$175 Hamburger on Menu at Wall Street Burger Shoppe

If you thought dropping $81 on a hamburger at The Old Homestead was enough to prove you’ve arrived, think again, hayseed – New York’s newest culinary status symbol, the “Richard Nouveau” burger at Wall Street Burger Shoppe, is going to cost you over twice that. They’re charging $175 for the experience, but money’s no object when it comes to showing the other hedge-funders you’ve completely lost touch with reality, right?

Momentarily the city’s most expensive burger, the Richard Nouveau consists of 10 ounces of Kobe-raised beef crowned with a thick “lobe” of seared foie gras, 25 grams of shaved black truffles, and aged gruyere cheese. It comes enthroned on a brioche bun anointed with a homemade truffled mayonnaise and garnished with more shaved truffles. Oh, and gold leaf flakes from Japan, which has the yummiest gold.

This edible monument of decadence also eclipses chef/restaurateur Daniel Boulud, whose $150 “Royale” burger is now the Hyundai of haute burgers. While the star chef tells the Daily News he won’t get drawn into a pissing contest and raise his price, he’s none too impressed with this arriviste competitor: “It's not about extravagance; it's about respect for real cooking. The luxury is in the care and the ingredients.” It is so on. For more on the Richard Nouveau’s creation, Pocket Change has video of its assembly and subsequent devouring.

Photo courtesy Heather Tierney.

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By John Del Signore in Food on May 20, 2008 11:08 AM

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dollarmenu

This idiot burger seems to have drawn its inspiration from 30 Rock.

"Imagine a dessert for two, Tahitian-vanilla-bean ice cream in a pool of cognac, drizzled in the world's most expensive chocolate, Amadei Porcelana, covered with shaved white, black, and clear truffles, and topped with edible 25-karat gold leaf."

angry_pickle

why would anyone eat gold? It probably only has a vague metallic taste or no taste at all; and it can't be digested or used by your body so it'll just come right out your rearend. May be you can pay a friend to dig through your manure to harvest the gold.

nymichi

the problem is not the one who sell it for 175$ or for 23243242343$ ...the problem is the one who pay for it!

Michi

amsci

*Sigh* Ok....

"Will there be a vegetarian option?"

(Soie gras? ROFFLE)

PBRK

And that sushi thing is $500 per person. But again it ain't luxury. Luxury would be eating sushi off a dead hooker, harvested after you sit at the table.

sakebalboa

i think its a good price. btw does anyone know how much the raw ingredients would run?

Also when do we start seeing hundred dollar hot dogs?

jimmybob004

I saw a show on this burger not to long ago... and the price of the ingredients is crazy... he's actually not making much on the burger if anything at all... He buys everything fresh to make it.... the truffles he buys for it are about $100 each.. and he shaves about half of one per burger... the beef is about $50 / lb... and the cheese is super expensive too.. and each burger has about $25 worth of gold leaf sprinkled on it and mixed through it... So to buy the stuff and make it yourself... would be about the same price or more. It's really does cost that much and doesn't just have a hefty tag for bragging rights.

nycdoss

I wouldn't pay a nickel for that burger. It looks like some doo doo butter on a bun. I'd like to see the nutritional facts?

endsim

Actually my burger is the most expensive hamburger in New York. It's a million dollars. It's almost pure gold. That you can eat. since I sprinkle hamburger on top of it.

You Know seriously this is just another example of why I fucking hate rich people. Burgers are all the rage, so lets see if we can make it more twat-like and inaccessible to all those hipsters who made quality burger enjoyment all the rage.

Well you know what, rich cunts. Fuck you. Burgers are so over anyways. What's in now is Nachos. Can't wait to see you cover that shit in mint spiced gruyere, seared salmon chili, and gold leafed jalepenos.

nivek

I CAN HAZ $175 CHEZBUGR?

nivek

Hold the cheese and the foie gras plz

matty

I am guessing the guy doing the interview got more than a burger. He got the chef special - if you know what i mean.

PBRK

They need to combine this burger with the serving style of the Nude Sushi story.

Plus for $175 someone should be standing there feeding you the burger. But I guess this is what passes for luxury these days.

Rocknrope

What this country needs is a nice revolution.

jaja007

I'm sure you'll get a serious case of the runs after eating that.

Dave Hogarty

The Richard Nouveau is pretty clever name for the burger. It would've been funnier if they went the extra mile and called it the Nouveau Dick.

MisterTissue

This seems kind of too rich to be edible. I think maybe a bite would be okay, but I'm pretty sure I'd vomit after any more than two bites...

eyekantspel

agree with Aridginal. These slow news day fillers are just a waste of time.

I'm selling a peanut butter & jelly sandwich for $10,000. wow, that's way overpriced. but wait, it has truffles.

Every week or two, there's another stupid story like this -- either something with truffles, kobe beef, gold foil, or a diamond ring in it. who gives a crap.

Kojak

"I wonder how many calories and how much fat?"

Who Cares?! That looks damn GOOD. Gimmie

Kobe Beef & Foie Gras: Both even themselves out. now I wont feel as bad eating plump tasty forcefed duck livers when mixed with the pampered, beer fed cows of Kobe.

stereotypical

Oh man, that would totally be worth the money!

Aridginal

stop giving these stupid people attention.

anyone with a restaurant can charge an arbitrary price like that and get their publicity, this is boring, and wasteful, and cornier than all the losers in striped buttondowns piling out of stanton social which doesn't belong there in the first place.

slyseekr

That hamburger looks absolutely disgusting... like someone's dog took a shit on it.

JenChungsBaby

I guess if you can afford that you can also afford to have a good cardiologist on call.

Peter

"Do you want fries with that?"

rtd2101

"10 ounces of Kobe-raised beef crowned with a thick “lobe” of seared foie gras, 25 grams of shaved black truffles, and aged gruyere cheese. It comes enthroned on a brioche bun anointed with a homemade truffled mayonnaise"

I wonder how many calories and how much fat?