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Mon 17 May, 2004 08:30 am
Hotel Charges $1,000 for Omelet
May 17, 7:55 AM (ET)
NEW YORK (AP) - It's not made of gold - just eggs, lobster, caviar and a few trimmings. But an omelet on the menu of a swanky Manhattan hotel will set you back $1,000, plus tip.
"I couldn't believe it was the price when I first saw '1,000' on the menu. I thought it was the calorie count," Virginia Marnell, a customer at Norma's restaurant in Le Parker Meridien hotel on West 57th Street, told the Daily News for Monday editions.
The omelet, which debuted May 5 and is billed as the "Zillion Dollar Frittata," has six eggs, a lobster and - here's the kicker - 10 ounces of sevruga caviar. The restaurant pays $65 an ounce for the caviar, according to Norma's general manager, Steven Pipes.
"Since we knew it was going to be a very expensive dish, we decided to have some fun with it," Pipes told the News. "It's not just a gimmick, though. It tastes good."
Beside the omelet's entry in the menu is the following message: "Norma dares you to expense this."
No one has ordered it yet.
A "budget" version of the omelet, containing only one ounce of caviar, sells for $100.
Now that's just overkill.
Cav
Cav, you're just jealouss because you didn't think of it first.
BBB :wink: :wink:
Yeah right. When clients bitch about paying $70 for a four-course dinner the last thing on my mind is a $1000 dollar omelette.
oh Cav; you can be soooo 'plebian'!
[think of the P.R.]
For 1000.00 it would have to be a J-Lo's ass omelette....that I'd consider....
"No one has ordered it yet."
Well, that says it all, doesn't it.
Cav
But, Cav, a $100 version is available for the proleteriat.
BBB
BiP:"For 1000.00 it would have to be a J-Lo's ass omelette....that I'd consider...."
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"No one has ordered it yet."
cavfancier: "Well, that says it all, doesn't it."
uhhh, the 'ass' or the 'omelette'?
[seems to me there have been numerous 'requests' for the 'ass' in question!
I start every day with a five egg white omelette with diced ham, pepperjack, sharp cheddar, ketchup and horseradish sauce. I just finished one.
I may have .75 in it.
BPB, adding all that ham and cheese kinda defeats the benefits of removing the yolks, doesn't it?
Bo, J-Lo's ass may be in demand, but she's a serial marrier, and who needs that when all you want is the ass?
My biggest problem with this stupid omelette is that it really lacks artistry and tact. Anyone can throw a ton of luxury ingredients onto something and charge a crapload of money. Hey, I have a better omelette, 12 eggs, 2 lobsters, 20 oz. of caviar, topped with a whole roasted foie gras and covered with white truffle shavings. I will charge $3000.00! And...nobody will order it. The reason these ingredients cost so much is that a little goes a long way and to abuse them this way is just gaudy, but then again, very American.
that's the most re-deek-u-lohs thing i've ever heard.
and $100.00 for an omelet (to me, my middle-classed self) is just as stupid.
plus..i don't eat eggs. :-)
my cholesterol is under 200....there is practically zero fat and carbs in such a breakfast...it's loaded with protein.
Bi-Polar Bear wrote:there is practically zero fat and carbs in such a breakfast...it's loaded with protein.
I know of another breakfast that matches that description BPB
Nice one onyxelle. That breakfast happens to be one of my favorites, to give to others, of course.
onyxelle wrote:Bi-Polar Bear wrote:there is practically zero fat and carbs in such a breakfast...it's loaded with protein.
I know of another breakfast that matches that description BPB
It does appear in your pictures that you have beautiful skin..... :wink:
you'd betta believe it bub
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