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This Valentine’s Day, an NYC restaurant is offering a one-of-a-kind dessert experience that is sure to make your special someone feel extra special. For the price of $250,000, you can enjoy a luxurious dessert experience at the restaurant. This extravagant dessert includes a selection of the finest ingredients, including a bottle of Dom Perignon, a selection of chocolates, and a diamond ring. The experience also includes a private dinner for two, a personal chef, and a private performance by a renowned musician. This is the perfect way to show your love and appreciation for your special someone this Valentine’s Day.
An NYC Restaurant Is Selling a $250,000 Valentine’s Dessert
If you’re looking for an extravagant way to show your love this Valentine’s Day, look no further than the $250,000 dessert being offered at an NYC restaurant. The dessert, called the “Diamonds and Roses,” is a decadent combination of chocolate, rose petals, and diamonds.
The dessert is made with a chocolate mousse base, topped with rose petals and edible gold flakes. The pièce de résistance is a diamond necklace, which is nestled in the center of the dessert. The necklace is made with 18-karat white gold and is encrusted with over 200 diamonds.
The dessert is being offered at the restaurant, Serendipity 3, located in Manhattan. The restaurant is known for its over-the-top desserts, and this one is no exception. The dessert is served in a crystal goblet and comes with a certificate of authenticity for the diamond necklace.
If you’re looking for a unique way to show your love this Valentine’s Day, the Diamonds and Roses dessert is sure to make a lasting impression. Just make sure you have $250,000 to spare!
Valentine’s Day is the annual opportunity for people to pull out all the stops to impress their dates, whether through fancy dinner reservations, thoughtful gifts, or big romantic gestures. While heavy spending is not always necessary in order to honor a romantic partner on Valentine’s Day, Americans typically go all out for the holiday.
According to an annual survey from the National Retail Federation, consumers who plan to celebrate Valentine’s Day will spend an average of $192.80. Overall, Americans plan to spend up to $25.9 billion on Valentine’s Day this year, per the survey.
Some restaurants, such as New York City’s legendary Serendipity3, are now looking to cash in on Americans’ hefty Valentine’s Day spending habits by offering limited or outrageously expensive experiences.
Serendipity3 is known for its Frrrozen Hot Chocolate made with a blend of 14 cocoas and offered in a range of flavors such as peanut butter, mint, and birthday cake. But for Valentine’s Day, the establishment is partnering with jewelry designer Lorraine Shwartz, to offer a bejeweled, pricier take on this classic treat. Enter the Diamond Frrrozen Hot Chocolate—just like the original, but a little more bedazzled.
The dessert will be presented in a Serendipity3 goblet “dripping” with Austrian crystals made by Kellie DeFries, according to a release. It will be filled with the restaurant’s signature drink and topped with whipped cream, edible glitter, chocolate shavings gilded with 23K edible gold, and gold straws.
A gilded chocolate sphere filled with edible diamonds will be served alongside the goblet. And, harkening back to the name of the special Valentine’s Day offering, the dessert will also come with a diamond-studded 18K white gold bypass ring designed by Schwartz. The ring features a 0.69 carat natural fancy pink heart-shaped diamond, as well as a 0.77 carat natural very light blue pear shaped-diamond and 1.15 carats of white diamond pave surrounding the larger gemstones.
The price tag for the outrageous dessert, only available on February 14, is $250,000.
“As big lovers of Lorraine Schwartz, we were thrilled to get to work with her on this special Valentine’s Day Diamond Frrrozen Hot Chocolate featuring some of her gorgeous pieces,” said Chef Joe Calderone, creative director at Serendipity3. “The dessert is over-the-top in all the right ways and we know our Serendipity3 customers are absolutely going to love it.”
Calderone told Eat This, Not That! that only one Diamond Frrrozen Hot Chocolate will be offered at the NYC Serendipity3 location as the Schwartz ring is a one-of-a-kind design.
Serendipity3 has made waves in the past for offering another high-priced iteration of a classic menu item. In July 2021, the restaurant scored a Guinness World Records title for the Most Expensive French Fries. Coming in at a $200 price tag, the fancy fries were blanched in Dom Perignon Champagne, cooked thrice in pure goose fat and topped with shaved truffle and 23K edible gold dust, among other accoutrements.
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Zoe Strozewski