You Can Now Eat A Doughnut Covered in 24k Gold
- Publish date
- Friday, 8 Jan 2016, 2:28PM
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This may be the prettiest doughnut you've ever seen, but it's definitely not pretty on the bank account.
The Manila Social Club, in New York, has announced the creation of its Golden Cristal Ube Donut on Instagram last week. This special doughnut is filled with jelly, slathered in Cristal champagne and topped with 24-karat gold flakes. Just one of the extremely delectable desserts will set you back a cool $100 USD.
Since opening the store April, the Filipino restaurant responsible for this doughnut masterpiece has developed a cult following for its extravagant and pricey doughnuts. One particular doughnut, Ube Bae Donut, is made with purple yams that are popular in the Philippines. A dozen of the brightly coloured treats costs $40 USD.
Björn DelaCruz, the restaurant's owner, says he isn’t deliberately trying to make the most expensive doughnut possible, that it just happened naturally.
“The reason I chose Cristal over another type of champagne is because Cristal has really great honey notes which goes great with Ube (purple yams),” he said. “For me, it’s shiny and it’s golden, but it comes together to create a really great doughnut it’s shiny and it’s golden, but it comes together to create a really great doughnut, as crazy as that sounds. There was a time when I was eating this doughnut while drinking Cristal, and I was like, 'Oh, this is a great combo!'"
The gold slathered doughnut was originally listed as a holiday special only, but DelaCruz said the overwhelming demand inspired him to add the doughnut as a regular menu item.
"I didn’t know people would go and order a dozen [of these] at a time," he said. "But then again, it is New York, and there are people willing to put down a grand for a dozen doughnuts.”
