[custom_adv] Burger: burger at The Roadery, named "Burg-Khalifa" comes with five beef patties, seared truffle cheese, saffron mayonnaise, and blackberry ketchup, all topped off with an edible 24-carat gold-leaf bun, the price $82. [custom_adv] The classic ice cream cone is wrapped in a thin layer gold leaf in the Japanese store in Kanazawa, which is one of the largest producers of gold leaf in Japan. The store sells everything from beauty products to edible gold leaf, and everything uses gold leaf in some way. At 1,000 yen (approximately £6/US$9), the pretty cone won’t break the bank either. [custom_adv] Executive Chef, Bjorn De La Cruz, took the popular Ube doughnut to the next luxurious level by adding 24 carat gold. The Golden Cristal, which yes, includes Cristal champagne icing, has ube mousse and Cristal jelly on the inside. Then the donut is “hand gilded in 24K Gold Dust and 24K Gold Leaf.” [custom_adv] In a restaurant in New York, a very small dessert decorated with gold is priced at $ 25,000, equivalent to about $ 100 million. [custom_adv] Ready for dessert? Here, we partake in a bowl of vanilla ice cream at the Scoopi Café, the Black Diamond (exotic Madagascan vanilla ice-cream flavoured with the world's priciest saffron, topped with slices of the diamond of black truffle and then sprinkled with 23-carat edible gold for an extra kick of opulence), the price $1142. [custom_adv] Sushi: Top-quality sushi is already a favorite cuisine for loaded diners looking to splash some cash. For those Wall Street bankers, professional athletes, and A-list Hollywood types who want to take their indulgence to a new high, here is a sushi roll wrapped in edible gold leaf. Look at this beauty. One couldn’t be blamed for assuming it’s nothing more than a cylindrical gold brick that fell off a Brink’s truck. But, no, it’s a sushi roll, available “in the basement of the Shinjuku Isetan” in Tokyo, according to RocketNews24. The price tag is 10,800 yen, which translates to roughly $96 USD [custom_adv] Instagram has recently turned gold sushi and doughnuts into extravagant, viral sensations, but humankind had long had an appetite for the glittery, malleable metal. While you’re being dazzled by sparkling gold flakes suspended in your cocktail, or the delicately laid leaf surrounding your bonbon, one thought may cross your mind: “can I really eat gold?” Or, if you’re like me, the question is just “why eat gold?” Afterall, it's basically flavorless.
