Call it decadence in the desert.

Last week at Burning Man, a festival dedicated to “radical self-reliance,” a group of Google employees dined on lobster caught fresh off the coast of Maine, according to the Reno Gazette-Journal.

The Burners ordered the crustaceans from Lobster 207, a union-based cooperative in Maine.

“I would guess by talking to the guys from Google that they thought it was a really cool idea to say, ‘Hey we got Maine lobsters all the way from the East Coast from the cold waters of Maine out here to the desert,'” David Sullivan, manager of Lobster 207, told the newspaper.

Sullivan added that it is the first time live lobsters have been shipped to Burning Man.

A 10-pound box of the crustaceans packed in seaweed and ice gel packs arrived at Google’s Sunnyvale offices on Aug. 21, the Reno Gazette-Journal reported. They were then driven two days to Black Rock City, where the festival takes place, and consumed.

And how did they taste?

“They said it was very fresh and lively,” Sullivan told the newspaper.

The delicacy didn’t cost a small fortune either. The lobsters rang in at $90 and shipping at about $40. Making the crustaceans affordable to 9-to-5 workers is one of Lobster 207’s stated objectives.

“So it was $139.58 to ship eight to 10 lobsters to California,” Sullivan told the Reno Gazette-Journal.

Lobster 207 is clearly enjoying the exposure brought by the Burners.

“Once a year, tens of thousands of people gather in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert to create Black Rock City, a temporary metropolis dedicated to community, art, self-expression and self-reliance,” reads a dramatic ad posted to Lobster 207’s social media accounts. “And this year they are eating lobster. From dock to desert, no problem.”

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