Looks like the newest burger for the "manly man" (as described in this commercial's title, "Beef 2012 Manly Man Campaign") at McDonald's in China features two beef patties, bacon, and...a hefty glob of mashed potatoes? The commercial starts by calling their beef patty "good," then the bacon "better," and finally, the mashed potato "best." Knowing how tasty McDonald's beef patties are, this may very well be the correct order of ingredient deliciousness.
From RocketNews24 comes a look at two burgers in North Korea. First is a burger given as part of the in-flight meal on Air Koryo. The fixings on this burger: mayo and a few slivers of onion.
The latest video from This Must Be the Place—"a series of short films that explore the idea of home"—features Prime Burger, a burger joint/diner in Midtown Manhattan that opened in 1938 and has barely changed since the 1960s. Depending on who you talk to, it's either past its prime (according to Nick Solares) or one of New York's great burgers (according to Ed Levine). After watching this beautifully shot video by Lost & Found Films, featuring interviews with employees who've work there from just three years to 59 years, we can all hopefully agree it's a New York icon worth keeping around whether or not you like burgers.
Drive-thru raps may be the most popular of the musical drive-thru order genre, but Giorgio Fareira of The Interstate Life mixes things up with this sweet drive-thru order at Sonic that's more like a soft rock ballad.
If you've ever wondered what bun-less burgers at McDonald's look like, YouTube user rocketnews24 ordered a bunch of burgers sans buns at McDonald's in Japan to show you the piles of meat, condiments, and toppings in all their...glory.
Last week McDonald's announced they're no longer be using "pink slime"—beef trimmings rinsed in ammonium hydroxide to kill bacteria—as an additive in their burgers. The name "pink slime" comes from British chef/food activist Jamie Oliver, who blasted its use in his TV show Food Revolution last year. The video above from CBS News shows clips from Food Revolution where Oliver explains what pink slime is to his audience of parents and children. McDonald's states, "The decision...was not related to any particular event."
This, folks, is the Craigie on Main burger served at Tony Maws' restaurant in Central Square, Cambridge. It's one of the finest versions of chopped-beef-on-bun you will find anywhere, and it's no accident that it is.
Leave it to the Japanese to turn hamburger-shaped gummy candies into something slightly more exciting. Meiji's Yatai Man's Hamburger Shop candy consists of separate bun, meat, lettuce, cheese, and sauce components. Break apart the bun wafers (mochi-based monaka), stack on the gummy meat (cola-flavored), cheese (pineapple-flavored), and lettuce (apple-flavored), and squeeze on the strawberry sauce for burger success!
Eater tries out Burger King's new delivery service from a McDonald's in Arlington, Virginia. And Whoppers, they did receive (after meeting the delivery guy outside the restaurant).
In this video at Yahoo!, two-time Top Chef contestant Fabio Vivani, who was ousted from Season 8 for making a subpar burger, shows what he's learned since his loss by making "the perfect hamburger" (or in his words, "the perfect boorgur") made of two beef cuts seasoned with salt and pepp—AHHH, SALTED TOO EARLY.
