10大贵食

世界上最贵的十种美食
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翻译：龚蕾
    


    10、松茸(Mattake or Matsutake Mushrooms)
    1000美元，松茸是目前世界上最昂贵的一种蘑菇，极受追捧，主要生长于日本、中国、韩国、美国、加拿大、芬兰和瑞典，其中最著名的一种是日本赤松松茸。日本松茸的年均产量不到一千吨。
   

 9、威斯汀酒店百吉饼(Westin Hotel Bagel)
    1000美元，加入了少量白松露奶酪和枸杞雷司令(Riesling)葡萄酒果冻，价格直接飙升到1000美元。这款百吉饼的价格之所以如此高，主要是因为它使用的意大利松露是世界上价格最贵的食材。

    8、千元龙虾鸡蛋煎饼(Zillion Dollar Lobster Frittata)
    1000美元，加入了龙虾、鱼子酱和六个鸡蛋，在纽约帕克乐艾美酒店，卖到了1000美元。

    7、克拉夫特和牛肉眼牛排(Craftsteak’s Wagyu Ribeye Steak)
    2800美元，富含欧米茄-3和欧米茄-6脂肪酸，而且它的不饱和脂肪和饱和脂肪之间的比例也比较令人满意。最好的和牛肉产自神户的兵库县(Hyogo)，那里的和牛是用啤酒来饲喂的，而且在生长过程中会经常得到按摩，以保证肉质比较柔嫩。在纽约的克拉夫特餐厅(Craftsteak)，一份和牛肉眼牛排的价格曾经高达2,800美元。

    6、孟买布拉西尔“海鲜珍宝”咖喱(Bombay Brassiere Samundari Khazana Curry)
    3200美元，加入了白松露、鱼子酱、苏格兰龙虾，鲍鱼和鹌鹑蛋等。

    5、多米尼克-克罗拉007皇家披萨(Domenico Crolla’s Pizza Royale 007)
    4200美元，苏格兰著名厨师多梅尼克·克罗拉制作的比萨饼。这份披萨为12英寸，馅料包括用干邑浸泡过的龙虾、用香槟浸泡过的鱼子酱、番茄酱、苏格兰烟熏三文鱼、意大利熏火腿、鹿肉和年份香醋。最精彩的是，披萨上面装饰了24克拉的金片。24克拉金箔装饰。

    4、黑皮西瓜(Densuke Black Watermelon)
    6100美元，这种西瓜之所以如此昂贵，一是在于产量非常稀少，二是它的硬度和脆度非常完美，三是它的甜度简直无与伦比。一个17磅的Densuke黑皮甜瓜价值6,100美元。

    3、夕张王甜瓜(Yubari King Melons)
    22872美元，这种甜瓜非常甜，2008年的一场拍卖会上，共有100多个产自日本夕张市的甜瓜，其中最完美的一个以近23,000美元售出。

    2、艾玛斯鱼子酱(Almas Caviar)
    25000美元，这是一种产自伊朗的极为稀罕的食物，按千克出售，采用24克拉金罐包装，价格是25,000美元。

    1、意大利阿尔巴白松露(Italian White Alba Truffle)
    160406美元，松露是一种比较昂贵的食材，其中最昂贵的当属意大利的阿尔巴白松露。这种松露非常难种植，因此价高难求。曾经，一个约1.51千克的松露以160,000美元售出，购买者是香港的一位投资者和他的夫人。

Food, glorious food! It does not take much to make a man happy. Just give him a bagel for breakfast, maybe pizza for lunch, then, a heavy steak dinner with some mushrooms, cantaloupes and watermelon fruit on the side. If you have money, however, you can have the real costly versions of all these food. Here now is a list of the top 10 most expensive foods in the world

10. Mattake or Matsutake Mushrooms – $1,000

The mattake, or matsutake, mushroom is the most expensive mushroom in the world today. This is a highly coveted mycorrhizal mushroom that can be found in Asia, North America and Europe, particularly in Japan, China, Korea, the United States, Canada, Finland and Sweden. The most popular is the one associated with the Japanese Red Pine. It is usually hidden under fallen leaves on the forest floor. While simple to harvest, it is extremely hard to find. The annual harvest in Japan is less than a thousand tons only.

9. Westin Hotel Bagel – $1,000

It may just be a bagel, not that different from what you usually have for your breakfast. Then again, this creation of Frank Tujague, the Executive Chef of Westlin Hotel in New York, includes a small amount of white truffle cream cheese and goji berry-infused Riesling jelly that has golden leaves. The price buster is the truffle, as this Italian fungus is one of the most expensive food items in the world.

8. Zillion Dollar Lobster Frittata – $1,000

Omelettes are so easy to cook. All you need are some eggs, along with any other food that you wish to use as an ingredient. In Le Parker Meridien Hotel in New York however, the restaurant called Norma’s took a giant leap forward by adding lobster claws and 10 ounces of Sevruga caviar into six eggs. The result is the thousand dollar omelette, or as the restaurant has advertised it, the zillion dollar lobster frittata. A scaled-down version features only 10 percent of the caviar. As only an ounce is included, the restaurant only sells it for $100. The full version of the frittata has been sold only about 12 times, while the smaller version is ordered around 50 times a year.

7. Craftsteak’s Wagyu Ribeye Steak – $2,800

Wagyu beef is a sought-after item because of its high percentage of omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids. Its genetic predisposition also allows it to have an acceptable ratio of monounsaturated to saturated fats. The best of the lot is the one from Kobe, raised in the prefecture of Hyogo in Japan. The cows raised here are fed with beer and are massaged regularly to ensure tenderness. A full Wagyu ribeye in Craftsteak in New York was once served for $2,800. The restaurant is now closed, however, and replaced with Colicchio & Sons.

6. Bombay Brassiere’s Samundari Khazana Curry – $3,200

As the world was dancing to Nicole Scherzinger and the rest of The Pussycat Doll’s “Jai Ho (You are My Destiny)” while celebrating the success of Slumdog Millionaire, Bombay Brassiere decided to create a curry dish fit for winners of Who Wants to be a Millionaire? Devon crab? Check. White truffle? Check. Beluga caviar in gold leaf? Check. There are also gold-coated Scottish lobsters, four abalones, and four quail eggs filled with even more caviar.

5. Domenico Crolla’s Pizza Royale 007 – $4,200

Domenico Crolla is a Scottish chef known for putting portraits into his pizza creations. He decided to create the Pizza Royale 007, though the producers of the James Bond films did not commission it. It was a 12-inch pie, filled with lobsters marinated in cognac, caviar soaked in champagne, tomato sauce, Scottish smoked salmon, prosciutto, venison medallions, and vintage balsamic vinegar. To top it all, there are 24-carat gold flakes. They are not to be taken home, however, as they are edible.

4. Densuke Black Watermelon – $6,100

Black watermelons are rare items, especially the Densuke variety that is only grown in the island of Hokkaido in Japan. A harvest will typically yield only a few dozen fruits. What makes it special, aside from its rarity? Its hardness and crispness are just perfect, plus, the level of sweetness is just incomparable. A fruit that weighed 17 pounds once went for $6,100.

3. Yubari King Melons – $22,872

No, these are not the ordinary cantaloupes that you can find in the supermarket. The orange-fleshed Yubari King melons are coveted because of its proportion and sweetness. These items are so in demand that auctions are actually conducted for its purchase. In 2008, over 100 melon fruits from Yubari were on the block. The most perfect of all was the first item put on sale. A businessman who owns a souvenir shop and seafood lunch restaurant made a bid of nearly $23,000 for the honor and privilege of taking home that particular fruit.

2. Almas Caviar – $25,000

The Almas caviar is an extremely rare food item from Iran. Caviars are already expensive to begin with, but the rarity of this item makes it even more expensive. As a matter of fact, even finding a store that sells it is like looking for a needle in the haystack. The only store known to carry this item is the Caviar House & Prunier located in Picadilly in London. The store packages the caviar on a per kilo basis and places it in a tin made of 24 karat gold. Selling price is $25,000. If you want just a taste of it, then a smaller tin is sold for $1,250.

1. Italian White Alba Truffle – $160,406

Truffles are expensive items, but none as dear as the Italian white alba version. These items have become difficult to cultivate, thus explaining the exorbitant price. A huge white alba truffle that came in at around 1.51 kilograms was once sold for over $160,000. A retail investor from Hong Kong and his wife brought home the truffle.