“What Recession?” - Presenting The $1,000 Paella

Chef Richard Cardona of New York eatery (that’s “restaurant” to the rest of you) Sofrito has come up with a delightful way to piss you off: A $1,000 paella:

The rice and seafood combination, complete with truffles and truffle oil, baby eel, octopus, Maine lobster and Alaskan prawns, has been specially created to celebrate Latin Month.

With ingredients imported from Spain, Italy and all over the U.S., Cardona can guarantee there will be no belt-tightening at his establishment.

“Who said ‘recession’? Who said ‘bad economy’?” he said.

“I think that’s the way to fight the bad economy, and if you have the money to spend, then why not enjoy yourself?”

$200 dollars from each dish sold goes to Ayuda, a program that helps disadvantaged Latinos someday become raging asshwipes who sell paella for a thousand dollars. That’s right! This dish celebrates you:

[O]wner Genaro Morales hopes it will be a popular choice during the month-long promotion.

“I think the dish is fabulous,” he said. “We’re doing it to celebrate Latin heritage and also for a very good cause.”

Suggestion? Let’s kill these guys. No, seriously. Let’s kill them, cook them and serve them in a soup we make by the faint glow of our jungle fire.

‘Fight the bad economy’ with ‘fabulous’ 1G paella meal [NY Daily News]