Strange dishes are only for the elite, just hearing the price is enough to "sink up faint down"

Ortolan - Grilled nightingale

The nightingale has long been known as a bird with a beautiful singing voice instead of an attractive food. However, in France, people see it as a luxurious dish, a pinnacle of culinary art because of its wonderful taste that many people despite the barbarity of processing still try to buy it. to eat.

This is a dish that has been reserved only for French aristocrats for many centuries. This particular dish has caused a lot of controversy for a long time. The New York Times likened Ortolan to an anti-Christian cuisine. The birds will be kept in the dark, or blindfolded and given some nuts. They are then thrown raw into the Armagnac cask and grilled. Those who enjoy will eat everything, including bones.

Traditionally, diners would enjoy Ortolan by covering their heads with headscarves to hide their shame from God, or to keep others from seeing the gruesome sight. The use of Ortolan has been illegal since 1999, but in recent years it has appeared on television shows. Accordingly, only the rich and well-connected can have the opportunity to enjoy this eccentric dish. This is considered the most luxurious and brutal dish in French cuisine, with the price of nearly 200 USD (about 4.5 million VND) for a bird weighing only about 30 grams.

Caviar

Caviar is a type of caviar from sturgeon species found in many seas around the world. And sturgeon caught in different areas will give off different special flavors. In particular, Beluga caviar in the southern region of Russia will be the most expensive type of caviar. In addition, Ossetra and Sevruga caviar are equally expensive.

An average 100gr box of Caviar will cost about 300 euros (more than 8 million VND). From there, 1 kg of caviar can amount to more than 80 million VND. However, sometimes valuable Caviar caviar is up to 8,000 - 9,000 USD/kg (180 million - 200 million VND). Even the eggs of Beluga sturgeon on the Caspian coast (Russia) are likened to a black "diamond" priced at up to 40,000 euros/kg, or more than 1 billion Vietnamese dong.

The first thing to note is that Caviar caviar loves the cold and if stored in a cold environment, it will retain its delicious taste. Therefore, before bringing Caviar to enjoy, you should put Caviar in the refrigerator. And when serving, people often put Caviar on ice to keep the coldness of the caviar longer.

Secondly, Caviar caviar is very fastidious with tools that come into contact with it because Caviar is extremely metal-phobic (except gold). Therefore, if you use metal trays, bowls and spoons such as silver, iron, stainless steel to store and scoop Caviar, it will cause Caviar to be contaminated as well as change color immediately. At this point, the expensive Caviar will depreciate immediately.

Therefore, if you want to enjoy Caviar, you have to buy suitable tools with materials such as plastic, porcelain, jade, wood, glass... or even people buy a whole set of gold spoons and plates. just to keep the full flavor for Caviar.

Third, this Caviar must be eaten raw. If you bring Caviar to cook or put in h.ot dishes, these small eggs will degrade, change smell and become hard immediately.

Italian white truffles

This is an extremely expensive dish. You will probably hardly see them on any high-end menu because this mushroom is extremely rare. Just a few small pieces of Italian white truffles cost hundreds of dollars. This is a dish only for the rich with the price up to more than 6,600 USD/kg.

Originally, pigs were used to find truffles. But today, dogs are used more because they are more effective at sniffing. These fungi can be found everywhere in the world, but they need special climatic conditions to grow.

Japanese puffer fish

Rich people love challenges and risks. Therefore, it is not surprising that the super-rich always want to enjoy a certain "dangerous" dish. The Japanese puffer fish, Fugu, contains a poison called tetrodotoxin that is a thousand times more dangerous than cyanide. This is said to be a dish only for rich people with a price of several hundred dollars. Chefs are required to undergo extensive training before practicing this dish, in addition a license is required to buy, cook and sell this fish. The price for each 50 gram serving is up to 200 USD (4.5 million VND), even this price will be several times more expensive if it is wild puffer fish.

Kobe beef

While Wagyu cows have grown in popularity in recent years, Kobe beef, which comes from a type of Japanese beef, produced by crossing US-raised Wagyu with Angus cattle, is the subject of the show. the blue eyes of the meat connoisseurs have bottomless pockets. This meat is famous for its tenderness and smooth texture, selling for around $800/g. Since it was first allowed to be exported in 2012, Kobe beef has become more popular.

Densuke Black Watermelon

Densuke black watermelon is one of the most expensive foods in the world, known as the king of watermelons and a specialty of Hokkaido, Japan. In 2008, a first Densuke black watermelon was sold for about 6,300 USD / fruit - a price that shocked many people.

The special feature that makes this melon variety is of interest to many people because of its sweet black outer skin, it is different from the usual green color of traditional melons and has the familiar red melon core. Densuke watermelons have a very sophisticated planting, care and harvesting process, so the fruit gives the required size and has a sky-high price.

Mushroom Matsutake

If white truffles are considered a diamond in European cuisine, matsutake mushrooms are considered a specialty of Japanese and Asian cuisine. Because it is too rare and the output is also decreasing, Japan has to import this mushroom to serve domestic consumers. The price of importing Matsutake mushrooms to Japan is quite soft, only about 90 USD/kg of raw mushrooms, but the price is soaring up to 2,000 USD/kg with processed mushrooms. Photo: Yummy.

nests

Bird's nest is considered a precious dish, bird's nest soup is likened to "the caviar of the East". This dish was consumed about 400 years ago by the Chinese. Sold for 660-2800 USD/kg, bird's nest has become a luxury dish of the rich. They come in a variety of colors but the white and red nests are the best rated and also have the highest prices.

Saffron pistil

Dried saffron spice is extracted from the saffron flower and is grown all over the world. Each 500g of dried saffron requires about 50,000 to 75,000 flowers and costs up to more than 11,000 USD/kg. According to research by scientists, saffron has anti-depressant effects, improves memory, prevents cardiovascular diseases and prolongs life.

Puffer fish - The dish "d.eath" more toxic than cyanide is loved by the rich Hà Hà20:36:25 30/07/2021Puffer fish is an extremely dangerous fish. According to experts, Tetrodotoxin (the main poison of puffer fish) is 1000 times more powerful than cyanide. The poison in the puffer fish is so strong that even a dose smaller than the tip of a needle is enough to cause d.eath. One...