World's Most Expensive Foods

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World's Most Expensive Foods

Tokyo’s brand-new wholesale fish market, Toyosu, rings in 2019 with the auction of the world’s most expensive fish. We witness the hardship that fishermen face as the prized Bluefin tuna becomes scarce.

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Season 1
47:11
Bidders shell out big money for the largest white truffle of the season, in a unique auction that mixes philanthropy with gourmet pursuit. This auction is also critical to the economy of Alba, Italy
46:44
We see Hanwoo or Korean cattle go under the gavel at two separate auctions. Though Hanwoo is the luxury meat of choice, breeding of the cattle as meat stock is only a recent development.
47:15
Every summer in Japan, the world's most expensive grapes, the Ruby Romans, never fail to spark off a bidding frenzy at its first-in-season auction. Here, highly-prized luxury fruits are big business.
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