SFist: Bah: $25,000 Frozen Hot Chocolate

mudmudhug

Fri, 09 Nov 2007 00:31:45 -0800

Jess Drake: teenage years of vomiting cinnamon, adult years of nostalgically painful re-enactments. you're missing everything.

mudmudhug

Thu, 08 Nov 2007 21:19:17 -0800

Jess Drake: teenage years of vomiting cinnamon, adult years of nostalgically painful re-enactments. you're missing everything.

Jess Drake

Thu, 08 Nov 2007 20:14:20 -0800

I don't think I've ever drank Goldschlaugger. Am I missing out on much?

Agent510

Thu, 08 Nov 2007 19:02:36 -0800

Also (forgot to mention) I'm more impressed by the "World's Most Expensive Sandwich", offered last year at Selfridge's in London. Google it and you'll find that this one didn't cheat by including jewels or gold utensils, but has a more impressive ingredient list.

Agent510

Thu, 08 Nov 2007 18:59:58 -0800

I think this whole thing can be summed up as follows: "Suck it, Sri Lanka!" http://tinyurl.com/2rbwzv This is what used to be the World's Most Expensive Dessert. I expect this to trigger a WMED arms race.

KatyG

Thu, 08 Nov 2007 15:19:13 -0800

I forgot to mention - you are served the meal on a recyclable (paper) plate while sitting on the (freezing cold) Linda Mar state beach. Al fresco my darlings!

KatyG

Thu, 08 Nov 2007 15:17:11 -0800

I'll take you up on that challenge, Brock. You all are hereby invited to my Pacifica hideaway for the world's most expensive chicken francese. it's a secret family recipie, and because my father, the chef who taught me the recipie, grew up in griding poverty in pre WWII-Italy, I'm charging $30,000 a plate (one full breast with sauce, no sides). Line up, rich bastards!

mpantone

Thu, 08 Nov 2007 14:45:06 -0800

Gold is basically inert. It's one of the most non-reactive elements on the periodic table, if I remember my junior high physics correctly. I've seen it (gold leaf) on cakes, pastries, and chocolate truffles as well.

rajbot

Thu, 08 Nov 2007 14:44:26 -0800

suck on that, impending recession! i look forward to the ever-widening gap between rich and poor, and the day when Damien Hurst and Jeff Koons' work is (rightly!) looked upon as product rather than commentary! man we are gonna see some crazy awesome stuff! Robin Leach is gonna shit his fucking pants.

mariconsoy

Thu, 08 Nov 2007 14:42:41 -0800

1 troy oz of gold =31.10 grams Gold today = $843 makes a gram $27.04 or 135.22 for 5 grams === One carat is equal to 1/142 of an ounce. Cost depends on grade and cut. If it's 1 carat of dust, it's totally cheap. If it's a flat cut simple diamond, as low as $1000 or less if the stone is flawed. Plus the desert probably makes you barf later. Bad deal.

bob loblaw

Thu, 08 Nov 2007 14:13:00 -0800

oh man. goldschlaugger was the first hard alcohol i ever drank. also in high school. thanks for the memories, brock!

Brock Keeling

Thu, 08 Nov 2007 14:07:45 -0800

for those of us who drank our weight in goldschlaugger during our naive high school years, i'm going to go ahead and say that, much like wearing it on one's body, it's safe in small amounts.

bob loblaw

Thu, 08 Nov 2007 13:57:44 -0800

is it actually safe to eat gold?