How much would you pay for a pancake?

by Joanne Lutynec (Subscribe to Joanne Lutynec's posts)
Posted Feb 21st 2007 12:32PM
Filed under: Breakfast, Restaurants, Europe

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While IHOP was serving up free pancakes for their guests yesterday, a British chef took quite the opposite approach. Alex Lovell, the 21-year old head chef at a Coventry restaurant, created what is being dubbed as possibly the most expensive pancake ever prepared.

At £95, which is approximately $185 USD, the pancake includes heavenly ingredients such as Madagascar vanilla pods in the batter, jelly made with Dom Perignon Champagne, and berries flambeed in Louis XIV Cognac, all served alongside amaretto ice cream.

The young chef, who in his short career has already turned down a job with Gordon Ramsay, wasn't really expecting sales to go through the roof due to the price - he simply wanted to create something special for Pancake Day. There's no word yet on how many were actually sold.

Tags: dom perignon, gordon ramsay, GordonRamsay, louis xiv cognac, madagascar vanilla pods, most expensive pancake

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2-21-2007 @ 1:44PM

calamari said...

It's time for a someone to start a cooking feature similar to those "get that million-dollar look for $500" spreads that decorating magazines do. Cook these super-expensive recipes with more moderately priced ingredients (supermarket vanilla, ordinary champagne jelly, berries in a less pricey cognac) and see if blind taste-testers can tell the difference.

I'd be interested to see which super-pricey ingredients actually add value when the meal hits the mouth.

2-21-2007 @ 2:14PM

Joanne Lutynec said...

I agree 100% - and I'd like to see the blindfolded taste-tasters include average people plus some top chefs.

2-22-2007 @ 12:48AM

emma said...

calamari, that would be fantastic.

2-22-2007 @ 12:33AM

GhaleonQ said...

The vanilla would definitely be noticeable.

2-22-2007 @ 10:42AM

calamari said...

Actually, Ghaleon, I'd put money on the vanilla *not* being noticeable. Cooks Illustrated's taste tests found that in baked goods, artificial vanilla extract tasted better than the real stuff.

I expect *some* pricier ingredients *do* make a difference... but I think we'd be surprised if we found out which ones. That's why I'd love to see it tested.

2-22-2007 @ 6:05PM

Justin Chen said...

In related pancake news, we're holding a Pancake Food Fight at Menuism.com at http://www.menuism.com/foodfight

Rate pancakes during February for a chance to win $50.

Happy Eating!
Justin

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