Hotel Charges $1,000 for Omelet

[Champ]

NEW YORK - 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."

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=816&ncid=816&e=1&u=/ap/20040517/ap_on_fe_st/_1000_omelet

[Scooter24]

1. I love Caviar...

I had it often growing up. But at $65 an ounce. Eeek..I never knew.

[Champ]

2. Yuck

I actually never had cavier, how does it taste?

[Scooter24]

3. hmm?

It's hard to explain. lol..

"The taste of Caviar is best described as a breath of fresh clean ocean air. It has a consistency of butter and melts in your mouth."

That's the best explanation for it. All three kinds are quite good.

[Atlas Mugged]

4. Those eggs...

..are probably from some endangered Hummingbird found in Costa Rica, flown in so fresh, they're still warm from the birds body heat. Otherwise - eh - been there, done that.

[BlueJazz]

5. Other items on the Menu include:

Glass of Pepsi......$250.00
Coffee..............$275.00
Plain Brown Toast...$140.00 (butter...add $65.00)

:)

[Scooter24]

6. oh dear

Sending the kids to college or eating at Normas...hmm?

[ncrainbowgrrl]

7. This was in the Cafferty file. (on CNN)

Funny thing- no one's ordered the omelet yet. (or the poor man's version- a $100 omelet)

[fudge stripe cookays]

8. "Caviar...

should be round, and hard, and it should burst in your mouth at precisely the right moment."

Goldie Hawn in Overboard

[Az]

9. It tastes good?!

For $1000 it better create a culinary epiphany of such magnitude that it requires counseling afterwards. They better set up a rehab program for those that take part in this dish. This is just nuts.