Only in America: The World’s Most Expensive Hotdog

At $1,501, TheONEdog, a creation of Little Rock’s “Hot Dog Mike” Juiliano, is the world’s new most expensive hot dog. The ingredients: a premium quarter-pound all-beef dog topped with a lobster tail, saffron aioli, and gold dust on a gourmet potato bun, Busnessweek rpoerts..

Four TheOnedogs sold on May 11, according to the World Records Academy. (The proceeds went to charity.)

Juiliano—a 41-year-old who left the hospitality industry for a hot dog cart two years ago—threw in the gold dust for fun, but says the most expensive ingredient was actually the saffron.

“The saffron was about $561 per ounce. I bought enough to make the aioli out of it. I paid $60, which is a lot to make a little bit of mayo,” he says. On Ediblegold.com 1 gram of gold dust costs $135.

The gold “just gets stuck in your teeth, everywhere,” says Juiliano. “It’s like a fine glitter. I just figured it’s interesting to people. But it didn’t need to be on there. It doesn’t taste like anything….”

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