Remember the other day, when we were recommending restaurants where you could celebrate the impending Chinese New Year, and we said to try super-trendy Red Farm? Yeah, well, here's a little warning: pad your wallet, buddy, because their soup dumplings are gonna cost you. more ›

Once upon a time, the most expensive dessert in the world was right here in New York. But now the Brits have gone and put Serendipity 3's $25,000 Haute Chocolate to shame with this $35,000 monstrosity that doesn't even have a name. But why should something so rarefied and elegant be shackled by something so vulgar as a name? more ›

Say you're looking to impress your date. Take her somewhere real nice. Somewhere upscale, romantic. Might we suggest the Penthouse Executive Club? Why, it's the third most expensive restaurant in the city, and at least someone is guaranteed to put out. more ›

An insanely wealthy French restaurateur just picked up the world's most expensive bottle of wine (white, for those curious), a 1811 Chateau d'Yquem dessert wine that retails for, oh, about $117,000. more ›

Is the era of absurdly over-priced food in New York waning? Maybe! Though you can still get expensive soup (not to mention Coca-Cola) around town, you can no longer get a $175 dollar burger. Crain's is reporting that the Wall Street Burger Shoppe, the purveyor of that over-priced patty, has declared bankruptcy. more ›

Another day, another ridiculously priced food that has us worrying that some basic staples of our diet (see: beer, soup) are rapidly becoming luxury goods. Today's drama concerns a humble bottle of Coca-Cola, and one food blogger's anger that Momofuku chef David Chang is charging a whopping $5 for it. more ›

Since you already know about the $5 soda, the $26 pancakes, the $99 a pound ham, and the $25,000 dessert, you probably don’t have much derision left to spare on a measly $81 burger. In fact, depending on your appetite and income level, it could be that this latest addition to the list of New York culinary obscenities isn’t so outrageous after all. more ›

The most expensive dessert in the world (pictured) used to be the $14,500 “Fortress Aquamarine” served at a luxury resort in Sri Lanka. But today Sri Lankans can choke on their gilded shame, for the Upper East Side’s Serendipity 3 has put America back on top with a $25,000 triumph called the Frrrozen [sic] Haute Chocolate. Break out your giant diamond-encrusted foam fingers, because the Guinness Book of World Records will now list this as... more ›