Luxury Foods Only Millionaires Can Afford To Eat

8. $14,500 Sri Lankan Dessert

If you’ve ever thought to yourself, “I’d like a dessert that comes with an 80-carat gemstone,” look no further than the Fortress Stilt Fisherman Indulgence at the Fortress Resort and Spa in Galle, Sri Lanka. The dish has a fascinating history behind its design, which is built to honor the stilt fisherman of Sri Lanka. The dessert features a tasty column attached to a chocolate stilt fisherman on a pole. An 80-carat aquamarine gemstone counterbalances it. Thankfully, you get to keep paying the $14,500 price tag of the ridiculously indulgent Sri Lankan dessert.

While the price technically varies based on the gemstone’s exact value that provides most of the dessert’s worth, it averages around $14,500. The restaurant requires 48 hours to procure and value the dessert’s infamous gemstone, a rich, clear sky blue. The dessert itself features an edible chocolate fisherman and a handmade pulled-sugar column that includes an Italian cassata flavored with mango and pomegranate. Various fruit compotes and a splash of Bailey’s Irish cream round out the flavors of the gorgeous, spectacularly prepared dessert, which, of course, includes some edible gold leaf.