US fast food giant Yum! Brands has apologised to customers of its Chinese KFC restaurants after a scandal over tainted chicken that dented sales at the popular chain, AFP reports.
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KFC parent company sorry over China chicken scare
- Saturday, 12 January 2013 08:57
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Half of the Food is wasted
- Thursday, 10 January 2013 15:04
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As much as half of the world's food, amounting to two billion tonnes worth, is wasted, a UK-based report has claimed.
Bluefin Tuna sold at record breaking $1.76million
- Saturday, 05 January 2013 10:45
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A bluefin tuna has sold for a record 1.76 million dollars (£1.095 million) at a Tokyo auction, nearly three times the previous high set last year - even as environmentalists warn that stocks of the majestic, speedy fish are being depleted worldwide amid strong demand for sushi.
Most Expensive Christmas Dinner Priced at $200,000
- Thursday, 13 December 2012 23:45
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Don't feel like cooking this Christmas? A U.K. chef is offering to cook Christmas dinner for you and three family members for about $200,000 (£125,000).
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Through the website VeryFirstTo.com, which offers expensive "luxury products and experiences," including a $150,000 trip to space, chef Ben Spalding said he'll cook an elaborate Christmas Day meal using some of the most expensive ingredients in the world.
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The head chef at John Salt, Spalding has worked at top restaurants Per Se, the Fat Duck and Royal Hospital Road. Eighty percent of Spalding's fee will be donated to Cancer Research U.K. and Hospitality Action.
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The first course includes a $60,000 bottle of Piper Heidsieck 1907 Champagne, served in diamond-studded champagne flutes.
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Alma's caviar and 150-year-old balsamic vinegar are paired with the champagne.Â
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The Almas caviar is considered the world's most expensive caviar, and costs $8,000 on Spalding's menu. The cost of the balsamic vinegar is $1,700.
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The second course includes a Yubari King melon served with white truffles and saffron. The melon, which looks like a cantaloupe, is priced at $4,000. A rare breed of turkey is served for the main course, with Wagyu beef and heart.
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The table centerpiece is coated in edible gold leaf and sprinkled with pistachios. The dessert course is made with whipped Kopi luwak, which is made from the beans of coffee berries that were once eaten, digested and excreted by civets.
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Despite his donating most of his fee to charity and sacrificing a holiday with his family, Spalding received a few criticizing tweets about the menu. He responded, "I am not wasting any more time or energy talking about a fantasy dinner that may/may not happen. I am moving on like you should!"
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In the case that no one purchases his Christmas dinner, the chef wrote he would "spend the day with my young family, and two babies. But at least I tried. "
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World’s most expensive cheese made from donkeys' milk
- Wednesday, 14 November 2012 16:15
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We've already seen a burger priced at $5,000 on the menu at a gourmet restaurant in Las Vegas, and a $1,000 caviar-coated omelette on offer at a plush New York hotel.
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Now food-lovers with expensive tastes - and deep pockets - can pick up what is thought to be the world's priciest cheese on a donkey farm in Serbia.
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Produced in Zasavica - one of Serbia's most famous natural reserves - the cheese, known as pule, is made from donkeys' milk and costs a whopping £800 ($1268) per kilogram.
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It is said to take 25 litres of fresh donkey milk to make a single kilogram of the cheese, which the reserve claims is the most expensive in the world.
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The white, crumbly cheese has been described as similar to Spanish manchego cheese, but with a deeper, richer taste.
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Available in British supermarkets for a relatively cheap £13 per kg, manchego is certainly the more frugal option.
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The reserve also produces bottled donkeys' milk, which is said to have been a beauty secret of Cleopatra.
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The legendary Egyptian queen was famously said to have bathed daily in asses' milk.
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Other expensive cheeses include a Swedish moose cheese which costs around £630 per kilogram, and Caciocavallo Podolico, a cheese produced from the milk of a rare Italian breed of cow that only produces milk during May and June.
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