Whether it be McDonald’s, Taco Bell, Chipotle, Pizza Hut, Burger King, Wendy’s, or whatever
else you can think of, all of these chains have one thing in common: the food is cheap.
If you’re ever in a hurry to get a quick bite to eat, it’s always easiest to stop
at a fast food restaurant, because it’s convenient both time wise and budget wise.
These easily affordable prices are possibly due to the lower quality nature of the ingredients
used.
When your typical fast food meal uses the highest quality ingredients, the price skyrockets.
Here are the top 10 most expensive fast food items you’d be tempted to try.
Velvet Goldmine Milkshake
When you think of milkshakes, you probably think of the ones from fast food joints such
as Shake Shack, Sonic Drive-In’s, or Dairy Queen.
What doesn’t come to mind is a $500 milkshake from a celebrity filled bar.
The milkshake in question is called the Velvet Goldmine and it’s served at The Powder Room,
in Hollywood.
The bar is known for its alcoholic milkshakes, but none of the others are nearly as exorbitant
as the Velvet Goldmine.
The reason behind the shake’s outrageous price are the ingredients used in it, which
are of the highest quality.
The milkshake is served in a crystal cup lined with $95 chocolate.
Inside this crystal glass goes scoops of organic lavender and vanilla ice cream along with
Belgian chocolate truffles and caramelized bananas.
The unique part of this milkshake however, is the blend of alcohol added.
One ounce of the $3200 for a bottle, Remy Martin Louis 13 cognac is put in to the mix,
along with Bacardi Reserve Limitada, and two selections of 15 year old whiskeys.
On top of all of this, instead of sprinkles there’s 24-karat gold flakes sprinkled over
the creation as decoration.
The whole process takes around 40 minutes for the bartender to complete, and as a gift
for buying the expensive drink, the buyer receives a Waterford Crystal chalice Swarovski
crystal cocktail ring with their milkshake.
Glamburger
Hamburgers are a staple of fast food.
Even if you do have a favourite franchise to get them at, if you like hamburgers they’re
easy to find at many fast food places, and are relatively cheap.
This isn’t the case with the Glamburger from Honky Tonk, a restaurant in London, England.
The restaurant is known for its American inspired cuisine, offering a range of hamburgers, mac
and cheese, hot dogs, and more.
But none of their other items even come close to the price of the whopping $1400 Glamburger.
The patty of the burger is made from a mix of Kobe Wagyu beef and venison from New Zealand.
In the center of the patty there’s a melting black truffle brie cheese.
Toppings include lobster, beluga caviar, maple syrup covered bacon, a hickory smoked duck
egg, a gold leaf, mayonnaise, and matcha.
And of course, the bun is coated in edible gold.
The burger was created in collaboration with the coupon site, Groupon, and one lucky winner
of a draw was able to try the Glamburger for free.
If this all sounds delicious to you but you don’t have over a thousand dollars to spend
on a burger, there’s no need to fret because Honky Tonk offers a mini version of the Glamburger
for the more affordable price of $33.
Pizza Royale 007
Everybody loves pizza.
There’s so many variations that everyone is bound to find a type they like and it’s
usually pretty affordable.
When you’re hosting your next party though, make sure you don’t order the Pizza Royale
007.
This pizza, named after James Bond, sold for $4200 on Ebay after its creator, Domenico
Crolla, who owns a restaurant in Italy called Bella Napoli, decided to auction it off to
raise money for The Fred Hollows Foundation, a charity that works in vision care.
The pizza was 12 inches which is the average size of a medium pizza, but this pizza was
not like any you’d be ordering on a Friday night.
This pizza is topped with the most expensive ingredients such as champagne soaked caviar,
lobster marinated in cognac, smoked salmon from Scotland, venison, vintage balsamic vinegar,
and prosciutto.
And don’t think this one is any different from the others on this list, the extravagant
pizza is also covered in edible gold flakes.
This luxury pizza ended up being bought by Maurizio Morelli, an Italian lawyer and food
connoisseur after it went up for auction, and thankfully, the $4200 he spent on it went
directly to charity.
Kraken Burger
High Dive bar and grill, located in San Diego, California is a restaurant known for their
large selection of beers, along with their menu of sandwiches and hamburgers.
But the king of the hamburger selection at High Dive is The Kraken.
With a price of $25, this burger is nothing compared to some others on this list and is
definitely affordable for the average person, but it’s still the most expensive item at
the restaurant, and it costs $10 to $12 more than the other burgers available.
The owner of the restaurant, Ryan Glenn says that, “"The Kraken burger was born from
a desire to create the biggest, baddest hamburger humanly possible.”
Glenn was right, because according to him, only one person has managed to finish this
monster burger on their own.
The Kraken burger contains a beef patty that weighs 1 pound, gorgonzola, bacon, and grilled
onions.
Holding all of this together are two sriracha infused peanut butter and jelly sandwiches
instead of buns.
Not only is this a huge portion of food, it’s also a very strange combination of flavors.
The restaurant says that it doesn’t give out any prizes for finishing the burger, but
being able to finish a monster burger with peanut butter and jelly in it seems like a
feat worth worthy of a T-shirt.
Westin Bagel
Westin are a chain of luxury hotels that include an array of upscale services like large bars
and restaurants, room service, spas, pools, fitness centers, and more.
But out of the 269 locations of the hotel chain worldwide, only one sells the world’s
most expensive bagel.
The Westin hotel in New York City, located directly in Times Square, offered a $1000
bagel for a limited time in 2007 and once again in 2017, on its breakfast menu.
Luckily, tax is included in the thousand dollar price tag, but the bagel must be ordered 24
hours in advance, and can only be served from between 7 and 11AM.
The bagel itself is a normal New York bagel baked in a local bakery, but it’s the toppings
that make it so special.
Alba white truffle cream cheese is placed on top, followed by jelly infused with goji
berries, then topped off with sprinkles of gold leaves.
White truffle is extremely expensive and can usually cost over $1000 per pound and while
goji berries aren’t particularly expensive, they’re full of antioxidants and are excellent
for one’s health.
The bagels were created for a good cause too, as all of the proceeds went to an emergency
food program in the city called the Holy Apostles Soup Kitchen.
Momofuku Fried Chicken
Momofuku is a culinary brand that started in 2004 in New York City.
Since then it has grown to have restaurants located in Toronto, Washington DC, Los Angeles,
and more.
Its services include a noodle bar, a milk bar, and other variations, and the restaurants
are known for supporting local farmers and coming up with unique recipes.
The most expensive menu item offered is a fried chicken meal ranging from $500 to $900
to feed a group of 4 to 6 people.
But don’t worry too much, if you want fried chicken that costs much less, the restaurant
offers that too.
What makes Momofuku fried chicken so unique is the fact that the meal is served with caviar
and fish roe.
The meal comes with 2 whole fried chickens and a choice of roe and caviar to go along
with it.
The chicken and caviar is also served with chive crepes, ramen flavored potato chips,
miso cream cheese, scallions, and cucumbers.
The restaurant suggests stuffing everything along with your choice of caviar into the
chive crepes to make a sort of wrap.
Choices of caviar include, Atlantic Sturgeon or Gold Caviar, and the roe choices are shiso
cured trout or smoked steelhead salmon.
The price of the meal varies depending on which combination of caviars and/or roes you
purchase.
Barclay Prime Cheesesteak
Barclay Prime is a luxury steakhouse and lounge located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The entire design is based off of European libraries, and the restaurant is known for
being very high-end.
Its menu can get quite pricey because of its frequent use of luxury ingredients, but one
item in particular is the $120 Barclay Prime Cheesesteak.
Everyone is familiar with Philadelphia cheesesteaks, the savoury sandwich composed of thinly sliced
beef and melting cheese in between a bun, and it’s quite a common fast food, but the
one at Barclay Prime really raises the quality bar.
The Barclay Prime Cheesesteak is the most expensive Philly cheesesteak in the United
States, and there’s good reason as to why.
The Executive chef of Barclay Prime, Mark Twersky, uses A5 wagyu, the best quality of
extremely tender beef.
This meat is usually sold for around $75 per pound so it’s understandable why the sandwiches
cost so much.
This beef goes in between two sesame rolls along with foie gras mousses, and truffle
butter.
The cheese used in the cheesesteak is called Caciotta al Tartufo, an Italian cheese which
is a mixture of truffles, sheep’s milk, and cow’s milk.
With it comes half a bottle of champagne to drink, included in the $120 price tag.
Golden Opulence Sundae
Ice Cream is a fast food restaurant dessert classic.
Everyone’s been to Dairy Queen at least once in their lives and have tried the various
ice creams offered.
But no fast food joint can compare to the $1000 sundae served at the New York City Restaurant,
Serendipity 3.
This restaurant is quite popular and has been featured in film and television, making it
very successful.
This luxurious sundae was first released in 2004 to celebrate the restaurant’s 50th
anniversary, and it was soon recognized as the world’s most expensive dessert.
The $1000 Golden Opulence Sundae is definitely not a fast food item that you can pick up
as a quick snack as it needs to be ordered 48 hours in advance.
This is because the ingredients used need to be flown in and delivered to the restaurant
from different parts of the world.
The sundae starts off with three scoops of gold leaf covered Tahitian vanilla bean ice
cream infused with vanilla from Madagascar.
Next comes the chocolate syrup which is melted Amedei Porcelana, a dark Italian chocolate
known to be the most expensive in the world.
On top of that are rare chocolate chunks from the Venezuelan coast.
The sundae is then topped off with chocolate truffles, almonds, candied fruits, marzipan
cherries, and gold sprinkles.
The sundae is served with a small bowl of golden dessert caviar.
Le Burger Extravagant
According to the Guiness Book of World Records, this hamburger was the most expensive in the
world at its $295 price tag at the time of its release in May of 2012.
Le Burger Extravagant is also from the New York City restaurant Serendipity 3.
Clearly this restaurant doesn’t shy away from extremely expensive fast food with its
$1000 sundaes and nearly $300 hamburgers.
Serendipity 3 has a small section of its menu dedicated to its Guinness World Records items
and along with the Golden Opulence Sundae and Le Burger Extravagant, you can order the
$214 gold coated Quintessential Grilled Cheese and the foot long all beef Haute Hotdog for
$69.
Le Burger Extravagant is created using Japanese Wagyu beef, the most expensive kind in the
world, infused with white truffle.
On top of the Wagyu patty goes 18 month old James Montgomery cheddar cheese, shaved black
truffles and a fried quail egg.
All of this is served in between a white truffle buttered, gold dusted campagna roll.
On top of the top bun there’s a small blini spread with creme fraiche and caviar to top
it off.
And of course to hold the entire creation together is a solid diamond, gold covered
toothpick.
Favitta’s Pizza For Lovers
Favitta’s Family Pizzeria located in Rochester, New York is usually your average local pizza
shop, the perfect place to grab a quick bite to eat or order in for a party.
Unlike some of the other entries on this list, Favitta’s Pizzeria is not known as a luxurious
place and its menu items don’t come covered in gold sprinkles or with a side of rare caviar.
But in 2008, the pizzeria decided to sell an $8180 heart shaped pizza “for lovers”
as the owner, Tom Favitta, called it.
The reason the pizza was so expensive was not because of the toppings, but because of
what came with it.
The pizza was simply a normal pizza shaped into a heart, topped with pepperoni and cheese,
something that in itself only costs $19.
With the heart shaped pizza comes a diamond ring worth around $8000 and a bottle of wine
that costs $160.
This combo was sold as a Valentine’s Day promotion that encouraged people to give a
luxurious gift to their significant other while out on a casual date to the family pizzeria.
Tom Favitta said that if someone were to order the opulent pizza he would personally deliver
it, and the ring, with a little white cloth over his arm, and open the bottle for them.
It’s unlikely that many pizza for lovers actually sold, but it was a nice thought.
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