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Most Expensive Foods in the World; Gold-Plated Biriyani Sold in Dubai for 20k

Food is the ultimate satisfaction in life but imagine you get a chance of having the most expensive food in the world. Read this article to know more.

Sentinel Digital Desk

Have you ever imagined your life without food? Sounds scary right, as one cannot survive without food. Sometimes hunger can be unbearable. Food is the ultimate satisfaction in life and everyone strives hard to satisfy their hunger. As they rightly say that "Nothing is free in this world"; you even need to pay for your food that you eat. But imagine you get an opportunity in your life to have the most costly food in the world. Now the understanding of expensiveness varies from person to person. But, one might think that how much high-priced a food can be. But there are certain food items in this world that are just one of a kind and quite rare to be found and that's why they are just way too expensive.

Continue reading this article to know about the most expensive food items in the world.

The most expensive food items in the world:

1. The Royal Gold Biriyani (Dubai):

Are you a huge fan of Biriyani? I guess none can say no to biriyani. But have you ever heard of Gold-plated biriyani? the edible one of course. The Bombay Borough, the restaurant in Dubai is serving 23 carats adorned with gold leaves Biriyani which is presented in a huge gold Thali. The Saffron-filled rice is served with several varieties of meat items covered with gold leaves which includes Rajput chicken Kababs, Kashmiri lamb seekh kababs, Mughlai koftas, malai chicken roast, and old Delhi lamb chops. The dish with served with several varieties of delicious sauces, curries, and raitas and is garnished with gold leaves. The whole thali is worth INR 20000.

The Bombay Borough in Dubai claims the Royal Gold Biriyani as the Most Expensive Biriyani in the world. 

2. White Truffles:

Usually, truffles are highly-priced food items but the white truffles are the most costly with per kg of €7000. This variety is quite tough to cultivate and maybe that's the reason why it is highly valued. the variety is found in abundance in Pacific Northwest, France, and Italy.

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3. Saffron:

The most highly-priced in the world is Saffron. this spice is reaped manually and also it needs lots of saffron flowers to form one pound of this spice and so it is the most valuable spice made in the world. Per Kg of Kashmiri Saffron is worth Rupees 54000. The county where saffron is produced in huge quantities is Iran.

4. Almas Caviar:

The Almas Caviar is the most valued Cavier as it is formed with a female albino sturgeon's egg found exclusively in Iran's southern Caspian sea. It is worth $25,000.

5. Kopi Luwak Coffee:

Kopi Luwak which is also known as Civet coffee is the most high-priced coffee worth per Kg of $700. This is very expensive because the production of this item is quite strange. It is primarily formed in the islands of Indonesia.

6. Matsutake Mushroom:

Matsutake Mushroom is primarily found in Japan and it's worth per kg of $600. Because of the habitat loss of this species, the number of it is reducing day by day.