1. "Hotel charges $1,000 for an omelette" <http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/WeirdNews/2004/05/17/463363-ap.html> "It's not made of gold - just eggs, lobster, caviar and a few trimmings" 2. "Gold-topped pizza goes on sale" <http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_764036.html> "A German restaurant is selling pizzas with a topping that includes 22-carat gold" 3. "£600 salad on the menu" <http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_795872.html> "Ingredients include golden caviar, truffles, Kreel caught langoustines, Cornish crab and lobster, Jabugo ham and white bait wrapped in gold leaf and Florette Baby Leaf salad" 4. "Truffle lover" <http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/02/20/1077072827471.html> "Apart from the distinct perfume, much of the fuss relating to this luxury food is its price: white truffles can sell between $180 to $250 per 100 grams" 5. "Tasmania's saffron gold" <http://www.abc.net.au/landline/stories/s556192.htm> "With all that labour no wonder the spice which wholesales in Australia for $31.60 a gram is by weight, worth more than gold" 6. "Tin of spaghetti worth £710" <http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_854129.html> 7. "Man pays more than $2,500 for a beer" <http://www.rednova.com/news/stories/5/2003/11/05/story101.html>
Friday, May 21, 2004
Posted by Bruno at 8:04am