For the world’s top chefs, they are always looking for the best foods to bring new and wonderful flavors.
For us, foods are simply to nourish our bodies. However, for the world’s top chefs, they are always looking for the best foods to bring new and excellent flavors. Along with good quality, these foods are also very rare and very expensive, usually only used by chefs of 5-star restaurants.
Saffron, also known as saffron, is a very special spice of India, praised as the best spice in the world. It is grown and harvested in many places, but the rarity of Saffron makes its price not cheap at all. To produce about 0.5kg of saffron, it is necessary to harvest 50-75,000 saffron flowers. Equivalent to about a football field. Each 0.5kg of saffron costs about 500-5000 USD depending on the quality.
Have you ever thought about spending $6,000 on a watermelon? Probably not, but if you have the money and want to enjoy the best watermelon in the world, you can buy Densuke watermelon in Japan. Densuke watermelons look a little different from regular watermelons, they are dark green in color with a very hard rind. Currently, this special watermelon is grown on the island of Hokkaido. Only about 65 Densuke watermelons are harvested each year, which means that the number of people who can enjoy this special watermelon is also very small.
Japan is a country with many rare fruits. In addition to Densuke watermelon, people also grow another special type of melon on Hokkaido island, which is Yubari melon. This type of melon looks similar to cantaloupe, but it has its own special flavor. Not as expensive as Densuke melon, each Yubari melon costs only about 150 USD. Perhaps the land created by volcanic ash on Hokkaido island has contributed to growing such special fruits.
Matsutake mushrooms are grown in many places around the world such as China, Canada, Finland or the US. However, it is known and famous thanks to dishes originating from Japan. The rich flavor of this mushroom makes it one of the best spices in the world, but the processing of them is also very elaborate, making the price increase very high. Matsutake mushrooms are imported to Japan from all over the world at a price of about 90 USD per kg, but after being processed, they are sold at a price of up to 2,000 USD per kg.
Chocopologie is a special chocolate made entirely by hand by Knipschildt. It is made from dark chocolate and black truffles, a very rare mushroom in the world. Each Chocopologie chocolate has a truffle center and is covered with chocolate. The special thing is that it is handmade, so the quantity of this chocolate sold is also very limited.
When we mention the rarest foods in the world, many people will immediately think of Kobe beef. Raised and butchered in the Hyogo region of Japan, Kobe cows are carefully monitored from birth until they are butchered. They live a “rich” life compared to other livestock. They are fed a certain amount of the best grass, drink beer and especially they are massaged every day to make their meat very soft and have a special flavor. With such a special feeding regimen, it is no surprise that each kilogram of Kobe beef costs about 770 USD.
A culinary standard of the upper class is probably foie gras and caviar. Of these, Almas caviar is the rarest of all caviar in the world. Almas caviar is an extremely rare item from Iran. Caviar is already an expensive item, Almas caviar is even more expensive because of its rarity. There is only one store that currently sells this food: Caviar House & Prunier in Picadilly, London. Each kilogram of caviar is placed in a 24-karat gold box and costs $25,000. If you just want to enjoy their taste, you can choose to buy a small box for $1,250.
Belonging to the mushroom family, the white truffle may not look very appealing on the outside, but it is always on the list of the most expensive foods in the world. White truffle hunters use wild boars or specially trained dogs to sniff out the delicacy that is always hidden under the thick carpet of autumn leaves. The most expensive type is the white winter truffle, priced from 6,000 to 10,000 USD per 0.5 kg. Prices can vary from year to year based on availability and quality of the mushroom.
Bird’s nest has long been an extremely rare dish that only Chinese kings and queens could enjoy. It is considered the caviar of the East. It is taken from the nests of swiftlets perched on cliffs, these nests are made from the saliva of the swiftlets and are very nutritious. Because of the difficulty in finding the ingredients for bird’s nest, a pound of bird’s nest can cost up to 3-4,000 USD.
Although gold is a rare metal and perhaps no one would think of swallowing a bunch of gold, not only because they are indigestible or very expensive, but also because gold does not really have any special taste. However, there are some special people who have come up with a way to process and incorporate gold into dishes, although it does not make the dish taste better, it shows the power and wealth of those who enjoy it.
