Iran’s rich eat ice cream flecked with gold as poor struggle to survive

[Niloufar]

^^ thats the whole thing. where on earth, do they sell $250 Ice-cream and Golden one that we should have one in Iran? what is it with Iranians and going extreme even in their luxury needs?!

It exactly reminds me of Dubai's Gold-Vending machine, when Gold prices are hitting record highs of $1800, and they just take Gold bars from vending machine as if its a coke can or something!

Its the lack of sympathy, feeling and indifference thats a shame to witness in Iran these days, not the trendy restaurants, golden ice-cream and some ppl's ability to pay the hefty bill.

 

[#8]

Lets forget for a moment about homeless in Canada or U.S. How do we justify the miserable situation of Iranian refugees in Turkey, Greece, Cyprus and Arbil (Iraq) ?
These are the Iranians who stood up to the IR and as a result had to flee or be tortured and rot in IR prisons. Did we ( by we I mean as a community ) do anything for them?
All it takes for us to help is to identify one refugee family and send few hundreds/ month to make things easier for them and allow them to maintain their dignity. This help won’t be forever. It is a temporary thing till these folks get accepted by Canada, U. S and other western countries where they can work once settled and make it on their own once again.
we shouldn't concern ourselves with Nouveau riche & their display of wealth. It is nothing new and it happens all over the world. Unfortunately nothing we can do about it. But what we can do is to make sure our help is available for those who need it IMHO.

 

[General Parsaian]

من این قصه کوتاه را مدتها پیش نوشتم ولی الان بی ربط ندیدم که دوباره انرا در این ترید پست کنم

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یک هدیه نا قابل
بهرام با ناراحتی تلویزیون را خاموش کرد
اه ادم گریه اش میگیره وقتی این اچیزها رو میبینه
من ادم دل نازکی هستم نمی تونم این چیزها رو ببینم
انوقت میگن خدا رزق وروزی میده
ترا خدا میبینی بچه های کوچک از گرسنگی تو افریقا می میرند
اگر خدا رزق و روزی میده پس چرا به اینها نمیده
بیخیال بابا زود باش دیر میشه باید سر وقت برسیم
اوکی اوکی
سکینه اون اب پرتقال منو اماده کردی ؟
بله اقا
بگذار تو یخچال یادت نره
یه بلوگا هم بگذار کنارش
حتما اقا
فرهاد با ماشین من بریم یا تو
نه ماشیتن تو بهتر کلاسش بالاتره
اوکی اوکی
سکینه نیم ساعت دیگه برمی گردم بساط رو امده کن
میریم نامزادمون رو بیاریم
خنده
هیچ رنگی به پورشه بهتر از نقره ای نمی یاد همینطور که فراری باید سرخ باشه
عجب هوایی خیلی حال میده
برو کنار کثافت
میگم نمی خواد ماشین رو پاک کنی شیشیه رو کثیف تر کردی احمق
شیشه رو بکش بالا این نکبت یک دستمال کشیده به شیشه حالا پول میخواد
ولش کن گازش رو بگیر
اهنگ غمناکیه من ادم رومانتیکی هستم اصلا با اهنگهای جقل پقلی حال نمیکنم
ادم میره تو یه حال و هوایی دیگه وقتی این اهنگ رو گوش میده
ببین چه میگه .... اای زمانه ننگت باد ... ای زمانه ننگت بااااااد ......مو به بدن ادم راست میشه
رفته بودم کنسرتش دبی با اینکه بلیطش نزدیک به صد و هشتاد هزار تومن بود ولی از بس شلوغ بود جای سوزن انداختن نبود
خوش بحالت

این دیگه کیه
چی میخواد
شیشیه رو بکش بالا گداس
چقدر بد قیافس
خنده
اوه این زنه رو نگاه کن یه بچه موفو بغل کرده گدایی مکینه
تو سر سگ بزنی اینجا گدا ریخته
ترا خدا دوباره اون اهنگ رو بگذار خیلی باهاش حال میکنم
اوکی اوکی
سیگار برگ میگشی
نه نه از بوش بدم میاد
اخه بی کلاسی
هاهاهاهاها
می دونی این سیگار برگ کوبایی چقدر قیمتش
اره میدونم خیلی گرونه
همین یه دونه چهل هزار تومن قیمت داره
اوه اوه
راست میگی
به خدا دروغم چیه
یعنی الان چهل هزار تومن داری دود می کنی میفرستی هوا
خنده
اره
رسیدیم
اوناهشون برو جلوتر

سلام خوشگلها
سلام دیر کردین
خیابون شلوغ بود

این هم هدیه ای که بهت قول داده بودم
وای خدایا چه الماسی وسطشه !
قابل تو رو نداره
این هم هدیه تو
مرسی
بریم خونه داره شب میشه
رسیدیم
سکینه امروز مرخصی
ولی قبل از اینکه بری بلوغا و تنگ اب برتقالم رو بیار
پایان

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[lordofmordor]

Good post General, it is exactly as Iranians are, but as are others as well.

Bottom line, helping others wont buy you a ticket to heaven. Being authentic and being compassionate and truly helping out of being who you are is a totally different thing. And I bet the poor feel it when someone is being authentic or just doing it to feel good about themselves.

Unfortunately, in a religious country like Iran, even those who are not religious and are born into it, get the teaching of a revengeful god who is suppose to be compassionate at the same time. A god who is responsible as he absolute and created the universe. Therefore one can shift the blame to the god and take a blank check.

To a spiritual man, who does not see god as absolute entity who is there to set rule, watch, and take revenge, one is part of the god and therefore responsible for all actions. Their behavior is the behavior of god and as they do to themselves they are doing to others. So, help is natural as helping the poor, they are helping themselves.

In another word, dont judge others nor judge yourself. If you are being and the help feeling is there, it will just happen and you dont even have to think twice about it.

 

[deerouz]

I don't know if spending $250 on an ice cream is selfish or not, but it is surely stupid.

 

[lordofmordor]

It all depends on who is the judge.

I don't know if spending $250 on an ice cream is selfish or not, but it is surely stupid.

 

[maziar95]

Dude, there are not thousands of homeless people eating from garbage cans in US or Canada. Most homeless people in Canada are willingly homeless. They just don't find the idea of getting help appealing. It's their choice and it still makes people feel guilty as it's a popular subject on all types of media all year long. I don't know any rich person who would spend $250 on an ice-cream. Hell I don't even know a place that sells such a thing! Do you?

I don’t know about that, that’s very arguable. Not all homeless people are homeless because they are lazy or have drug problems I am sure a lot of them are homeless because of hard times for example Vietnam war veterans who didn’t get the support they needed after the war and a lot of people who lost jobs , homes , went through ugly divorces. But I am not going to argue the fact that you are more likely to be sleeping on the streets of Tehran than you do in New York City . Lastly , people are spending money lavishly everywhere on crazy things. The guy who came up with the idea of selling this type of ice cream for $250 probably got the idea from this guy who is selling the same style of ice cream for $1000 in the US.

Golden Opulence Sundae

How do you want to treat yourself on your birthday? How about an ice cream with edible gold in it? How much would you pay for such an ice cream delight? Yes, you can find one like that and it costs only $1000.
This is not your typical $5 banana split or a frozen chocolate sundae. This is the World's Most Expensive Ice Cream that will cost you $1000 and a trip to New York City. Yes, Serendipity 3 is the restaurant and ice cream parlor that serves up this ice cream sundae called as the Golden Opulence Sundae named appropriately.


Expensive $1000 Ice Cream

Golden Opulence Sundae






Most expensive ice cream for $1000

What can $1000 get you? A pleasure of tasting the world's most expensive ice cream. This has got the best stuff brought in from all around the world. Yes, it is ridiculously expensive, but few people when they have accomplished something and want to treat themselves or feel like donating money go to Serendipity 3 for an experience of a lifetime. Is it worth it? Golden Opulence Sundae has many reviews from many people with different opinions. What is in it anyways? Five scoops of the rich Tahitian Vanilla Bean ice cream with madagascar vanilla and 23 carat edible gold leaf, expensive chocolate, exotic candied fruit, a dessert caviar, various types of fruit, truffles brings you the ultimate ice cream out there.
Now you know where to go when you have $1000 to spend or when you want to taste the ice cream that got a spot in the Guiness World Book of Records. Yes, according to Guiness book of records, Golden Opulence Sundae is the World's Most Expensive Ice Cream priced at $1000 and sold at the Serendipity 3. Serendipity only serves just ten of these ice cream sundaes a year. Note that you cannot walk in and order the expensive ice cream just like that. You need to place the order 2 whole days in advance. It takes a lot of time to prepare the Golden Opulence Sundae.


World's Most Expensive Ice Cream: How its made?






Serendipity 3 is home to some of the decadently divine richly flavored sunday concoctions that you will enjoy.Stephen Bruce and two of his partners moved to New York City in 1954 and ended up in the restaurant business. Great delicious Cheesecake, strawberry ice cream sundae and frozen chocolate sundae ares the most popular item on the menu at Serendipity. Mochaccino is their own brew of rich chocolate, and aromatic espresso, with a topsy turvey whipped cream pear. You cant leave the place without tasting frozen hot chocolate with ice crystals melting in your mouth.
15 different kinds of chocolate sundaes can be found in serendipity. In New York City, people will buy anything. with this idea in mind, Srendipity 3 offered the gold standard in ice cream - called the Golden Opulence Sundae! It is offered at a bargain price of just $1000. Gold is the basis of this ice cream sundae. It is an amazing piece of art that you can order and eat ...oh...yeah. It requires you to place the order 2 days in advance.
The construction of this sundae takes considerebale effort as all ingrediennts are flown in from around the world and are of best quality. The dish starts with 18 carat gold spoon and a baccarat crystal goblet that is actually used in the Vatican. Then comes 23 carat edible gold and then some rarest chocolate in the world is added. 3 more scoops of vanilla ice cream and topped with high quality almonds coated with 18 carat gold. Decorations with sugar flower that itself takes 18 hours to construct, ends with passion fruit caviar which is salt free so it goes well with ice cream and then finally adding pure gold dusting for a glittering final touch!!! Yummy indeed!

http://travelerhubs.hubpages.com/hub/Worlds-Most-Expensive-Ice-Cream

 

[Sporthead]

This is obviously people who have become rich overnight! I find most families that have had wealth (for generations) are less inclined to flaunt their riches in such a way. Even when they do splurge on luxuruies they are careful not to "display it". I have a friend that bought a $2500 Burberry shirt sometime ago. The only Burberry logo on this shirt was underneath the collar inside the shirt (not visible when wearing). I asked him what's the point of spending $2500 on a Burberry shirt if you can't tell its a Burberry shirt? His reply humbled me. "I buy these shirts because they are extremely comfortable and fashionable. If I wanted people to know I was wearing a Burberry shirt by buying one with all the logos and trademark checks on the outside, then I would've spent $2500 on a logo to show off! "
Usually if one is from a struggling background (or atleast someone who hasn't always had ample money) and they suddenly hit the big time, they act in such manner. I don't know if its necessarilly oghde or something else. All I say is let he who is without sin cast the first stone. I honestly can't say that I wouldn't buy a $250 ice cream if I had more money than I knew what to do with!

 

[Irani]

I have NO problem if someone eats the ice cream once, so the NUMBER of times doing something is important. Once or twice should be okay. I will NOT eat this ice cream.

How about going to a concert and spending $200 to $2,000 for a couple of hours? I would NOT do this either. However, thousand of Iranians have done this more than once. I know many of these people both inside and outside of Iran....how about losing money in the stock market and casinos?. I have many examples; there is an Iranian who now lives in Mission Viejo city of California. He called me many years ago to go skiing. I asked him how much he said $200 a night included hotel, meals and the rides. I chuckled and hang up. This person has never given a penny towards many causes that I started and supported, but has no problem to spend $200 a night.

There are several animal shelters in Iran which my family and I support or work there because there are not enough volunteers. Just feeding dogs bread, for example at VAFA animal shelter cost $250 a day. How much do of this do people support?

In my household we have zero waste. We use vegetable waste for making mulch. We use extra bread or the bread that some of our neighbors put out to give to birds. Five to six different types of birds come to our house expecting to be fed daily. We mix bread with few other grains that we buy.

We do not eat anything from cans and use natural soap rather than shampoo to give you some other examples why our waste is minimal to zero. We care about protecting the environment. That is why I am a sponsor to make a movie about Uremeyeh lake and will try to save it.

My family members and I walk or take mass transportation as much as we can to help save the environment and less pollute the air.

Bottom line: Many Iranians would say Iran bareyeh man chekar kardeh?
A portion of my income and time go towards worthy causes regardless of where I live or work. I am critical of IRI for their many waste of labor, material, and time.

How about this in Iran? When we go to a restaurant in Iran we carry a plastic bag or ask for a plastic bag. We bring home ALL the waste to feed to various creatures. We have not seen anybody to do this.

How about people going to Makeh or Mashad for zeeyart not once but many times? Mr. H. has gone to Haj omereh 12 times, but he has not given a penny to any worthy institution. I wish I had time to provide more examples.

 

[AFRIRAN]

instead of looking at the people life style, look at where is Iranian national money (oil,mineral,fishery,... ) is going , daash Esamani put it very well

 

[keyvan_pars]

i think its very dangerous when we start judging people without knowing anything about them.

who knows. maybe the person who is eating that 250 dollar ice cream is earning their money in a very descent way, and are already helping the poor and needy? if thats the case, then nooshe jooneshoon. they should go and eat two ice creams if they can

im afraid, as a "general rule", people who earn their money by hurting others, and stealing from others become so greedy that they wouldnt be so flashy. they would either bank their money, or move it overseas. those are the kind of people i would be scared off. not the kind of people who go and eat that 250 dollar ice cream.

baleh baleh shoma dorost mifarmayeed..

 

[lordofmordor]

People buying $2500 and showing it off and ones that buying the $2500 and not wanting to show off is the samething. The result is that $2500 dollars was spend on the shirt. There is no humbleness not wanting to show it off. One can actually say there is more authenticity to show it off instead of hiding it.

One is the devil trying to be a saint. The other is a devil being devil. One is fooling others, and the other is being themselves.

Again, at the end, it comes to not judging. If we are going to judge then lets be real.

This is obviously people who have become rich overnight! I find most families that have had wealth (for generations) are less inclined to flaunt their riches in such a way. Even when they do splurge on luxuruies they are careful not to "display it". I have a friend that bought a $2500 Burberry shirt sometime ago. The only Burberry logo on this shirt was underneath the collar inside the shirt (not visible when wearing). I asked him what's the point of spending $2500 on a Burberry shirt if you can't tell its a Burberry shirt? His reply humbled me. "I buy these shirts because they are extremely comfortable and fashionable. If I wanted people to know I was wearing a Burberry shirt by buying one with all the logos and trademark checks on the outside, then I would've spent $2500 on a logo to show off! "
Usually if one is from a struggling background (or atleast someone who hasn't always had ample money) and they suddenly hit the big time, they act in such manner. I don't know if its necessarilly oghde or something else. All I say is let he who is without sin cast the first stone. I honestly can't say that I wouldn't buy a $250 ice cream if I had more money than I knew what to do with!

 

[lordofmordor]

Well put.

instead of looking at the people life style, look at where is Iranian national money (oil,mineral,fishery,... ) is going , daash Esamani put it very well

 

[lordofmordor]

Irani, with all respect, although I appreciate you doing the below, are you doing it to be a saint? Buying your way to heaven? If you are truly doing it because you are being authentic and yourself, then why mention it and then judge others?

I have NO problem if someone eats the ice cream once, so the NUMBER of times doing something is important. Once or twice should be okay. I will NOT eat this ice cream.

How about going to a concert and spending $200 to $2,000 for a couple of hours? I would NOT do this either. However, thousand of Iranians have done this more than once. I know many of these people both inside and outside of Iran....how about losing money in the stock market and casinos?. I have many examples; there is an Iranian who now lives in Mission Viejo city of California. He called me many years ago to go skiing. I asked him how much he said $200 a night included hotel, meals and the rides. I chuckled and hang up. This person has never given a penny towards many causes that I started and supported, but has no problem to spend $200 a night.

There are several animal shelters in Iran which my family and I support or work there because there are not enough volunteers. Just feeding dogs bread, for example at VAFA animal shelter cost $250 a day. How much do of this do people support?

In my household we have zero waste. We use vegetable waste for making mulch. We use extra bread or the bread that some of our neighbors put out to give to birds. Five to six different types of birds come to our house expecting to be fed daily. We mix bread with few other grains that we buy.

We do not eat anything from cans and use natural soap rather than shampoo to give you some other examples why our waste is minimal to zero. We care about protecting the environment. That is why I am a sponsor to make a movie about Uremeyeh lake and will try to save it.

My family members and I walk or take mass transportation as much as we can to help save the environment and less pollute the air.

Bottom line: Many Iranians would say Iran bareyeh man chekar kardeh?
A portion of my income and time go towards worthy causes regardless of where I live or work. I am critical of IRI for their many waste of labor, material, and time.

How about this in Iran? When we go to a restaurant in Iran we carry a plastic bag or ask for a plastic bag. We bring home ALL the waste to feed to various creatures. We have not seen anybody to do this.

How about people going to Makeh or Mashad for zeeyart not once but many times? Mr. H. has gone to Haj omereh 12 times, but he has not given a penny to any worthy institution. I wish I had time to provide more examples.

 

[Sporthead]

People buying $2500 and showing it off and ones that buying the $2500 and not wanting to show off is the samething. The result is that $2500 dollars was spend on the shirt. There is no humbleness not wanting to show it off. One can actually say there is more authenticity to show it off instead of hiding it.

One is the devil trying to be a saint. The other is a devil being devil. One is fooling others, and the other is being themselves.

Again, at the end, it comes to not judging. If we are going to judge then lets be real.

I agree and disagree! I think there is a slight difference. One is a shirt that cost $2500 the other is a "logo" that cost $2500 and came with a free shirt! I don't understand the comment about "fooling others"???

I think we can both agree that you shouldn't be judged just because you have the means to spend $2500 on a shirt or $250 on an ice cream. I don't even judge the reason why they would want to make such purposes- whether its to show off their wealth, or to spoil themselves privately. I just made an anecdotal observation that usually people that show off are the ones that have recently come into money. If you think showing off wealth is the devil being devil, and not showing off wealth is the devil trying to be a saint, then with all due respect you're the one that's judging, not me! ;-)

 

[lordofmordor]

Thank you Sporthead, and respect to you for not judging. It is the hardest thing to do for all of us. That judge in our head goes on judging others all day. And it judges everyone of our own actions the most. It even prosecutes us several times if not hundred for the same story (making it seem like a crime).

And thank you for pointing it out. In my trying to use an example, I also did judge.

I agree and disagree! I think there is a slight difference. One is a shirt that cost $2500 the other is a "logo" that cost $2500 and came with a free shirt! I don't understand the comment about "fooling others"???

I think we can both agree that you shouldn't be judged just because you have the means to spend $2500 on a shirt or $250 on an ice cream. I don't even judge the reason why they would want to make such purposes- whether its to show off their wealth, or to spoil themselves privately. I just made an anecdotal observation that usually people that show off are the ones that have recently come into money. If you think showing off wealth is the devil being devil, and not showing off wealth is the devil trying to be a saint, then with all due respect you're the one that's judging, not me! ;-)

 

[Niloufar]

lool,just when u think u heard it all..

ايران / اجتماعی

آيت***الله خامنه***ای بستنی طلای برج میلاد را حرام کرد​

۱۳۹۰/۰۶/۱۳
دفتر آیت الله علی خامنه***ای، رهبر جمهوری اسلامی در پاسخ به استفتایی در مورد خوردن بستنی طلا، اعلام کرد که هرگونه خوردن بستنی حاوی عنصر طلا، «حرام» است.

به گزارش خبرگزاری فارس، در پی اعلام خبری مبنی بر عرضه نوعی بستنی با روکش و پودر طلای خوراکی، دفتر رهبر جمهوری اسلامی این بستنی را حرام اعلام کرده و شهرداری تهران هم گفته جلوی عرضه این نوع بستنی***ها را خواهد گرفت.

پیشتر رسانه***ها گزارش داده بودند که رستوران برج میلاد اعلام کرده این بستنی***های گران قیمت که تولید آن «یک روز طول می***کشد» باید یک روز قبل ثبت سفارش شوند و روز بعد، محصول به خریداران عرضه خواهد شد. قیمت این بستنی، ۴۰۰ هزار تومان اعلام شده بود.

در همین حال شهرداری تهران برای فاصله گرفتن از این اقدام رستوران برج میلاد از شهرداری نوشت: «رستوران برج میلاد توسط یک پیمانکار اداره می***شود و هیچ ارتباط تشکیلاتی میان این پیمانکار با شهرداری تهران نیست.»

روابط عمومی برج میلاد تهران هم با صدور اطلاعیه***ای ضمن «غیرمسئولانه خواندن» این***گونه اظهارات در مورد دست داشتن شهرداری تهران در اقدامات رستوران برج میلاد تاکید کرد***: «موضوعات مطرح شده از سوی پیمانکار رستوران گردان درباره سرو نوع خاصی از بستنی به هیچ***وجه مورد تایید شهرداری تهران نبوده و نیست و شهرداری تهران از انجام چنین اقداماتی به طور حتم جلوگیری خواهد کرد.»

این بیانیه همچنین گفته است: «عرضه نوع خاصی از بستنی در رستوران گردان برج میلاد ایده پیمانکار رستوران گردان بوده که در رسانه***ها مطرح شده است و به هیچ عنوان تا به حال سرو چنین بستنی در برج میلاد انجام نشده است که با توجه به حرمت شرعی و اجتماعی چنین اقدامی***، شهرداری تهران پس از اطلاع از این امر دستور توقف موضوع را صادر کرده و مانع از انجام چنین طرحی خواهد شد.»

مسئول رستوران گردان برج میلاد پیشتر در گفت***وگو با فارس گفته بود که بهای این بستنی ۴۰۰ هزار هزار تومان است و باید بخشی از ظروف این بستنی از خارج کشور وارد شود.

وی گفته بود که این نوع طلای خوراکی در کشور آلمان تولید می***شود که برای عرضه این محصول، باید این نوع طلای خاص را از آلمان وارد کرد و این طلا به صورت پودر و برگه ارائه می***شود​

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[YePaDoPa]

money of oil is pocketed by those who can afford a $250 Ice Cream!

instead of looking at the people life style, look at where is Iranian national money (oil,mineral,fishery,... ) is going , daash Esamani put it very well

 

[Behrooz_C]

lool,just when u think u heard it all..

ايران / اجتماعی

آيت***الله خامنه***ای بستنی طلای برج میلاد را حرام کرد​

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خامنه ای غلط کرد.!

آخه این چه مملکتیه? توش یه بستنی طلایی نمیشه خورد!

 

[Ardesheer]

خامنه ای غلط کرد.!

آخه این چه مملکتیه که توش یه بستنی طلایی نمیشه خورد؟

Talk about not judging. This idiot is the big judge. I bet he has many pipes in his pipe collection over $250.