Edible gold trend

[Creep3r]

So what are your thoughts fellow gourmet kiwis on these hipster restaurants that sprinkle edible gold flakes and gold sheets on food to make it shiny and more expensive?

Do these actually change the flavor at all? Or are they completely pointless outside of bragging on instagram?

Apparently its not even harmful or healthy for you (correct me if I'm wrong) and the "cheap" ones just look like they threw aluminum foil on your food.

Have any of you had these and was it a pleasant experience? Have any critiques to share as well?

 

[Weed Eater]

There's no flavor, it's purely a gimmick.

 

[Ramborambo]

I can say from experience it's dumb af. No taste, doesn't make the food better in any way. Just a flex, and a dumb flex at that.

 

[spergetti & NEETballs]

I tried it once just to see what the big deal is. It has no flavor and the texture of it actually diminishes whatever its added to. Pass.

edit: I've heard other people say it's supposed to be textureless but that wasn't my experience.

 

[Marissa Moira]

This has been done since antiquity for much the same reasons, nothing has changed for thousands of years.

Also that pizza at the bottom is a Costco frozen pizza.

 

[MrTroll]

I can't afford gold, so I've just been eating tinfoil candy wrappers.

 

[Peanut Butter in Peril]

It's mostly a gimmick to lure rich retards, wanna-look-rich posers, and braindead "influencers" into spending more money.

 

[Agent Abe Caprine]

Waste of perfectly good gold.

 

[Whatevermancer]

It's called "conspicuous consumption". When you consoom a product not because it has some amazing features, but just to show off how rich you are.

 

[hotcheetospuffs]

"how can we charge 200 dollars for a slice of chocolate cake? Put 2 dollars worth of gold leaf on it!"

 

[Pringles Can]

Taste wise it adds nothing to the food and is there just to look nice and jack up the price. They can sell a cheeseburger which is normally like 30 dollars for 100 now because there is a gold leaf. It's not worth the price, no matter how cool looking it is.

 

[A Welsh Cake]

I prefer my gold free range.

 

[Overly Serious]

I have used stuff like this before in cooking:

You can do a nice decorative effect on cakes with it, particularly if you do streaks of it in a dark, chocolate ganache. But actual gold? No, the only utility that has as a food is to impress a certain sort of date.

Maybe they could try lead. I mean it's very close in weight and malleability.

 

[HIVidaBoheme]

Maybe they could try lead. I mean it's very close in weight and malleability.

I've heard Mercury is lighter, with a silver mirror finish and a texture to die for.

While gold leaf is harmless to the body it doesn't take away the fact that it isn't anything but a tacky flex.

 

[Overly Serious]

I've heard Mercury is lighter, with a silver mirror finish and a texture to die for.

While gold leaf is harmless to the body it doesn't take away the fact that it isn't anything but a tacky flex.

Maybe Caesium or Francium. Serve it extra virgin olive oil then wash it down with a Perrier water. I hear it's a taste explosion.

 

[I Love Beef]

You can buy gold leaf on the cheap on Ebay and use it in your own home cooking. I only use it for New Years.

With how hipsters are getting crazy over this shit, I wouldn't deny the possibility that demand will make gold leaf cost more. Assholes.

 

[Fìddlesticks]

Edible... I mean you can eat it without harm. But do you digest it? No. Same as edible glitter.

Skip out the middle man next time and just gold flake your poop.

They say that the gold flaked vodka helped you get drunk quicker as the gold flakes would scratch you. You stop believing this at 19.

This is just cringe.

 

[SpergPatrol]

The funniest part is the business know what they are doing by parting idiots with thier money.

Lol hope it was worth spending 200 dollars on 2 dollars worth of actual food

 

[totallyrandomusername]

It's generally harmless in its elemental metallic form, however, since gold is a heavy metal, it is possible for someone to have a reaction to it, but it's very rare. As far as I know, there have only ever been a few documented cases. The quantity necessary for a likely harmful reaction is significant, as it requires a large surface area, so very finely ground, for there to be a sufficient quantity of free molecular metallic gold and generally no one ever eats that much.

Now, gold, as a salt, is highly toxic, as it is readily absorbed. Even small quantities can have a substantial impact on the immune system. As such, never dissolve metallic gold in aqua regia, and drink it (assuming there is no excess acid, as they alone will kill you). The tetrachloroaurate in the solution is very toxic to humans.

 

[break these cuffs]

I am in favor of eating gold, but not paying for stupid gold leaf like a yuppie. I like to eat, swallow, gold bullion. That way I know my personal gold reserves are always safe for when society collapses and will be with me when that event arises. When the coins come out the other, you can simply clean off and swallow it again. You are your own bank.