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Despite being one of our most basic needs, food can reach dazzling heights of extravagance. Among the most pleasurable of luxuries, fine dining is a multi-million dollar industry. Here, we explore the most expensive food items in the world, without out the consideration of restaurant settings. The question is can you really taste every penny’s worth?
Lobsters form a large family of marine crustaceans that gets $1.8 billion for the seafood industry every year. Lobsters live on rocky, sandy, or mud-covered bottoms from the seashores to the edge of the continental shelf. They generally live alone in crevices or in burrows under rocks. The most widespread preparation of lobster is to drop the creature into a pot of boiling water which kills it very quickly. The flesh is then served with butter, to add subtle flavor to the meat.
The restaurant is clean, well designed and I immediately felt welcomed once I entered it. The very nice and polite staff immediately ushered me to my seat and I finally met Andrea, the Marketing Manager. She presented me with the menu and we immediately got down to business, ordering the food!

I thought that having a steamboat would be quite hot, so I had a fresh coconut while Siang Leng had her favorite iced lemon tea. The coconut was really fresh and well-ripe, just nice to be enjoyed.

Coca uses electric steamboat which I feel is better than using the conventional cooking gas. Sitting next to a gas tank while having steamboat isn’t exactly very nice lol. And it’s not that messy too! For the soup base, we chose a dual of Chicken and Tomyam Soup.


These are only some of the ingredients you could choose from. Coca has their very own fish balls with different flavors that taste a lot better than they look. Honestly I was a bit skeptical when I saw the fish balls. But, they were packed with flavor and certainly does not taste like the usual fish balls you get from the market or any normal steamboat restaurants.

There was a particular type of fish ball I didn’t like, which was the one on the lower left. Because they were pretty much tasteless. Good thing about the flower crabs and tiger prawns though, extremely fresh with sweet and firm meat. It’s hard to find steamboat buffet restaurants that actually serve fresh seafood. And for the price you paid, you can be sure of the seafood’s freshness and quality.

A view of the seafood and vegetables we have taken. The oval shaped plate actually contains Fish Glue, which is basically fish paste made from fresh Tenggiri fish. It is a specialty of Coca and we were highly recommended to try it.

The fish glue sticks to the plate. So, the pieces are easier released from the plate by pouring hot soup over them constantly. They tasted good, and had nice bouncy texture.

Besides steamboat, ala carte Thai dishes can also be ordered. Some of the more expensive food like shark fin soup, scallops, cod fish and live crabs can only be ordered once while the others are unlimited. Coca Stuffed Prawns were one of the recommended appetizers. The prawn meats were removed, made into paste and stuffed into the prawns followed by deep frying them. The prawns were as big as my hand and totally satisfying! Looking at it alone already made me crave for it again lol. Definitely a must try from the appetizer menu.

Second appetizer to come was Pandan Chicken. The Pandan Chicken I have had in the past are either too salty or the meat is tough. Coca’s chef did a great job on preparing very delicious Pandan Chicken. The meat is soft and tender and tasted just nice. Another must try in my opinion, simply for its reputation as a Thai food.

Mango Salad was pretty normal.. The portion was huge and since we are not really a big fan, we didn’t finish it.

Cod Fish Steamed in Thai Style was the next dish. It was sour and spicy due to the cooking style. Cod fish is an expensive fish because of its soft tender meat. Like other seafood we had, it was very fresh also and we enjoyed it thoroughly. Any steamed fish must be finished fast before they become cold. Else they will be chewy and lose the bouncy texture and taste.

Each diner is entitle to a small pot of Shark Fin Soup. Yes, a small pot and not a bowl. It was packed with real chunky shark fin crab meat and mushroom. If you ordered this in any Chinese restaurant it would easily cost RM20-30 per bowl. So, go figure how much it costs for a small pot. We didn’t have two orders even though we were entitled for it because the portion was huge. We wanted to save space for other foods as well.

After shark fin soup is another expensive dish: Scallops Stir Fry with Asparagus. I thought scallops are supposed to be thin and small but wow I was so wrong. Look at them, they are thick!

Green Curry Beef was good too, cooked using really tender meats. Not overly spicy and just spot on. Another thing worth mentioning is that the Green Curry Beef is cooked using yoghurt instead of the usual coconut milk. Definitely a healthier choice!

Coca Special Curry Live Crab. It’s a pity this dish turned out to be a disappointment because I had really high expectations. The gravy is overly salty and it didn’t really taste like curry..

If you’re fan of raw oysters then you will be delighted to know that Coca also serve raw oysters in their buffet. The oysters were really fresh and you better be quick to get them. They were gone within minutes after being refilled, lol.

Then it was time for dessert. Thai Cendol, Ice Cream Fruit Cocktails, Coconut Jelly With Red Bean, Mango with Glutinous Rice are only a few among the vast selection of desserts to choose from. One of the things I like about Coca’s buffet is that the dishes and desserts are prepared upon order. So, they are always fresh and warm when arrived. Steamed Tapioca with Coconut Milk was one of the desserts we had. Coca did a really good job in transforming something so normal and cheap into something really delicious. At first glance they look nothing special but it was so good we finished the whole plate!

Fresh Mango with Glutinous Rice and topped with Coconut Milk was good too! I have always had funny feeling about this dessert.. Honestly eating rice together with mango is quite weird don’t you think? I’m glad my funny feeling is cleared lol.

Shaved ice made from coconut milk is what makes the Thai Cendol special. Other than that it was pretty normal tasting. Maybe because it was heavily overshadowed by the two awesome desserts we had before it. We didn’t eat the rest of the desserts at the dessert counter because we were already too stuffed to eat anymore. So, just to show the other things available for the buffet.

Oysters

The name oyster is used for different groups of mollusks which in marine or salty water . All types of oysters can secrete pearls, but those from edible oysters have no value. Oysters are best served raw in their own fluid with a slice of lemon. Oysters have always been considered an aphrodisiac.

Kobe Beef

Kobe Beef is taken from the Wagyu cattle in Japan. It is bred according to a secret, and with firm traditions. It is fed on beer and grain and it thus gives very tender meat . The beef can cost up to $300 per pound. This breed of cow is hereditarily inclined to produce a higher percentage of oleaginous and unsaturated.

Beluga Caviar is the most expensive food item in the world, costing up to $5,000 per kilogram. Caviar is fish eggs and this brand comes from the Beluga Sturgeon fish, found mostly in the Caspian Sea. The eggs are the largest of the fish eggs used for caviar. Beluga generally ranges from purple to black, the palest being the most expensive. Beluga caviar is usually served on its own as it does not need added flavors.

Share with us if you have ever got the chance of eating any of these form the list above and do tell us what was the feeling. Also if you have any other food item that we should we should include, just drop the name and why is it so good.

King crab, cook with session oil, salt and some chili powder, make the crab look shinning from outside and delicious when taste the meat. If cook with braised shar’k fin soup, it will be more delicious.

A piece of fish, cooked with garlic, sea weed and some not specified recipe, should be delicious. It looks like the shar’k fin.

Garlic and spicy crab. Especially for those who like to taste the spicy food.

Fried fish, with tomato, session oil and salt.

Fresh prawn, the most expensive food among the list. Put some lemon juice on it, will make the meat more prefect and delicious.
Additionally, below are some more delicious sea food photos.

A more expensive price tag usually indicates higher quality, but this isn't always the case when it comes to food products. Brand name foods are often produced by the same manufacturer as generic or store brands, but the brand names cost significantly more. This is because brand names need to advertise and market their products, and these costs are built into the price of the food. Generic brands rarely advertise, so the savings are passed along to the customer. Advertising and marketing in the United States is a major expense -- a full page print ad in a national magazine can hit five figures. And production costs for a TV commercial usually runs hundreds of thousands of dollars, which doesn't even include the cost of air time.