Advertisement

Snack bar sells gold-covered schnitzel for €150

AFP
AFP - [email protected]
Snack bar sells gold-covered schnitzel for €150
Mmmmmm. Photo: DPA

A German snack bar is bucking the economic crisis with a posh twist on a favourite local dish: a veal filet coated with gold leaf and truffles that has been dubbed the world's priciest schnitzel.

Advertisement

The “Golden Kaiser Schnitzel” is on offer at a self-service counter in Düsseldorf, western Germany for a cool €150.

Swathed in 24-carat gold, it outshines the sausage and meatball dishes on the menu, which start at under €5.

Surprisingly it is not the Midas touch that makes the dish so pricey, but the white Italian Alba truffles in the breading, sold for up to €5,000 per kilo, in addition to the black truffles on top, shop manager Thomas Huber told AFP.

While just milligrammes of gold leaf are needed, the recipe requires a few grammes of truffles.

"Gold has no taste," Huber said, but it does give the dish an attractive glimmer.

Huber has been serving the decadent delicacy for three years at the Berger Straße restaurant, selling a total of about 100, but has only recently begun actively promoting it, he said.

More

Join the conversation in our comments section below. Share your own views and experience and if you have a question or suggestion for our journalists then email us at [email protected].
Please keep comments civil, constructive and on topic – and make sure to read our terms of use before getting involved.

Please log in to leave a comment.

See Also