西班牙麪包店推出“金粉面包” 售價高達150美元
Whole wheat flour, spelt and water are the usual ingredients used to make bread, but add a touch of edible gold and you’ve got wealthy clients from all around the world stepping on each others’ toes trying to secure a loaf of the world’s Most expensive bread. Made by Pan Piña bakery in the small Spanish village of Algatocin, the ‘gold leaf bread’ costs an unbelievable $150 per 400-gram loaf.
全麥麪粉、斯佩耳特小麥和水是做麪包通常用到的原料，但加上一點可食用金粉，這種全世界最貴的麪包就能吸引世界各地的富人爭先恐後前來搶購。西班牙小鎮Algatocin的一家名叫Pan Piña的麪包店就推出了這樣一種麪包，售價高得讓人難以置信，400克重的麪包標價150美元（約合人民幣930元）。
Pan Piña baker and co-owner Juan Manuel Moreno said that he came up with the idea for the bread after he saw the ‘world’s most expensive coffee’ on sale at another shop in the region. So he decided to dazzle up his own bread with a dash of edible gold worth over $100 both inside and on the surface of each loaf. However, he does agree that the shiny metal does nothing to enhance flavor.
Pan Piña的合夥店主兼麪包師胡安·曼努埃爾·莫雷諾（Juan Manuel Moreno）表示，他在看到鎮上另一家商店銷售“世界上最貴的咖啡”後，萌生了這一想法。他決定用一撮價值超過100美元的可食用金粉點綴每個麪包的內瓤和外皮。但他表示，這些閃亮的金粉對提升麪包的口感毫無作用。
“The gold itself has no real taste,” the 41-year-old said. “It just adds a certain sparkle, a lustre to each loaf. The rest of the ingredients are organic and super healthy. People believe small amounts of gold are good for the digestion.”
“金粉本身沒有什麼味道”，這位41歲的麪包師講道，“它只是給麪包加了些光澤，讓它看起來閃閃發亮。製成麪包的其他原料都是有機的健康食材。人們都相信一點點金粉能促進消化”。
Moreno’s family has been running Pan Piña for the past 70 years. They produce over 50 varieties of bread, and the gold leaf is their most expensive loaf yet.
莫雷諾一家從過去70年來一直經營Pan Piña，推出了50餘種不同類型的麪包，而“金粉面包”是迄今爲止最貴的一種。
Interestingly, the bread has buyers from various parts of the globe – it is insanely popular in the Costa del Sol region, in Russia, and even in Middle eastern countries. “We have a lot of wealthy visitors from Russia and China here and they are always looking for something new to show how rich they are,” Moreno explained. A national supermarket chain is all set to start selling the product, while a restaurant in Ronda has also expressed interest.
有趣的是，這種麪包已經吸引了來自世界各地的顧客前來購買，在西班牙太陽海岸（Costa del Sol）、俄羅斯、甚至中東國家的顧客中大受歡迎。“有大批俄羅斯和中國的顧客前來購買，他們總是四處搜尋新鮮玩意兒，來顯示他們有多麼富有”，莫雷諾解釋道。一家全國連鎖超市打算開始銷售這種麪包，一家位於Ronda的餐廳也對此表示饒有興趣。
