Appetizers: In the mood for a $1.4 million dessert? Or a $5,000 burger?

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February 4, 2011

In the mood for a $1.4 million dessert? Or a $5,000 burger?

By Allen Pierleoni
apierleoni@sacbee.com

For the food- and drink-centric, there's www.thedailymeal.com, a website devoted to "creating a complete food experience for cooks, food lovers, wine connoisseurs, discerning diners and everyone in-between." Its motto: "All the food that's fit to eat."

One of its latest postings is a list of the 14 most expensive meals found around the world. It's not so much the refined ingredients in these dishes that make them outrageously expensive; rather, in many cases it's the side dishes - such as jewelry.

Sample these:

Samundari Khazana curry ($3,000), Bombay Brasserie, London: The curry includes "abalone, crab, caviar, white truffles and lobster, whose shell is shellacked with loads of edible gold."

Strawberries Arnaud ($1.4 million), Arnaud's restaurant, New Orleans: This dessert is "a patented blend of bright-red berries, vanilla ice cream, a port-red wine sauce, whipped cream, mint and a 5-karat pink diamond ring" with a pedigree.

FleurBurger 5000 ($5,000), Fleur by Hubert Keller, Las Vegas: "Rich Kobe beef is crowned with foie gras and black truffles. The meaty spectacle is paired with a bottle of 1995 Petrus wine and two Ichendorf Brunello glasses."

Zillion Dollar Frittata ($1,000), Norma's in New York City: "That eye-popping sum buys a six-egg frittata freighted with a whole lobster and 10 ounces of lustrous caviar."

More reasonable is the $95 mac 'n' cheese at Mélisse in Santa Monica: "Fresh tagliatelle pasta is topped with gobs of Parmesan cheese, brown-butter truffle froth and shaved white truffles."

For the remainder of the heart-stopping meals and a slide show, go to www.thedailymeal.com/14-bank-breaking-dishes.

Call The Bee's Allen Pierleoni at (916) 321-1128.

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