Dining in Style
A south Florida caterer recently engaged in a little thought experiment – how expensive could a day’s worth of food get?
Of course I would need something to wash [breakfast] down. I’m a big coffee lover so I’ll splurge and go for the best. A cup of Kopi Luwak, a unique coffee from Indonesia. This is no ordinary cup o’ joe. Kopi Luwak is made from coffee beans passed through the digestive system of the Palm Civet, a strange, tree dwelling, cat like creature. Luckily, even the most expensive coffee is still pretty cheap. Kopi Luwak costs $75 for a quarter pound (not too far off Starbucks) So I’ll take my coffee and some beans for the road. Nothing beats a good deal on partially digested coffee beans.
Total Spent on Breakfast: $1,075
Ordinarily, I would decry the fact that the last item alone (a diamond-encrusted fruitcake) accounts for the vast majority of the money spent, but it is the most expensive day’s worth of meals, and not just the most expensive keeping-everything-in-line-with-everything-else.