Inflation has affected the costs of practically all shopper items within the U.S., from eggs to take advantage of — some eating places are even including inflation charges tacked on to payments at eating places.
However one well-known restaurant is embracing the uptick in nationwide costs by bringing again what has been dubbed “the most costly sandwich” for a restricted time in honor of Nationwide Grilled Cheese Day.
Serendipity 3 in New York Metropolis introduced by way of social media that it is going to be bringing again “The Quintessential Grilled Cheese Sandwich,” which broke the Guinness World Report for the world’s costliest sandwich in October 2014. It is priced at a cool $214.
The sandwich is intricate and oozes wealth with each element, beginning on the base with two slices of bread made with Dom Pérignon champagne, edible gold flakes, and truffle butter.
“The sandwich is stuffed with thick slices of uncommon Caciocavallo Podolico Cheese, made in Southern Italy from the milk of the Podolica cow, [which grazes] free-range, feeding on strongly fragrant grasses corresponding to fennel, licorice, juniper, laurel bay, and wilder strawberries, infusing the milk with these candy fragrant perfumes,” the restaurant mused in regards to the filling, noting that there are solely roughly 25,000 of those cows on the planet they usually solely lactate in the course of the months of Could and June.
From there, the sandwich is toasted and dipped in additional edible gold, as a result of why not, earlier than being served on a Baccarat crystal plate with a facet of South African Lobster Tomato Bisque that is been garnished with truffle oil and crème fraîche.
Serendipity 3 famous that these serious about stopping by for the opulent delicacy should give 48 hours superior discover. The restaurant did not specify how lengthy the sandwich can be accessible throughout its comeback run.
In a 2017 interview and demonstration of the sandwich with Guinness World Information, Serendipity 3 Chef Joe Calderone defined that the preliminary concept for the grilled cheese got here because of attempting to craft a method to have a good time Nationwide Sandwich Day.
“We took a traditional of grilled cheese and tomato soup and type of ramped it up a few notches and made this unimaginable sandwich,” he mentioned. “We love meals holidays right here as a result of they’re enjoyable to have a good time and be inventive.”
Serendipity 3 is a restaurant famously identified for its signature Frrrozen Scorching Chocolate. The eclectic spot has been featured in a number of widespread movies, together with the 1996 George Clooney hit, “One Fantastic Day” and 2011’s, “Serendipity.”
The restaurant reopened to the general public in July 2021 following renovations and closure amid the pandemic.