"Caviar used to be a luxury found only in the highest echelons of fine dining, but now the black gold is glamming up everything everywhere all at once. Here's a ranking of notable fish-roe creations-from the extraneous to the enthralling. 6 Chicken Nuggets The Rihanna-inspired six-pack of nuggs at this Latin/Mediterranean lounge forgoes barbecue and honey-mustard sauces and instead uses crème fraîche, gold flakes, and osetra caviar as accessories. At $60, it's the most unnecessarily expensive Happy Meal you'll ever eat."
"5 Giant Mozzarella Stick Servers at Michael Mina's lat-est steakhouse use scissors to snip apart this eight-inch-long mozza monstrosity, finished off with basil-accented ricotta and Italian caviar. Yet it still manages to feel naked without a side of marinara for dunking. 4 Crab Tarts Tiny two-bite tartlets at this Riviera-inspired restaurant are brimming with confit fennel and peekytoe crab and bedazzled with a glittering mound of American hackleback caviar."
Caviar now appears on an array of unexpected dishes across restaurants, dressing everything from chicken nuggets and mozzarella sticks to crab tarts and cornbread Twinkies. Some kitchens pair osetra or hackleback with crème fraîche, gold flakes, ricotta, or basil, elevating textures and adding salty contrast. Chefs apply caviar to both savory plates—fried tater tots dolloped with crème fraîche and dill—and sweet desserts like banana-and-hazelnut polvorón with banana sorbet to introduce a saline counterpoint. Prices and decadence rise with these preparations, with some caviar-finished small plates sold for premium sums. Presentation ranges from playful kitsch to refined garnish.
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