Friday, May 21, 2004

High-Priced Cuisine

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>