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Cooked on pure gold bars: Jeweler serves $450,000 steak

January 18th, 2026 - 09:42 GMT

Sally Shakkour

Cooked on pure gold bars: Jeweler serves $450,000 steak

ALBAWABA - A bizarre and unusual video has gone viral on social media, showing a New York City jeweler cooking a steak on three gold bars. The sight astonished viewers and garnered millions of views within hours. In the video, the jeweler explained that gold is one of the fastest conductors of heat, causing it to heat up very quickly. He asserted that cooking a steak on gold takes three ...

In terms of private education,he UAE’s market size is larger than those of China, Saudi Arabia and India.

October 7th, 2013 - 08:05 GMT

Middle East's private education market fastest growing in the world

President Mansour also stated that the government would resume the Suez Canal development plant, planned under ousted-Islamist president Mohamed Morsi and known as Egypt's Suez Canal Corridor (SCC).

October 6th, 2013 - 10:16 GMT

Egypt goes nuclear on 1973 commemoration

Fawaz H. Al-Fawaz, a Riyadh-based economic consultant, said: “There is no risk to Saudi financial system, as the Saudi riyal is pegged to the dollar.

October 6th, 2013 - 09:57 GMT

SAMA not concerned about the US government shutdown

Statistics from the Chamber show that the city’s religious, historical and cultural status has made it a distinguished economic location.

October 6th, 2013 - 09:36 GMT

Madinah most prosperous Saudi City

The project aims at increasing the mataf’s capacity from 48,000 to 130,000 pilgrims per hour.

October 6th, 2013 - 09:10 GMT

Mecca under construction: Saudi Arabia slashes number of pilgrims due to expansion project

"The GCC countries remain pillars of stability in the global oil market at a time when uncertainties are arising elsewhere."

October 6th, 2013 - 07:13 GMT

Not too stellar for the overachiever? GCC growth rates to hit 3.7% this year

France has been the first country to sign government to government agreement on nuclear and energy with Saudi Arabia.

October 3rd, 2013 - 12:08 GMT

Saudi Arabia and France might not see eye to eye on the Niqab, but they surely do on energy matters

The prayer rugs, however, are made by Saudi females trained at the academy thus the materials are supplied to their houses where the weaving is implemented.

October 3rd, 2013 - 11:49 GMT

Fancy a prayer-rug themed Toyota? Yes, it's possible.

"As it is, 80 percent of energy subsidies do not benefit those in need," explained Galal, who stressed that the amount was "double the spending on education and four times the spending on health."

October 3rd, 2013 - 10:54 GMT

Two truths and a lie? Egypt's government says subsidy cuts will not affect fuel prices

The GCC made a big jump in the volume of intra-regional trade of GCC from $32 billion in 2005 to $100 billion last year.

October 3rd, 2013 - 10:25 GMT

Gulf states keen on taking their relationship further

Dubai’s property market prices collapsed by over 50 percent in 2009 after the global economic crisis

October 3rd, 2013 - 10:10 GMT

Was the transfer fee hike needed after all? Dubai house price rises ‘unsustainable,’ says report

Jordan produces around 5 per cent of its needs of wheat, while the rest is imported from other countries, mainly the US

October 3rd, 2013 - 10:04 GMT

Businessmen encouraged to invest in wheat cultivation in Russia