Hamburger Love...Foodie Alert!

So I heard that there is this Hamburger that its price is, some would say, equal to the amount of the amazing taste it produces.  I had to look into this.  


Sure enough, its true. Well, at least the part about its price.  I can only speak on that since I myself have not tasted it.  

Enter the Richard Nouvea Burger! 

The Richard Nouveau Burger boasts a whopping $175.00 for its glorified version of a hamburger!  Made with "Prime Kobe Beef grilled and topped with Aged Gruyere, Shaved Black Truffles, Foie Gras, Golden Truffle Mayonnaise and finally sprinkled with Edible Gold Flakes".  


WHAT THE HELL???


Apparently it was named after the fictional editor-in-cheif of "Pocket Change", an online newsletter that covers expensive and luxury items.  I wasn't able to nail down if this is actually true. I'm going on rumor here.  But from what I can see is that there IS a blog called "Pocket Change" and it is written by a "Richard Nouveau" but any links to an actual website lead to nowhere.  


None the less, the burger....yeah....its real.


It was even featured on a popular Food Network show I saw.  I'm just coming into the knowledge of this burger so some of you may have already heard it.  I simply cannot believe someone would pay that much for some meat and cheese! But I guess it is all about status and a symbol of "success".  If you can afford to drop $175.00 on a burger, well, I guess you've "arrived", so to speak.  I find it incredibly amazing that there is actually a breed of people out there who can, what I consider, frivolously spend that kind of cash while the rest of us struggle to put together a dollar from loose change we find between the sofa cushions.  I guess when you have that sort of cash, it means nothing to you.  


So why not spend it on a burger?  


Let's be real.  I'm not going to pretend to be all high and mighty and say that, given the opportunity and the funds to blow, I wouldn't order this burger.  I most certainly would.  I would order this thing purely for research purposes ;) Well, hell, how else am I going to know that it should be worth that much?  If you average out the amount of money per bite, I can approximate that its about $18-$20 per bite (8-10 bites).  And even more if you eat with bigger bites, although I imagine, given the unique ingredients and flavors they produce, you might want to eat it slowly to appreciate how you've spent an unnecessary amount of money that will only be released later in the form of fecal matter.  

But I say "Bravo!" with a side of "Kiss My Ass!"  to places like the Wall Street Burger Shoppe in New York, who serves this colossal waste of money, for reminding the majority of us that we may never know what the "rich" know or be granted the opportunity to revel in true luxury tastes.  But that's ok, I may not have the cash to spend on a burger like that...but on Wednesdays I can get you TWENTY McDonald's Cheeseburgers for around eight bucks!  And for $175? You're looking at almost 450 burgers!  


LOL


Keep your Golden Flakes!


(*secretly hating that I can't have this burger, LOL)