World's most expensive omelette
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A New York hotel has laid claim to the world's most expensive omelette, which will set you back $1,000.
Called the Zillion Dollar Lobster Frittata, it is featured on the menu at Norma’s restaurant in Manhattan's Le Parker Meridien Hotel.
So what differentiates this lavish dish with your average $10 diner-style omelette? It is packed with lobster and caviar.
The 10ounces of American Sturgeon caviar piled on top of the omelette ordinarily retails for about $65 an ounce.
With $650 worth of caviar sitting atop the expensive omelette, the extra $350 is made up of one whole lobster, eggs, cream and chives, the dish's main ingredients, and then the hotel's overheads.
Marisa Zafran, Parker Meridien's director of public relations, told MailOnline: 'We actually don't make much money on it, we sell it at about cost.'
For those who want a taste of the high-end omelette, but prefer to not eat their money, there is also a scaled down version available for $100.
According to Ms Zafran, about a 12 people order the $1,000 omelette per year, and approximately ten people per month order the $100 version.
On the menu next to the dish, a cheeky challenge reads: 'Norma dares you to expense this.'
Ms Zafran explained: 'When we launched the omelette in 2004, expensive food wasn't a trend. The idea was decadent and funny.'
The hotel, and its restaurant, is well-known for its tongue 'n cheek humour, as well as its delicious breakfast concoctions.
Norma's Donut Even Go There French Toast, which is cheesecake-stuffed and coconut-rolled, served with orange drizzle and vanilla ice cream, is a favourite.
Ms Zafran added: '[The omelette] started out as a joke, we were playing around because it's very on brand for us.'
Emile Castillo, Norma's executive chef, said: 'We knew it was going to be a very expensive dish, so we decided to have some fun with it. It tastes incredible, though. It's not just a gimmick.'
Two years ago a London restaurant served what was thought to be the world's costliest omelette, for $140 (£90).
The pricey egg delight, available from London's Bosidale, was made of gulls' eggs and contained lobster, crab and truffles.
Bank-breaking bite: A diner tastes the world's most expensive omelette
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An average family can live for a year with the price of that Omlette !
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$1,000 live for a year?
$83 a month?
Where are you from?
You can't even live in China for $100.
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Originally posted by βÎτά:
$1,000 live for a year?
$83 a month?
Where are you from?
You can't even live in China for $100.
williams22, if you know how to survive on 83$ for a month..please tell me.
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One person go ulu ulu china live still can believe....family of 4?
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1k for 12 months?
FWAH~ this lobang even better than kee chiu de $1.50 cai tao kuay~~~