Talk is chip
The race for superlatives in the world of food can get a bit crazy sometimes. It seems no food or dish is safe from being touted as the ‘world’s most expensive’ at some point. It’s happened with ramen, with steak, with doughnuts and now it has happened with the humble potato crisp.
Costing SKR499 (RM234) for only five crisps, the potato crisps (or chips, depending on where you’re from) come from the kitchen of Swedish brewery St:Erik’s – underscoring the symbiotic relationship crisps have with beer. Made from hand-harvested Ammarnäs potatoes, from the hillside town in Sweden that bears the same name, the crisps come in five flavours – Matsutsake mushrooms, truffle seaweed, crown dill, Leksand onions (found only in Leksand) and India Pale Ale-wort. Formulated by the chefs of the Swedish National Culinary Team to pair perfectly with St:Erik’s India Pale Ale – because a first-class beer deserves a first-class snack – only 100 boxes of the crisps have been produced, each coming with a certificate of authenticity. At RM46.80 per crisp (proceeds go to charity) the crisps scale new heights of ridiculousness, not even being flaked with 24K gold. For those who are driven by outlandishness, however, this is the perfect bite.
