Dining
New York’s 230 FIFTH Rooftop Bar & Penthouse Lounge has released the world’s most expensive hot dog – priced at $2300 – in honour of National Hot Dog Day in the US on July 23.
Proceeds from the sale of the limited edition 230 FIFTH Dog will go to City Harvest, a food rescue organisation dedicated to feeding New York City’s hungry.
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by Lana Galea July 24, 2012
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Dining
A New York City food truck by the name of 666 Burger has released a new devilish $666 burger called the ‘Douche Burger’ – the world’s most expensive burger available from a food truck.
The truck’s co-owner, 36-year-old Franz Aliquo, described the creation perfectly on Facebook: it’s “a f–cking burger filled and topped with rich people’s s–t.”
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by Lana Galea July 18, 2012
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Dining
A sapphire-studded $35 million cake, named ‘Pirates Fantasy’, has been dubbed the world’s most expensive cake.
The ten-layered cake was crafted and designed by celebrity chef Dimuthu Kumarasinghe, group skills development chef at Aitken Spence Hotels and Heritance Hotels & Resorts, and was unveiled at the Heritance Ahungalla in Sri Lanka.
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by Lana Galea March 31, 2012
Tags: Chef DK, Dimuthu Kumarasinghe, Heritance Ahungalla, most expensive foods, Pirate's Fantasy, world's most expensive, world's most expensive cake
Lifestyle
London-based chocolatier William Curley has broken a Guinness World Record by creating the world’s most expensive non-jeweled chocolate Easter egg ever sold at auction, according to London & Partners.
The 110-pound chocolate Easter egg sold for more than $10,000 to technology investor Cyrus Vandrevala, the LA Weekly reported.
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by Lana Galea March 25, 2012
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Dining
A tea made from panda poo doesn’t sound very appetising, but a Chinese businessman has been awarded a patent by the Chinese authorities for his proposal to grow tea using panda faeces as a fertiliser.
Former university lecturer An Yashi, 41, will soon start planting his ‘panda tea’ and is hoping for a Guinness World Record.
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by Lana Galea November 15, 2011
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