R Burger? Roppongi Burger w/ STD Sauce?

[wagyl]

Looks like it is copying Dennis Rodman's father's idea.
http://www.wanderingblindly.com/2010/03 ... urger.html

Yes, Dennis Rodman's father has been living in the Philippines since 1964.
Yes, Dennis Rodman's father makes (reputedly, pretty damn good) burgers in rainbow coloured buns.
Yes, he named his shop Rodman's Rainbow Obama Burger.
Yes, Dennis Rodman's father is named Philander.
Yes, that is actually Philander Rodman Jr., so there is a history of philandering.
Yes, he has carried on the philandering, with a brood of either 26 or 28 Philippino kids by various women.
But most of all, yes, now we know why Dennis Rodman went all rainbow coloured with his hair.

[Russell]

Kotaku.com: Is This Blue Burger Amazing? Or Disgusting?

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横浜のORBIって体感アトラクション施設なう。地球をイメージしたブルーバーガーってのがあって興味本意で頼んでみた(￣▽￣;) pic.twitter.com/AVYyQ4q0D8 — 麻雀大臣 (@s_takenaka0821) May 24, 2014

It's amazing because it's blue.

It's disgusting because it's a burger.

[Mike Oxlong]

In Japan, Burger King has a burger with black cheese

[Taro Toporific]

McDonald's to sell a squid-infused hamburger during Halloween!
All Hail Cthulhu's "Ikasumi-burger"!
http://entabe.jp/news/gourmet/6499/mcdnalds-sells-ikasumi-burger-halloween

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[Russell]

Did they collect ash from mount Ontake to give it that color?!?

[Taro Toporific]

Did they collect ash from mount Ontake to give it that color?!?

Well, it is an Ika-sumi burger that uses the sumi/charcoal of Mt. Ontake climbers.

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[Mike Oxlong]

Seen in Hawaii.

[Samurai_Jerk]

In wake of meat scandal, McDonald’s Japan losing not only customers, but employees, too

It’s been a pretty rough year for McDonald’s in Japan, in the same way that getting hit by a bus on your way to work would make for a rough morning. Following a widely reported scandal in which the chain had been supplied with expired chicken by a meat processing facility in China, McDonald’s has been trying everything it can think of to lure diners back, such as giving away Chicken McNuggets for free, replacing the meat with tofu, and trying to take our mind off the incident entirely by pulling our attention towards pork cutlets instead.

After all, a restaurant chain can’t survive without customers, right? There’s one other thing you need to run a business though: employees, and these days McDonald’s is finding itself losing those, too.


McDonald’s Japan’s financial books aren’t looking anywhere near as attractive as their slickly photographed wares that show up in the company’s ads. During the months of July and August, the chain’s revenues were down roughly 20 percent compared to the same period during the previous year. Investors found that about as appealing as the expired meat that set off the company’s woes, and that loss of faith in the world’s biggest hamburger outfit has led to a string of stock price drops.

[...]

Frustration over the expired meat scandal and its fallout might not be the only two factors at work, though. The Japanese food service sector is currently in the middle of a labor crunch, and veteran McDonald’s workers are highly coveted in the job market due to the large amount of on-the-job training the company entrusts to its senior restaurant employees. One industry source said that in extreme cases, highly experienced McDonald’s employees have found work with other chains paying as much as 3,000 yen (US $26.50) an hour.

[Taro Toporific]

I spent the entire morning at a government office in Shinjuku Waiting-for-Godot and wistfully staring out the window at a Big Boy Restaurant for my Christmas lunch.
All I could dream of was to bite into a big, Big Boy Burger, but…

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...Bag-biting Big Boy Japan doesn't serve burgers---only “Hambagu” ハンバーグ, paltry slice of meatloaf on a plate covered blackish brown gravy with a raw egg on top.

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WRONG ...vs.... RIGHT

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[kurogane]

I feel your pain. That would be like a Shakey's serving greasy fried scalloped potatoes and pasta instead of pizza.

Or how I felt when I went to a Denny's in Asakusa for breakfast. Weiners and eggs!!???? Where's my fuckin' Grand Slam, beeyotch!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I suppose it is a healthy rebuttal to all those idjits still waiting for Japan to go western. Even when they do, they don't. Resignation is the only answer, Taro. Just go for a Freshness Burger and be as glad as you can you can still get that. Crappy fries, but the deluxe Cheeseburger is almost real.

[yanpa]

One of the advantages of being non-North American is that one can go to these places and not be disappointed through comparison with the original.

On the other hand the food in "British" pubs is way better (i.e. edible without leaving too much of an aftertaste) than their native counterparts.

[Taro Toporific]

One of the advantages of being non-North American is that one can go to these places and not be disappointed through comparison with the original.

Not so oddly (for a fish-based food culture like Japan), the "Red Lobster" chain in the US is nearly inedible but in Japan it can be quite good.

On the other hand the food in "British" pubs is way better (i.e. edible without leaving too much of an aftertaste) than their native counterparts.

I always wondered about that but I figured I had been going to the wrong pubs in the UK.

[Coligny]

Hey we just got a new british pub in the big T...

Hafta try it...

Dey have cheezburgerz ?

[kurogane]

Dey probably dewz, but it's not a safe bet they're any good, being a British Pub and all. If ewe wantz da cheezaburgy go to a Freshness Burger. Vrai! Anyways, a second to Yanpa's review of British Pub food: the only decent pub food I ever had in Britain was at the posh ones in Edinburgh that were pubs in name only (more like yuppie bistros with prices to match), and random coastal towns where slightly offbeat or tired out chefs had gone to take things easy but still cooked up a storm at small town prices. The pink pub on the pier in Portree, Isle of Skye had amazing food by any standard, all at British family restaraunt prices. Rumour has it things are better than in the noughties, but I doubt it's much of an improvement.

Highly recommended for anyone on a highland jaunt.

[yanpa]

It'll still be a better bet than a cheeseburger in a British pub in Britainland.

I must say the food there has certainly improved over the last generation, but from a very low level. And it's better to assume the worst when entering an unknown establishment (especially if it is one which people were raving about a year or two ago, because they have a very short half-life). On our occasional trips through London the Mrs. and myself gravitate towards a small Malaysian restaurant near Paddington, because the clientele seem to be mainly Malaysian expats so it's a pretty safe bet the food will be edible.

[kurogane]

It'll still be a better bet than a cheeseburger in a British pub in Britainland.

I must say the food there has certainly improved over the last generation, but from a very low level..

Yeah, I arrived back in the Days of Doom (1995). As much as I enjoyed the sheer alienoid wackiness of life in the UK, the food was always a major negative; I ended up eating 8 of 10 meals out at Kebab Mahal near the university (Nicolson Square FTR). I only went to a fancier place once or twice and was always disappointed in every possible way. And the only good cheeseburger I ever found was at the chip truck down on the promenade, and they don't have seats or cover which can make things pretty dodgy in Edinburgh.

My friends rave about how Simply Gordon Ramsay everything has got since Edinburgh became Jock Command Central, but like you said, the bar started so low I doubt it's much compared to a place that's always had real food.

[Taro Toporific]

EAT AN ASS BURGER(TM)!
エーエス クラシックス ダイナー 六本木ヒルズ店Japan

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[yanpa]

It's be hilarious if it wasn't photoshopped.

[Taro Toporific]

It's be hilarious if it wasn't photoshopped.

Almost every photo I have posted has been "enhanced."

Here's the other version.

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[kurogane]

Take out the top patty and that looks like a nice diner cheeburgy. Butta no coke, only Pepsi.

So, is that a real restaraunt or is this all a Taro-riffic gag? Love the name at any rate.

PS Got it. Thanks Yanpa. Looks good, but spelling aside, whadda name

[Coligny]

It's be hilarious if it wasn't photoshopped.

Almost every photo I have posted has been "enhanced."

Here's the other version.

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Well, at least that photo of Saddham Hussein, alive doing shopping in the big T several months after his supposed execution was toats genuine...

[matsuki]

Ass burger...

[Samurai_Jerk]

More good news for McDonald's.

A human tooth was reportedly served with french fries at a McDonald's in Japan last year - the latest in a series of woes involving contaminated nuggets and a chip shortage.

A customer complained to the Japanese arm of the fast food giant after finding a foreign object in a serving of potatoes from an outlet in Osaka, television networks said.

The item had apparently been deep-fried.

[Russell]

Allegedly, McDs are not as clean as a hound's tooth...

[Coligny]

Is corprorate sarbrotage...

[matsuki]

Is corprorate sarbrotage...

Not that I want to defend McDee's but the sudden rash of objects being "found in the nuggets" sounds quite dodgy. Is this the dawn of the lawsuit era in Japan?

[yanpa]

Dammit, I bought a medium Happy Teeth Set this morning and it had a french fry in it.

[Coligny]

Dammit, I bought a medium Happy Teeth Set this morning and it had a french fry in it.

I don't think they serve happy meals during the McMorning time since french fries are available only after 10am.

[yanpa]

Dammit, I bought a medium Happy Teeth Set this morning and it had a french fry in it.

I don't think they serve happy meals during the McMorning time since french fries are available only after 10am.

Curses, dealing with an expert here...

[Russell]

Is corprorate sarbrotage...

Not that I want to defend McDee's but the sudden rash of objects being "found in the nuggets" sounds quite dodgy. Is this the dawn of the lawsuit era in Japan?

I'm sure they'll fight a lawsuit tooth and nail...