Many of you might have seen ads for Burger King’s Windows 7 Whopper, available only here in Japan. It’s an absolute monster of stacked meat – 7 layers high to be exact – that could easily feed three or four people. Well, the folks over at Gizmodo took a shot at eating one (or at least of of their people did) and they taped the whole thing and uploaded it to Vimeo.
Think he can finish it all? Check out the video:
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I haven’t had a chance to explore Japan’s best hamburgers yet. So far most of my dining has been tiny ramen shops, sushi joints, and all the restaurants I felt I should be exploring. By my rationale, if I wanted to eat burgers why did I come to Japan? I could have eaten this stuff at home, right?
Well yes. But as it happens, Japan looks like it has some pretty amazing burger joints as well. I’ve been reading about many of them online recently, and I thought I’d post about a select few that I’ve put on my list of 3 places I absolutely MUST visit. So in no particular order, here goes:
Zats Cafe’s Sasebo Burger
This looks so amazing, I can almost feel my blood clotting just looking at it. I’ve already heard some great reviews of this burger from Neil Duckett, Billy West, and Paul Hartrick. Drop over to their sites to read more details about their post-burger impressions of the Sasebo. And for information about how to find a location near you, check out these listings on gnavi. Read the rest of this entry »