I...I...I couldn't resist...they were silver-plated...
Astromancer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Aha...you
fell for the fancy chopsticks meal...
Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: $700????????
I paid $950 for mine...
Astromancer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: No thanks...I'll stick with my $700
Raman noodles
ravenadal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: (Enough of this Obama talk - lets talk
about something REALLY
important like...$175 hamburgers!)
~rave!
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080520/od_nm/hamburger_dc
$175 burger: you want gold with that? By Daniel Trotta
2 hours, 20 minutes ago
Its creators admit it is the ultimate in decadence: a $175 hamburger.
The Wall Street Burger Shoppe just raised its price from $150 to
assure its designation as the costliest burger in the city as
determined by Pocket Change, an online newsletter about the most
expensive things in New York.
"Wall Street has good days and bad days. We wanted to have the
everyday burger (for $4) ... and then something special if you really
have a good day on Wall Street," said co-owner Heather Tierney.
The burger, created by chef and co-owner Kevin O'Connell, seeks to
justify its price with a Kobe beef patty, lots of black truffles,
seared foie gras, aged Gruyere cheese, wild mushrooms and flecks of
gold leaf on a brioche bun.
The eatery sells 20 or 25 per month in the fine dining room upstairs
versus hundreds of $4 burgers each day at the diner counter
downstairs, Tierney said.
Pocket Change previously designated the double truffle burger at
Daniel Boulud's DB Bistro Moderne as the most expensive at $120, and
the Burger Shoppe set out to top that.
Boulud's creation -- available only during black truffle season from
December to March -- rose to $150 this past season, so the Burger
Shoppe raised its price on Monday to $175.
"Our burger is not about the price," said Georgette Farkas, a Boulud
spokeswoman. "If you are making something concerned only about the
price, you are off in the wrong direction."
Without truffles, Boulud's burger costs $32. It has a ground sirloin
patty stuffed with red wine braised short ribs.
O'Connell said the Burger Shoppe was "finding the ultimate expression
of each one of the ingredients."
"The concept was like a mushroom-bacon-Swiss cheese burger, which is
my favorite sort of burger," he said.
The burger comes with golden truffle mayonnaise, Belgian-style fries
and a mixed greens and tomato salad. O'Connell pairs the dish with
many fine wines, a lager or a toasted brown beer, or ginger ale.
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