David Beckham has shared his love of Galician delicacy percebes in his latest Instagram Story update – but fans will be shocked by the pricetag.
The Inter Miami FC owner, 48, was dining at Barcelona’s top seafood restaurant, Botafumeiro, where he was also spoon-fed baby eels by the very attentive manager.
During his visit, David revealed he was tucking into a plate of percebes – which are known as the world’s most expensive seafood – on Tuesday evening.
The rare seafood can cost up to £400 per lb and will set buyers back about £80 for a portion of between 15 and 20 percebes.
Percebes are so expensive because of their scarcity and it is also incredibly difficult and dangerous to retrieve them.
David Beckham has shared his love of Galician delicacy percebes in his latest Instagram Story update – but fans will be shocked by the pricetag
Despite the hefty price tag, percebes don’t have the most appetising exterior, with some comparing them to dragon claws and dinosaur toes
David was dining at Barcelona’s top seafood restaurant, Botafumeiro, where he was also spoon-fed eels by the very attentive manager (pictured)
Despite the hefty price tag, percebes don’t have the most appetising exterior, with some comparing them to dragon claws and dinosaur toes.
The price was no problem for David – who is reportedly worth around £350million – as he revealed he loves tucking into them when in Spain.
David, who lived in Spain while playing for Real Madrid FC, shared snaps of the questionable-looking snack on his social media.
Holding up the percebes to the camera for a snap, David wrote: ‘One of my favourite things to eat when in season in Spain.’
He also shared a close up image, and added: ‘Soooo good! Gracias.’
Following his visit, the manager, Juan Jesus Perez Alonso, posted a funny clip to his social media page.
He could be seen spooning eels into David’s mouth, before wiping his chin with a serviette.
While the prices of the dishes are not available online, a review of the restaurant reveals that it is not a cheap outing.
A green salad starter costs €13.75 (£11.76), a lobster cocktail starter is €33.75 (£28.85) and a seafood platter for two is €145 (£123.97).
The reviewer revealed the total cost of his bill for one person was he bill was high at €158 (£137).
David appeared to be without his wife Victoria, but it came as no surprise that she dodged the unusual delicacy, after he previously revealed she eats the same thing every day.
The former footballer previously revealed that his health conscious wife will only eat grilled fish and steamed veg.
David has previously caused a stir with other unusual meals, including very recently when fans questioned his unusual homemade dinner.
He plated up a gammon steak with the classic sides of egg, potato wedges and pineapple.
However he then added coleslaw as well as beans and peas to the very full plate as things took a strange turn.
Following his visit, the manager, Juan Jesus Perez Alonso, posted a funny clip to his social media page
He also shared a close up image, and added: ‘Soooo good! Gracias’
The exterior of Botafumeiro where David dined in Barcelona this week
David appeared to be dining in the restaurant’s private dining room
Taking to his Instagram Story he told how the meal was inspired by one of his mother’s dinners. He penned in the caption: ‘Not as good as yours mum but not bad @sandra_beckham49’.
It’s not the first time he has added coleslaw as an unusual side.
At the start of the coronavirus lockdown David had to swap fancy restaurants for his own culinary skills, showing off one meal on Instagram in April 2020.
The star, who was self isolating with his family at their luxury Cotswolds home at the time, took snaps of his unusual food combo for his millions of followers.
David revealed he was tucking into a heaving plate full of bangers and mash, covered in gravy.
But the foodie decided to add an extra delicacy, heaping some coleslaw on his plate, as he captioned the photo ‘simple pleasures.’
David also previously revealed he ate 32 snails in one go while dining at a restaurant in Paris, France.
David shares a love of cooking and food with his eldest son and aspiring chef Brooklyn, 24, who is about to launch a collaboration with UberEats.
Earlier this week, Brooklyn admitted he and his famous father David have similar techniques when it comes to romancing their wives on date night.
Brooklyn revealed his go-to is making fresh pasta, a tip which he learned from his dad, who also makes the Italian staple for Brooklyn’s mother, Victoria.
Brooklyn shared a clip online of himself preparing a delicious meaty tomato pasta.
He said: ‘My pasta is perfect for date night, it’s something I’ve cooked for my wife on our date nights, something that my dad has cooked for my mum.
Despite recently revealing his actress wife Nicola, 29, ‘can’t cook to save her life’, Brooklyn admitted he has attempted to take her how to make pasta.
David has previously caused a stir with other unusual meals, including very recently when fans questioned his unusual homemade dinner of gammon, egg, pineapple with coleslaw, beans and peas
He said: ‘My favourite food is comfort food. I taught my wife how to make pasta. Yeah she really enjoys it.’
Putting the finishing touches to his dish, Brooklyn grated over a generous amount of cheese, saying: ‘I love a lot of cheese, so I’m doing it the way I would do it.’
Brooklyn joked about Nicola’s cooking abilities during a recent interview in the Sunday Times, where he also revealed his loved of cooking came from his dad.
He said: ‘My dad was always the one cooking in the house, my mum not so much.I just loved hanging out with him in the kitchen, I loved the smell of food.’
Brooklyn, who first started sharing cooking content online in 2021, said that he also enjoys cooking with his siblings Romeo, 21, and Cruz, 18, and Harper, 12.
He said: ‘We never say it’s like a competition, even though we give each other a bit of stick about it — that’s just what brothers do. All of us in the kitchen. Just listening to music, cooking together, it’s fun. The best.’
David shares a love of cooking and food with his eldest son and aspiring chef Brooklyn, 24, who is about to launch a collaboration with UberEats
Despite recently revealing his actress wife Nicola, 29, ‘can’t cook to save her life’, Brooklyn admitted he has attempted to take her how to make pasta