A restaurant in London has found a not-so-novel way to celebrate excess: by claiming to have created the world's most expensive burger, embellished with gold leaf, lobster and caviar.
Priced at £1100 (NZ$2240) (or £1237.50 with service), the burger took three weeks to develop and has been verified by Record Setter as the highest priced in the world, with each of the 14 listed ingredients - including salt and mayonnaise - costing around £78.50 each.
Honky Tonk restaurant in Chelsea, west London, added a multitude of expensive ingredients to the dish, christened 'The Glamburger', in order to justify the eye-watering price.
The meat itself consists of 220g of Kobe wagyu beef, minced with 60g of New Zealand venison to "balance the fat content". At the centre is a black truffle Brie that will create a "liquid pocket" once it has been cooked. If that doesn't sound like enough, the patty has been seasoned with Himalayan salt, served with a Canadian lobster poached in Iranian saffron.
Topping the meat is more meat: bacon coated with maple syrup, along with beluga caviar and a hickory smoked duck egg covered in gold leaf. The bun is seasoned with Japanese matcha, which is a kind of powdered green tea, and mayonnaise, and then also coated in gold leaf. The garnish is a mango and champagne jus with grated white truffle.
