Japan can legitimately declare to be dwelling to among the finest meals on the planet. However it often has little urge for food for supersizing it.
That modified on Friday with Burger King’s gargantuan however curiously named Child Physique Burger, tipping the scales at almost 680g (1.5lb). As a part of a collaboration with the Japan Sumo Affiliation, whose July wrestling tournament has simply began, the burger checks in at 1,876 energy. Sumo wrestlers would solely want about 4 of those to get their common day by day caloric wants; a mere mortal would want only one to one-and-a-half. And, at ¥2,590 (£13.05), it’s almost twice the worth of a one-patty Whopper with cheese.
Skipping breakfast, I went to my native Burger King at about 10.30am to get a soar on the lunch rush to make sure I’d safe one of many limited-edition heavyweights. I used to be half anticipating to see a protracted queue. However nope, no wait. A couple of minutes after ordering on the self-service kiosk, my meal arrived.
The burger stack is thick and spectacular: 5 charbroiled beef patties, 4 cheddar cheese slices, bacon, lettuce, tomato and pickles on a sesame seed bun topped with mayonnaise, mustard and an umami-infused, tomato paste-based Aurora sauce. “This might dislocate my jaw,” joked a lady splitting one together with her household.
Dripping with cheese and condiments, the burger makes for a savoury style combine and appears engaging. However first, extra napkins, as this may get messy. (I wore a dark-pink shirt to keep away from dripped-condiment disgrace.) The primary spherical of bites requires sinking the tooth in it at a 45-degree angle, not vertically. Even then, my nostril stored buying a slathering of sauces till I obtained previous the burger’s edges.
The employees will lower the sumo burger in half, if requested. The denseness and thickness of the 5 industrial patties, sadly, overwhelm the cheddar and sauces past the sides. The meat seems to have absorbed my cheese, too. And I needed to examine to see if there was any bacon. There was. Going in the direction of the centre, it turns into drier. (My advice to Burger King can be to supply a facet tub of the tangy thousand island-like sauce as a dip.)
Sitting by way of the lunch service, I solely noticed one different individual consuming the sumo burger. However on-line response was overwhelmingly constructive, with just some gripes in regards to the excessive worth and even one including a Whopper facet order. Oh, and I did eat all of it, though over half-hour, together with a number of fries and a Coke Zero to take care of my dietary stability. I can now proudly show my Child Physique Burger sticker with the caption “I did it” that comes with each order.