How was your main entree? Great, glad you enjoyed it. Would you like to see the dessert menu? Our specials today are an X-rated pudding, tomato soup cake and an ice cream sundae that will set you back the same price as a new car. Yup, it's time to grab a spoon and get stuck into the world of weird desserts.
It costs HOW much?!
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The dessert world was rocked a few years ago by the unveiling of a $3,333.33 ice cream sundae, made with three rare dessert wines and presented with a mid-19th century ice cream spoon. If you ordered ahead, your sundae would be accompanied by a cellist too; high class dining indeed. But this self-billed "World's Most Expensive Ice Cream Sundae" was soon blown out of the water by New York restaurant Serendipity-3's "Frrrozen Haute Chocolate", a dessert that boasts 28 of the world's most expensive cocoas and is served up in a goblet lined with 23-karat edible gold. The price? A cool $25,000.
Erm, Isn’t that a bit rude?
In Japan, men can fulfill their foodie fetishes with breast-shaped puddings (those who have tried them say they're pretty milky). Talking of boobs, the Japanese are also proud pioneers of the breast-enhancing cookie, each one laced with 50mg of Pueraria Mirifica. Assumedly if you eat enough, even if your chest remains flat, your stomach won't. If you're a male in need of a boost meanwhile, finish off your meal with a scoop of Venezuelan Viagra ice cream (although there’s no proof this stuff actually works). Those wanting to get their hands dirty and bake their own naughty-but-nice goods need look no further than Edward Jaye's Cookie Sutra recipe book. Yup, it's pretty much what you’d imagine it to be.
No way am I eating that!
The Japanese seem to rather dominate the arena of bizarre desserts so it's little surprise that they've branched out into the downright disgusting too. Akita-based Komatsuya are the producers of Youchu Choco, little delicacies made out of chocolate (yum), cornflakes (yum), orange peel (yum) and dried squid (not yum), all cleverly crafted to look like... beetle larva (erm...). You might want to sprinkle your Youchu Choco over a dish of Japanese ice cream; take your pick from squid gut, jellyfish, soy sauce or charcoal flavor. You know you want to.
No way am I eating that! Well, on second thought...
Not only does deep fried Coke sound gross, it also sounds somewhat impossible to make. How exactly DO you deep fry Coke? In fact it's a concoction of batter, Coca-Cola syrup, strawberry syrup and real strawberries. Mmm, actually that sounds pretty toothsome (if tooth-rotting). If you're looking to sneak one of your five a day into a dessert, look no further than the tomato soup cake – a simple recipe consisting of water, eggs, spice cake mix and, yes, a can of tomato soup. Apparently it's delicious. Speaking of veggie cakes, beets and zucchini also make great alternatives to the carrot, and both compliment chocolate surprisingly well. Honestly.
Will Noble is a freelance writer from England who has written for the Prague Post and the Bournemouth Daily Echo. He studied Scriptwriting forFilm and TV at Bournemouth University and is co-creator of comedy sketchshow The Chop House. He regularly writes for the Pimsleur Approach, sellers of language courses including Speak Brazilian Portuguese and Speak Japanese.
Originally posted at Popgive.com.![]()
