Expensive Pizza of the World

Most everyone has felt too tired to cook and just opted to order a pizza to be delivered. It is the same routine. Get the menu, decide what you want, call, and then wait for them to show up with the promised food. If you are like me you wait until they are at the door to make a mad dash to throw on some clothing and look half way decent when you open the door. Afterwards you plop down on the couch with the box and some napkins and just dig into until the grease and the cheese are too much. Often the whole box gets stuck in the fridge for a late night snack or a easy breakfast. Well there is a whole field of restaurateurs who want to change our perception of this late night staple and are vying to create the world’s most expensive pizza.

There are a few variations across the country but two take the pie so to speak when it comes to lavish toppings and extravagant prices. The runner up is served in a nine inch round with four slices. It is topped primarily with six different types of caviar. It also contains razor thin slices of fresh lobster and a crème fraiche. To top it off it is given a slight kick with some wasabi. Perhaps most peculiar about this in general is that it never gets cooked. That would of course ruin the caviar. At one thousand dollars for the whole thing it is a unique dish.

The most expensive pizza however is even more extravagant. It takes the idea of the previous pie and runs with it. It is topped with lobster soaked in cognac. It also has caviar that has been left to soak in champagne. There is additionally smoked salmon from Scotland and even rounds of venison and slices of prosciutto. To top it all of the pie is drizzled with a vintage balsamic vinegar and healthy portion of edible 24-carat gold flakes to put it well over the top of excess. This singular treat ended up selling for four thousand two hundred dollars.

It may seem hard to understand how one of the staples of the American junk food diet and one particularly popular among the youth and impoverished could end up being so exorbitantly priced. It makes sense though. Many people have worked hard and worked there way up the social ladder. They may have come from a working class background and still appreciate a pizza as a special treat. On the other hand their tastes have strayed from pepperoni and mozzarella to champagne and caviar. These high-end meals simply cater to the most discerning and demanding palate and they do not fail to deliver on their promise of decadence.