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A bluefin tuna has been sold for three quarters of a million dollars in Tokyo – smashing the record for world’s most expensive edible fish by almost double.

The bluefin tuna, hailed for making the finest sushi, fetched 56.49 million yen at Tsukiji fish market’s first auction of the year.

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The most expensive dessert ever created has been bought for £22,000 to help celebrate a 60th birthday.

The opulent dessert, boasting real gold leaf, a sparkling diamond and strawberry caviar, has now officially made it into the Guinness World Record books as the world’s most expensive dessert.

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The world’s most expensive dessert has been created, with an eye-popping price tag of £22,000.

Created in the style of a Faberge Easter egg, the extravagant chocolate pudding has broken the world record for most expensive dessert thanks to its list of expensive ingredients which includes gold, champagne caviar and a two-carat diamond.

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The world’s ‘most expensive and exclusive’ potatoes are to go on sale at supermarket chain Tesco.

La Bonnotte potatoes are typically grown only on one small island off the French coast, and have been known to sell for up to £400 per kilo.

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You’ll never look at street food the same way again once you’ve feasted your eyes on this:

The world’s most expensive kebab has been unveiled, boasting saffron and champagne among its gourmet ingredients, and will cost you a whopping £750.

The kebab has been labelled the ‘Don of all Doners’ and was created by British chef Andy Bates.

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A British ice-cream maker has been inspired by the upcoming royal wedding of Prince William to Kate Middleton to create a special royal wedding-themed ice-cream flavour, believed to be the most expensive in the world.

Colin Bleasdale used only the finest ingredients for his creation, in the hope of landing himself a place in the record books.

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A luxury hotel in the UK has unveiled the world’s most expensive afternoon tea – priced at a whopping £550 per couple.

The afternoon tea, available at Cliveden House near London’s Heathrow Airport, has been created by the hotel’s executive head chef Carlos Martinez.

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The Japanese noodle dish ramen is no longer just street hawker-style food. A Tokyo restaurant has elevated the dish to luxury status, selling the world’s most expensive ramen for ¥10,000 (about US$110) a bowl.

The “Five-Taste Blend Imperial Noodles” at Tokyo’s Fujimaki Gekijyo restaurant takes three days to fully prepare.

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Where else but in the capital of over-the-topness would you expect to find a $5,000 burger?

Celebrated chef Hubert Keller has created the world’s most expensive burger for his Fleur de Lys restaurant at the Mandalay Bay Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas.

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Feast your eyes on this! A New York steakhouse is offering American football fans the world’s most expensive buffet in honour of Sunday’s Super Bowl.

Forget the soggy old cocktail sausages with ketchup this Super Bowl Sunday! If you’ve got $25,000 to spare, Manhattan’s Old Homestead Steakhouse is offering a sumptuous buffet which includes Kobe beef burgers and hot dogs, sirloin steak covered in shavings of black truffles on toasted baguettes, and horseradish-encrusted chicken wings topped with Beluga caviar.

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