Posted by Hayden Allen on Thu 12th April 2007 at 07:34 AM, Filed in Luxury Food
Indonesia’s super rich super-sized folk are lining up for this special culinary delight.
We’re talking about a burger that integrates a bit of the West with the East and is possibly the most expensive in the World today. It’s available at the Four Seasons Hotel.
Here are the stats:
Weight: 200 grams (7 ounces)
Beef: Finest Japanese Kobe beef
Sauce: Wasabi mayonnaise
Filing: Italian portobello mushrooms
Bun: Home-made onion-wheat bun
Extras: Served with Asian pear, French foie gras and French fries.
FACT - Kobe beef comes from the ancient Japanese Wagyu black cattle breed which receive a daily massage, reputedly one of the secrets of its famous marbling, flavor and tenderness. During the final fattening, the cattle are also fed hefty quantities of sake and beer mash, the theory being that mellow, relaxed cows make for good beef.
The best things come in small packages… well that is what my wife tells me!
Can you imagine wearing nail polish containing platinum dust? You’d have to have buckets of cash and want people to know it!
Well, you fat cats can now get your hands on this exclusive range of nail polish and perfume which sits under a brand called ‘I Do’, which is a collaboration between Allure magazine, platinum supplier Johnson Matthey, PGI and Essie Cosmetics. This range is y far the most expensive in the world and demand is surprisingly high I’m told.
You can pick up a bottle of the polish at the bargain price of $250, or if you want the special edition bottle with the platinum lid and base (of which there is only one), then be prepared to cough up $55,000.
The world’s most expensive perfume is a creation by famous British perfumer Arthur Burnham who has created a bottle with platinum, 24 carat gold, rubies and diamonds all over it! It is called ‘Parfum VI’ and believe it or not, Rolls-Royce designed and built the box. You can’t expect much change from £50,000.
Rumour has it that only 173 are being made and Michael Jackson has ordered two and Mike Tyson three – I thought they were skint!!!
Ever wondered where mobile phone technology is heading? Well Nokia have given us a clue with its latest concept phone the Nokia 888 designed by Tamer Nakisci, who has already won “The Nokia Benelux Design Awards” and now is a jury member of Apple iCan 06. This phone is Nokias’ answer to LG’s Prada phone and the new Apple Phone.
The phone is designed with flexibility in mind, allowing you to wrap it round your wrist or in fact any part of your body it will fit round.
Some other key futuristic features:
• Liquid battery
• Speech recognition
• Flexible touch screen,
• Touch sensitive body cover
• Color can be changed along with the shape of the phone
Posted by Peter Brady on Sat 31st March 2007 at 08:08 AM, Filed in Luxury Holidays
This plane is the pimp daddy of all planes with:
• 2 Dining rooms
• A 600 square foot bedroom
• Games room
• Whirlpool tubs.
It’s a pimped up Airbus A380 “superjumbo” that’s cost a massive £225m. The refit alone will cost approximately £75m and the plane, around £150m.
For the safety conscious the plane be fitted with the latest missile-defense system. The lounge will be fitted with curtains that mimic tents of the Arabian desert, and a fibre-optic mosaic that will depict a shifting desert scene.
In terms of running costs, you could be looking at £2500 - £4000 per hour to fly.
Nice to see the rich and famous lead an example of reducing Carbon Footprints!
Posted by Hayden Allen on Thu 29th March 2007 at 09:02 AM, Filed in Luxury Holidays
Ever dreamt of playing Robinson Crusoe and having your own island wilderness all to yourself? Well perhaps Sir Branson can lend you his for $48,000 a night (and you can take 28 mates too).
The location is known as Necker Island and is 74 acres of paradise in the British Virgin Islands, Caribbean Sea. Getting there is interesting, you can either take your own private boat, or take the chopper… what a choice!
In addition to hiring the island and all the accommodation which is of course of the highest luxury, these are just a few of the extras thrown in:
- All meals and drinks (both alcoholic and other)
- A team of approximately 50 fabulous staff
- Two freshwater pools and two Jacuzzis
- Beach pool
- Two floodlit tennis courts
- Windsurfing and kite surfing equipment
- Sailing and speed boats
- Kayaks, Water-skiing equipment, Snorkeling equipment, Inflatable banana etc
- Fishing equipment (not deep sea)
- Local calypso band for one party evening
- Business facilities, wireless internet
- Phones available throughout the island
If you win the lotto sometime soon, be sure to take the entire family to this amazing place… and don’t forget who told you about it!
