Would you pay $1,600 for this burger?
Hey, big spender: There’s a new burger in town priced at what is a typical month’s rent for a nice Midtown apartment.
Meet the Black Gold, a $1,600 whopper dreamed up for the most indulgent visitors to the swank Post Oak Hotel at Uptown Houston.
Served at the H Bar, an opulent lair just off the lobby in Tilman Fertitta’s five-diamond hotel, the burger is a full pound of Japanese A-5 Wagyu, the world’s most intensely marbled, high-quality beef coveted by connoisseurs for its rich, buttery texture. It is not a ground beef patty, but slices of seared Wagyu. That luxurious bed is topped with pan-seared foie gras and truffle aioli on a brioche bun. The bun — whose dough is infused with Petrossian Talisman liquid caviar — is pressed with 24-karat gold.
Presented tableside on Bernardaud
Feuille d’Or china, the burger is finished with a shower of black truffles shaved by a whitegloved server. It comes with fries flaked with gold leaf and a chilled bottle of 2006 Dom Perignon champagne.
Though some guests have ordered the Black Gold burger for themselves, the serving is big (and rich) enough to be shared by a group of two to four guests. Splitting it among four would bring the price down to $400 per person, which is equal to about 130 Whataburgers.
The gilded burger takes its name from the “gold rush” that made Houston one of the world’s largest oil producers. H Bar asks that interested parties give the kitchen an hour to prepare the Black Gold. Plenty of time to sip your Dom — or spring for a 6ounce glass of Chateau Latour 2005 Bordeaux, priced at a mere $540.