Posted by Robyn Lee, November 18, 2008 at 12:15 PM
"It's like Satan's in my stomach."
In order to eat the Megadeath Burger at Off the Wall Diner in Wellington Point, Australia, you have to be over 18 and you can't have heart problems, anxiety, or asthma. Why? The burger contains chili jam, chili powder, jalapenos, and habanero sauce in quantities that go way beyond what any sane person would voluntarily eat. Thankfully, a lot of people aren't sane and participate in eating competitions for the chance to be labeled as a "Death Burger Immortal" and to amuse/horrify the rest of us who would pass out at the burger's hands.
"This is a food item that should not be actually on the market," says a dietitian in the video. If the prospect of vomiting and heart palpitations doesn't stop people, I don't think anything will. Watch the video after the jump
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Posted by Robyn Lee, November 10, 2008 at 3:00 PM
Burger joint Grill'd in Fortitude Valley, Brisbane, Australia, is giving away free burgers to men with moustaches from November 11 to 30. Why moustaches? November is also known as Movember, the month where men are encouraged to grow moustaches and raise awareness for men's health issues. Grill'd is aiming to raise $50,000 for Beyond Blue and the Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia and give away 800 burgers. 421 Brunswick Street, Fortitude Valley QLD 4006 (map); 61 7 3252 5822
Posted by Robyn Lee, September 5, 2008 at 2:00 PM
Health experts in Australia aren't happy about the Quad Stacker, the new burger by Australia's Burger King equivalent Hungry Jack's made of "four beef patties, four slices of cheese, two rashers of bacon, barbecue sauce and two sugared buns." (The burger originally came out in Burger King in 2006.) Dietitians are calling Hungry Jack's irresponsible for marketing a burger that contains 1080 calories and 71 grams of fat and, as the article helpfully points out, doesn't even come with a salad. Because a salad would really help.
But as even bad publicity is still "good" publicity, people are curious to try the deathly burgers. Phil Han of National News Nine puts the burger to the test and initially likes it for its "great smoky flavor making it taste as if it came right off the barbie." 20 minutes after finishing the burger, the discomfort sets in: "I can't get rid of the greased feeling—there's a brick in my stomach."
At least it's not a 100 x 100 from In-N-Out.
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