Terpe
13th May 2013, 08:25
'That' Rome Ice Cream Story
When in Rome...... it's tempting to try the city's world-famous ice cream.
But a group of British tourists were left with a nasty aftertaste – a £54 bill.
Following their complaints over being charged £13.50 each for their take-away cones, an Italian politician has called for a clampdown on such extortionate prices.
Rome’s Mayor, Gianni Alemanno, has ordered the vendor to refund a British tourist the £54 cost of four ice cream cones.
Read more here (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2320406/British-tourists-charged-54-just-FOUR-ice-creams-Rome-caf-reigniting-row-locals-profiteering-holidaymakers.html)
Here are even more reasons to always check the price before you order.
Champagne
Deep sea divers struck gold of the bubbly kind in a shipwreck in the Baltic. It held 140 bottles of champagne from 1825-30, the most expensive of which sold for £26,700. The tasting notes? Lime blossoms, coffee and chanterelles.
Soup
A Chinese delicacy made from nests held together with the saliva of cave swifts, gelatinous bird’s nest soup is said to have medicinal and aphrodisiac effects and sells for £580 to £2,900 per pound.
Potatoes
A gardener’s nightmare but a gourmand’s delight: the near-extinct La Bonnotte potato grows on just one French island and is fertilised with seaweed. Cost: up to £420 per kilo.
Watermelons
Possibly the world’s rarest fruit, Dansuke watermelons grow only on the Japanese island of Hokkaido with just 65 harvested a year. Recognisable from its jet black skin, the most expensive specimen sold at auction for £5,200.
Beef & mushroom pie
The Fence Gate Inn, Lancashire, once served up a Wagyu beef and Matsutake mushroom pie at £1,000 a slice. No longer on the menu, it actually had ‘a couple’ of takers.
Chocolate
For that very, very special somebody. Dutch chocolatier Knipschildt makes the world’s most highly prized chocolates. A single Chocopologie Valrhona-coated French black truffle will set you back £160.
Source:-
http://www.pressdisplay.com/pressdisplay/viewer.aspx
When in Rome...... it's tempting to try the city's world-famous ice cream.
But a group of British tourists were left with a nasty aftertaste – a £54 bill.
Following their complaints over being charged £13.50 each for their take-away cones, an Italian politician has called for a clampdown on such extortionate prices.
Rome’s Mayor, Gianni Alemanno, has ordered the vendor to refund a British tourist the £54 cost of four ice cream cones.
Read more here (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2320406/British-tourists-charged-54-just-FOUR-ice-creams-Rome-caf-reigniting-row-locals-profiteering-holidaymakers.html)
Here are even more reasons to always check the price before you order.
Champagne
Deep sea divers struck gold of the bubbly kind in a shipwreck in the Baltic. It held 140 bottles of champagne from 1825-30, the most expensive of which sold for £26,700. The tasting notes? Lime blossoms, coffee and chanterelles.
Soup
A Chinese delicacy made from nests held together with the saliva of cave swifts, gelatinous bird’s nest soup is said to have medicinal and aphrodisiac effects and sells for £580 to £2,900 per pound.
Potatoes
A gardener’s nightmare but a gourmand’s delight: the near-extinct La Bonnotte potato grows on just one French island and is fertilised with seaweed. Cost: up to £420 per kilo.
Watermelons
Possibly the world’s rarest fruit, Dansuke watermelons grow only on the Japanese island of Hokkaido with just 65 harvested a year. Recognisable from its jet black skin, the most expensive specimen sold at auction for £5,200.
Beef & mushroom pie
The Fence Gate Inn, Lancashire, once served up a Wagyu beef and Matsutake mushroom pie at £1,000 a slice. No longer on the menu, it actually had ‘a couple’ of takers.
Chocolate
For that very, very special somebody. Dutch chocolatier Knipschildt makes the world’s most highly prized chocolates. A single Chocopologie Valrhona-coated French black truffle will set you back £160.
Source:-
http://www.pressdisplay.com/pressdisplay/viewer.aspx