Belly up to a $5,000 burger

Check out these budget-busting meals.

What’s a savings account for if you can’t spend it on the things you enjoy most – like food?

In your years of life and eating, you’ve probably come across some great food, some horrible food that dared to call itself “food,” some cheap food and some ridiculously overpriced food. Today, we’re talking about the latter – ridiculously expensive food.

Like, ridiculously expensive. You might want to find a seat before you continue reading.

There are some meals that are going to cost you a pretty penny, or 200,000 pennies – like a $2,000 frittata.

The average American spends $70,000 on takeout in a lifetime, so when you put that into perspective, what’s $2,000 for a little egg dish?

Five meals you can splurge on:

Zillion Dollar Lobster Frittata

So it doesn’t actually cost a zillion dollars, but it may as well. Norma’s restaurant in Manhattan serves a $2,000 breakfast with Sevruga caviar, six eggs and a whole lobster. If you’re on a budget, you could get the smaller, 1-ounce serving of the frittata for $200. Don’t worry if you can’t make it all the way to New York to drop thousands on a frittata; it’s also available at the Norma’s location in Palm Springs, California.

Ice cream sundae

It’s just vanilla bean ice cream, dressed up in fancy accessories. The ice cream is served at the Baccarat Hotel New York and is made with vanilla imported from Madagascar (fancy). It’s served with black truffle crumble with dark chocolate and hibiscus champagne sauce, and it’s donned with and edible gold leaf, then served in a $1,200 crystal bear. The ice cream alone costs $300, but if you want the whole ensemble, it’ll cost you $1,500.

24K gold pizza

In 2017, this pizza held the Guinness World Record for the most expensive pizza. The extravagant pie is sold at Industry Kitchen in New York for $2,700. Why does it cost about two months’ rent (although in New York it’s probably cheaper than rent)? Why, all the bougie toppings of course – Ossetra caviar from the Caspian Sea, 24-karat gold leaves, English stilton cheese, and truffles and foie gras from France.

FleurBurger 5000

If your kids have ever frustrated you, consider spending their college savings on a good old American burger. Head on over to Las Vegas’ Mandalay Bay, and visit Fleur by Hubert Keller for this $5,000 burger. The patty is made from Wagyu beef, and it’s topped with foie gras and black truffles and paired with a bottle of 1995 Chateau Petrus.

Billion-dollar popcorn

Thought movie theater popcorn was expensive? Ha! Pocket change. One kernel of Berco’s billion-dollar popcorn will run you $5. A few gallons of gas or a tiny taste of popcorn? The decision is yours. But if you’d like to buy a 61⁄ 2- gallon tin of the billion-dollar popcorn, it’ll cost you a good $2,500. What really makes this popcorn a billion-dollar popcorn is the salt; the creator had to fly to Denmark to pick up salt from an island that was apparently home to Aegir the King of the Sea and the feasting place of gods. Also, the popcorn is also covered in 23-karat edible gold flakes.