Posted by Adam Kuban, June 19, 2008 at 1:00 PM
The pricey burger is for charity, and it's only available in one Burger King in West London once a week. Here's what it's made up of:
The fine ingredients of what is called simply 'The Burger' include Wagyu beef, white truffles, Pata Negra ham slices, Cristal onion straws, Modena balsamic vinegar, lambs lettuce, pink Himalayan rock salt, organic white wine and shallot infused mayonnaise in an Iranian saffron and white truffle dusted bun.
Another megaexpensiveburger. Meh.
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Posted by Matt Jacobs, April 18, 2005 at 2:54 PM
According to an Austalian news service, the British restaurant Zuma is serving a $134 hamburger. I have yet to confirm if this is U.S. or Australian dollars, but it's still a ridiculous amount of money to spend on a ground beef sandwich.
A restaurant spokeswoman said: "Our wagyu beef comes from New Zealand, where the cows are reared on beer and massaged until they weigh three-quarters of a tonne, more than double the weight of an average cow."
Big whoop, I say. One person who won't be happy to hear this is restaurateur Daniel Boulud. In early 2003, we experienced the great burger wars with Boulud's burger finally winning out at $50. Trumping his own $29 burger and the Old Homestead's $41 Kobe beef burger, Boulud's sirloin burger includes regular truffles, braised short ribs, foie gras and fresh black truffles. Today, the burger goes for $59 or $99 for the double truffle version.
Boulud is not one to be bested, so we're bound to see some new concoction relatively soon. Don't be surprised if you can soon order a burger stuffed with caviar and wagyu beef from cattle massaged by Boulud's own hands.
Oh, and if anyone wants to sponsor a trip to London to try the most expensive burger, I would be willing to make the sacrifice and go.
