Most Expensive Bagel in the World

Picture this scene. It’s just a scant few weeks before Christmas, you have a grand burning a hole in your pocket, you’re having breakfast at New York’s Westin Hotel in 24 hours and you happen to know that, when that time comes, you’re going to want a bagel. Luckily for you, Executive Chef Frank Tujague had you in mind when he concocted his latest masterpiece.

The most expensive bagel in the world is topped with white truffle cream cheese and goji berry infused Riesling jelly with golden leaves. The bagel’s price is justified when you consider that white truffles happen to be the second most expensive food by weight, eclipsed only by caviar. The underground fungus grows only under specific oak trees in Alba, Italy. Their pheromone-like odor is considered to be an aphrodisiac and is the reason dogs and female pigs are used to hunt the precious truffle.

The goji berries are not to be passed over, either. The richest known source of beta-carotene in the world, the goji berry has a demonstrated ability to jump-start the healing process.

A portion of the proceeds from the world’s most expensive bagel will be donated to the Les Amis d’Escoffier Scholarship in order to benefit current and future culinary students. The bagel’s $1,000 price tag includes tax. It will be available through December 14th.