Yesterday, In-N-Out in Sydney for One-day Pop-up Event

Yesterday In-N-Out appeared in Sydney for the first time at a pop-up event at Mexican restaurant Barrio Chino (sorry we didn't find out earlier so we could tell you guys to actually go to the event). Similar to the In-N-Out pop-up in Shanghai last month, this event also illustrated some not so secret menu items, specifically Animal Style and Protein Style burgers. Prices were a bit higher than in the US: Double-Double for AU $5 (US $5.23), cheeseburger for AU $4 (US $4.18), and hamburger for AU $3 (US $3.14).

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5 Comments | Posted by Robyn Lee, January 24, 2012 at 12:00 PM
Tagged: Australia, chains, In-N-Out, Sydney

Videos: McD's Quarter Pounder for Men, Burgers = Heroin, and Pineapple Madness

I came across three burger-related videos from Australia this week, so I'm lumping them all together in this post because...I can. First, a recent ad from McDonald's showing how manly you can be when you eat a Quarter Pounder...

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5 Comments | Posted by Robyn Lee, September 30, 2010 at 3:30 PM
Tagged: Australia, McDonald's, videos

Video: Analyzing McDonald's Angus Beef Burgers Ad Campaign on 'The Gruen Transfer'

Last year McDonald's in Australia release two new premium Angus beef burgers—the Grand Angus and the Mighty Angus—and thanks to their ad campaign the new burgers ended up being the most successful launch in the history of McDonald's Australia....

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8 Comments | Posted by Robyn Lee, July 19, 2010 at 2:00 PM
Tagged: advertising, Australia, chain restaurants, McDonald's, The Gruen Transfer, videos

Latest Entrant in the World's Biggest Burger Competition: 95.5-kg Burger from Australia

[Photograph: The Daily Telegraph] Ambrosia On The Spot in Randwick, a suburb of Sydney, has made a 95.5-kilogram (about 210.5 pounds) burger to beat the current Guinness World Record holder for "largest hamburger commercially available", the 84-kilogram burger from...

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6 Comments | Posted by Robyn Lee, June 7, 2010 at 7:00 PM
Tagged: Australia, megaburgers, Sydney

Review of Jus Burgers in Leederville, Australia

jusburgers.com.au Jay Hanna of PerthNow recommends Jus Burgers in Leederville by describing what they aren't more than what they are: If you like your burgers wafer-thin, tinged grey and accompanied by limp lettuce, insipid tomato and a rubbery cheese...

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1 Comment | Posted by Robyn Lee, March 9, 2009 at 2:00 PM
Tagged: Australia, Jus Burgers, reviews

Dear AHT: The Fat Bastard Burger in Melbourne, Australia

Editor's note: AHT reader Noel D. noticed our lack of Australia burger coverage (we don't mean to neglect you guys; you're just all very, very far away from us) and sent us a report to fill in a gap. If...

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1 Comment | Posted by Robyn Lee, March 4, 2009 at 10:00 AM
Tagged: Australia, Dear AHT, Greasy Joe's, Melbourne

In Videos: Megadeath Burger: World's Hottest Hamburger in Australia

"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...

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14 Comments | Posted by Robyn Lee, November 18, 2008 at 12:15 PM
Tagged: Australia, megaburgers, videos

Free Burgers for Men with Moustaches at Grill'd in Fortitude Valley, Australia

Photograph from City North News 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...

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1 Comment | Posted by Robyn Lee, November 10, 2008 at 3:00 PM
Tagged: Australia, Brisbane, Fortitude Valley, free burgers, Grill'd

Hungry Jack's Quad Stacker Sparks Outrage

Hungry Jack's Facebook group 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...

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6 Comments | Posted by Robyn Lee, September 5, 2008 at 2:00 PM
Tagged: Australia, Burger King, chain burgers, fast food, health, Hungry Jack's