The $204 sandwich

And we thought we were being silly having a $50 Wagyu hamburger. From the Sydney Morning Herald.

The $204 sanger

A new gourmet sandwich goes on sale at an upmarket London store today - but at a cost of £85 ($200) it could be too much to swallow for hungry shoppers.

The cheekily-named McDonald sandwich - after its creator Scott McDonald, the executive chef of department store Selfridges on Oxford Street - earns its whopping price tag because of the Wagyu beef that makes up most of the filling.

According to London's Sunday Telegraph, which had a taste of the expensive delicacy, the 595-gramme sandwich comprises 24-hour fermented sour dough bread, spread with a foie gras-flavoured mayonnaise.

It also contains brie de meaux, considered one of Europe's finest cheeses, English cherry tomatoes and rocket, plus roasted peppers.

"Utterly fantastic mixture of tastes," one of Britain's leading chefs, Giorgio Locatelli, told the newspaper through a mouthful of the sandwich.

"Tangy, sweet ... a monster mouthful that would be a really sexy love food to share with a lover. The beef simply melts, it falls apart. I'm impressed."

The newspaper said five orders had been taken so far in advance of the sandwich going on sale.

Ninja's at Tsunami

Whilst some may think of our waiters and waitresses as highly skilled service professionals dabbling in the dark arts of table cuisine provision, and some wonder just what did happen to that irritating customer full of overly loud complaints, or that incessantly crying child - (they just seemed to 'disappear'). Are any waitpersons at Tsunami ninjas? No.

But they do exist! Click on the link to see some.