5 Most Expensive Food Around The World

It is not much of a trouble to keep someone happy. All you need is to feed him well - breakfast, lunch and dinner. And it does not even cost much. Then what makes the rich different from the less privileged? Let's start with a list of the most expensive food in the world.

# Italian White Alba Truffle

Truffles are expensive but the Italian White Alba ones are the most expensive of the lot. Weighting about 1.51 kilograms, the same was once sold for over $160,000.

# Civet coffee

Kopi Luwak or the civet coffee can cost up to 325 euro a cup. The price increases if it passes through the system of the South Asian palm civet. Everything can happen over a cup of coffee...Indeed.

# Saffron

Saffron is considered one of the most expensive herbs in the world. It is made from the saffron crocus flower with prices starting from 350 euro for a pound of the stuff.

# Matsutake Mushrooms

Matsutake or mattake mushrooms is the most expensive mushroom in the world costing $1,000. It is usually hidden under fallen leaves on the forest floor and is extremely hard to find. The annual harvest in Japan is less than a thousand tons only thus justifying its extravagance.

# Lobster Frittata

Le Parker Meridien Hotel in New York makes omelet by adding lobster claws and 10 ounces of Sevruga caviar into six eggs. Price? $1,000. Too expensive you find? Well, there is also a scaled down version with 10 percent of the caviar that will cost you $100.