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Meat without the ‘moo’
Cost: $332,000

You’ve eaten vegetables grown from genetically modified seeds. Now is your chance to sample the latest in technologically advanced beef. Professor Mark Post from Maastricht University in the Netherlands grew this hamburger patty from stem cells in a laboratory. But don’t grab your wallet quite yet. Right now, this special burger isn’t available for sale.

Instead, it was created as part of a research project on environmentally sustainable food in 2013, funded by Google Chief Executive Officer Sergey Brin. Should it go on sale, the price for the burger is estimated at $332,000.

The taste? Close to meat, but not as juicy, critics said.

(BBC)

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Glacier water included
Cost: $60,000

If you think $2 is expensive for a bottle of water, how would you feel about paying the equivalent of a year’s salary for one?

Paolo di Verachi created this $60,000 blend using spring water from Fiji Islands, France, and Iceland glacier water, mixed with 5mg of gold dust.

The Acqua di Cristallo bottle, also designed by di Verachi, is made of 24k gold and is based on a sculpture by Italian artist Amedeo Modigliani.

The creation was awarded a Guinness World Record for the most-expensive bottle of water. A replica can be purchased online for $3,600. Water included.

(Fernando Altamirano)

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Rolls of treasure
Cost: $1,980

These may be the world’s most expensive salmon rolls.

Filipino celebrity chef Angelito Araneta Jr, also known as the “Karat Chef”, tops this sushi dish with 12 Palawan pearls and four 0.2 carat diamonds. The dish includes sea cucumber, wild saffron, and foie gras, which is banned in over a dozen nations.

Sushi del Oriente was showcased in 2010 at a restaurant in Milan, but wasn’t for sale.

Araneta’s other extravagant creations include a rabbit-shaped rice cake covered in gold and diamonds.

(Karat Chef)

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Cat-poo coffee
Cost: $30 /cup

Colloquially known as “cat-poo” coffee, kopi luwak is brewed from coffee beans picked out of Asian civet cat excrements. Unsavoury as this may sound, the civet cat is known to eat only the ripest coffee beans, ensuring the best quality coffee.

While kopi luwak originates from Indonesia, cafes around the world are now serving this delicacy. Even so, it may take some time to get used to this rich, earthy taste.

(Robert Nightingale/Flickr/CC BY-NC-ND 2)

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White Truffle Bagel
Cost: $1,000

Lunch break? Why not get a white truffle bagel, topped with golden leaves? This Manhattan delicacy was created by Chef Frank Tujague at the Westin New York Hotel in 2007. White truffles, one of the most expensive ingredients in the world, can cost as much as $10,000 per pound.

Chef Tujague said he wanted to create something that spoke to New York, and reflected his culinary passion for fine ingredients. This bagel is no longer being offered, but it’s only a matter of time before chefs release other takes on New York’s signature food.

(Westin Hotel)

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