I happened to watch a new television show entitled CARNIVOROUS. In this show, the female host hopped in from one restaurant to another just to sample different cuisines in preparation and cooking of large chunks of meat (beef, pork, lamb, etc.) she sampled tasting all that was prepared by the chef/cook in those pub/restaurants. A marinated salami prepared and grilled for the long duration of more than 24 hours were made into the most expensive sandwich. You wont believe that the precious sandwich is worth $1,000! Whoah!! That's incredible kind of pricey sandwich. Who will pay for such very expensive sandwich? Savor the flavor, maybe the sandwich has its special ingredient that has an appeal for the buyer/consumer.
What you can buy with $1,000? That's a two week worth of grocery for a family.
In less than $500 you can cook your own food.
Grilled beef
Fried rice with prawns and mushrooms
Shrimp and eggs fritata
Pork cutlets with carrots, celery and taosi stir fry
Beef steak with onions and mushroom
Broiled salmon with mayo and spices