Russian billionaire spends $52,000 for lunch in NYC

There must have been some good pasta – Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich splashed out over $52,000 on a single meal at an Italian restaurant!

The 43-year-old, who is best known for owning English football club Chelsea, reserved a table for six at Nello’s, a high-end New York eatery.

After a delicious lunch with his partner Dasha (28), son Arkady (16) and three business friends, the group received a bill that would have hit most people like a slap to the face.

It came to $47,221.09, and the standard New York tip of 20 per cent was $7,328.20! And to avoid coming across as stingy, Abramovich, who is worth $8.5 billion, left an additional $5,000 for his waiter.

All together, he splashed out $52,221.09 on the meal.

At $195 the Tagliolini pasta with rare white truffles were not the most expensive item on the table by a long shot. The real costs came from the drinks which the group downed in 79 minutes, the costs of which are a bit hard to swallow – three bottles of French ‘La Tâche Romanée’ wine, two bottles of Château Petrus, and two bottles of ‘Roederer Cristal Rosé’-Champagner – $5,000 each.

How much Roman’s girlfriend Dasha actually drank of that is unclear. She is seven months pregnant with their first child together.

Bon apetit!