We all know airline passengers get the royal treatment in first-class, but what about high paying passengers who prefer to travel by train? Don’t shed a tear for them, it appears they are making out just as well as their high flying counterparts—especially when it comes to first-class cuisine.
The travel world is a buzz with the news that one of Washington’s best-known chefs, Michel Richard, has developed a new menu for first-class passengers on Amtrak’s high-speed Boston to Washington route.
For those of you who don’t watch the Food Network or don’t keep tabs on who’s who in the culinary world, Richard is the owner of Washington’s Michel Richard Citronelle and Central Michel Richard. He was recruited by Amtrak to lead an eight-member team to come up with new luxurious choices for the Acela Express.
Among the dishes first class customers riding the rails will be digging into this season (Amtrak changes its menu seasonally) are braised short ribs with cheesy grits, seared salmon, chicken Pa Nang, and polenta cakes with mushroom ragout.
The fancy meals are included in the price of a first-class ticket, which ranges from $250 to $340 for the entire Boston to Washington trip, which stops in Philadelphia.
And speaking of fancy food, you could ride in the first class cabin of the Acela Express more than 80 times for the same amount of money it would cost you to wrap your lips around this next high-priced dessert.
Serendipity 3, a popular New York eatery, is offering a $25,000 dessert overflowing with top-grade cocoa, edible gold and shavings of a luxury truffle. It’s no joke. Serendipity 3’s Frrrozen Haute Chocolate is so rich and so costly Guinness World Records recently declared it the most expensive dessert in the world.
So what do you get for 25-grand, besides a potential stomachache, a few cavities, and a hole your wallet the size of the Grand Canyon? The dessert contains a frozen, slushy mix of cocoas from 14 countries, milk and 5 grams of 24-carat gold topped with whip cream and shavings from a La Madeline au Truffle. It is then presented in a goblet with a band of gold decorated with 1 carat of diamonds and served with a golden spoon you can take home.
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