'The Taiwan Burger' Made of Cool Whip

Posted by Erin Zimmer, August 3, 2009 at 2:45 PM

The burger genre has been pretty flexible, lending its name out to portobello mushrooms, chicken, tofu, and seitan, but it needs to draw the line at non-dairy white fluff. Diana of An Appetite for China spotted this "Taiwan burger" made of a Cool Whip "patty" and lettuce at a Buddhist vegetarian restaurant in Beijing. Cool Whip sandwich might arguably be a better name for it, or even better, this argument should really not exist at all.

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Tags: Beijing, China, Cool Whip, Tawain Burger, weird

15 Comments:

The other day I saw a video of a baby being delivered c-section, and this is far more disturbing to me.

CatBoy at 3:01PM on 08/03/09

I don't care what they call it, it looks divine. I'd eat it If they made it with whipped cream instead.

lemonfair at 3:24PM on 08/03/09

I thought this was a melon pan (soft sweet bread covered with cookie dough and baked) with whipped cream. that is good. but this? I'll pass.

hmw0029 at 3:32PM on 08/03/09

they let sandra lee into china?

gastronomeg at 3:52PM on 08/03/09

lol@ catboy & gastronomeg

_greenbean at 4:10PM on 08/03/09

This looks a little like something I get at Korean bakeries when I can find it (I have no idea what it's called or whether or not it's Korean in origin). Basically two slices of fluffy white bread with some kind of whipped cream in between. Everyone I describe this to makes a face, but it's awesome!

Pants McCracky at 5:04PM on 08/03/09

I have to tell my dad about this one ... he would love it. The man eats sugar sandwiches (white bread, butter, white granulated sugar).

KarynMC at 5:20PM on 08/03/09

No.

AnaPowell at 5:35PM on 08/03/09

I've never heard/seen of this even I am a Taiwanese. This burger looks so disturbing that I felt I am insulted. :P

yufeihsu at 6:31PM on 08/03/09

I'm going to have to go with this being badly translated (aka Engrish).

@catboy: I've participated in multiple c-section surgeries. This is by far not as disturbing. Especially compared to the emergency c-sections.

I mean, I think it's weird that they called this a burger and the addition of lettuce to what would be similar to a sweet pastry you could otherwise find in a Chinese bakery is sort of a weird flavor combo. But comparing it to cutting/tunneling furiously through a woman's abdomen until amniotic fluid explodes out, then pulling a wet, gunk-covered, wrinkly, and probably bluish baby out of a pool of amniotic fluid and blood and through the abdomen tunnel. Seriously...who does that?

wunami at 7:27PM on 08/03/09

wunami, a smart-ass who has recently seen a video of a c-section does that.

CatBoy at 1:59AM on 08/04/09

@KarynMc - my dad also eats butter and sugar sandwiches.

masalha at 4:42AM on 08/04/09

White sugar on buttered french toast is very good (but I wouldn't do it on bread)

lemonfair at 6:53AM on 08/04/09

My moms' side is all Taiwanese, and this doesn't faze me. C'mon people, they put mayo in their fruit salads! Fruit. Salads!

marchpane at 9:30AM on 08/04/09

In Japan, it isn't uncommon in convenience stores to see sandwiches filled with yakisoba, potato croquettes, or fruit salad concoctions. The whipped cream and lettuce combo is new to me, though.

sanbiki at 6:17AM on 08/06/09

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