See The World's Most Expensive Foods

The world is filled with all kinds of exotic things, and food is not left out. Ever wondered what the world's most expensive foods are, here they are. You won't believe how expensive it can get.. See after the cut..


Weasel cat pop

As Bespoke Beverages' Richard Hardwick explains, KL Diamond coffee beans pass through an animal a bit like a "weasel cat" before being processed into an extremely high-end blend. 

These small civet cats, known as Luwak, live in Indonesia, where they enjoy a diet of coffee cherries, and staff at the Kopi Luwak plantations await eagerly to collect their deliveries. It seems that when a coffee bean travels through a tiny mammal's digestive tract, it tastes much less acidic than your run-of-the-mill cup of Joe. You can enjoy the world's rarest blend for £325 a cup. "Once you try it, it is worth it," insists Hardwick. 

Jazz endured smoked salmon

Not all food is expensive because of where it is sourced. One Stoke Newington-based salmon smoker justifies his high rates by playing live jazz piano music to his airing fish. His clients believe it makes it taste better.

Napoleon Grand reserve Cognac

Vintage cognac specialist Salvatore Calabrese sources some of the most expensive spirits on the planet. In The World's Most Expensive Food, Calabrese serves a Russian property magnate a £5,000 shot of an 1811 Napoleon Grande Reserve at Mayfair's Playboy Club.

 Frogspawn-infused caviar

Two years ago, Kenneth Benning of London Fine Foods set up Britain's first caviar farm. Benning is now attempting to launch a new product, Caviar XL, which consists of sturgeon caviar infused with an extract of African Clawed Frog frogspawn. According to Benning, the toady tincture has miraculous medicinal properties. Spoiler: the lusted-after elixir might not be up for sale any time soon, but we're assuming it'll be more expensive than the Golden Almas caviar Benning sells, which is £4,125 for 250g. 

Lethal Goose Barnacles

Private chef to the stars, Justin Horne, sources some of the rarest food to satisfy his high-end clientele. Tune in to see him experimenting with rare goose barnacles, known as percebes, sourced from the Galician coast. According to Channel 4, around five "percebeiros" die every year harvesting the rare breed - a deadly price for meeting the needs of London's discerning diners.

Source 

GQ.