Who wants a $14,500 dessert?

[ThePurpleBunny]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070924/ap_on_fe_st/expensive_dessert;_ylt=AsBzz5015JPGfkswcUz94yLtiBI F


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 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.

[Alzarath]

I now have a new mission in life. :tup:

I can't find any pics btw =(

Edit:So here it is. (http://gallery.panorama.it/albums/userpics/10025/normal_dessert.jpg)

...Bah, this thread makes me want ice cream. *changes mission*

[Will Gotti]

That first sentence is so nose up in the air saying the same thing twice but in a different way. Whoever wrote that article probably can't afford it either.

Anyways, fuck that dessert. Even if I was wealthy enough I wouldn't be paying for some shit like that. Even rich folks would laugh at that price tag.

[phae]

It doesn't sound that bad.. but it doesn't sound that great. I'm pretty sure some others from the SRK Foodie Squad could back me up..

[Stanman]

Damn, I always thought $5 was too expensive for dessert. That thing is small as hell too. I was expecting like a life sized chocolate fisherman. Where the hell is all the money going to? That shitty rock?

[Bob Poundmax]

How many calories does this dessert have? if its not enough to kill a dog upon the first bite than its a rip-off.

[white shadow]

I find this item in the same article more interesting: http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/popup/?rn=49750&cl=4184124&ch=1105621&src=news

Parkour Continental Journey!!!

[Will Gotti]

Yup see what I'm talking about? I just saw that pic. Should have fucking known it was some French type shit that's "artfully" decorated and couldn't fill up a baby. Saboyan? WTF is that? Some shit that's not worth that kinda money.

All those damn ingredients I can just get from Ralphs and blend it up and eat it. People just make shit, throw in fancy words then charge fabulously outrageous prices knowing some schmuck will eventually try it. "Oh it's so delish!!" Fuck that.

[white shadow]

Yup see what I'm talking about? I just saw that pic. Should have fucking known it was some French type shit that's "artfully" decorated and couldn't fill up a baby. Saboyan? WTF is that? Some shit that's not worth that kinda money.

All those damn ingredients I can just get from Ralphs' and blend it up and eat it. People just make shit, throw in fancy words then charge fabulously outrageous prices knowing some schmuck is eventually try it. "Oh it's so delish!!" Fuck that.

You probably don't even get to keep the gem. Mark my words I'd eat it too.

[Will Gotti]

You probably don't even get to keep the gem. Mark my words I'd eat it too.

Nope. They probably have you sign some shit saying to give back "their" gem after paying $14,500 damn dollars. There's no way. I'd eat "MY" gem too, shit it out, clean it then sell that bitch.

[SirSmoov]

$14,500?? hmmm....do you have multiple orgasms with each bite :D ...if so...sign me up...if not, i'll have to pass...

[ShinGouki00]

As a chef myself, I have to say that's a nice looking plate. And the flavor profiles of all those things mentioned about the plate in the first post would match beautifully.


Now the price? I dunno about that. But it does look/sound great.

[Alzarath]

^^ I'd ask for diamonds. Cuz that shit is baller, son.

*adjusts monocle*

[beatsofdevil]

it would be $2 without that stone...

[ChunLi]

I'd buy it if the gemstone is worth $14,488.00 =)

[Shadow Ace 50]

Even the nigga with the tophat,monocle, and gloves would laugh at that price.....

and here I am bitchin about eddy's grand ice cream 2 for 10.00 at publix

[scum gale 88]

that dessert would be worth it if I got to watch 2 elephants battle to the death or a woman would be tortured in front of me for my amusement. godDAMN thats decadent!

*purchases monacle, then adjusts it for good measure*

[Kid Wonder]

I'd cry from laughing if the waiter ended up dropping that shit...

[Shadow Ace 50]

after eating it you could sell your waste on ebay ....im sure someone would buy it....then you could get half or even more for it costs

"14,500 dollar shit"

*rocks monocle,tophat,cape,cane, and thick mustache that curls at the tips with monopoly suit*

[HoneyBBQGrundle]

That first sentence is so nose up in the air saying the same thing twice but in a different way.

Well, if you replace rich with expensive and disregard its actual meaning, which is clear from context, then yeah.

[kz0060]

I think the classy french aesthetics is just a facade. Though it looks like it's for rich white folks, that dessert's actually gonna be the holy grail for ballers and rappers alike. Only money-rolling rapper fools are desperate enough to pageant their towering wealth by purchasing a $14,500 dessert. I can see it now. Every music video on BET will have gangsta rap posses scarfing down a gold leaf italian cassata while grinding on half-naked black chicks. Wanna pay homage to your fallin' homies? Fuck cristal. Drop a plate of cake son.

[Ho0v-Man]

I bet people that work there get an employee discount and don't get the stone making it like 12 bucks or something. Imagine being the waiter that gets his 15% tip though.:wgrin:

[Kid Wonder]

after eating it you could sell your waste on ebay ....im sure someone would buy it....then you could get half or even more for it costs

"14,500 dollar shit"

*rocks monocle,tophat,cape,cane, and thick mustache that curls at the tips with monopoly suit*
You don't "rock" a monocle, you uncouth behemoth. You sport a monocle, then you adjust it to your liking.
Now excuse me while I go get new pennies for my penny loafers.

[ckrazy]

How many people have actually ordered it?

[bridgypoo]

For 14,500 I better get diamonds covered in the most expensive chocolate, and every concoction of topping imaginable.

[Million]

I can't imagine a meal that's worth that kind of money...not unless one of the ladies from my legendary Magnificent 5™ came with it, and I could eat the meal off their naked body.

I'd seriously like to know who pays this much for only that meal. They should be interviewed on worldwide live television, so everyone can laugh at such stupidity.

[Million]

There have been quite a few changes to the roster in the past several months. Currently my M5™ is:
Halle, Megan "Halle, part 2" Echikunwoke(she is "Isabelle" from The 4400), Beyonce, Rosario Dawson, and Layla Kayleigh.

[Ephidel]

How many people have actually ordered it?

None apparently, sounds kinda good though.

[Stanman]

Just outta curiosity, who are they? I know Halle is one.

I wonder how much their best steak would cost, if the dessert costs 15k..

The only reason to get a steak that expensive is if they sport another rock on top of it or if the cow it was made from was a former god or something. Even then....

[CoMpOuNd]

Fuck That I'm Makin Waffles...

word.

[Shadow Ace 50]

You don't "rock" a monocle, you uncouth behemoth. You sport a monocle, then you adjust it to your liking.
Now excuse me while I go get new pennies for my penny loafers.

How dare you..."uncouth behemoth":rofl: when your rich you can say whatever you desire..plus I had brown sugar....now holler at your brother.....I mean boy

*hops on Jet made out of the finest metals available and goes to private island*

[DJTPC]

Let's close this thread and open it again when Paris Hilton has eaten that shit.

[scum gale 88]

*hops on Jet made out of the finest metals available and goes to private island*

naw son, my jet is made out of platinum! 100% platinum! complete with a minibar that only serves diamonds, an elephant death match chamber, a torture room, and daigo in a tiny little bottle. he will perform his own off color standup comedy for me if I so wish it, if he fails to amuse me I will feed him to the manta rays. did I mention that the manta rays swim in diamonds?

you know, more people might buy it if they just took the rock off of it. its not like you can eat it anyway. but then...WHATS THE FUCKING POINT!!!???