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What's in the world's most expensive burger?

Apparently Japanese Waygu beef, 10-herb white truffle butter, Salish Alderwood smoked Pacific sea salt, cheddar cheese, hand-made and cave-aged for 18 months by famed cheesemaker James Montgomery of Somerset, England. Plus shaved black truffles, a fried quail egg, a blini, creme fraiche, Kaluga caviar and a white truffle-buttered Campagna roll.

If that wasn't a mouthful already, the burger is finished off with a golden "Fleur de Lis" toothpick encrusted with diamonds.

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Long-running ramen parlor Rai Rai Ken has moved a few storefronts east on the same side of East 10th Street.

Anchor of the East Village's Little Tokyo Rai Rai Ken has picked up and moved east. The new space, just steps away from the last location, is gleaming and easily three times the size of the original, which was a simple counter with a few stools. Look to Fork in the Road in the coming days for an analysis of the noodles in the new location.

Rai Rai Ken
218 East 10th Street
212) 477-7030

The pastry presents a luscious evening skyscape.

Though the -- eagerly anticipated? -- Men In Black 3 doesn't open till tomorrow, Death-Star fast-food empire Dunkin' Donuts has already trundled out its gastro tie-ins: a cup of branded iced coffee and a star-shaped donut.

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CalorieLab reports that the illustrator Mao Sugiyama sold tickets to a dinner where he dressed as a chef to braise and serve his own penis and testicles. Police received many inquires and complaints but reminded CalorieLab that Sugiyama wasn't breaking any laws.

Here is the original invitation, translated from Japanese:

[Please Retweet] I am offering my male genitals (full penis, testes, scrotum) as a meal for 100,000 yen [$1,250]. I'm Japanese ... First interested buyer will get them, or I will also consider selling to a group. Will prepare and cook as the buyer requests, at his chosen location. If you have questions, please contact me by DM or e-mail.

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Roy Street Coffee

Roy Street Coffee, a unbranded Starbucks location in Seattle

A 'stealth' Starbucks is an unbranded Starbucks location devoid of their usual mermaid decal, furnishings and overall look and feel. Grub Street broke the news that Macy's Square will be getting one called The Herald Square Cafe:

From Grub Street: "Pastries are sourced from local bakeries, not shipped from regional suppliers, and baristas are not required to follow a dress code, apparently. Maybe they're not even called baristas, we don't know. That's not important right now."

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Lauren Bloomberg

GoogaMooga was a hot mess. In attempt to alleviate the criticisms directed at them, Superfly's Jon Mayers tells Time Out New York that they will be offering full refunds for ExtraMooga ticket holders.

"We are offering a 100% refund to anyone who attended ExtraMooga: the full ticket price, credit card fees--everything," he says. "Our intentions were to do something great. We were definitely ambitious. But we also wanted to do something top notch. We did not deliver on the promise we made for the ExtraMooga, and that's why we're going to make it right."

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Ketchup bottles can get a little annoying. You're always struggling to shake the stuff out, and even plastic squeeze bottles won't do the trick sometimes.

Some guys over at MIT have it all figured out. They've created LiquiGlide, a "super slippery" coating that will make stuff like ketchup and mayonnaise glide right out when applied to the inside of the packaging.

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Cupid in a Wine Glass, Abraham Woodside

Brooklyn Winery, the Williamsburg winery and wine bar, will introduce a growler program on June 7. The growlers will be 750mL, so if you're used to half-gallon beer growlers of about 1,900 mL, that might seem a bit small. (750mL is what fills a regular wine bottle, which is almost the same as what fills a Starbucks Venti cup.)

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ScreenRant

When my friend from Los Angeles was visiting the city last week, he made a point to take a picture of the shawarma shop next to my apartment and text the photograph to his buddies back at home. Before The Avengers, he'd never heard of the stuff -- and neither did his group of friends back in L.A.

According CNN's food blog Eatocracy, The Avengers has given shawarma sales a major boost after movie debuted. From CNN: "The cameo has worked its movie magic for the Middle Eastern wrap of spit-roasted meat. Media from Los Angeles to Boston have reported that shawarma sales are 'skyrocketing.'"

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For riders of the Long Island Rail Road who like to obliterate themselves with beer on the train, these are dark days. As of tonight, a weekend alcohol ban goes into effect from the stroke of midnight to 5 a.m.

But:

Passengers can still bring their own booze aboard the train during all other times, like say, Monday morning. Yay! And, passengers who are visibly intoxicated during ban hours can still ride the train. Yay?

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