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Posted: 2007-11-15 19:32:03
Filed Under: Weird News
NEW YORK (Nov. 15) - A Manhattan restaurant that unveiled a record-breaking $25,000 dessert last week has been forced to shut its doors temporarily due to an infestation of mice and cockroaches. Serendipity 3 on the Upper East Side failed its second consecutive health inspection in a month on Wednesday night after health officials found a live mouse, mouse droppings in multiple places, flies and dozens of live cockroaches, the Heath Department said. Dessert: The Frrrozen Haute Chocolate Description: A slushy mix of cocoas, milk, edible gold and truffle shavings with a gold spoon and gold goblet with diamonds From: Serendipity-3 restaurant in New York Cost: $25,000 Bagel Description: White truffle cream cheese and goji berry-infused Riesling jelly with golden leaves From: Westin New York Cost: $1,000 Sandwich: The McDonald Description: Wagyu beef, foie gras, truffle mayonnaise, brie, rocket, red pepper and mustard confit, and plum tomatoes on sourdough From: Selfridges department store in London Cost: $150 Cocktail: Martini on the Rock Description: Martini with a diamond From: Algonquin Hotel in New York Cost: $10,000 Burger Description: Kobe beef, foie gras, portobello mushrooms and Korean pears, and served with french fries From: Four Seasons in Jakarta, Indonesia Cost: $110 Liquor: Aztec Passion Limited Edition Description: 4.4-pound gold and platinum bottle of tequila From Tequila Ley .925 Cost: $225,000 "We're rectifying it as quickly as we can," said owner Steven Bruce, adding the restaurant would then be allowed to reopen.Serendipity 3 set a Guinness world record on November 7 for the most expensive dessert when it partnered with luxury jeweller Euphoria New York to create "Frrozen Haute Chocolate," a blend of 28 cocoas fused with 0.2 ounces of edible 23-karat gold.It comes with an 18-karat gold bracelet with 1 carat of white diamonds at the base of the goblet. The sundae is topped with whipped cream covered with more gold and a side of La Madeline au Truffle from Knipschildt Chocolatier, which sells for $2,600 a pound.The desert is a more decadent take on Serendipity's $8.50 "Frrrozen Hot Chocolate," which the talk show host Oprah Winfrey once endorsed by saying it made her want to "dance on the chandeliers." Bruce also has a $1,000 ice cream sundae on the menu called Golden Opulence.
Posted: 2007-11-15 19:32:03
Filed Under: Weird News
NEW YORK (Nov. 15) - A Manhattan restaurant that unveiled a record-breaking $25,000 dessert last week has been forced to shut its doors temporarily due to an infestation of mice and cockroaches. Serendipity 3 on the Upper East Side failed its second consecutive health inspection in a month on Wednesday night after health officials found a live mouse, mouse droppings in multiple places, flies and dozens of live cockroaches, the Heath Department said. Dessert: The Frrrozen Haute Chocolate Description: A slushy mix of cocoas, milk, edible gold and truffle shavings with a gold spoon and gold goblet with diamonds From: Serendipity-3 restaurant in New York Cost: $25,000 Bagel Description: White truffle cream cheese and goji berry-infused Riesling jelly with golden leaves From: Westin New York Cost: $1,000 Sandwich: The McDonald Description: Wagyu beef, foie gras, truffle mayonnaise, brie, rocket, red pepper and mustard confit, and plum tomatoes on sourdough From: Selfridges department store in London Cost: $150 Cocktail: Martini on the Rock Description: Martini with a diamond From: Algonquin Hotel in New York Cost: $10,000 Burger Description: Kobe beef, foie gras, portobello mushrooms and Korean pears, and served with french fries From: Four Seasons in Jakarta, Indonesia Cost: $110 Liquor: Aztec Passion Limited Edition Description: 4.4-pound gold and platinum bottle of tequila From Tequila Ley .925 Cost: $225,000 "We're rectifying it as quickly as we can," said owner Steven Bruce, adding the restaurant would then be allowed to reopen.Serendipity 3 set a Guinness world record on November 7 for the most expensive dessert when it partnered with luxury jeweller Euphoria New York to create "Frrozen Haute Chocolate," a blend of 28 cocoas fused with 0.2 ounces of edible 23-karat gold.It comes with an 18-karat gold bracelet with 1 carat of white diamonds at the base of the goblet. The sundae is topped with whipped cream covered with more gold and a side of La Madeline au Truffle from Knipschildt Chocolatier, which sells for $2,600 a pound.The desert is a more decadent take on Serendipity's $8.50 "Frrrozen Hot Chocolate," which the talk show host Oprah Winfrey once endorsed by saying it made her want to "dance on the chandeliers." Bruce also has a $1,000 ice cream sundae on the menu called Golden Opulence.
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