Top 10 Most Expensive Foods In The World

You'll need to save up if you want to afford these dishes. For this list, we’ll be looking at the priciest eats you can find. Our countdown includes Matsutake Mushroom, Moose Cheese, Beluga Caviar, and more! What’s the most expensive food you’ve tried? Let us know in the comments.
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[@WatchMojo]

What’s the most expensive food you’ve tried? Let us know in the comments.

[@daytonawesome1]

I dont know

[@Sofia-qn6fs]

Amazing picks watchmojo 👍

[@diegoperezcotto7938]

The Edible Food

[@beastdeas7250]

@@diegoperezcotto7938 Diego is the best name 👌🏽. -Posted by Diego

[@tobyjeff4782]

I tried wagyu beef, It was the best thing, 100% recomend.!

[@dazzaMusic]

Edible gold the most expensive and most pointless food on the planet

[@2Gambi2]

and saffron comes right after as second

[@Kevin_M312]

@@2Gambi2 But at least saffron has a taste. Gold is just eaten because of the price.

[@mikitz]

I'd try edible lead, it's cheaper.

[@michaelcampbell7319]

@@2Gambi2 no. Saffron has a point. It adds a specific flavor.

[@lifetimesocialdistancer0167]

The human body actually produces very tiny amounts of gold. Just not enough to make any money from. Just in case anybody got any ideas...

[@kaythreefox6005]

I bought 2 Ribeye steaks from the butcher once. Thats as extravagant as Ill ever get lmao

[@JoHnAnDjAnEdOe81]

You could afford 2????

[@GunakillyaOG]

Aha that sounds about right for me too!

[@johndaman6322]

Ribery steak. MiasanMia

[@ASHl33164]

Lmfao i bet they tasted good tho

[@KumquatGiraffe]

The most expensive thing I ever ate is a filet mignon

[@sethfreakinrollins9889]

I'll stick to my noodles whenever I'm hungry and there's nothing to eat.

[@RAMBO14001]

Said Rollins, the millionaire..

[@jakejackson232]

ITS THE MONDAY NIGHT MESSIAH

[@prowrestlingchampionship-p5737]

Dude you're literally everywhere

[@jcalhorrorstuff]

Or create homades of them?

[@5h4d_9]

Yeah same

[@JamieH427]

In reference to the caviar, maybe the species wouldn’t be endangered if rich people stopped eating the eggs? 😂😂

[@samsunggalaxys3neo645]

or rather milk them than kill them..

[@laurensvanderveer8367]

Tasty af and great with champange

[@HowToChangeName]

@@samsunggalaxys3neo645 uhh what? Milking a fish?

[@samsunggalaxys3neo645]

@@HowToChangeName nodding.. they are massaged by hand to release the eggs.. milking is a technique used to harvest sperm of other species as well..

[@UmbraKrameri]

To be fair, laying eggs at the ripe age of 100 doesn't seem like a very sustainable or evolutionary adaptive reproductive span.

[@thomasreichenheim4188]

Mr Beast: fuck that, let me spend 70k on pizza

[@schultz7687]

I think u don’t know what a meme is m8

[@wildshadowstar]

My tears are probably the most expensive thing I’ve ever eaten.

[@franciscoallyssabiancaa.8012]

hahahahahahahaha

[@bryansoto2136]

Based on these most expensive my most expensive food I've tried would be, 'vanilla' ice cream from Walmart.

[@blazingonigiri3809]

As an Indian Saffron is actually a frequently used spice in india. A bottle is approx Rs.4000- Rs.6000 or 70$-to 85$. Saffron is amazing on desserts. Its price can be low in northern india because some states produce saffron there.

[@vgodfn6419]

Indians use saffron?

[@mukeshkumar-uz5py]

@@vgodfn6419 yup we do grow saffron in our northern states of Jammu and kashmir and Himachal pradesh basically in the himalayan region and there are different varities of saffron coming in range of prices so we do use them it's basically used in sweets and indian smoothies or milkshakes kind of things

[@siddharthdinesh3818]

@@vgodfn6419 yeah u find them in like every superstore here

[@youxme7520]

I don't think so

[@hadroncollider1155]

​@@youxme7520just because you don't think doesn't mean it's not true

[@cadillacdeville5828]

Good grief .... even if I was a millionaire some of these I would never try.

[@siobhanwilson7237]

If I ever came in to a shit load of money I'd give the wagu burger a go but thats about it for me

[@vincentvalentine4899]

Not as expensive as the food in cinema's. That shit are expensive as f*ck

[@Kethambelle]

I had a summer job at a cinema when I was a teenager (about 13 years ago) and I was absolutely SHOCKED at the price mark-up on the food/beverages. I used to feel slightly embarrassed selling them.

[@justapeacefulmanwhosbornin7291]

"Edible Gold." How much? $15,000 per pound!? My goodness, I'll pass...

[@Blcastillo74]

I had flakes of it. No taste like eating paper

[@RagingUmbreon]

Do you reqlize how much a pound of that actually is. That sheet they showed is 0.18 oz. That means that sheet is .01% of a pound.

[@sonnysyahril5029]

Mrbeast: hold my gold filled beer

[@JJ-zr1wf]

"Number 6, Saffron" Me, an Indian who puts it in every Biryani: *"What?"*

[@renthxd2676]

Damn the Biryani you make must be damn delicious! We can't even find a decent Biryani here in our country

[@JJ-zr1wf]

@@renthxd2676 it's not Biryani if it doesn't have Saffron in it 😉

[@gzshi9151]

@@JJ-zr1wf I’m Indian never saw anyone eat biryani with saffron it in my entire life I have went to many luxury hotels and stuff too but never seen someone but saffron in it

[@dhanushsoma8341]

@@gzshi9151 you may not noticed it I guess, cuz it is not a proper biryani if it doesn't have saffron.

[@bryanwoo8415]

Yeah most biryani should have saffron in it

[@zackaryb1013]

I bought a double cheeseburger large frie and a large drink from five guys burger and fries and the total was $16

[@brucenatelee]

I visited my dad in LA after he was diagnosed with cancer. Couldn't do much, let alone eat without pain. During those couple of weeks, we once went to a restaurant that hade the most exquisite presentation I never though I'd experience. Just, expensive (not rich) high quality food that I had to hold my tears back just because I never though I would experience that in my life. I think it was in downtown LA, don't remember the restaurant's name, but I'd like to go back one day.

[@beastmaster415]

Hope pops gets better🙏🏾

[@scp0460gdfan]

Hope he is better♥️

[@peterok6]

Could be Providence.

[@splonki781]

My parents got gifted a 1lb of saffron by a store owner as a gift for coming to the country.they still have it from 20 years and 40% empty

[@goodmindgoodthoughts2025]

My God

[@leighdona3600]

The priceless happiness are the foods prepared by my mom.

[@datsapaddlin]

I don’t belong here...I’ll just stick to the dollar menu

[@marionlayton929]

And here I thought I was plain & boring since I prefer the taste of vanilla to chocolate. Nope... I'm exquisite & regal!

[@sarahzimmerman2953]

Beluga caviar and Kobe beef. And yes, both were 100% worth it

[@SocialStatues]

Why? For its price, taste or what? I'm not being mean i just wanna know

[@sarahzimmerman2953]

@@SocialStatues hi. worth it for the taste. Both are incredible.

[@samarthvan1789]

And that bacon too

[@staticshock4239]

I'll just stick with cooking the food I buy from Walmart.

[@thomasjeffries9608]

I agree

[@HowToChangeName]

Or just your mom's cooking

[@smileyface8294]

*Worst investment ever. Literally becomes shit* Go have some of yo mom or grams food, priceless

[@RAMBO14001]

Starving kids in Yemen: am i a joke to you?!

[@thelastofus1609]

Ate a wedding cake one time. Cost me my life

[@thamikabbaj6208]

*write Brian Armstrong on. What.sp+1....5...0...8...3...0....1..4...9..8...1 Let him know I directed you

[@itsivaschannel2391]

Okay that was funny 😄

[@Jc-ff5wi]

A hot dog from a amusement park 😂

[@RealSirMikay]

"It costs $400,000 to fire this weapon... for 12 seconds." So this is basically that, but for food.

[@darianclark3980]

Naw that's just Edible Gold

[@MikeJBeebe]

WHO TOUCH SASHA?!

[@bryanwoo8415]

I fear no man... but that thing... *edible gold* ... it scares me

[@MrRonald327]

Someone's getting ripped off.

[@katherinel-rioux7429]

Filet mignon is the most expensive thing I have ever eaten 😅 It was at my sister’s house lmao way less expensive than the food on this list 😂

[@philipenos2930]

I had a hamburger once that was made of unicorn meat.

[@jinheeferabolli8286]

I grew up thinking we were poor cause we couldn't afford nice things, but we were never out of saffron and my iranian mom would even travel all the way back to Iran just to buy it directly from there. When I got to know the price I started appreciating it waaaaay more.

[@MONKEYDALUFFYGEAR5]

I feel like street food that cost like 3 dollars that actually fills hunger and is good in taste is actually better than some random ass small piece of random mixture with edible gold that cost like 2 dollars but they say it costs like 7k lmfao

[@ciom9065]

If your mum traveled for spices, y’all weren’t poor. Y’all were almost colonizers.

[@ciom9065]

@@MONKEYDALUFFYGEAR5agreed

[@jinheeferabolli8286]

@@ciom9065 dude, what? I may have worded it wrongly, but my mom wouldn't travel with the sole purpose of bringing back spices. She would travel back once every 10 years or so to visit the family she left behind, consequently bringing back the spices we couldn't find in my country. Calling us "colonizers" is just ??? do you even know where I'm from?? Have you ever heard of the concept of an imigrant ??? honestly, wtf??

[@ho2cultcha]

a few years ago, we found a large clump of matsutake mushrooms growing next to my parent's house in New England. The aroma was amazing and how we knew what they were. We harvested them and sold them to restaurants in Boston for $14,000! my favorite food is getting more and more difficult to find and pricier too - uni or sea urchin roe. when it is at it's prime in winter, it is intoxicatingly delicious!

[@776football]

Edible gold-- "oh dear"--gordon ramsey

[@pmwiky]

...Is it weird that I'd just rather have a pepperoni pizza? 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@pumpkin91ful]

fun fact Peperoni in italian is italian pepper

[@plysmeister]

the mushrooms are in danger of dissapearing - "quick, let's go pick em all and sell em for rich people" /facepalm

[@stargazer3424]

Whoever grinds up a piece of Wagyu has completely missed the point

[@MrAdomus]

My grandfather once gave me a glass of wine from a bottle valued at around NZ$1500. There was only 150 of these bottles made and we were opening bottle number 62

[@beastmaster415]

Was it good?...or could u taste the difference?

[@MrAdomus]

@@beastmaster415 I'm certainly no wine connoisseur so unfortunately the whole experience was lost to me. I was also about 16 at the time too so my memory is hazy. I do remember the 40 year old port he gave me too. He bought it in 1970 and opened it on he 70th birthday in 2010

[@sayedistrending]

Watch Mojo: Nothing screams luxury like edible Gold. Mr. Beast: IN THIS VIDEO, WE ARE GOING TO EAT A GALLOON OF GOLD!

[@thamikabbaj6208]

*write Brian Armstrong on. What.sp+1....5...0...8...3...0....1..4...9..8...1 Let him know I directed you

[@guibox3]

Saw some chefs on KZbin cook a giant A5 wagyu beef brisket. I can't even imagine how much that hunk of meat cost. I'm surprised a lot of wines and champagnes didn't make the list.

[@joshuafraser3627]

Was gonna say thats because wines and champagnes arent food and then i saw the honorable mentions.

[@mattsadati9635]

Safron is absolutely amazing...it is so soothing

[@TrueCrimeQueen]

Love these videos! I always click right away. Stay safe out there everyone

[@beachs911]

I had wagu at The Mirage in Vegas but I made and ate a pound of cannabutter made with .5 pound of Sour Diesel X OG. That should be on the list somewhere

[@attemptthree7489]

I guess after seeing this list, the most expensive thing I’ve eating is gold. The dish was goose liver rolled in gold.

[@patrickols]

What is funny is even if you pay that money for these things, when they come out of you they look and smell exactly the same as the ordinary food the rest of us eat ;-)

[@duncan3998]

After digesting it?

[@phaedraremington6247]

I just read about Manuka honey yesterday. It was in a natural remedies portion of a readers digest. Of course it would have to be super expensive! I have had a type of wagyu before though. It was fantastic.

[@p3mcthedoor32]

Imagine paying millions only to find the food tasted bad in the end

[@theanimal619]

Always love the joke about Kopi Luwak in The Bucket List "You're shi**ing me?!?" "Nope cat's beat me to it!!!" Lol 🤣

[@markmontoya3319]

I once got overcharged for a 6 pack of mountain dew for about $60.00 because my account didn't have money at time of purchase. Best damn 6 pack of my life

[@essentiel2b]

12:45 ayeee, 🇩🇴 being featured in a Watch Mojo video 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@akshaynanthur]

The most expensive food I ate:- *A Schezwan Noodle in an expensive Restuarant worth almost 800₹ or like almost 10-11$ American...*

[@RAMBO14001]

Only Westerns get all the luxuries. Simply because they steal those resources while terrorizing their way in.

[@Stenhunden]

@@RAMBO14001 wEsT bAd

[@squanchmastersquanch4376]

LOL. It was nice looking at a recap on these videos I saw from the Business Insider.

[@globbyakaweirdjellyguy954]

I just knew truffles were going to be somewhere on the list.

[@littlee4620]

I’ve had saffron, Kobe Beef, and I’m assuming edible gold includes the flakes in Goldschlager. The most memorable for me of those is Kobe Beef.

[@hipp_katt]

I've had plenty of goldschläger as a teenager, does that count as eating gold?😅

[@marionlayton929]

Agreed!

[@autumbreeze1129]

I think the closest to the most expensive main food I've ever ordered was a medium rare steak from a Sizzler in Japan back in 2012, costing what would've amounted to a little over $70, but that includes the meal it came with plus the all you can eat buffet. The most expensive single food I can think of every buying was a wagyu beef Angus burger from Hungry Jacks. I haven't exactly had many opportunities to splurg money on Super expensive foods, especially with how things have been in the world the last 15 months

[@boodiyt2417]

Somethings are just expensive for no reason right

[@swishy1260]

I remember going to Nusret Gokce’s restaurant and I saw gold steaks and tomahawks that costs over $1k and I was like *“This costs more than my life...”*

[@theeellebee]

Most expensive I've ever eaten was a $50 steak. This list doesn't make me feel bad at all.

[@robyngillon6113]

Morning from Australia 👍 and a good cuppa tea

[@thamikabbaj6208]

*write Brian Armstrong on. What.sp+1....5...0...8...3...0....1..4...9..8...1 Let him know I directed you

[@pamelamays4186]

Filet mignon is the most expensive food I've ever eaten

[@littlejefe494]

After eating gold i would go pawn the turd afterwards to get some money back, i wonder if the pawnshop would buy it..

[@maxweinhold3282]

Such a f***ing sin to make a wagyu burger 😭 just sear the cut, steak is the way to go. Ugh pains me to see that and I had my hernia surgery today !!!

[@b.o4788]

I love love Saffron and it was a treat in my house. My dad is middle eastern and used it on his dishes.

[@ChrisWhiteAroundTheGround]

Forget all that, give me a can of baked beans any day.

[@ladiiblue2u634]

Ikr I'll take a $5 box from Taco Bell anyday

[@mizterzhugarfree5092]

despite the price tag...all of these will still smell bad when they exit the body..

[@_BenJaminCroft_]

I wonder how much it would cost if a chef were to use all of those rare foods and drinks as ingredients to make one full course meal?

[@JamesDavy2009]

A mint, most likely.

[@philb707]

My ex wife is the most expensive meal I've ever had. I'm still paying for it

[@helpyourselfimbusy5747]

Was it worth it though?

[@philb707]

@@helpyourselfimbusy5747 nope

[@SandraudigaVali]

I once bought two bottles of that Aceto Balsamico di Modena, one for me and one as a gift to the first kitchen chef I ever had. They were bottles that had been stored for 12 years which isn't even that long but man that is good stuff. Still got mine, but I'm running dangerously low

[@Blcastillo74]

Thanks Watch Mojo now I’m hungry for food I can’t afford. Awesome

[@thamikabbaj6208]

*write Brian Armstrong on. What.sp+1....5...0...8...3...0....1..4...9..8...1 Let him know I directed you

[@Blcastillo74]

@@thamikabbaj6208 why am I going to be eliminated? 😁

[@rosemaryj]

I had Ibérica de Bellota at one of Jose Andreas's restaurants, wagyu beef, edible gold, saffron, and vanilla.

[@Trapinnewyork44]

I don't remember the most expensive but do know the most expensive delicious food I eat is the pastrami sandwich $21 from Kats😋☺

[@MatthewHarrold]

I regularly eat saffron in the form of a lovely Spanish rice salad recipe worth the price. Ham, capsicum, rice, saffron, olive oil, and spring onions. Yum. I feel like a Billionaire everytime we BBQ.

[@johnnyhall4335]

Donkey Cheese?!! Jeez, WatchMojo!! Are you trying to get us all in a hugfest with our toilets?!

[@user-xj6ef1kt1l]

Very Nice 👍👍🙂

[@teahleahc9676]

Wagu steak at a restaurant in NYC a few years ago. We did it during a restaurant week and even splitting the cost between 3 people it was like $140 each BEFORE tax but so damn worth it!

[@krisfrederick5001]

I know what I won't be spending my stimulus check on...who edited this?

[@globetrekker86]

Have tried: wagyu (not in Kobe but in Tokyo), edible gold, beluga, saffron. Want to try: Iberico ham, white truffle, donkey cheese, densuke watermelon, matsutake mushroom

[@fenrisulv66]

Well, I have tasted Kopi Luwak coffee, Kobe meat, Saffron, Beluga caviar and Vanilla :) I liked it all :)

[@jesusr.cedeno3735]

I've had saffron and vanilla. There's actually a little of both in my spice cabinet right now. The vanilla I actually harvested and processed myself. The vanilla orchid isn't especially rare or hard to grow, but processing the seed pods until they are ready to use is a long, slow, time-consuming process and the pods are harvested by hand. Hence the price. I've also had caviar, although from a different species of sturgeon.

[@samuelyu4900]

My friends:Go and order a pizza!!! Me:OK fine 'sigh' then order pizza. 20 minutes later. Me: Take out my golden editable powder and golden up the pizza. My friends:Look at me and said;I'm an idiot for eating golden pizza. Ha😅🤣🤣🤣😂☠️

[@EchoARC6895]

my dad has tried manuka honey and he likes it im pretty sure on our soil depending on the vendor it can come alot lower toward 50 to 60 dollars again it does depend on who sells it and depends on how big the package is

[@sarahramsey9454]

even though i've had vanilla before in any form but i've thought sushi was expensive besides all of these in yet insane complete mind blown

[@Solo_Sessums]

"Most expensive foods" thumbnail just looks like a rock

[@Hexinvir]

I’ve had a few of these, caviar, truffle, wagyu, saffron

[@devincreislerstudios]

The meal I had at Hell’s Kitchen cost 60 $5 Footlongs.

[@Dizzydawne]

Uh

[@PaintSlanga]

200 dollar an ounce mushrooms was the most expensive thing I’ve ate. Lol

[@AngeliCutie94]

Oh my gosh the native South Asian swiftlets are so cute

[@ChevySource]

Trying Japanese A5 Wagyu once in my life just seems more special after watching this video

[@akarshannirwan2261]

I had the $1000 ice cream golden sundae at Serendipity, New York when I had a trip to USA. And that's the most expensive edible thing I ever had.

[@seanallensiriban9249]

i like truffles thanks for showing as this nice yummy food

[@albertnash888]

There are several other expensive foods not mentioned in the video, such as fugu, yubari king melon, bluefin tuna, ayam cemani chicken, foi gras, and Ruby Roman grapes.

[@hanglee5586]

The most expensive food I ate was a 5 lbs steamed lobster here in Boston, Massachusetts.

[@laoaganlester1728]

Here in the Philippines, some restaurants serve genuine bird's nest soup that is very expensive per small bowl like the size like the cup held by Jack Nicolson. Kopi Luwak version here is eaten and partially digested by an animal we call "motet" I don't know the English translation which is an animal different from civet. I tasted those mentioned expensive foods.

[@cocoaorange1]

Fun stuff to know.

[@joymcclure564]

As a nurse, I’ve never EATEN Manuka honey, but it is great for healing wounds. When I worked in home health, plenty of wound clinics would order dressing with Manuka honey. It certainly smelled like honey, but I never tasted it.

[@trexadvent4726]

Can you do top 10 episodes of Pacman and the Ghostly Adventures?

[@wiredjerk]

Goldschlager is the only time I will eat gold, cause it’s already in there and it’s part of some of my favorite shots. I’d rather not have my shit be more valuable than some of my friends income tax reimbursements.

[@pchiethegreat1]

Kobe beef. Nothing beats that melt in your mouth feeling.

[@robertwilliams570]

Eating gold just to say you did seems like a waste

[@ZacharySkan]

I'm watching this while eating a hot pocket.

[@theavatarsokka8480]

Dude:very good cheese me: he is taunting me

[@lipstickjelly6831]

From this list, I’ve had wagyu, white truffle, vanilla beans, ibérico ham, Saffron, and the balsamic vinegar, caviar, and I’ve had English cheddar that was £2,000 for a wheel. I went to culinary school, and worked at high end restaurants lol

[@joshuafraser3627]

and out of that list is any actually worth trying for the price. Im not talking about the experience or trying something once but the taste. Cause im genuinely curious

[@lipstickjelly6831]

@@joshuafraser3627 to me, vanilla, wagyu, the cheddar, vinegar, and ham are worth it. The vanilla bean changes the simplest of things like vanilla ice cream, it gives it a deeper vanilla taste and even has subtle notes of bourbon. Vanilla extract is an insult to real vanilla. And because the bean is so concentrated you don’t need much. You can buy a bean at Walmart for $7. Soak the bean in vodka and let it sit and now you have vanilla extract. You can even top It off as you use it, or you can use the bean, and steep it into your recipe. The wagyu is hands down the most tender and flavorful meat I’ve had. Making it a burger is an insult. The cheddar wheel was so good! It changed the grilled cheese completely. The cheese was aged beautifully, and even had cheese crystals (which are my favorite lol), and you could taste the land in which the cow was raised.The cheese was legitimate as it was made in the village of Cheddar in England, and you have to be chosen by the maker of the cheese to use it! The ibérico ham was worth it as well, the meat is so tender because of its immaculate marbling. The fat just melts in your mouth. And lastly the vinegar is unlike anything in the market. We reserved it in school, for dishes that were truly special. Everything affects how the balsamic comes out, the grapes, the barrels used, and the attention to detail pays off. You can taste each individual step and that’s worth it.