Presenting The $200 Burger King Burger

CBS News:

It may be the most exotic, the most expensive and the most controversial burger ever flipped in a fast-food joint.

"This is not just ordinary beef, this is special?" CBS News correspondent Mark Phillips asked.

Burger King's Chef Mark Dowding said: "Absolutely; this is Wagyu."

Premium, prohibitively priced, Japanese-style Wagyu, flame-grilled, garnished with Italian truffles, Spanish cured ham, aged balsamic vinegar, Champagne onions and popped onto a saffron- and truffle-dusted bun.

Isn't it all a little elaborate for a hamburger?

"Absolutely not," Dowding said. "Absolutely not."

Total cost of ingredients, the chain says, about $80 a throw.

By the time it gets to the counter, it sells for just shy of $200. For a burger!

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So is it worth it?

"Orgasmic," one customer says.

Which is a lot to ask of a burger.

To some this is a burger - a high-end burger. It would have to be at $200 a pop. To others, though, it isn't a burger. It's grotesque on a bun.

"Outrageous," said Dave Tucker, with the anti-poverty group "War on Want."

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Comments

[frantaylor]

Plus $500 in lost wages recovering from the E.Coli infection.

[kellygrrrl]

so the Spokesman for this burger will be Kar! R0ve??????

[4wehttam]

Looks and sounds gross to tell you the truth. I wouldn't pay $2 for it, let alone $200, that's insanity. Do these people know that rising gas prices are HURTING US RIGHT NOW SO WE CAN'T SPEND THAT MUCH ON A FRIGGIN RESTAURANT DINNER LET ALONE A FRIGGIN BURGER!!!!

Sorry for shouting.

[timregler]

$200 or not, I bet it still makes your poop runny.

[sanywhere]

eewww

[kellygrrrl]

lol

[smokepole]

Who cares? As if the Obama dinner plates at $1-$10K are "worth" it? The food shortages inthe world have nothing to do with food availability and everyting to do with war. heck even whe the UN has food delivered on the ground it is stolen. One these countries decide civil war is worth less than food they will have food even in drought areas.

[fact finder]

For a$120.00 profit I would sell snot burgers and call them Cream of the King. Probably what you get with that burger any way. Some preppy a*& wipe would buy it just because ir cost $200.00. OMG BARF A LOT.

[mergina]

This burger is the cause of climate change. Cows. Methane. Yuppies driving gas guzzlers to get one in the drive through where they waste more than a quarter tank of gas, to get their burger.

[swift goat pet for truth]

And the tomatoes for it are still picked by slaves.

[JScott]

And they better not be those salmonella laced ones that were recalled.


That 'Burger King' character in the commercials is kinda creepy too.

[mergina]

Haaaaaaaaa. Yes, the b.k. in commercials is creepy.

[Mike169]

Two all beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions, on a sesame seed bun - $200.00 please!

[mergina]

One well rounded thick piece of rotting flesh charred to burnt perfection on a bun made from white flour. Oh will your colon love it, NOT!

[levibatgirl]

The new gilded age comes to Burger King.

[ZenCrusader]

Sounds delicious ! It's more expensive than the foie gras burger at DB Modern in Manhatten. The most expensive ingredient is probably the truffles - but how could you taste the truffles with balsalmic vinegar in the recipe ? Hold the truffles and discount the price by 75%. Please !

[4wehttam]

More like 99%.

[gcallaghan]

Well, if it comes with that nifty paper crown,too, why not?

[watchingthings]

Does it come with a barf-bag?

[dac253]

mmmm...burger.
I'll have mine well done, extra onions and drowned in A -1 Steak Sauce.

[Chuckwheat]

It's not news, it's FARK.

[tasukibeth1]

In that case, should I use my "I CAN HAZ CHEEZBURGUR?" cat, or simply go with WANT?