You Can't Make This Stuff Up!

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Tasting Menu, Masa; New York: $595

Chef Masayoshi Takayama’s Shibiu Experience at Masa is the most expensive pre fixe meal in the United States. For $595 per person diners are treated to plate after plate of chef's choice consisting of fish flown in from Japan, caviar, wagyu beef, and truffles, to name a few. If you'd like to drink with your meal, expect to easily spend upwards of $1,500 per person (with tax and gratuity).

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Foot Long Haute Dog, Serendipity; New York: $69

Ditch the street hot dogs sitting in suspicious-looking water and try one that’s worth $69 instead. The all-beef hot dog at Serendipity is served on a pretzel bun, topped with foie gras, Vidalia onions, and black truffles. And because they didn’t want the luxury to end, the hot dog is grilled in truffle oil.

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The A5 Experience, A5A Steakhouse; San Francisco: $665

Sample an assortment of the most superior pieces of beef with the A5 experience at A5A Steakhouse. The meat-heavy adventure includes four ounces of A5 New York strip, filet, ribeye, and ribcap. The entire production will only set you back a cool $665, so you can pay rent or enjoy the A5 experience.

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Quintessential Grilled Cheese Sandwich, Serendipity; New York: $214

The Serendipity grilled cheese sandwich is the embodiment of the word “extra." For starters, the bread is made with 24-karat gold flakes and Dom Perignon, and spread with white truffle butter, and topped with Caciocavallo Podolico cheese. The cheese is the big ticket item here—there are only 25,000 Italian Podolica cows that can be used to make this cheese and they only lactate from May to June.

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Foodgod 24K Gold Wings, The Ainsworth; New York: $1,000

It’s hard to make a casual bar food like chicken wings feel elegant but The Ainsworth has proven that it is indeed possible. The popular sports bar offers 50 decadent nuggs brined for 24 hours, dusted in gold, and served with a gold bottle of Ace of Spades Champagne. Level up, McNuggets.

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The Cordyceps Soup, The Cosmopolitan; Las Vegas: $688

This soup made from cordyceps that are also referred to as caterpillar fungus—due to its fuzzy resemblance—and the stuff actually has properties that naturally cure cancer. The rare fungus is very seasonal and can only grow at a minimum altitude of 12,500 feet (hello, Himalayas) and sells for $100 a gram. The soup at The Cosmopolitan uses the highest breed of chickens to make the broth along with Longan berries, Chinese dates, and, of course, cordyceps.

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A5 Ozaki Tenderloin, Don Wagyu; New York: $180

This is definitely not one of the sandwiches to include on your list of “grab and go options” during the work week. This particular sando is made with beef raised on a single farm in Japan that comes from one of five cows that are shipped to the US each month, exclusively for Don Wagyu.

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Cup of Kopi Luwak Coffee, Klatch Coffee Roasters; San Francisco: $75

Paying $75 to get your day started seems a little steep, but this isn’t your everyday blend. Only sold at Klatch Coffee Roasters, these beans take an untraditional scenic route through the digestive tract of Asian palm civets (a relative of the cat), which leads to shorter peptide chains and a superior flavor. The beans are thoroughly cleaned before roasting, but we’ll still hold off on trying the most expensive cup of coffee.

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16-Ounce A5 Wagyu Ribeye, Prime 112; Miami: $230

Back in the day, this was how much I had to save to buy my own iPod classic. Now, it’ll get you 16 ounces of the best beef on the market. Claiming to be the first modern steakhouse in America, Prime 112 offers the crème de la crème of steaks as-is allowing you to relish in the luxurious flavor.

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