Do you want the Wagyu beef and abalone spring roll?
This item came across my computer screen in the form of a press release, about a month ago.
I’m not sure why I still find the idea of a $590 spring roll appetizer so compelling, except, perhaps, that it was a spring roll appetizer that cost $590.
At the Taste of London Food Festival in June, Amoy, a producer of Asian sauces and frozen foods, sponsored a Taste of China section within the Festival. The company hired renowned chef Felix Yu, of Dragon Castle in London, to create the appetizer.
Here’s what was in the spring roll, along with the ingredient costs, converted from Pounds Sterling to U.S. Dollars.
- Wagyu beef–the most expensive meat on the market: $447 per pound.
- Abalone–the world’s most expensive shellfish: $179 per pound.
- Sand fire seaweed–”served fresh rather than dry:” $18 per pound.
Having never tasted Wagyu beef, abalone, or sandfire seaweed, it’s hard for me to imagine that particular combination of ingredients being worth $98 per bite, regardless of who does the combining, or how.
By the same token, I can’t imagine what could be worth the $790 million that it supposedly will cost to buy the penthouse of the new Trump International Hotel & Tower on Palm Jumeirah in Dubai.
What’s the old expression? “If you have to ask, you can’t afford it?”
Thanks. I think we’ll share the Caesar salad.
Image source for Wagyu beef: Asakusa Imahan
Image source for abalone: Landline
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