Have It The Landed Gentry Way...

The burger you see above was made by a Burger King in the UK, and is entering the Guiness Book Of World Records as the most expensive hamburger ever made/sold, costing £95, which for the American readers among you, is roughly $187 as of today. Considering the health of the American dollar, that may very well be in excess of $200 by the time you read this.

So, what constitutes such an expensive, extravagant hamburger? Well, first of all, Kobe Beef, naturally...Kobe Beef is derived from Japanese cows, called Wagyu, which translates from the Japanese to...yes..."Japanese cow"...The beef is reknowned and expensive because of the extensive marbling of the meat, which is the result of the Wagyu's diet, which consists, in part, of beer and sake...The extensive marbling is perhaps just a fancier way of saying that the beef is pretty damn fatty (but hey, it's unsaturated fat, so don't get yr heart into an uproar), and that fattiness means the cooked beef is exceedingly tender and juicy. Whether that tender juiciness is worth $40 to $100 per pound is not for me to say. I'm a foodie ("gourmand" if ya nasty) as much as the next fat-assed American, but I could never justify that kind of price for a cut of meat taken from a drunken steer.

Elsewhere on this ridiculously expensive hamburger are white truffles and an Iranian saffron bun...Pata Negra ham slices, Cristal onion straws, Modena balsamic vinegar, lambs lettuce, pink Himalayan rock salt, organic white wine and shallot infused mayonnaise...

Essentially, this is a mushroom burger. Not even any Swiss cheese, although I'm guessing that if you asked, the schlub who has to make this $187 burger will gladly throw a slice of cheese onto it for an extra 50 cents...He's making $8 an hour regardless, so what does he care?

The beauty of this burger, when all is said and done, is that you poop gold nuggets for the next couple of days, completely recouping the cost of the burger itself, and then some...

Once again, the rich get richer.

Hotcha! Hank