$14,500 for desert !!!

[Jolie Rouge]

Resort charges $14,500 for desert
1 hour, 36 minutes ago

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - This dessert may be a little too rich for you, but you're probably not rich enough for it. A Sri Lankan resort is charging $14,500 for what it calls the world's most expensive dessert, a fruit infused confection complete with a chocolate sculpture and a gigantic gemstone.

"The Fortress Stilt Fisherman Indulgence" was created to give visitors at The Fortress resort in the coastal city of Galle a one-of-a-kind experience, said the hotel's public relations manager, Shalini Perera.

The dessert is a gold leaf Italian cassata flavored with Irish cream, served with a mango and pomegranate compote and a champagne sabayon enlighten. The dessert is decorated with a chocolate carving of a fisherman clinging to a stilt, an age old local fishing practice, and an 80 carat aquamarine stone.

The dessert has to be specially ordered, Perera said. Though the hotel has gotten calls about it from as far away as Japan, she said, no one has yet forked over the money to try it.

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[sdb_ngc]

OMG that's alot of money to just waste of dessert.

[Mom2Shaun]

Wow! Too rich for my blood! (Yeah, I know, dumb pun.)

I wonder if the gold leaf is to eat. I once had a very fancy dish at an Indian restaurant where they topped it with silver leaf, and yes, we ate it! It was years ago, but as I remember it, the spices in the dish overwhelmed any flavor it might have had.

[PrincessArky]

Wow! Too rich for my blood! (Yeah, I know, dumb pun.)

I wonder if the gold leaf is to eat. I once had a very fancy dish at an Indian restaurant where they topped it with silver leaf, and yes, we ate it! It was years ago, but as I remember it, the spices in the dish overwhelmed any flavor it might have had.

I bet it is I know hubby worked alot of places as a chef in Australia and said they had a dish like that and the gold was to eat........you can imagine he has tried it but I will never be in that position lol

[Jolie Rouge]

... but do they deliver ??

New York's $25,000 dessert sets Guinness record
By Vivianne Rodrigues
1 hour, 55 minutes ago

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A day after New York City came up with a $1,000 bagel, a local restaurateur unveiled a $25,000 chocolate sundae on Wednesday, setting a Guinness world record for the most expensive dessert.

Stephen Bruce, owner of Serendipity 3, partnered with luxury jeweler Euphoria New York to create the "Frrozen Haute Chocolate," a blend of 28 cocoas, including 14 of the most expensive and exotic from around the globe. The dessert, spelled with two Rs, is infused with 5 grams (0.2 ounces) of edible 23-karat gold and served in a goblet lined with edible gold. At the base of the goblet is an 18-karat gold bracelet with 1 carat of white diamonds.

The sundae is topped with whipped cream covered with more gold and a side of La Madeline au Truffle from Knipschildt Chocolatier, which sells for $2,600 a pound. It is eaten with a gold spoon decorated with white and chocolate-colored diamonds, which can also be taken home.

"It took us a long time to experiment with all the ingredients and flavors, and more than three months were needed just to design the golden spoon," Bruce told Reuters.

Four years ago, Bruce unveiled a $1,000 ice cream sundae called Golden Opulence, a staple on his menu and a favorite with rock stars, socialites and other celebrities.

Both desserts are sold only with advance orders. Bruce said he has received inquiries about his latest creation, mostly from Europeans planning to visit New York. "I wouldn't be surprised if soon we get a call from a Middle Eastern prince or Shah willing to give something sweet to his many wives on his next trip to the city," Bruce said.

On Tuesday, New York chef Frank Tujague of The Westin New York hotel at Times Square unveiled the $1,000 bagel, topped with white truffle cream cheese and goji berry infused Riesling jelly with golden leaves. Sales will help raise funds for culinary school scholarships.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071107/us_nm/dessert_dc;_ylt=ArfBEXfi_zbUD3Knm6CgXWKs0NUE


Chocolate AND jewelry ! What a fab-u-las idea, darlin' !