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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3724497.stm
Diners chew over $1,000 omelette
A restaurant in New York is offering something special to customers with expensive tastes - a $1,000 omelette.
Diners at Norma's in Le Parker Meridien hotel can now order the "Zillion Dollar Frittada", a Spanish omelette with lobster and 10oz (280g) of caviar.
Restaurant manager Steven Pipes said it began as a lesser dish, but his chefs "decided to have some fun with it".
"We thought we should really make something that would be a spectacular feast for a celebration," he said.
The restaurant has a bell which will be rung whenever a customer orders the 3,000-calorie dish, topped with sevruga caviar.
"We like to do things that are a lot of fun, a bit tongue in cheek, but also have quality," Mr Pipes said.
The first $1,000 dish was sold on Monday, to a British man who works "in the media", he added.
"I asked him whether he would finish it and he said that he would, for Queen and country."
There is a budget option, for those without the means to splurge on Manhattan's most expensive single course.
A smaller version of the Zillion Dollar Frittada retails at just $100.
Diners chew over $1,000 omelette
A restaurant in New York is offering something special to customers with expensive tastes - a $1,000 omelette.
Diners at Norma's in Le Parker Meridien hotel can now order the "Zillion Dollar Frittada", a Spanish omelette with lobster and 10oz (280g) of caviar.
Restaurant manager Steven Pipes said it began as a lesser dish, but his chefs "decided to have some fun with it".
"We thought we should really make something that would be a spectacular feast for a celebration," he said.
The restaurant has a bell which will be rung whenever a customer orders the 3,000-calorie dish, topped with sevruga caviar.
"We like to do things that are a lot of fun, a bit tongue in cheek, but also have quality," Mr Pipes said.
The first $1,000 dish was sold on Monday, to a British man who works "in the media", he added.
"I asked him whether he would finish it and he said that he would, for Queen and country."
There is a budget option, for those without the means to splurge on Manhattan's most expensive single course.
A smaller version of the Zillion Dollar Frittada retails at just $100.
