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Germany offers ultimate snack: gold-covered schnitzel

Dec 16, 2009, 13:54 GMT

Dusseldorf - A self-service restaurant in Germany is offering the ultimate snack for the big spender in a hurry: a gold-covered, fried schnitzel costing 150 euros (219 dollars). Thomas Huber, who runs the Schnitzelhuber restaurant in Dusseldorf, confirmed the 24-carat gold leaf draped over the crumbed fillet of veal added no flavour. 'Gold is tasteless,' he said. The item became public knowledge with a report Wednesday in a Dusseldorf newspaper, Express, but Huber said he had quietly put it on the menu three years ago without daring to publicize the decadent dish. Other schnitzel dishes at the eatery start at 4.95 euros. The schnitzel is topped with a white Alba truffle pate, a few milligrams of leaf gold and black truffles on top. Patrons must carry it themselves on trays from the checkout to their tables. 'It's actually not the gold that's the expensive ingredient. It's the white truffles, which cost 3,000 euros per kilogram,' said Huber.

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