It is a special variety of the popular regional 'Currywurst'.

The restaurant owner claims eating gold is healthy.

In addition to traditional tomato sauce and curry powder, the sausage comes with a piece of 18 carat leaf gold on its skin.

Diners at Curry restaurant pay 7.50 marks (about £2.40) for the unusual dish.

Restaurant manager Juergen Mauermann claims eating gold is very healthy.

He said: "It has been done in Greece for hundreds of years.

"One of our customers always brought in his own gold and asked us to cover his food with it, that's how we got the idea."

He said the new offering, which is advertised as "curry-gold", had been well received.

Mr Mauermann added: "It's a nice idea for a treat. You can order it for somebody instead of flowers if you're in love."