Sushi Kirimon, a restaurant in Osaka, Japan, has added an eye-wateringly pricey serving of sushi to its menu. The “Kiwami Omakase” course, comprised of 20 pieces of sushi and costs JP¥350,000 – about US$2,475 – making it the world’s most expensive sushi, Guinness World Records has confirmed.
The previous record was set in 2010 by chef Angelito Araneta Jr, whose offering of five nigiri pieces garnished with diamonds and wrapped in 24-karat gold leaf cost customers 91,800 Philippine Pesos ($1,978).
Sushi Kirimon’s record-breaking serving is made using traditional techniques and methods. Using carefully selected ingredients from all over Japan, the restaurant created this dish to promote Washoku (traditional Japanese cuisine).
The dish mostly consists of pieces of nigiri, which is thinly sliced raw fish placed atop a ball of rice. There are also some pieces of sashimi (raw fish without rice) and two pieces of maki (sliced sushi roll).
The entire dish, as seen in the above image, starting from the top row (going left to right) is as follows:
- White tilefish and beluga caviar
- Shinko (baby gizzard shad)
- Pacific bluefin tuna
- Chum salmon
- Bigfin reef squid
- Sei whale tail meat
- Murasaki uni (purple sea urchin)
- Bafun uni (green sea urchin)
- Steamed abalone
- Slice of futomaki (‘fat roll’) containing hairy crab, conger eel, dried mullet roe, monkfish liver, purple sea urchin, cucumber, matsutake mushroom, shiitake mushroom, kanpyo (dried gourd shavings), oboro (crumbled shrimp paste) and egg
- Fatty tuna belly
- Medium-fat tuna belly
- Lean tuna back
- Marbled tuna belly
- Seared tuna belly
- Japanese tiger prawn
- Button shrimp and beluga caviar
- Conger eel
- Sea eel and black truffle
- Hairy crab and beluga caviar
Once all the pieces of sushi are assembled on the plate, a sprinkling of gold leaf is added as the final touch.
