1K Sundae

[Legs]

What do you get when you take five scoops of Tahitian vanilla bean ice cream decked with exotic candies and truffles, dribble bittersweet chocolate with a 70 percent cacao content over it, top it with fruit-infused caviar and edible gold leaf, and serve it in a crystal goblet with an 18-carat gold spoon?

The world’s most expensive taste bud massage.

Thanks to Stephen Bruce, one of the founders and owners of Serendipity 3, a dessert cafe and popular tourist destination on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, satisfying a guilty pleasure has reached a new level of indulgence.

The Golden Opulence Sundae, created to celebrate 50 years of luxury cuisine, isn’t on the menu, nor is it advertised. It’s like an exclusive club, marketed only through word-of-mouth, where you slip the bouncer a few Franklins to get to the front of the line. It’s secret. It’s special. And it’s $1,000 a serving.

[Leesifer]

Originally Posted by Legs

top it with fruit-infused caviar

Sorry, Legs. Not my taste buds.

[Legs]

I'm with you Lees!

[Leesifer]

[livius drusus]

Yeah that looks really contrived and weird, like those fucked up veal sorbet things you see sometimes on Iron Chef.

[ms_ann_thrope]

It does look really contrived and weird, but I'd eat it. Wouldn't pay for it, but I would eat it.

[freemonkey]

veal sorbet?

I'd eat that sundae, too. Maybe not the cavier part, although I'd taste that just to be sure I wouldn't like to eat that, too.

[viscousmemories]

Things like this help me understand the slogan "eat the rich".

[Widget]

How much do they get for rice puddin?

[Legs]

1.99 for a 6 pack ~ good till May 6th

[pescifish]

This outrageous concoction inspired me to buy a couple of pre-packeds from the Baskin Robbins at the BX last night (Chocolate and Pralines & Cream). Of course, they will probably evaporate in the freezer since I'm not much of a sweets person at home. But a few spoonfuls of each last night really hit the spot after feeling sorry for the ice cream in that sundae!

[livius drusus]

Originally Posted by freemonkey

veal sorbet?

Yeah, when people get a little wackily "creative" on Iron Chef they love to use the secret ingredient in desserts, especially in the ice cream maker. It inevitably fails and the judges have to hork it up in their napkins just as soon as the camera moves off of them.

[MooseIBe]

caviar with ice scream? Fucking revolting. I presume you get to keep the gold spoon though .. i hope its meltdown value is something significant