Burger King To Offer $185 Burger Made With Wagyu Beef And Cristal Champagne

By June 18, 2008

Yes, this is another installment in our continuing coverage of how “American” fast food is eaten in other countries. In our last episode you met the “Angus 6-pack” a giant burger meant to be pulled apart into smaller burgers. Today Burger King would like to introduce you to “The Burger.” It’s their attempt to enter the Guinness Book of World records for the most expensive burger. Yawn. Here’s where it gets more fun: The Telegraph asked some people on the street to sample the burger and tell them if it was worth $185 (£95.)

In case you were wondering why it costs $185, the burger is contains wagyu beef, white truffles, a saffron sprinkled bun and tempura onions prepared in Cristal champagne. Enjoy.

Burger King launches £95 ‘bling burger’ [Telegraph]

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  1. Moose82 says:
    June 19, 2008 at 2:29 pm

    Was it just me or was that the most BORING video EVER? I want the last 3 minutes and 26 seconds of my life back.

  2. Toof_75_75 says:
    June 19, 2008 at 3:24 pm

    @forgottenpassword:
    From the budding commie commentors today (and most days), you’d think that was actually true…

  3. Balisong says:
    June 19, 2008 at 3:34 pm

    Silly Burger King. Everyone knows that to make the most expensive food you just take the regular item and coat it in gems and gold leaf.

  4. luz says:
    June 19, 2008 at 4:53 pm

    “It reflects our ongoing commitment to producing the best quality burgers for a range of different pockets and reinforces our quality credentials.”

    A range of different pockets? So…$1-$4-$180?

    Most of the places that do the “most expensive” stuff do donate the proceeds to charity, if I recall correctly. I know the “world’s most expensive martini” people did.

    Conspicuous consumption is still annoying.

  5. ehrgeiz says:
    June 19, 2008 at 5:48 pm

    Its so expensive to break a record. Pretty sure the profits are all going to charity, that is what was on the news this morning.

  6. ImCrying says:
    June 19, 2008 at 5:58 pm

    @ehrgeiz: All profits going to charity? AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA GSO above posters crying about world famine. GSO indeed.

  7. failurate says:
    June 19, 2008 at 6:27 pm

    @bohemian: So, the production and consumption of all luxury and convenience items should be discontinued until every last African has a belly full of corn?

    Good luck with that.

  8. failurate says:
    June 19, 2008 at 6:30 pm

    @luz: I think that accurately reflects the growing poverty-wealth gap.

  9. Channing says:
    June 19, 2008 at 7:27 pm

    I’d eat it. I mean, I wouldn’t pay for it, but I’d eat it.

  10. AmericanSplendor says:
    June 20, 2008 at 1:30 am

    @mgy:

    I was waiting for someone to mention the global gag rule. People always talk about bush doing great shit in Africa, BULL. You deserve a cookie, my friend!

  11. Meathamper says:
    June 20, 2008 at 2:05 am

    Tony Stark should have eaten that in Iron Man instead of a Whopper.

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