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$100 cheese steak
PHILADELPHIA - The traditional Philly cheesesteak has gone precipitously upscale at one new restaurant, where the chopped steak and melted cheese standard includes goose liver and truffles — and costs $100.
“I believe you will have the rich guy in there who will say, ’Cheesesteaks for the table. And buy one for the guy over there,”’ said Starr, an acclaimed restaurateur who has opened 13 eateries here since 1995. (personally - I don't think so)
Served with a small bottle of champagne, Barclay Prime’s cheesesteak is made of sliced Kobe beef, melted Taleggio cheese, shaved truffles, sauteed foie gras, caramelized onions and heirloom shaved tomatoes on a homemade brioche roll brushed with truffle butter and squirted with homemade mustard.
“You shouldn’t mess with the Philadelphia cheesesteak,” groused Samuel Lehrer, who was eating takeout Chinese several blocks from Barclay Prime. “Let it alone.”
Will not fly in California where fois gras will be illegal in 2006.
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