Forget Apple Fries, Burger King Japan to Offer Grilled Apple Burger

 

A few years back, Burger King joined the ranks of those fast food chains trying to present a “healthier” image of themselves by offering Apple Fries, apples slices cut to look like french fries in their kids meals.

Now, Burger King has gone back to the orchard to pick a fresh new idea for its Japanese customers: the BK RiNGO.

Available at stores Japan-wide starting March 9, the centerpiece of the BK RiNGO is a thick apple slice (ringo means ‘apple’ in Japanese), which is grilled and topped with cinnamon to give it a sweet aroma and then stacked on a grilled beef patty, dressed with honey-mustard sauce, lettuce and mayonnaise, and sandwiched in the loving embrace of Whopper Jr.-sized buns.

According to a press release by Burger King, “the BK RiNGO is a product that allows customers to fully enjoy the outstanding taste created by combining the unique sweetness of flame-grilled apples cooked with the juiciness of our beef patties.”

The BK RiNGO is priced at 240 yen (US $2.98) à la carte and 490 yen (US $6.08) for a value meal (tax included)

Furthermore, to celebrate the launch of the new item, any customer who orders the BK RiNGO from March 9-22 will receive a complementary 2-piece BK Chicken Wing.

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The Dodeca-Whopper: 

12 Patties of Burger King Greatness Stacked Between Two Buns Because We Can

 

When we learned that Burger King lets you stack on as many hamburger patties as you have the stomach to support, we decided to test the claim by ordering a Double Whopper with 10 extra patties.

As we approached the register to place our order, we were expecting the store staff to tell us they would have to separate the burger into 2 or 3 small boxes for us to assemble on our own later, as per our previous endeavors.

Yet the staff mentioned no such thing and quickly set about constructing our order without question and then binding the tower of hamburger patties in several sheets of wrapping paper held tightly together with cellophane tape and crowning it with a final sheet of paper so that the “Have It Your Way” logo was ironically positioned right over the top bun.

Clever and well-played, just as to be expected from an American burger chain.

Even after taking it back and unwrapping it, the 12-storied legend valiantly held its composure and stood proud as all burger royalty should.

 

Soon the room was filled with the tempting, juicy aroma of hamburger and your reporter could no longer fight the urge to destroy that which had been so carefully crafted at his own request.

I bit into the Dodeca-Whopper and soon lost myself in its greasy deliciousness. This is the true Big America! This is true junk food!

Now excuse me while I go get my stomach pumped. 

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