/ 16 March 2007

Eating $1 000 pizza ‘is like Disney World’

Forget free toppings. A New York restaurant has started offering a $1 000 (about R7 400) pizza covered with caviar and lobster that the owner says is the most expensive pizza on Earth.

Nino Selimaj, owner of Manhattan eatery Nino’s, said the Bellissima Luxury Pizza, piled with lashings of caviar, fresh lobster, wasabi and crème fraiche, is not for everyone, in an interview with the New York Daily News.

“It’s something special. It’s a pizza for people who like luxury. It’s the most expensive pizza on Earth,” he told the paper.

And although most diners seem to find the price a little hard to swallow, one customer, regular Bo Dietl, said the creation is quite an experience.

“Eating it was like Disney World,” he told the paper. “The balls of caviar just pop in your mouth. It was an exciting taste.” — AFP