Serendipity 3, the restaurant that already holds the records for the most
expensive ice cream sundae ($1,000), has now introduced the
world’s most expensive portion of French fries. A portion of fries at this
restaurant costs a whopping $200.

Guinness World Record has certified the tremendous feat and the fries are
officially the most expensive on Earth as of July 13.

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Called the ‘Crème de la Crème Pommes Frites’ are prepared with Chipperbec
potatoes. They are blanched, or scalded, in vinegar and champagne. Then they
are fried in pure goose fat, not oil, first once and then again, so that they
are crispy on the outside and fluffy on the inside.

The fries are sprinkled with edible gold and seasoned with truffle salt and
truffle oil. They are served on a crystal plate with an orchid, thin-sliced
truffles, and a Mornay cheese dip. The sauce is infused with truffles, a rare
seasonal mushroom.

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According to executive chef Frederick Schoen-Kiewert, the main star in this
$200-fries is the truffle.

Schoen-Kiewert says that the COVID-19 pandemic was tough on everybody and
he thought that announcing these fancy fries will be a good way to announce the
return of Serendipity 3.

The executive chef’s plan has worked. There is an eight-to-ten-week waiting
list for these fries.

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Creative director and chef Joe Calderone said, “Serendipity is a really
happy place. People come here to celebrate, to really escape the reality of
life sometimes.”

“It’s been a rough year and a half for everyone, and we need to have some
fun now,” said Calderone.