In this article we tell you the story behind the birth of the most expensive burger in the world Do you know that he was born as part of a solidarity initiative? What ingredients does it have besides gold? Let's see it!
A charitable delicacy
Golden Boy is the name of the most expensive hamburger in the world, which costs $5.000. Its creator is called Robbert Jan de Veen and comes from Netherlandsyes He decided at 33 years old, in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, to unseat the previous hamburger. So, he got down to work to overcome the Fleur Burger 5000.
It took him five months and he decided that the profits would go to a charitable cause. He chose a food Bank. He finally achieved it through the most rigorous selection of ingredients and a very measured preparation process. In fact, there is nothing fast food about this burger. Therefore, we emphasize that completing it takes nine hours.
How is the Golden Boy prepared?
Let's start with the list of ingredients:
- white truffle
- beluga caviar
- Wyke Farms Cheddar Cheese
- Macallan Rare Cask Whiskey
- meat of wagyu beef A5,
- Alaskan crab
- barbecue sauce made with Kopy Luwarl coffee,
- duck Egg Mayonnaise,
- Spanish Iberian Shoulder,
- Japanese panko battered onion rings
As if that were not enough luxury and waste, the bread dough is created with champagne Dom Pérignon and bathed by gold foil. In this way, the result is a product 15 centimeters long and 800 grams of pure flavor. If you want to taste it, you must book at least two weeks in advance at the restaurant by daltons from Voorthuizen in the Netherlands. You also need to pay a deposit of 750 euros per burger.
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The previous most expensive hamburger
The price of Fleur Burger 5000 is U.S. dollar 5.000, which are usually worth less than 5.000 euros. entered the 2017 Guinness Book of Records breaking the previous record. Thus, she occupied the throne for several years until being ousted by the Golden Boy in 2021.
We do not want to detract from it, since the Dutch chef diego buick meticulously selected the best ingredients. By Leo is that the meat is a mixture of 40% black fillet of beef Angus and 60% Japanese Wagyu. It also contains lobster from the Oosterschelde River in the Netherlands, Pata Negra ham and Remerkar artisanal cheese. On the other hand, the white truffle, caviar, foie gras and French lettuce stand out.
And as if that were not enough, the sauce that marinates this juicy meat is based on the puree of a class of tomatoes from Japan. To this they add Madagascar vanilla, Blue Mountain coffee, saffron and a very special soy sauce that has been aged for 34 years.
In addition, it also has an edible gold coating on the brioche bread. You can treat yourself to the Fleur restaurant in the Mandala Bay hotel de Las Vegas. How about? Do you think it's an eccentricity that a hamburger costs so much money? Do you think it is a work of art?
