WANT NOW: $777 Kobe Beef and Maine Lobster Burger
From Buzzfeed this morning, the second most expensive hamburger in the world:
Price: $777
Location: Le Burger Brasserie in Paris Las Vegas, NV.
Special features: The burger is “made with Kobe Beef and fresh Maine Lobster, add to that is: caramelized onions, imported Brie cheese, crispy prosciutto, 100 year aged Balsamic vinegar and it is served with a bottle of Rose Dom Perignon champagne.”
We’ve had burgers on the brain at PJ Lifestyle lately:
Round 1 in Burger Battle, PJ Lifestyle’s ongoing debate to find America’s best burgers, by Bryan Preston: In-N-Out Vs Five Guys
And Round 2 by Bridget Johnson: West Coast Homer Votes In-N-Out
Round 3 by me: A Big Dog Goes Wild for Animal-Style at In-N-Out
In the next installment of Burger Battle (coming soon) I’ll stage a 3-way contest comparing The Habit with Fatburger with Carney’s and ranking them with the 3 burgers already discussed so far.
Have a burger you want to recommend to PJ Lifestyle? Email a delicious snapshot and your review to DaveSwindlePJM@gmail.com.
wasn’t there an article recently regarding the myth of
“kobe” beef?
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what about this one?
http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2011/01/08/is-this-burger-worth-5000/
I’m guessing that the price doesn’t include the cost of airfare to Japan if you want legitimate Kobe.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/larryolmsted/2012/04/12/foods-biggest-scam-the-great-kobe-beef-lie/
So basically about $500 for the champagne, $15 for the “kobe beef” and $200 for the lobster.
What a deal!
In the USA the term Kobe Beef is just a dishonest marketing gimmick.
Wikipedia:
Despite many American beef products being labeled Kobe, authentic Japanese Kobe beef is not available for sale anywhere outside Japan, with the solitary exception of Macau.
Senseless indulgence. While the rich are, of course, free to spend their money as they please, I cannot imagine a meal worth $777/plate being anywhere near good enough to justify its price. I could eat in luxury for three months on that.
That burger sounds gross, actually. If you lost the lobster it might be tolerable.
A completely foppish Surf-n-Turf!