The Knife

The $100 omelet at Beverly Wilshire -- and it's a bargain!

At Beverly Wilshire's the Blvd., you can create a $100 tab before 9 am. "Egg and Eggs" -- an omelet topped with a presumably generous portion of Black River Ossetra Caviar, imported from sturgeon farms in Uruguay -- will run you a C-note. Thoughtful fellow that he is, chef Conny Andersson is putting the item on both the breakfast and the bar menus. 

Selling points: Uruguyan caviar is delicious. And it's not only free and clear of the ban that, until recently, affected caviar from the Caspian sea, it's also procured in a more humane manner: The sturgeons are numbed before the eggs are harvested (caviar must come from live fish). "By the time the fish know what's happened," says importer Graham Gaspard, "they're filets."

Indulgent, you say? No, this is indulgent:

Cocktail magic, or, Ptooey!

"That's disgusting," said the agent.

As it turns out, he was right.

The drink menu at Beverly Wilshire's BLVD Lounge said A Rose is a Rose was made from Shaker's Rose vodka, fresh tarragon and Laurent-Perrier rose' Champagne. Shake; strain.

The reality is $16 worth of vodka with a handful of potpourri. Sip; spew.