the damage, the Japanese began to grow watermelons, making them a brand. How they are given such a color, no one knows, because it is kept secret. Real black watermelons grow only on Hokkaido Island, no more than 10 thousand fruits weighing 5-8 kg are harvested there a year. All other watermelons are fakes. Not everyone can enjoy a black watermelon, they are too expensive. In 2008, at an auction, a watermelon weighing 8 kg was sold for $ 6,300.
5. Pizza Louis XIII - $ 12,000
It is cooked by Italian chef Renato Viola. It is in standard sizes (20 cm), its value cannot but surprise - 8300 euros. But such a price is justified, because it contains only expensive products. Pizza toppings - lobsters, lobsters, shrimps and caviar, etc. Even the salt is special, rare, of unusual pink color. Pizza is poured over with cognac Remy Martin Louis XIII Grande Champagne.
4. Royal melon - $ 12,000 apiece
This melon is grown on the same island of Hokkaido, in small batches. This variety of jubari is considered to be elite. It was obtained by crossing two varieties of nutmegs. The Japanese are confident that this fruit has an unusual aroma and taste, delicate pulp of orange color. They even like the peel of a melon, whose pattern is similar to those found on ancient porcelain vases.
3. White truffle - $ 89,000 apiece
White truffles are considered one of the most expensive mushrooms, 1 kg is usually sold for about 32 thousand dollars. But the larger the mushroom, the greater its value. At an auction in the Italian city of Alba in 2017, a truffle weighing 850 g (average weight of these mushrooms 20 g) was sold for 75 thousand euros.
2. Tea "Da Hong Pao" - $ 700,000 per 1 kg
This is tea grown in northern China, in the Wuyi Mountains. Its name translates as "Big Red Robe." It has a rich taste, after tea there is a honey aftertaste in the mouth. The smell is rather nutty, but with notes of vanilla and spices. Real tea is harvested only from 4 mother bushes, it turns out only 500 g per year. According to legend, the bushes of this tea are more than 350 years old.
1. Fruit and Diamond Cake - $ 1.7 Million
One of the most expensive cakes was sold in Tokyo. It was prepared in honor of the 2005 Christmas holidays. It took six months to develop an unusual dessert, and another month was spent on its production. Cake ingredients are classified. But it is known that the cook adorned him with 223 diamonds.