Soup is normally something you either order or comes free with the specific function to kill the time between ordering and the entree coming to your table. Maybe if a restaurant is known for their soup (Mary’s Family Restaurant’s chicken dumpling soup being an example) it can stand on it’s own as a meal – but otherwise – soup is usually relegated to the appetizer afterthoughts section of the menu along with the equally unimpressive side salad.
So a story about a bowl of soup that costs $1,893 is sure to catch the eye.
In Chicago there’s a hotel called The Drake: Oak Brook. Contained within that hotel is a restaurant called “The Colonial Room” that has a signature soup called The Bookbinder. Normally this costs $10 – which is (IMO) still pricey for soup. But now for a limited time you can get what’s called a Luxurious Upgrade that includes a very rare vintage of Louis XIII cognac + they’ll toss in a side-car snifter – they better for $1893. The soup also features “Ossetra caviar” and Red Snapper from the Gulf of Mexico which is flown in fresh for EVERY order. This is why if you’re in the market for luxurious soup it needs to be ordered TWO WEEKS in advance – OH! – it’s also garnished with gold flakes. Which is a fine accompaniment to the daily microplastics you’re ingesting.
Why $1893? It’s the date the original recipe for the soup was crafted.
As far as soup goes… the only “soup” that should cost anything over $10 should have been painted by Andy Warhol.
