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In the past, you’ve written about some of the crazy-expensive things to eat and drink in Las Vegas. Any update on that?
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Good timing on this one, since we only recently learned about a ridiculously expensive cupcake. Yes, a cupcake.
•The $750 Decadence D’Or cupcake at Sweet Surrender (Palazzo) is perhaps the only cupcake in the world that must be ordered 48 hours in advance. Consisting of a cake made using ultra-exclusive Palmira Single Estate chocolate (it was developed by a French chocolatier and is released in vintages), it’s then frosted with a mixture comprising similarly exclusive Charentes-Poitou AOC butter and Tahitian Gold vanilla caviar (we’re not sure what that is, but it comes from hand-pollinated-and-harvested vanilla-bean pods). Once baked, the not-yet-rich-or-exclusive-enough confection has a little Louis XIII de Remy Martin Cognac* poured over it (*blended from 1200 cognacs, ranging in age from 40 to 100 years old), then it’s sprinkled with some edible gold flakes (just because they can). The decadent little morsel comes served in a hand-blown sugar fleur-de-lys (we dare you to eat it) and, should you wish to order one (or a dozen, for that matter), the number to call is 702-607-0753.
•If it’s bubbly you’re after, check out the cocktail menu at the new Hakkasan nightlife complex at MGM Grand, where you can splurge on a $500,000 nine-bottle package. Yes, the Armand de Brignac Dynastie Collection includes a range of bottle sizes, starting with the standard 750ml version, all the way up to the 30-litre Midas (there’s a long wait-list for those babies), all hand-crafted and emblazoned with the signature pewter ace of spades emblem. [Tip: If that half-million-dollar price tag is a little too rich for your wallet, head on up the Strip to Hyde at Bellagio, where you can slum it for a mere $250,000, which bags you a 30-litre Midas (equivalent to 40 bottles) Armand de Brignac Ace of Spades, plus you get the most coveted table in the club with a perfect view of the Bellagio fountains, and you get to choose a song for the fountains to dance to just for you, after the normal day’s schedule is over).
•We all know how easy it is to rack up a scary tab at a strip club, but one Las Vegas gentlemen’s club has opened up a whole new vista of opportunity in that department, and that’s before you’ve started making it rain. Never a brand to do things by halves, Larry Flynt’s Hustler Vegas is the lucky current custodian of the very last bottle of Dom Perignon Rose Gold vintage in the world (a Russian tycoon quaffed the penultimate methuselah at a bar in London not so long ago and, in so doing, set a record, at $75,000, for the most expensive bottle of wine ever sold in the U.K.). For $500,000, that last bottle is all yours, plus they throw in the use of Larry Flynt’s private suite, multiple Hustler Honeys to be at your disposal (at that price, we’d demand a whole herd), and VIP access to every Hustler Club in the world, among other perks. Note that this last-remaining bottle, dipped in pink gold, is actually worth more than the six liters of prized bubbly that it contains and yes, it’s yours to keep (unlike the Honeys and the suite, which you have to return once your time’s up).
Heck, since, by its ultra-exclusive only-one-bottle-left nature, this is a once-in-a-lifetime never-to-be-repeated experience, why not go all in and treat yourself to the full $1,000,000 package? On top of all the aforementioned goodies, this also includes a private chartered flight to/from your home, a two-night stay in Larry’s suite, and a brand new Ferrari. Naturally. As they say at LFHC]
•Returning to edible decadence, we’re gratified to learn that Las Vegas is home to two of the top-ten most-expensive tasting menus in the U.S.:
•Guy Savoy (Caesars Palace): At $891 (inclusive of tax and tip) for two, the restaurant’s Innovation-Inspiration menu includes the Parisian chef’s iconic artichoke and black truffle soup with toasted mushroom brioche and black truffle butter, which kind of looks like a puddle of mud, but obviously tastes a lot better than that. Or you can step it up a notch for the Krug tasting menu, whose $1921-for-two price tag is due to the fact that each and every course is paired with Krug Champagne. As an aside, we’ve met Guy and he’s really cute and unassuming and kept asking if "the food is okay?" It was.
•Joël Robuchon (MGM Grand): From the most Michelin-starred chef in the universe comes the $1,115 degustation-for-two menu, which consists of 16 courses, including his signature caviar and foie gras dishes.
So, those are some of the new kids on the most-expensive block, joining the ranks of old-time members of the sky-high club, like Hubert Keller’s $5,000 "Fleurburger 5000" at Mandalay Bay, or the $1,000 "Golden Opulence Sundae" at Serendipity III (Caesars Palace), which we’ve written about before (check the archives).
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