The restaurant Serendipity 3 already claims world records for the most expensive burger (US$295) and ice cream sundae (US$1,000), so if you’re asked if you would like fries with your order, the answer is a resounding yes.

Guinness World Records certified the feat. As of July 13, the fries are officially the most expensive on earth.

“Serendipity is really a happy place,” said creative director and chef Joe Calderone. “People come here to celebrate, to escape the reality of life.”

The Crème de la Crème Pomme Frites start out as Chipperbec potatoes. They are blanched, or scalded, in vinegar and champagne. Then they are fried in pure goose fat, not oil, and not once but twice, so they are crispy on the outside and fluffy on the inside.

Sprinkled with edible gold and seasoned with truffle salt and truffle oil, they are served on a crystal plate with an orchid, thin-sliced truffles, and a Mornay cheese dip. The sauce, too, is infused with truffles, a rare seasonal mushroom.

“Truffle is the main star here,” said chef Frederick Schoen-Kiewert.

Like many restaurants, Serendipity was closed during the pandemic, and Calderone and Schoen-Kiewert thought the fancy fries would be a good way to announce its return.

It is working. There is an eight- to 10-week wait list.

“It’s been a rough year and a half for everyone, and we need to have some fun now,” said Calderone.