I know this topic might sound strange but bear with me since I did find something interesting about balsamic vinegar that made it post worthy.
I became a fan of balsamic vinegar last year when I tried one that was aged 30 years at an Italian restaurant in Munich. So today while at Dean & Deluca I thought I would “splurge” 8 or 12 dinars on some decent balsamic vinegar. While checking out the bottles a salesman came over and told me about a 100 year old aged Acetaia Leonardi balsamic vinegar. I thought that was very interesting so he showed me the bottle and told me they produced only 200 of those bottles and 4 (actually 3 since one got sold already) bottles were available in Kuwait. Now I figured the bottle would be expensive but not THIS expensive. Turns out the bottle was “slightly” out of my budget costing KD190! The salesman told me they could order a bottle that was 300 years old at a cost of get this… KD2,500!
Although I wouldn’t pay KD2,500 or KD190 for balsamic vinegar (or any other consumable product (ok maybe for a burger)) I do appreciate having the choice and that’s what I like about Dean & Deluca and the over priced imported stuff at Sultan Center. I would rather have the choice and choose not to than not have the choice at all.
Here is a link to an interesting review of Acetaia Leonardi balsamic vinegars. [Link]
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Do you use it for sexy time? =O
I am not sure I would believe a bottle of oil existed for 300 years, and is available for sale as a consumer product….
I know mothers would by that. Women would brag till they choke.
They put it under several stages of heat and pressure to make it taste as if it was aged for that period of yrs.
Breeze thats nonsense. When they say something is aged for 25 years or 100 years it means its been left to mature in a barrel for that amount of years.
Perhaps Breeze is insinuating that heating increases age too
Eg. Too much sun tan, and you know what happens to the skin xD
Only if they can tell the difference.
i can’t believe you said you’d pay that for a burger tsk tsk =/
Heinz balsamic vinegar sold at sultan centre for around kd2. 🙂
Doesn’t balsamic vinegar have alcohol in it?
Hi Mark,
‘I know this topic might sound strange but bare with me’
should be
I know this topic might sound strange but BEAR with me
Keep up the good work, Cheers
my father who loves his food would pay that easily… my husband too appreciates good food and would get this.. the maximum i would pay for balsamic is 60 kd .. but like u said i love having a choice!
Damn Looks Neat and i already can feel how it taste Like MmmmMmmm
I think balsamic vinegar is one of the few items i might overspend on because it is something that you can tell the difference on with the quality of the product. Good quality balsamic vinegar is so yummy!
sv9211: thanks fixed
mmm i love balsamic vingegar… but i love my 190 kds more 😀
The 2,500 kd vinegar should go very nicely with the 3000 Kd caviar.
If you eat at Dean & Deluca, you can ask for as much balsamic vinegar as you want. I always do.
that generally applies to any restaurant
“ok, maybe for a burger” – I totally agree!!
and what will be the difference between the 25 or 100 years old balsamic vinegar and the ordinary co-op quality one?
Mark, I would accept, 25, 50, even 100 years…
But come on, 300 years?! Wine is rarely aged that long…
Lorenzo, the italian restaurant in Kuwait also sell balsamic vinegar.. You should try it, it’s all the way from Italy, and its really good. However I don’t know if its aged or not..
Why is it called balsamic, what you put it in your hair?
Zorbon: Google it
or Bing it!!
https://www.bing.com/search?q=balsamic+vinegar&form=QBLH
did you know that balsamic vinegar is actually very healthy? It also lowers blood pressure
I think it’s a retarded choice honestly… put that money to charity and to people who need it.
Ozy if you want to shove charity into everything its easy. How about you sell your computer and give that money to charity or how about you sell your car and give the money to charity and ride the bicycle instead?
The 10 KD Modena Balsamic vinegar at Sultan is excellent for salads. It’s a tiny bottle, but you only need a couple of drops per person, and I do mean drops. It’s quite robust. Mix it up with XV olive oil and you’re good to go.
My computer(laptop actually) doesn’t cost 190kd and even if it did the average cost of a computer is a lot more than an average bottle of vinegar.
Im not saying spending a lot of money on something is bad. But honestly 190kd for a bottle of vinegar is ridiculous. To each his own though.
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This is the real stuff. The vinegar found at supermarkets and sold for less than hm, 10kd is not real balsamic.
I would love to buy some “real” balsamic vinegear in saudi arabia. But a small bottle. 100ml perhaps? if anyone knows just comment here 😉
Ozy:
To some people its silly to spend so much money on a guitar, isn’t this the same thing? I’m sure a chef would love to spend that much on a bottle of Balsamic Vinegar, like a musician would love to spend so much money on a guitar or any other musical instrument.
How about you give the money to a charity instead of buying that new guitar? ;]
doesn’t this affect the acid reflux you were earlier diagnosed with? ‘Cause I love balsamic, but it kills me.
You totally missed the point patrick. An average bottle of vinegar is about like 10kd? So when youre spending 200kd or 2500kd on vinegar it’s like youre spending 20times as much or even 250times as much. 1000kd for a guitar in retrospect is not considered a lot for a guitar.
It is when you consider the fact you can get one for like KD50.
Same with bicycles, you can get one for KD20 and you can get one for KD2000. Cars also, you can get one for 1000kd and you can get one for 100,000.
Ozy:
You can get guitars for as cheap as 30 KD and as much as 1000KD, so its the same thing, you can get a bottle of vinegar for 20 KD and you can get a bottle of vinegar for 200 KD. Its the samething for nearly everything, you can find camera’s for 30 KD and you can find camera’s for a lot more. etc.
Kpulse – Balsamic vinegar only comes from Italy. In fact it only comes from Modena. If it ain’t from Modena, it ain’t balsamic…
We sell a balsamic that we import from Producers in Modena. It is blended from barrels aged from 10-18 years. Out of all of the expensive ones I have tasted it is one of my favorites for the price. We are out of stock but we will have more by the end of the month. We currently don’t ship out of the U.S. but I am working on finding an alternative. Check us out and send me an email with your address if you are interested and I can look into shipping costs. http://www.calivirgin.com -Mike Coldani