A mouthful of money

This is the world’s most expensive sandwich. It went on display at the Selfridges Department Store in London on Monday April 10, 2006.

It is called the McDonald Sandwich, after its creator chef Scott McDonald. Its ingredients include Wagyu beef – the Japanese cow reared in air-conditioned rooms and with beer.

It also has fresh lobe foie gras, black truffle mayonnaise, brie de meaux, rocket, red pepper and mustard confit, and English plum tomatoes, all packed into 24-hour fermented sour dough bread.

The price of this sandwich – a cool 85 pounds (US$ 148.33).

Not bad for a world where many are still living below the poverty line and trying their best to get at least one bare meal a day.