THE $25,000 TACO

Would you pay $25,000 for a taco? Chef Juan Licerio Alcala of the Grand Velas Los Cabos hotel puts together shrimp, Kobe beef, Almas beluga caviar, black truffle Brie cheese and 24-carat gold flakes inside a corn tortilla that has flecks of 24-carat gold baked in. The salsa topping is extravagant – it’s made with Morita chiles and civet coffee. Civet coffee, if you remember, is the most expensive coffee in the world and is brewed through the collected poop of a cat-like animal called a civet. The dish is presented in the middle of the desert encircled by motorcycles, or during a marriage proposal. If you want it, you have to put down a $12,500 deposit for this taco and have to be staying in the presidential suite at the San Antonio, Texas, hotel.
* You had me at civet poop.
* It sounds good, but can they also put some refried beans inside?
* There have been some nights driving around in college around 3 a.m. when I would have paid $25,000 for a taco.
* “Audrey, will you marry me?” “Oh, Kyle, of course I’ll marry yo—- hey, tacos!!!! (crunch)”
* You can get some of your money back, ’cause after you eat the taco, you can sell your farts for $50 each.