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Find out the shocking menu of the world's most expensive restaurant

Expensive Lagos restaurants have nothing on the world's most expensive restaurant.

Alchemist Restaurant Copenhagen [Financialtimes]

Alchemist is a two-Michelin-starred restaurant that is regarded as one of the most expensive restaurants in the world. It is located in Copenhagen, Denmark, behind a former theatre workshop. Here, food is not just to satisfy hunger but to enter an immersive, mind-bending journey.

You walk down a narrow hallway to meet heavy bronze doors that open onto a planetarium-style dome restuarant. Inside the restaurant is dark, and behind the kitchen counter are shining jars filled with different ingredients.

When you settle down to eat, you are brought a 40/50 course meal filled with strange meals.

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A CNN article describes what you are likely to see on the table:

  • A buttery lobster claw that lingers on the palate.
  • A silicone spoon in the shape of a tongue that you have to lick to discover its gooseberry and pumpkin seed flavours.
  • A meal called 1984 looks like a human eye according to Financial Times.
  • Herbs are arranged in the shape of Hans Christian Andersen, a Danish writer; they dissolve when soup is poured over them.
  • Round snowball that, when you bite into it, tastes like a ripe tomato.
  • Rabbit meat dishes
  • Blood drop-shaped ice cream with QR codes for organ donation. Since 2020, nearly 13,000 guests have used the organ donation QR code.
  • Chicken foot cage
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  • Faroese sea urchin.
  • Nettle butterfly dish.

Head chef Rasmus Munk aims to create a surreal dining experience for the privileged few, with menus priced at 4600 DKK (£538/$720) per head, excluding drinks. Tickets are booked in advance and sell out quickly.

Here is a Michelin review of the restaurant: “An immersive and perfectly choreographed experience, eating here is a highly theatrical affair at the pinnacle of destination dining. Dinner is divided into acts and set across several locations, including a balcony, a play area, and a spectacular planetarium-like dome with images projected onto the ceiling. Dishes are technically complex and highly creative, with dramatic contrasts. Chef-owner Rasmus Munk believes food is a great way to communicate with people, so he accompanies his cooking with statements and ideas about the world.”

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The meal portions aren't about eating to satisfaction but having an experience with food. Would you love to visit this restaurant?

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