While the city of New York has something for everyone, it also boasts many unbelievable extravagances that most of us can only dream of.
Where else in the world can you find a hotel room with sheets woven with gold for $45,000 a night?
When Björn DelaCruz introduced the Golden Cristal Ube Donut at his Filipino restaurant in Williamsburg, Brooklyn — the Manila Social Club — he knew people wouldn't be buying a dozen at a time.
That's because these extravagant, carefully crafted doughnuts cost $100 each, which would add up to a whopping $1,200 for a dozen.
The Manila Social Club has long been famous for using ube jam — a purple Filipino delicacy made from yams — in a number of their delicious desserts.
But Björn created the Golden Cristal Ube Donut particularly to celebrate the New Year, adorning the doughnut with icing made from champagne and specks of 24-karat gold.
Scroll through the photos below to see this glittering — and delicious — creation, as well as Björn's other fancy concoctions served at the Manila Social Club!
Would you buy a doughnut covered in gold? Let us know in the comments!
[H/T: Business Insider]
The Manila Social Club, an innovative Filipino restaurant in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, serves this one-of-a-kind golden doughnut, which goes for $100 apiece.
The doughnut's icing is made from Cristal champagne, because of Björn's love for champagne. As a point of reference, a bottle of Cristal is usually sold for more than $100.
On top of the icing, Björn adds flecks of 24-karat gold. But as unique as this doughnut might seem, Manila Social Club offers a wide variety of truly original desserts.
Manila Social Club's ube doughnuts are made from a purple yam frequently used in Filipino cooking. These doughnuts are sold for the only slightly more reasonable price of $40.
Manila Social Club also serves this Black and Gold doughnut in collaboration with the Braven Brewing Company. The icing is made with Braven White IPA and dusted with gold.
Björn uses interesting flavors in his other cooking, such as these pies. The purple pie is made from ube jam, with other pies made from durian — an interesting, spiky fruit primarily found in Asia.
Björn loves to use ube in other items on his menu, such as this iced latte with ube.
Aside from the gold doughnut, perhaps the highlight of Manila Social Club's dessert menu is this unbelievable ube bread pudding, topped here with ube ice cream.
While most of us will never dine on a $100 doughnut, these exotic desserts truly are a sight to behold. And perhaps someday, gold or ube doughnuts will be served in supermarkets around the world!
Would you eat a doughnut covered in gold? Let us know in the comments.
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