THE MOST EXPENSIVE FOODS IN THE WORLD
What does your lunch or dinner look like? Do you take some snacks to the office, enjoy warm soups? Or do you order delicious sushi? Or maybe you’re a passionate gamer and you eat some snacks during your play in an online casino as Woo Casino Canada? Well, there are many variants of how people enjoy their food. And some foods in the world are so expensive and exclusive you may have never eaten them. In our article, we’ll tell you about the finest and most expensive foods in the world.
FISH FOR BRAVE PEOPLE – FUGU
If you order a portion of fugu or pufferfish, be careful. It is one of the most poisonous fish in the world. In Japan, however, fugu can be ordered in designated restaurants. The dish must be specially prepared by a trained chef or cook. This is the only way to gain enough experience and safety to avoid serving the tetrodotoxin that fugu contains. However, the price of this poisonous fish is very high. For a portion of fugu, you have to pay on average more than 150 euros. So, this fish can be not only dangerous for your health but also your budget.
KOBE BEEF
Kobe beef is certainly one of the most famous foods on our list. Kobe, by the way, does not denote a breed, but the origin of the Japanese Tajima cattle is largely used for this type of meat. This type of beef is characterized by a perfect marbling of fine fat veins. The cattle are also allowed to live three times as long as their conspecifics, mostly outdoors and without the use of antibiotics and the like, which drives up the cost of keeping them and thus the selling price. Kobe beef is very expensive. A kilo can cost up to 500 euros.
WHITE ALBA TRUFFLE
You have surely been waiting for it and here they are – truffles! But a very special kind, namely the white Alba truffles from Italy. This type of truffle is the most expensive truffles type. Prices sometimes exceed the value of diamonds, which is especially true of truffles from the provincial town of Alba, where a sensational auction is held every year. A kilo of Alba truffle can cost up to 2.500-3.000 euros.
YUBARI MELONS
The Yubari honeydew melon is a cross between several varieties and is characterized by its particularly sweet and fresh taste. At its best, such a melon from Japan can cost more than 25 euros 0 – but there is still plenty of room for improvement. In 2016, for example, two melons were auctioned off for three million yen, or over 24.000 euros!
SAFFRON – A SPICE FOR THE HIGH PRICE
Saffron, the most expensive spice in the world, is also one of the most expensive foods. Saffron refers to the crocus species from whose blossom the red threads are extracted. The harvest takes place exclusively by hand. For one kilogram of saffron, more than 150.000 blossoms are needed. However, saffron only blooms once a year. Does that ring a bell? The “red gold” costs an average of 30 euros per gram or 30.000 euros per kilogram!
DA HONG PAO TEA
The legend of a high official in the Ming dynasty revolves around the valuable Da Hong Pao tea from China. Miraculously, he is said to have been cured of his illness after taking a few sips of the tea. In gratitude, he dressed the tea plant in a red robe given to him by the emperor – hence the name of the tea translated as “big red robe.” Today, there are only six of the original tea plants left, which have been in the Wuyi Mountains for 350 years. Accordingly, the renowned tea has a price per kilo of over 900.000 euros.