Anyone know of anything more ridiculous to feast on? More to the point, will they deliver? 
Fah. Hardly a blip. Here is the real contender for the most ‘outrageous’ meal.
“Epicurean Masters of the World?” Wow. I was going to nominate that caviar omlette, which I think costs $10,000.
I was looking for the caviar omelette and found this instead. It was just a couple weeks ago that the Bangkok dinner took place.
There’s a restaurant in Paris that serves a cake including a layer of gold leaf. Yes, you’re eating gold, which I guess means you’ll be shitting gold later.
Unless there’s some fantastic, wonderful flavor involved that can’t be obtained any other way, I don’t see the appeal. (I’ve always heard you have to go to France or Belgium and get your truffles fresh in order to really get the unique full flavor.)
Ooops. I was in Bankok a couple weeks ago. I thought that was 13,000 Thai baht. I am so not looking forward to the Amex bill this month! [chuckle]
I’m sure someone who knows more about pastry can add to this later, but IMHO gold leaf is used as a food garnish because a) it’s pretty and b) it’s not that expensive, but it looks like it is. A small decoration might cost you 25 cents or so per item (for a dessert, let’s say), but could “allow” you to raise the selling price by far more. (“Allow”, in the sense that your customer would perceive the item as being of higher value and therefore worth the increased price.) Here’s one supplier’s price list, for example. Besides, gold’s inert in the human body, so tiny pieces of it aren’t going to cause distress.
Case in point - Goldschlager. Take out the gold flecks and it’s just cinnamon schnapps.
DeKuyper without gold: $9.99
Goldschlager with gold: $24.99 - well more than double the price, but it’s so *fancy * looking.
For those who are interested, David Cross does a bit about dessert with gold leaf on his CD It’s Not Funny. I don’t know if it’s about the same retaurant or one in New York.
But Goldschlager packs a much stronger punch than Schnapps ever will. Of course, I may be wrong.
Naah, i’d say the most outrageus meal would be Fugu pufferfish sushi/sashimi…
any food that has the potential to KILL you if prepared improperly certainly qualifies
You mean like hamburger? 
creme fraiche
umm!!! 
Interesting, I was thinking the same thing, but did a quick google, and am seeing it’s 87 proof?
I swear, when it first became available in our area (early to mid 90’s), it was around 105 proof or more? Definitely over 100…is this one of those things that changed over the years (like So-Co)?
Does anyone else remember that, or did I take a trip and never leave the farm??? 
The thread seems to be talking about the price of the meal. IMHO, eating an animal that is still alive* is pretty outrageous.
*I’m thinking of the live lobster dish served in some sushi places.
What about the $5,700 “Tiger Penis”?
Eating animals alive is just so beyond sick that I can’t even think about it. And it seems that so often, really expensive food means paying for the privilege of killing/torturing the most exotic living thing you can. Sometimes I really hate people 
Actually, despite the incredible price, that meal sounds like much better food, and much better value for money than the $1000 pizza. At least the Bangkok diners got food prepared by some of the world’s best chefs, accompanied by some of the world’s greatest wines.
That sounds infinitely more satisfying than some disgusting salty fish eggs piled on a pizza base.
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Short answer: not very much.
I heard recently (in a commentary to a Simpsons episode, so take that for what it’s worth) that fugu fish is now farmed, and on the farms it isn’t fed the coral that makes the wild version’s meat deadly.
So most fugu fish is now innocuous.