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A silver stand with a dish of black caviar on ice, a stack of small pancakes and little bowls of sour cream and chives

Caviar and Blini Set

$11,000 play money

Caviar with warm blini and all the small dishes that go with it. On the ChowChow Feast menu it costs $11,000 in play money, which puts it in the Ultra tier ($2,000 and up). It is one of the few dishes that can use up a large part of the budget in one click.

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Key facts

Cuisine
Russian
Menu section
Seafood & Sushi
Price tier
Ultra ($2,000 and up)
Play-money price
$11,000
Main ingredients
sturgeon caviar, blini, sour cream
How it is served
A silver stand with a dish of black caviar on ice, a stack of small pancakes and little bowls of sour cream and chives

History, tradition and origin

Caviar is the salted roe of sturgeon, long associated with the Caspian Sea and with the courts of Russia and Persia, where it was served at feasts. In the nineteenth century it became a symbol of luxury in Europe. It is traditionally eaten simply, with blini, sour cream or toast, from a spoon made of horn or mother-of-pearl because metal can taint the flavour.

Food economy and industry

Wild sturgeon were fished almost to extinction, and international trade in wild caviar has been tightly restricted since the 2000s. Nearly all caviar now comes from farms, with China, Italy and France among the largest producers. A sturgeon takes seven to fifteen years or more to mature, which is the main reason caviar remains so expensive.

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