Imperial-Style Caviar Service
$120,000 play money
Several kinds of caviar on ice, with full silver service. On the ChowChow Feast menu it costs $120,000 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
- Russian
- Price tier
- Ultra ($2,000 and up)
- Play-money price
- $120,000
- Main ingredients
- several caviars, blini, garnishes
- How it is served
- A grand silver service of several caviar bowls on ice with pancakes, chopped egg and tiny glasses
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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