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It is the jewel in the crown of its menu -- a luxury Sri Lankan hotel is offering clients what it claims is the world's most expensive dessert, with a price tag of $14,500 a serving.
The Fortress in Koggala, 80 miles south of the capital Colombo, says the price of the sabayon is due to ingredients like Dom Perignon champagne, gold and silver leaf -- and an 80-carat aquamarine the diameter of the head of a soup spoon set into the dish.
But the hotel, whose rooms run to up to $1,600 a night, is still waiting for the first taker of the sabayon encircled by caramelized sugar, topped with a compote and flanked by a Valrhona chocolate figure of a traditional stilt fisherman that the gem rests on...read more
The Fortress in Koggala, 80 miles south of the capital Colombo, says the price of the sabayon is due to ingredients like Dom Perignon champagne, gold and silver leaf -- and an 80-carat aquamarine the diameter of the head of a soup spoon set into the dish.
But the hotel, whose rooms run to up to $1,600 a night, is still waiting for the first taker of the sabayon encircled by caramelized sugar, topped with a compote and flanked by a Valrhona chocolate figure of a traditional stilt fisherman that the gem rests on...read more
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