Shell shock: Is this New York’s most expensive egg dish? Why the pricey spread at this iconic eatery is ‘more lusted after’ than ever

Is this spread one of the most eggs-orbitant dishes in NYC?

A dollar will buy you a single egg at Big Apple bodegas nowadays as prices have been yolked up to over $10 a dozen, but at Delmonico’s, you’ll need a Benjamin to indulge in its special offering.

Instead of buckling under the eggs-treme price pressure, the fine-dining institution — where JFK chowed down, Mark Twain celebrated his 70th birthday, and Hollywood starlets like Marilyn Monroe and Lana Turner enjoyed its famed steaks and ice-cold martinis — is leaning into egg-flation and reintroducing its off-menu, elevated Benedict dish.

The famed hollandaise-soaked concoction was reportedly invented at the classy FiDi digs, named after 1860s-era Delmonico’s customer LeGrand Benedict, who had a word with the chef after becoming tired of the menu.

But that esteemed history doesn’t make it immune to egg-flation, so the legendary steakhouse hatched an ultra-luxurious spin on the original — carton prices be damned.

Say hello to Delmonico’s Royal Eggs Benedict, a formerly off-menu item that was recently promoted as part of a trend to upgrade the humble egg from tired kitchen staple to something worthy of a fine-dining standout.