Burger King Launches World's Most Expensive Hamburger

by JeffHuang | June 19, 2008 at 08:22 pm | 649 views | 10 comments

200$ for a burger.. hmm.... I can just see this as an ongoing competition and stunt between these fast food chains. Whats next, McDonalds is going to come out with a 300$ burger with unicorn meat and 24 leafed clovers as the lettuce? Nonetheless, it does sound pretty tasty. For all of you whos had enough of the same old burger, why not head out to London and give it a try.

Setting a new record, the world's most expensive burger is available at just one restaurant in West London, England, once a week — but it will eventually be available to order via a hotline.

The fine ingredients of what is called simply 'The Burger' include Wagyu beef, white truffles, Pata Negra ham slices, Cristal onion straws, Modena balsamic vinegar, lambs lettuce, pink Himalayan rock salt, organic white wine and shallot infused mayonnaise in an Iranian saffron and white truffle dusted bun.

Celebrity chef Antony Worrall Thompson told Sky News Online: "It sounds delicious. The ingredients are very good and high powered, but why are Burger King doing it?"

All the proceeds from The Burger sales will go to the Help A London Child charity, which assists young people experiencing abuse, homelessness, disability, poverty and illness.

David Kisilevsky, at Burger King, said: "The Burger reflects our ongoing commitment to producing for a range of different pockets."

The Burger beat the previous world record for the most expensive burger, held by Daniel Boulud for the DB Double Truffle Burger in New York, (1994) priced at $130.

By lunchtime on the first day of The Burger's unveiling, eight had been purchased, said Chef Mark Dowding, the director of new product development and innovation for the fast food chain.

Dowding said he hoped that more than 100 would be sold by the end of the day.



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julianw
good stuff:

Unicorn meat and 24 leaf clovers... I like that.

JeffHuang

haha yeah i think someone posted something about a 24 leaf clover few days ago and it just popped into my head.

Gharlay
good stuff:

JeffHuang, I like this story. It's good stuff.  At least the money goes to a good cause

olasnavigator
good stuff:

what is a unicorn?

Vann_Family

I always doubted the rumors that Frankenstein was vegetarian. Any lingering doubts were put to rest when I saw him chowing down a Whopper!

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alexsmith_540

Burger King is now hiring Losers! Taken in Kent, Ohio.

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Hawkgirlz

Burger King in Coralville, IA (where I live) on 6/14/08. It didn't look like water had actually entered the building, but since it was surrounded, we didn't get very close.

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&_yo

West Shinjuku

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shikimori

two whopper junior set, and with promo free sundae ice cream, in my country it cost about US$5 , affordable price isn't it?

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zamdotcom

Refilled More And More And More :) Thanks BK

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June 19, 2008 at 08:22 pm by JeffHuang, 649 views, 10 comments

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