PHOTO: The $777 Kobe beef, lobster, Brie, pancetta, and balsamic burger with Dom Perignon

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Sandwich Monday In Las Vegas: The $777 Burger

http://www.npr.org/blogs/waitwait/2010/11/22/131512386/sandwich-monday-in-las-vegas-the-777-burger



The 777 Burger at the Paris Casino is called the 777 Burger because it is a burger that costs $777.00. It's cost-prohibitive-licious! When I asked if we could try one for Sandwich Monday, they sent me a list of Talking Points about the burger. This is the first sandwich we have ever tried that has Talking Points.

[Mimosa]

1. Our burgers tonight looked just like that, sans lobster.

But they weren't expensive.

Brie and lobster on a burger of any sort ? The flavours would cancel out each other. And the wine isn't all that great.

[Gabi Hayes]

2. ''and bring some sh** for my fly''

[Mortos]

10. finally a post that made me laugh out loud.

I hope I get rich enough one day to say this line at a restaurant that charges $777 for a goddamn hamburger.

[MilesColtrane]

3. As the 1% grow more and more jaded, new thrills will have to be manufactured...

to meet their need of exclusivity.

It's only a matter of time before some corporation offers the rarest of albino Panda steaks grilled over a burning Gutenberg bible and seasoned with just a touch of Astanine.

[Dash87]

15. Can't blame them for milking the rich idiots though.

Make a hamburger, and claim that it's for "rich people only!" It's really just a hamburger, but to the rich, it's an exclusive hamburger!

(Money making and lol's ensue by the restaurant)

[Stevenmarc]

4. What.... no foie

[proteus_lives]

5. Even if I had the money, I wouldn't spend it on a super-burger.

But I gotta wonder, what's it taste like?

[some guy]

6. whee! Look at me!

I have more dollars than sense.

:eyes:

[hibbing]

7. This is why the top 2% need to keep their tax cuts..look at the beers

Hi,
What a disgusting combination. I found it quite perfect that at the bottom of the menu picture were the beers listed. Bud, Coors's Light. and Miller Lite. Yes, you are a fucking idiot who just spend 777$ on some disgusting combination of food to make up your burger, wash it down with some backswill of a beer, perfect.

Peace

[TommyO]

8. My American Wagyu burgers cost a hell of a lot less, and were pretty damned tasty

No need for the lobster tail or the bottle of Dom.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

9. ... on a sesame seed bun!

:D

I still want to create this at home...

does it have to be 100 year old balsamic vinegar and Dom Perignon?

[Chan790]

12. Actually I think the Balsamic vinegar is actually one of the cheaper additions there.

The Kobe beef is super pricey and the Dom is a waste of money.

Edit: the going rate is ~$100/bottle but the amount you'd use is minicule. Assuming they serve 100 of these a year (and I doubt they do) the bottle would last the full year.

[Capn Sunshine]

11. Profit Margin: $500.00

About 270 bucks including labor by my reckoning.

[Dash87]

16. I was thinking more like profit marging: $700. lol

Of course, the lacking-common-sense rich folks will rush to buy this one, only to find that it's a mediocre hamburger. Fail! :)

[kimi]

13. And plain old iceberg lettuce and sliced red onions on the side?

Disappointing.

But really, how did it taste? I'm assuming you did try it?

Edit to add: Oh, sorry, YOU didn't try it, that was in the article.

[caitxrawks]

14. jealousssssssssss

:-o